--- title: "No Worries, Yes Worries" meaning: "KŌAN C title-track flip: Genie with Monkey's Paw, no worries yes worries no meaning: live forever? frozen-over hell; same boss/office dread as quit-your-job." year: 2022 release: "KŌAN" releaseType: "album" artist: "Scoobert Doobert" artistId: "#scoobert" credits: "Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics." spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/2wGa9TxP1UvCn1hnfyyV6v" apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/kōan/1618191665?i=1618192108" themes: ["KŌAN", "anxiety", "immortality", "work", "paradox", "binaural"] isrc: QZES92291013 isrcSource: soundexchange lyrics: | Got a bad feeling in my stomach Feeling like a shadow on my birthday Running out of plausible distractions Thinking about the permanent I got a good deal on a Genie Came with a Monkey's Paw Thrown in Wishing on a permanent vacation But landing on the opposite No worries Yes worries I'm running I'm running No worries Yes worries No meaning No meaning No worries Yes worries No worries Yes worries Say you wanna live forever? Yeah, it's all I think about Is that something that I really, really want? Boredom of forever isn't pleasure I mean, think about it Probably isn't heaven Yeah, it's probably more like Gotta keep working at my day job Otherwise, I can't afford survival Better hope there isn't a disaster No way I could go it alone My boss say he wants us in the office Who am I to question what he tells us Controlling other humans can distract us From how little we're in control No worries Yes worries I'm running I'm running No worries Yes worries No meaning No meaning No worries Yes worries No worries Yes worries I say I wanna live forever Yeah, it's all I think about But is that something that I really, really want? Boredom of forever isn't pleasure I mean, think about it Probably isn't heaven Yeah, it's probably more like Hell It's probably more like Hell That probably isn't heaven Yeah, it's probably more like Hell A frozen-over hell A frozen-over hell A frozen-over hell A frozen-over hell Oh, what the hell? A boredom of forever Isn't pleasure I mean come on think about it Boredom of forever Isn't pleasure Come on think about it Boredom of forever Isn't pleasure Come on think about it Probably isn't heaven Yeah, it's probably more like Hell It's probably more like hell It's probably more like hell It's probably more like hell It's probably more like hell It's probably more like hell Probably more like hell Oh wha ha ha ha ho draft: false press: - outlet: "Beformer — Spotify Today's Indie Rock (Instagram)" url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/CfiDPxwFONB/" desc: "July 2, 2022 — official Today's Indie Rock add from KŌAN C; day after Indie Brandneu." - outlet: "Beformer — Spotify Indie Brandneu (Instagram)" url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/CffVLt-Jht_/" desc: "July 1, 2022 — official Indie Brandneu add from KŌAN C; next to Broken Bells on the playlist." - outlet: "Nagamag" url: "https://www.nagamag.com/the-latest/scoobert-doobert-no-worries-yes-worries" desc: "Indie Brandneu and Today's Indie Rock playlist reach; CHAI and Shingo Murakami production thread." --- Track fourteen on [*KŌAN*](/albums/koan/), **KŌAN C** (June 30, 2022), immediately after instrumental **Intro** (track thirteen). Luke solo. *KŌAN* was built for headphones, with spatial and binaural work across the EP chapters; **Intro** is the clearest binaural example on the record, then this song lands. [@beformer confirmed Indie Brandneu](https://www.instagram.com/p/CffVLt-Jht_/) the day after **KŌAN C** dropped (July 1, 2022; next to Broken Bells) and [Today's Indie Rock](https://www.instagram.com/p/CfiDPxwFONB/) the next day; [Nagamag](https://www.nagamag.com/the-latest/scoobert-doobert-no-worries-yes-worries) corroborates both playlist adds. See [Catalog: official playlists](/catalog/#spotify-editorial). The title flips [*Don't Worry*](/songs/dont-worry/) on [*Big Hug*](/albums/big-hug/): not *don't worry* but *no worries / yes worries* at once, with *no meaning* and *I'm running* alongside. Verse one is mortality at a party, a *shadow on my birthday* and *thinking about the permanent,* then a bad bargain: a *good deal on a Genie, came with a [Monkey's Paw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw) thrown in,* every wish inverting. The immortality verse cuts off before naming hell, interrupted by an office verse that mirrors [*a song to quit your job to*](/songs/a-song-to-quit-your-job-to/): *boss wants us in the office, who am I to question,* management as a shared delusion of agency that distracts *from how little we're in control.* When forever comes back it finally names the destination, *probably more like hell, a frozen-over hell,* Dante's ice or just stuck forever bored, dissolving into *oh wha ha ha ha ho,* laughter as the only exit from the koan. Same wellness-command satire as [*High Society*](/songs/high-society/) and [*Think About It*](/songs/think-about-it/), and part of the KŌAN C cluster with [*Who Am I Really Fooling Anyway*](/songs/who-am-i-really-fooling-anyway/) and [*All My Friends Live on the Internet*](/songs/all-my-friends-live-on-the-internet/). ---