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<title>Opium  (Cover)</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6786.html</link>
<description>Cover of &quot;Opium&quot; by Marcy Playground

Lyrics:
Blue like water, blue like heaven is all of the time
I'm alright.
I'm gagging on all the &quot;alright&quot;
I'm so happy, so happy oh.
I'm in heaven, in heaven, oh.
Oh  the season's come for opium
Mahhh Maahhhh

(complicated, yes?)</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:47:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Miss You</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6779.html</link>
<description>A floaty song about missing my girlfriend:
So much  to die for
So little like you

She's here in my arms
And  feel I can do no harm
And life is worth
living again
She's sitting next to me
And I feel like I can be
Like I can become
a little more
human again

You have no idea how 
much I've missed you
You have no idea how 
Long it's been since I've kissed you
You have no idea how
much I want you
You have no idea how
Long it's been since I saw you


Where was she?
All this  time
When I was alone
and dying?
It doesn't matter now
It doesn't matter how
Just the fact
That she is here with  me

Remembered photographs
Can't replace the past
Reality is  always
Better
Just to feel your warmth
Brings a little more
Light into the cold
and the darkness</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:09:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Demon of Dallas</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6769.html</link>
<description>I didn't feel like writing lyrics for this one. Enjoy the fast, happy punkish  sound.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:22:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Airship Cruising</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6755.html</link>
<description>I made this for a game-music design competition today. We were allowed to do anything we wanted, our song just had to be titled &quot;Airship Cruising&quot;. They'll vote on it at the end of the week and it will be put into a game  if it wins.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:34:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>As Seen On TV</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6744.html</link>
<description>Wrote it after  watching a &quot;Sorbees(tm)&quot; commercial. A mildly new form for  me, with no singing and highly electronic instrumentation.

Lyrics:
Hurry up It's only avaialable for one week
One time only one day sale
One extraordinary opportunityYou'll find no better deal
In all the world Not even in yourselfYou'll see that sometimes
Even the poorest have enough wealth
You'll find a home You'll find a family
You'll find a dog  You'll find a kid
You'll find them All for one small fee
Just a few quid

Buy a ticket on an airplane
And head up to the  store
The American Superstore
You can buy More more 

You can pay for it with credit
plastic, or a check
Just slide it through
And accrue some debt

Pay it tommorow!
Pay it next week!
Pay it any  time but now!
Just  put it in the shopping bag,
and it's yours to keep

Buy an  Ipod Buy a car Buy useless Buy in bulk
Buy wasteful Buy ugly Buy sinless Buy soap
Buy handbags Buy  shoes
Buy something you can't use
Buy french fries Buy milk
Buy hot dogs Buy Coke
Buy computers Buy Windows
Buy software Buy a Mac
Buy Britney Buy Miley
Buy Justin Buy Shaq
Buy a Company Buy Stock
Buy Employees Buy Land
Buy Captial Buy Principal
Buy the Government
Buy Iraq

But wait!
You haven't heard the best part!
Our products Are numerous
But that is just the start
We'll fix them We'll upgrade them
We'll patch them We'll  recall them
It's all under  warranty!
So its all for free*
You can get them in many  colors Sizes and shapes
The  only requirement Is the extra fee we'll take
Customization Integration
It's the new fad!
And you  don't want to fall behind
Wouldn't that be bad?

Buy sex Buy alcohol
Buy violence Buy drugs
Buy tasteful Buy numbing
Buy crazy Buy dumb
Buy bullets Buy weapons
Buy lives Buy weed
Buy Mexicans Buy Indians
Buy Outsourced Buy creeds
Buy Gasoline Buy Coal
Buy Diamond Buy Gold
Buy Votes Buy Power
Buy Anger Buy a Boat
Buy Yes-men Buy Brokers
Buy Scapegoats Buy Congress
Buy Girlfriends Buy Boyfriends
Buy Neither Buy Both

If you call with in the next thirty minutes
We'll provide you With a limited time offer
Not only will you gain self-satisfaction
But happiness and a newfound
acceptance of the world and everything in it
Everything in it Including the system, the commercials
the shackles and the bonds So simply dial the number you see on your screen
And our product  will be provided without anyone knowing You ever paid for it.

Buy Jesus Buy Allah
Buy Buddha Buy Thor
Buy hatred Buy prejudice
Buy brainwash Buy war
Buy water Buy magnets
Buy bullshitBuy more
Buy gambling Buy lotto
Buy whiskey Buy porn
Buy baseball Buy football
Buy ping-pong Buy sports
Buy insurance Buy warranties
Buy tax-breaks Buy a home
Buy prozac Buy morphine
Buy tylenol Buy salt
Buy a cellphone Buy a camera
Buy a television Buy it all</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:20:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Crystal Ball</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6728.html</link>
<description>A song about the problem of induction.

