Local h bound to the floor lyrics

Born to be down
I've learned all my lessons before now
Born to be down
I think you'll get used to it

And you just don't get it
you keep it copacetic
And you learn to accept it
You know it's so pathetic
and you don't(x4)

Born to be down
I think that I've said this before now
Born to be dumb
What good is confidence?

And you just don't get it
you keep it copacetic
And you learn to accept it
You know it's so pathetic
and you don't

"Bound for the Floor"
Single by Local H
from the album As Good as Dead
B-side	"Smothered In Hugs" "High-Fiving MF"
Released	July 15, 1996[1]
Recorded	1995
Length	3:42
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Scott Lucas Joe Daniels
Producer(s)	Steven Haigler Scott Lucas Joe Daniels
Local H singles chronology
"Mayonnaise and Malaise" (1994) "Bound for the Floor" (1996) "Eddie Vedder" (1997)

"Bound for the Floor" is a song by American alternative rock duo Local H, released as the first single from their 1996 album, As Good as Dead. It was released to modern rock stations on July 15 and mainstream rock stations on July 22. It is widely considered to be the band's most popular single, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Composition[edit]

The song's angst-driven lyrics deal with a lack of confidence and frustration which is strongly reflected in the overall performance. Like many of Local H's songs, the guitar tuning is a half step down from standard. The song is noteworthy for the usage of the word "copacetic" in the chorus.

A music video was produced for "Bound for the Floor," which features a performance by the band strung with shots of a school building.

The video also features children playing and following the band, perhaps a representation of groupies, where they follow them to a "merry go round", then to a bar, and finally to a private concert. While the video is playing it cuts to the children occasionally writing the lyric to the song as it's sung, or the video cuts to the band playing in an abandoned building.[2]

Clear Channel included the song on its 2001 Clear Channel memorandum due to the song's lyric.[citation needed]

In popular culture[edit]

"Bound for the Floor" was featured in the 2006 film Big Nothing, starring Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer, as well as in the Xbox 360 video game Saints Row (also from 2006). The song was also used in the 1998 film No Looking Back, starring Jon Bon Jovi and Edward Burns, and in the 1997 film Blackrock.[3]

The song was featured in at least one episode of America's Funniest Home Videos, set to a collection of motorcycle mishap videos.

Track listing[edit]

CD single

Australian CD single

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ "Billboard". 21 September 1996.
2. ^ "Local H - Bound For The Floor". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
3. ^ Big Nothing (2006) - Soundtracks
4. ^ "Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 20 Apr 1997". The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. April 20, 1997. Retrieved June 13, 2022 – via Imgur.
5. ^ "Local H Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
6. ^ "Local H Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
7. ^ "Local H Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.