I'm So Tired (Fugazi song)

"I'm So Tired"
Song by Fugazi
from the album Instrument Soundtrack
ReleasedMarch 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)
GenrePop,[1] emo
Length1:59
LabelDischord
Producer(s)Fugazi

"I'm So Tired" is a song by the American punk rock band Fugazi. Released on their 1999 album Instrument Soundtrack, the song is a piano ballad[2] played and sung by vocalist Ian MacKaye, a departure from the band's typical post-hardcore output.

Commentators have described the song's lyrics as pertaining to depression and suicidal ideation.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 27, 1999). "Fugazi: Instrument Soundtrack Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Gross, Joe (2018). Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker. 33⅓. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1501321399.
  3. ^ Helman, Peter (May 29, 2017). "Eddie Vedder's Amsterdam Tour Opener Was A Subtle Chris Cornell Tribute". Stereogum. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Colburn, Randall (May 30, 2017). "Eddie Vedder's cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired" is sad, pretty, and powerful — watch". Consequence. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  5. ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (May 30, 2017). "Watch Eddie Vedder Cover Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 29, 2024.