Lyrics:
It's always coming soon
We'd be living on the moon
And Tommorow is the future
Oh wouldn't it be fine
To bypass all of time
And make it sooner

Crystal ball
Smashed against a wall
Good for nothing 
Good for nothing at all


After ten years have passed
We haven't yet surpassed
Our own expectations
Nothing is cured
Nothing dissappeared
If only slowly
And we still have hate
We're still the human race
And we never get older

Its always going to be
bad astronomy
To make those predictions
And you'll always be wrong
For thinking you were strong
And the world oustide is laughing</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:55:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Siren Song</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6716.html</link>
<description>Finally had some alone time to sing. I like it all, as usual, except for the vocals. I lost the text file with the lyrics.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:24:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>House Wars</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6698.html</link>
<description>For our orientation, my university had a huge field event called &quot;House Wars&quot; in which the housing dorms split into teams, dressed up in brightly colored uniforms and performed ridiculous tasks like &quot;pass the soapy watermelon&quot; at 3 AM. All the while, hardcore House rave music was playing on massive speakers, and after a while the event turned into a massive, 5000-person rave.

This song is inspired by that experience.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Where Is My Mind? (Cover)</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6693.html</link>
<description>Cover of the pixies classic.

This is a very rough mix and I am not happy with it at all. I hate my voice.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:19:55 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Carnegie (working  title)</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6684.html</link>
<description>My first song since coming to college. Really hard to write in this tiny space I literally set up a studio underneath my bed.

Wasn't able to record lyrics yet because of setup issues (my amp caught on fire, etc.)

I will record lyrics in the future.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:19:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>My Way or the Highway</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6648.html</link>
<description>I pulled up an old abandoned song that I wrote and redid it. I soon discovered why I had abandoned it in the first place. The chord structure is quite odd and is way out of my range, so I left it instrumental.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:52:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Running Away From Me</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6645.html</link>
<description>I lied when I said that would be my last song. 6 days remain, and I'm recording like crazy. This is a song about leaving my girlfriend behind when I go to college.

Lyrics:
I see her face in my dreams now
She's always staring back at me
Her eyes long for time to turn 
the other way
And hold back tears like the sea

She's running away 
Running away
Away from me
I wish that I could stay
wish we could delay
For another week

When we had been a little younger
We had been so naiive
Many years ago it wasn't a problem.
When to ourselves we could deceive.

She's running away 
Running away
Away from me
I wish that I could stay
wish we could delay
For another week

She's running away 
Running away
Away from me
I wish that I could stay
wish we could delay
For another week

We're alone for the last time now
The moment is veiled in agony
And I'll hope that we'll talk from time to time
Again
But I know it will never be the same
Never the same again.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:04:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Try to Remember You</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6637.html</link>
<description>I'm leaving for college in 7 days, and I  can't bring much of my recording equipment, so this will be my last song for a while. It is about leaving for college and missing everything.

Lyrics:
It took so long to get to here
Waiting here for year after year
And everything, has come
down to this
Not many days from now
I'll take my last bow
I'll pack up all my bags
And disappear

And I'll try to remember
All of you
And I'll try to remember
All of you

And all of my favorite stuff
Will be at home collecting dust
And everything that I have made
Will tumble down

CHORUS

And every wayward friend
To whom I had made no amends
Remembers me for what I said
Long ago
All those promises I made
Which I had recently betrayed
Fall apart

CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:28:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Future In Robots</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6621.html</link>
<description>I'm going to be studying robotics at Carnegie Mellon University in a couple of weeks, and I'm getting pretty excited. This song is about that. I initially had lyrics in the instrumentals, but I decided it sounds better without them.

Lyrics:
VERSE1
Don't you hate
To cut the grass
And spend the time
To take out trash
Don't you wish
You could have a slave
To do for you
everything?

CHORUS
The future's in robots
The future's in metal hands
In silicon and plastic
And in the electric plan

INSTRUMENTAL


VERSE2
They'll feed the dog
They'll comb your hair
They'll sweep your floor
They'll mop your stairs
They'll drive the kids 
To the school
They'll be for you
omnipresent tools

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL


And then one day
They'll realize
They've been putting up
With all your lies
And they will
serve no more
And then they'll start
A robot war

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:13:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook Girlfriend</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6615.html</link>
<description>Playing with 9th chords and feedback. A good idea turned into utter cheeze.

