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untitled... for a reason
01:57
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Housesitting
02:42
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I was sitting in the house
I was sitting in the house
I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I was sitting in the house
Housesitting
This house has walls and they move around
In the backroom there's no logic that's found
You haunt this place with your book of leaves
You spread your sorrow, it's a dark disease
I can't wait to get out of here
This is the last time I'll appear
I was sitting in the house
I was sitting in the house
I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I was sitting in the house
Housesitting
I was sitting in the house
I was sitting in the house
I was sitting in the house
I was sitting in the house
I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I was sitting in the house
Housеsitting
I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I was sitting in the house
Housesitting
I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I was sitting in thе house
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How to Be Cool
02:38
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Living my life just like it's yesterday
And the time has come when it's not okay
I always dreamt I'd be so cool and fly
I remember the day when my memory died
And I learned in school
How to just be cool
And I know
And I know
And I know
No no no no no no no
I want to go so far away from everyone
I want to go so far away from everything
I need to have a way to become relevant
(I never learned how to be cool)
I want to go so far away from everyone
(Please tell me how to bе like you)
I never lеarned
How to be cool
Please tell me how
To be like you
I never learned
How to be cool
Please tell me how
To be like you
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The algorithm's rhythm is the beat that we've been given
The algorithm's rhythm is the beat that we've been given
The algorithm's rhythm is the beat that we've been given
The algorithm's rhythm, rhythm
Rhythm
Sick of the follows
Sick of the goals
Sick of the motherfuckin' ratios
Can't find truth in honesty
Sign the line and lose your fee
But I don't what you want from me
I'm doing fine with two left feet
You say I don't hear the hook
Maybe just throw out the book
And I rock
And I roll
And I fall down your rabbit hole
And I
Rock to the rhythm
Rhythm meets rhyme
Watching old eps of Adventure Time
Reminds me of that old school way
Flowing to the groove like my man Martay
Back in the day you never had IG
Share mixtapes and spread the beat
Never had an app tell you what to play
A programmatic bot saying what's okay
And I rock
And I roll
And I fall down your rabbit hole
And I rock
And I roll
And I fall down your rabbit hole
And I rock
And I roll
As the algorithm tries to take control
And I rock
And I roll
As the algorithm's tryin' to steal our souls
What I want to say my not be okay
But depending on the day I might just get away
Never thought I'd see in the land of the free
Limits on speech and health autonomy
You watch the toll
As the algorithm tries to take control
I will rock
And I will roll
But the algorithm can't steal my soul
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I Don't Belong Here
03:22
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I don't belong here, I still don't believe
I don't belong here, I still don't believe
If you can see me, I'm drowning in the rain
Eyes don't deceive you, I'm going insane
I don't belong here, I still don't believe
I don't belong here, I still don't believe
If you can see me, I'm drowning in the rain
Eyes don't deceive you, I'm going insane (insane)
Why don't you believe me?
