![Guster - Hard Times [Official Audio] @guster](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/23AqaRqOzdk/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
"Hard Times" is from Guster's new album, Look Alive, out now on Nettwerk Music & Ocho Mule Records.
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LYRICS:
Enter a scene that defies description
They say to open your mind
And take it all inside
One click at a time
We move through fictions
And send our sisters to the sacrifice
A cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
10,000 miles of the new prescriptions
So we open our mouths and take 'em all inside
One pill at a time
The purist fictions
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
With cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
A new religion
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
And then the audience goes wild!
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
Guster is Brian Rosenworcel, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Adam Gardner.
"Hard Times" is from Guster's new album, Look Alive, out now on Nettwerk Music & Ocho Mule Records.
http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive
Buy Look Alive on CD, Vinyl, or Deluxe Clear Vinyl:
gustermerch.com
'Look Alive' is available on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and anywhere else you get your music.
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/applemusic
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/spotify
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/googleplay
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/az
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Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
guster.com/#tour
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Store - gustermerch.com
LYRICS:
Enter a scene that defies description
They say to open your mind
And take it all inside
One click at a time
We move through fictions
And send our sisters to the sacrifice
A cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
10,000 miles of the new prescriptions
So we open our mouths and take 'em all inside
One pill at a time
The purist fictions
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
With cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
A new religion
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
And then the audience goes wild!
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
Guster is Brian Rosenworcel, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Adam Gardner.
![Guster - Hard Times [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/23AqaRqOzdk/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Hard Times [Official Audio]
Hard Times is from Gusters new album, Look Alive, out now on Nettwerk Music & Ocho Mule Records.
http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive
Buy Look Alive on CD, Vinyl, or Deluxe Clear Vinyl:
http://www.gustermerch.com
Look Alive is available on Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and anywhere else you get your music.
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/applemusic
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/spotify
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/googleplay
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/az
Pandora: http://smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/pandora
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
http://guster.com/#tour
Follow Guster Around the Web:
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Web - http://www.guster.com
Store - http://www.gustermerch.com
LYRICS:
Enter a scene that defies description
They say to open your mind
And take it all inside
One click at a time
We move through fictions
And send our sisters to the sacrifice
A cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
10,000 miles of the new prescriptions
So we open our mouths and take em all inside
One pill at a time
The purist fictions
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
With cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
A new religion
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
And then the audience goes wild!
I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times
Guster is Brian Rosenworcel, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Adam Gardner.")
![Guster - Overexcited (feat. Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies) [Canadian Version] [Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Po-DlDO5QI/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Overexcited (feat. Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies) [Canadian Version] [Audio]
We invited our friends from all around the world to translate Overexcited into another language. This version features Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies singing Overexcited in Canadian.
Listen to all of the versions on YouTube: https://smarturl.it/OverexcitedIntl/youtube
Watch the music video for the original version of Overexcited here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXfpyfqGGZ4
Listen to all of the versions:
Spotify: https://smarturl.it/OverexcitedIntl/spotify
Apple Music: https://smarturl.it/OverexcitedIntl/applemusic
Soundcloud: https://smarturl.it/OverexcitedIntl/soundcloud
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
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Web - http://www.guster.com
Store - http://www.gustermerch.com")
![Guster - Zeno [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2kjUrisQGtc/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Zeno [Official Audio]
Zeno appears on Gusters Zeno Mountain EP, available now.
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LYRICS:
and so it begins
a fire all around us
a fire rising up to the sky
does anyone win
our towers turned to ashes
towers turned to skeleton spines
and look at us now
are we enemies or brothers
sticking all our flags in the ground
did love just run out
or only change her colors
keep tripping on the colors that surround us
we’ll fight out way out
their rain is never-ending
the rain is catching up to us now
remain and we drown
don’t confessing to anything
no one’s ratting anyone out
look at us now
are we enemies or brothers
stepping over flags on the ground
does love just run out
or only change her colors
her psychedelic colors that surround us
this black and white town
where soured imaginations
where sour imaginations abound
but we hold our ground
our patterns automatic
our rifles automatically sound
look at us now
are we enemies and brothers
picking up our flags in the ground
true love don’t fade out
she only changes colors
she runs like all the colors that surround us
love
love")
![Guster - When We Were Stars [Official Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2qKw26rLPYU/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - When We Were Stars [Official Lyric Video]
When We Were Stars is a song off of Guster’s full-length album Ooh La La out now.
Listen here: https://ochomule.lnk.to/OohLaLuxe
Order your copy: https://gustermerch.com
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
http://guster.com/#tour
Follow Guster Around the Web:
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Store - http://www.gustermerch.com
CREDITS: LyricVids
LYRICS:
Do you remember Montreal?
We made last call at the bar
They spoke to you in French and me in English
Well I remember holding on
And how we stayed up till the sun
“Harvest Moon” played on forever
Hey babe it’s alright
Everything in its own time
I cross my heart and hope to die
And take a trip to another life
Back when we were stars
When we were stars
We’re stoned by the lake
You called me his name by mistake
What a funny way to break us open
But I’m not laughing, not this time
Keep your secrets, I’ll keep mine
Lovers turning back to strangers
Which one is that lullaby
Where everything is gonna be alright?