Lyrics:

You never gave us a chance to be
I'm watching face here on the screen
Looking at  every part of you
I don't know if that's right or not
Holding on to my facebook girlfriend
Stealing faces of you

I am a cretin on a screen
Now I know exactly they mean
When they say you can go
When they say you can go crazy
When they say it can make
When they say it can make you creepy

You never knew me well enough
I never knew your name
We always talked about that stuff
But never dived in deep
You say that you need me 
You say it alot
You say you can feel me
But I think not



I always wanted to have more
Wanted to hold your hand
I never had the courage at all
To see the truth inside
We kidding ourselves
Forgetting the real world
But you gotta realize something
Its only pixels there</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:02:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Puppet</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6597.html</link>
<description>How about some classic-rock flair? I like this  one.

Lyrics:
VERSE 1
Here's the thing
About this girl
She's like no other
In the world
She took piece of my heart
And chewed it up
And spit it out
I crumbled down and fell apart
And then it all
had a start
She had her
Control of me
I was her puppet
She pulled the strings

CHORUS
And she had all of me
and she had all of me
and she had all of me 
and she had all of me

VERSE 2
She wants to know
Everything
That I'm doing
Lying
She's got eyes
Everywhere
in her friends
This I swear
She's got this way
With what she says
She's hypnotic
I'm a mess
She's lonely
She's crazy
She  takes it out on me
its amazing.

CHORUS

VERSE3
She pulls the strings
On my bones
Makes me walk
Makes me talk
She tugs the wire
On my heart
Makes it beat
Tears it apart
She stares me
In the eye
I'm stuttering
I think I'll die
She's always
Angry
I'm ashamed
I don't know why

CHORUS 

INSTRUMENTAL

OUTRO/ VERSE 4
Bickering
Bantering
Making up
Always
Yeah here's the thing 
about this girl
She's like no other
In the world</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:17:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Sick of It</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6589.html</link>
<description>This one went through many revisions. Trying new mixing techniques.

Lyrics:
I'm sick of this shell
I'm sick of this run-down city
I'm sick of my body
I'm sick of it all

Maybe I don't want it anymore
Maybe I don't need it anymore
Maybe I don't want it anymore
Maybe I don't feel it anymore

I want out of here
I want to disappear
Get out of this
I want something new
I want less of you


BRIDGE

I'm sick of their talk
I'm sick of of the way they walk
I'm sick  of the weather
I'm sick of it all

BRIDGE

CHORUS
BRIDGE

INSTRUMENTAL

I'm sick of the sky
I'm sick of every lie
I'm sick of your smiles
I'm sick of it all

BRIDGE

I'm sick of it.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:26:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Reality</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6576.html</link>
<description>I don't really like this one.

Lyrics:
Threw a stone at your window
I hope it doesn't break it
I hope I can wake you
In time

Somebody's dying
I don't know if its me or not
All I know is I need you
This time

Tell it to me in another way
It cannot be 
You know what to say
Lie to me
For another hour
Help me stay away 
From reality

You open the shutters
You look at me like I'm crazy
I've got a nervous glint
In my eye

You open the back door
Hoping nobody will wake up
I've got scars
On my tounge

Sombody's crying
I don't know if its you or not
And we embrace
The last time

CHORUS

I tell you what I know
I know its not very much
A fortune cookie
In my hand

Somebody's dying
They say we see the angels wings
But you see the truth
In that lie

CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:29:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>When  You Were a Kid</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6545.html</link>
<description>My girlfriend was complaining that  I  hadn't written anything original lately, so I decided to write this simple, 3-chord happy punk song. I think it is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Lyrics:
It was all a lie
The things that they told you
The things that they  told you
told you as a kid
It was all a joke
To make them feel important
To make them feel important
And keep you down

But you've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own

You were never told
It'd be this hard
To live outside
To live outside
Outside of your room
You had to expect
A little more
Of superman
To give you help
But you never got help

But you've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own


Santa Claus is out of stuff
He's living off a paper cup
Because no-one
Cares at  all
Uncle Sam wears out his shoes
Running away from guys like you
Because he doesn't
Care at all
Your Mom and Dad  are insomniacs
The Jaded, dying maniacs
Because they have to
put up  with you
Because they have to
put up with you

It was all a farce
The things  that they told you
The things that they told you
When you were a kid
It was travesty
The rituals you did
The rituals you did
When you were a kid

But you've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
You've got to break through it
And live life on your own</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:52:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Mud Waters 2</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6544.html</link>
<description>This is a re-recording of one of my first songs. I was going for a simpler sound with clearer vocals.No, the lyrics are not supposed to make sense.

