Hate (formerly known as I Don’t Want To Live In Your World ,Tell Me When You’re Gonna Leave, Plastic Pearls and Stop The World) is a formerly unidentified new wave/post-punk song by Californian band Of Shattered Glass. The song was mislabeled as Here To Stay by New Order.
Search History
2000s-2021
The song was first mentioned on Usenet group alt.music.new-order on August 12nd, 2003, where a user asked for help identifying the song, posting a few lines from the lyrics.[1]
Two years later, the song was posted on July 22nd, 2005 to a forum[2] by "mayer." "Mayer" wrote,
"What the hell is this song? ... ??????????"
Others in the form attempted to identify the song by interpreting the lyrics and using Shazam, a music identifying software, but couldn't figure out what the song was. They also came across an earlier forum post about the song, which can no longer be accessed, along with a link to the aforementioned Usenet post
On February 1st, 2012, user thg posted the song to YouTube.[3] They provided no information about the song.
On March 11th, 2021, "Ahmad Alam" also posted the song to YouTube.[4] He claimed that he downloaded the song from Napster in 1998. The other OPs likely also got the song from Napster.
2024
On December 3rd, 2024, Facebook user Roger Robinson replied to a post[5] about the song, saying the song was by Californian band Of Shattered Glass and tagged the vocalist of that band Steve Bunn.
A day later, Steve responded and said that he was the singer and writer of the song 'Hate' made in 1991. He said it was a cassette release and only 50 were made. Steve provided a picture of the cassette saying he didn’t have anything to play it on anymore.
The band made a YouTube account on the same day and commented on both uploads of the song posting the official lyrics. Ryan Hampton, founder and keyboard player of the band has also responded on YouTube providing more details on the instruments in the song.
On December 8th, 2024, the song was fully solved when a member of the band found a YouTube video from 2012 of the band performing live[6] at the Natural Fudge Cafe on February 14th, 1990. The band would post a full lyrics video on December 13th.
Lyrics
Stop torturer, running flesh
Take me back to the place we met
I wanna see the way she cried
I don't wanna see the way she died
Stop the world if it kills us all
Stop the world and i'll catch your fall
Tell me when you're gonna leave
Tell me so I'm glad I'm free
I don't want to live in your world
Your little lies and your plastic pearls
You don't believe me when I speak to you
Always run and you don't listen to truth
There is more to our lives than pleasures and gains
You just look past the lies of the nevers and pains
I don't want to live in your world
Your little lies and your plastic pearls
The clock, it’s numbers, running slow
Stop me in the times you know
My name is not of what it seems
It's just the source of our redeems
Stop the world if it kills us all
Stop the world and i'll catch your fall
Tell me when you're gonna leave
Tell me so I'm glad I'm free
All the things I said to you
And all the words and the lies were true
I don't want to live in your world
Your little lies and your confusing swirls
Let me be that at the end of today
I can sit down, sip tea, and change these ways
I don't want to live in your world
Your bloody lies and your ashtray of pearls
The clock, it’s numbers, running slow
Stop me in the times you know
Of Shattered Glass
Of Shattered Glass was a short-lived post punk band from Los Angeles, California, USA. They lasted for only two years, from 1989 to 1991.
The band consisted of: Steve Bunn (vocals), Ryan Hampton (keyboards), Greg (guitar, backup vocals), Jim (bass) and Bill (drum machine).
The band mostly played live, and have only one official song released, which is the song in question.
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