I cross my heart and hope to die
And take a trip to another life
Back when we were stars
When we were stars
Come back to me, come back to me
This is a bad one
Stay close to me, stay close to me
I surrender
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
Come back to me, come back to me
How did we get so far?
Back when we were stars
Stay close to me
Stay close to me
I surrender
#guster #whenwewerestars #oohlala")
![Guster - Total Eclipse of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler Cover) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2tgNI6n2iTU/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Total Eclipse of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler Cover) [Official Audio]
Total Eclipse of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler Cover) appears on Gusters 2007 EP Satellite.
Download Total Eclipse of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler Cover) on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/total-eclipse-heart-live-at/id250393328?i=250393556
Purchase Satellite EP on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/satellite-ep/id250393328
Purchase Satellite EP via Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Satellite-Guster/dp/B000NJXC7G
Visit Guster online
Web - http://www.guster.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Gustermusic
Twitter - https://twitter.com/guster
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/guster
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/7PoJV3
Merch: http://guster.merchline.com")
![Guster - Black Balloon [Official Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3UIKe1jzWrM/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Black Balloon [Official Lyric Video]
Black Balloon is a song off of Guster’s full-length album Ooh La La out now.
Listen here: https://ochomule.lnk.to/OohLaLuxe
Order your copy: https://gustermerch.com
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
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CREDITS: LyricVids
LYRICS:
Black balloon
You pull the air out of this room
Up to no good
But I’m not frightened, not of you
You black balloon
The earth, sun and moon
I’m not worried about changing
It’s what we’re put here to do
Something is better than nothing
I’ll go with you
If you’ll ask me to
We’ll fly
I’m beside you black balloon
Black balloon
I’m not scared of what you do
Cause I made you
Were we ever understood?
We black balloons
I’ve been waiting for changes
It’s what we’re put here to do to
Someone is better than no one
So just ask me to
And I’ll go with you
We’ll fly
We’ll fly
I’m beside you black balloon
#guster #blackballoon #oohlala")
![Guster - Fa Fa (Live) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3nwCk5EQuoo/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - Fa Fa (Live) [Official Audio]
Fa Fa (Live) appears on Gusters 2014 album Lost and Gone Forever Live.
Download Fa Fa (Live) on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fa-fa-live/id983336821?i=983338078
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Purchase Lost and Gone Forever Live via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Gone-Forever-Live-Guster/dp/B00VSAUZO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480625829&sr=8-1&keywords=lost+and+gone+forever+live
Visit Guster online:
Web - http://www.guster.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Gustermusic
Twitter - https://twitter.com/guster
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/guster
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/7PoJV3
Merch: http://guster.merchline.com")
![Guster - The Making of Overexcited [Official Behind The Scenes]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4zQmXER7NVk/mqdefault.jpg "Guster - The Making of Overexcited [Official Behind The Scenes]
Guster got weird with the Overexcited music video. See bits of how them, the actors, and the directors made all the strangeness come together over a few days in Germany in this official behind the scenes video.
Directed by Schall und Schnabel: www.schallundschnabel.com
Find your future lover: https://www.withgusto.app/
Order Look Alive on CD and Vinyl:
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Listen to Look Alive on:
Apple Music: smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/applemusic
Spotify: smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/spotify
Google Play: smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/googleplay
Amazon: smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/az
Pandora: smarturl.it/GusterLookAlive/pandora
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
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Follow Guster Around the Web:
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Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/guster
Web - http://www.guster.com
Store - http://www.gustermerch.com")
![GUSTER - When We Were Stars [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5o7X_yOzt3s/mqdefault.jpg "GUSTER - When We Were Stars [Official Music Video]
When We Were Stars is a song off of Guster’s full-length album Ooh La La out now.
Listen here: https://ochomule.lnk.to/OohLaLuxe
Order your copy: https://gustermerch.com
Guster is on tour now. Find a show near you:
http://guster.com/#tour
Follow Guster Around the Web:
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CREDITS
Directors: Chad Carlberg & Emile Doucette
Director of Photography: Casey Preston
Additional Camera Operators: Chad Carlberg & Emile Doucette
Editor: Emile Doucette
Master Builder: Jason Rodricks
Hand-lettering: William Burns
Original Artwork: Maggie Gould
Photography: Marshall Dackert
Crew: Sten Bowen, Tim ORiordan, Theo MacQuarrie, Lacey Rose Cominsky, Marshall Dackert
LYRICS:
Do you remember Montreal?
We made last call at the bar
They spoke to you in French and me in English
Well I remember holding on
And how we stayed up till the sun
“Harvest Moon” played on forever
Hey babe it’s alright
Everything in its own time
I cross my heart and hope to die
And take a trip to another life
Back when we were stars
When we were stars
We’re stoned by the lake
You called me his name by mistake
What a funny way to break us open
But I’m not laughing, not this time
Keep your secrets, I’ll keep mine
Lovers turning back to strangers
Which one is that lullaby
Where everything is gonna be alright?
I cross my heart and hope to die
And take a trip to another life
Back when we were stars
When we were stars
Come back to me, come back to me
This is a bad one
Stay close to me, stay close to me
I surrender
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
How did we get so far from back when we were stars?
Come back to me, come back to me
How did we get so far?
Back when we were stars
Stay close to me
Stay close to me
I surrender
#guster #oohlala #whenwewerestars")