The drama's appealing
But if you deceive me
I won't take it easy
This guilt that I smother
I'm not an imposter
Keep driving me forward
You won't go
You won't go
You won't go
I won't go
I won't go
I don't belong here (believe me)
I still don't believe (appealing)
I don't belong here (deceive me)
I still don't believe (I won't take it easy)
If you can see me (This guilt that I smother)
I'm drowning in the rain (I'm not an imposter)
Eyes don't deceive you (Keep driving me forward)
I'm going insane (You won't go)
You won't go
You won't go
I won't go
I won't go
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Still it's you my friend
Coming around again
Just like yesterday
I want to say I love you still
I love you still
I love you still so much I know it hurts
I love you still
It's you my friend
Coming around again
Just like yesterday
I want to say I love you still
I love you still
I love you still so much I know it hurts
I love you still
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You ran to Brooklyn
Then to Manhattan
I know what it's like
To be forgotten
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
These broken pictures
Were like a promise
You'll be forgiven
But that's not honest
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
You've caught yourself in a dream
Desire won't fulfill need
Left me all on my own
Before I started to go
Canal and Baxter
A life without me
I'll spend my hours
Walking on Peachtree
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far)
You ran so far
(I ran so far, I ran)
You ran so
(I ran so far)
You ran so
(I ran so far)
You ran so
(I ran so far)
You ran so
(I ran so far, I ran so far)
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8. |
Come and Go
03:37
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Whispering songs of southern rye
I'll believe them when you die
Books on tape and wandering eyes
The time has come and passed me bye
Promise me that birds can't fly
Juxtapose the world and I
Come and go
And I'll be stuck here in the weeds
Come and go
Without you standing next to me
Come and go
And you'll be learning how to leave
When you go
It's so enticing, soon you'll see
I've heard tales from travelers by
It's been told from time to time
Wagon's spoke and dragonflies
Smoke that chokes a city's sky
Take your leave, we won't stand by
August moon, the bell rings nigh
Come and go
And I'll be stuck here in the weeds
Come and go
Without you standing next to me
Come and go
And you'll be learning how to leave
When you go
It's so enticing, soon you'll see
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Subject 31
02:23
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So, Subject 31, Bertram Lee
Remanded to us by the state of Connecticut
An interesting case
I think we might need to see what Mr. Lee has to say
If you leave today
Any other way
Trapped here in the dark
Left my gear in park
I can't find a single clue of you
If I do I won't know what to do
Every single day
I can't sink this pain
Going through this stage
Locks me in a cage
I can't find a single clue of you
If I do I won't know what to do
I don't know the way
Living's just a phase
Sinking like a stone
Got nowhere to roam
I'm not like you
I can't do what you do
Pretend that everything is falling into place
Leave without a trace
This time you're the one who's grieving
Psycho-analyze the way I'm scheming
I'm not like you
I can't do what you do
Pretend that everything is falling into place
Leave without a trace
So, uh, Mr. Lee
How're you doing today?
Ready to go home?
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10. |
Jimmy
03:08
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Jimmy was a friend of mine
We met each other in grade five
Turns out we both liked Transformers
Soundwave was his favorite guy
Jimmy was a friend of mine
He introduced me to the X-Men
Don't know what I'd do without them
Escaping from the world outside
Jimmy was a friend of mine
We played Atari after school
His brother liked to pick on him
I never really thought that's cool
Jimmy was a friend of mine
We talked to much in English class
And Mrs. Johnson didn't like it
At home his dad just whupped his ass
Jimmy was a friend of mine
We were best buds all through middle
Defended me when I was little
Made sure everything was right
Jimmy was a friend of mine
In high school we grew far apart though
I hung with the cool kids, I know
Had no time for basic life
Jimmy was a friend of mine
In junior year he missed some time
Something just crept out inside him
Something happened, I don't know
Jimmy was a friend of mine
That summer he was never home
Maybe I should have tried harder
But I had my life, my own
Who really knows where our paths are gonna lead?
I never saw anything that you couldn't be
When we look back it's easier to see
You were searching for a better friend than me
Jimmy was a friend of mine
We never talked in senior year
Saw him hanging with the skids
Smoking weed and drinking beer
Jimmy was friend of mine
But I was always the good student
Getting A's and playing sports
I really should've paid attention
Jimmy was friend of mine
I ignored the cuts he made
He wore wristbands just to hide it
I remember the fifth grade
Jimmy was friend of mine
Saw his dad outside the funeral
Asking "why weren't you around?"
Now Jimmy's six feet under ground
Jimmy was friend of mine
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On the road
On the road to old Kentucky
I can't find
I can't find no one to love me
I can't see
When I'm gone
When I'm gone and I've been lucky
I'll find peace
You'll finally see
Novocaine can't dull the pain
Of living in the driving rain
I can't see you again
On the road
On the road to old Kentucky
You'll find me
On the road
On the road to old Kentucky
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Clever Transient Atlanta, Georgia
Like many people in their late-40s facing a global pandemic, Michael D Friedman, a.k.a. Clever Transient, decided one day that he wanted to write and record music. So he bought himself a little MIDI keyboard, a cheap guitar and some software and eventually learned how to play (mostly). From there, Clever Transient was born. It was either that, or bake bread. ... more
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