Nothing to Show is a promotional single by Windows for their debut album Take the E. Like They Live in Hollywood, this was one of two songs off the album to receive a video to test what kind of appearance the band wished to follow, whether or not they would perform with makeup or adopt a more casual appearance. This did receive a release as a commercial single, though only locally.
Meaning[]
The song details the lifestyle of a washed-up celebrity desperately clinging for relevance, only to give up and become a school custodian.
Lyrics[]
Cashed your chips it seems
Fell in life's winding corridor
Nothing left to show
But it goes right over you
[chorus]Don't pull me out I'm thriving
You want it! You want it!
To stay high and rotting
You want it! You want it!
Feel your lobes collapsing
You want it! You want it!
Pursue you dated calling
You want it! It wants you![chorus]
You say that you're secure
You could take your latest hint
You got nothing ore to show
Yet it went right over you
[chorus]
I just want to know
Where I've gone wrong
What have I done?
To suffer
Know me!
Love me!
Save me!
Resistance!
Stagnates!
I'm coming
I'm going
I'm breaking
I'm undone
[chorus] x2
You were ready for anything x4
(Nobody lives unscathed, you come into one's cold embrace and become cast aside come a better choice. You're no longer accepted as a normal individual. Hollywood, you have nothing to show.)
Music Video[]
The video centers on a former major celebrity wandering around a surrealist-looking California and being unrecognized by anyone. He slowly loses his grip on reality and is on the verge of killing everyone, but controls himself after landing a job as a custodian at a local high school. The band is seen performing the song in a parking garage, set in a blurry gritty filter.