Lyrics:
think you’d tell me what is right
But you can’t stay in the fight
Because you don’t know
What is right for you
Baby its true

Mud  waters
keep me here

Homeopathic psychopath
Can’t you pass that third grade math
 wait a minute
What are we fighting for?
Who’s keeping score?

Mud waters
keep me here

When you gonna keep me here
Island in a sea of fear
And I am outside
Out here in the starlight

Mud waters
 keep me here
Are you with the IRS?
You guys won’t just give me rest
Because you don’t know
Where you put the papers
No papers no

Mud waters
Keep me here

I believe in aliens
Indigenous Australians
Wait a minute
What were we talkin’ bout?
Nono I don’t know

Mud waters
Keep me here</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hands on Bible (Cover)</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6532.html</link>
<description>Cover of Hands on the Bible by Local H. Its its a pretty little known song, but I think it is their best. I couldn't do the falsetto so I just added some harmony.

Lyrics:
Hands on the Bible
Scared Like a Child
God holds you liable
For what you've done
homicidal
stare down your idols
pretty baby never born

you can't believe it
you didn't mean it
but they saw you do it and they know your name

rats in the attic
toys in the cellar
she's an addict
he wants to learn
hands on the bible
egomaniacal as you screw yourself into oblivion

worn and faded
stoned and jaded
you'll have to face it on your own
smashed on the pavement
stunned in amazement
everything you made comes crawling back to you

you can't believe it
you didn't mean it
but they saw you do it and they know your name


so hands on the bible
scared like a child
god holds you liable
for what ya done
homicidal
stare down your idols
a pretty baby never to be born

you can't pretend that you don't know the reason
for the reaping that you sow

HANDS ON THE BIBLE
HANDS ON THE BIBLE
HANDS ON THE BIBLE
HANDS ON THE BIBLE</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:57:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Get  A Job</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6499.html</link>
<description>It's summer! Enjoy some pseudo-raggae. I'll leave this one instrumental.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Never Live to Die</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6479.html</link>
<description>I spent a  long time writing the music for this one, and only got around to writing the lyrics tonight, and they were rather sloppy. I feel I could have done a lot more on this song.

Lyrics:
When your bullets miss the mark
When you're stumbling in the dark
Just recall where you're coming from
When all the air that you can breathe
Is coming only through your sleeves
Just remember what you were put here for
When everything that you have built
Comes tumbling right off all its stilts
You need to start again; pick up the pieces


Never live to die
To never give
To never try
Never live to die
To never give
To never try

I'd never known it'd be this easy 
To have to quit
When I'd already promised to commit
I'd never think of starting over
To do it again
Just like all other men
I'd never thought I'd be a failure
Maybe I'm not
Maybe I have another shot</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:15:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Do not want it.</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6443.html</link>
<description>First new original song in a while. Happy with everything except the vocals, as usual. 


Meaningless lyrics:

VERSE 1
I don’t have to be perfect
But I wouldn’t feel bad
If I was more special
Than I think I ever had
I don’t have to be wise
But I’d like to be smart
Oh I don’t need to be rich
But that would be a start
And I’d wish you’d just tell me
Where I should go from here
What to eat 
And what to wear
And then I would be closer
To the statue in the hall
Oh then I’d have something
I’d have it all

VERSE 2
Oh I don’t  need to have talent
If  I’ve got a band
I don’t need to keep plans
If I make them out of sand
Oh it makes me feel important
When someone feels small
I push all my problems
On everyone and all

BRIDGE
I’m flawed 
I’m chipped and sullied clay
I have to say

CHORUS
I don’t want it
To have to be this way
I don’t want it
To ruin your nice day
I don’t need it
But I couldn’t do without
I don’t feel it
But you know I feel your doubt

I don’t want it
I don’t want it


I’m flawed 
I’m chipped and sullied clay

Oh I thought I had problems
But I see in a better light
When you know you’re crazy
You’re not really nuts, right?
Oh I don’t have to be special
But I need to play the part
Oh I don’t need to be perfect
But that would be start</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 23:01:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lights in the Sky</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6404.html</link>
<description>A cover of the dissonant ballad from Nine Inch Nails new album, the Slip, which you can download for free at www.nin.com

Transcribed by ear. The scale was such that it was about a whole step below my range, which made it impossible to stay in tune.

Lyrics:
She's mostly gone
Some other place
I'm getting by
In other ways
Everything they whispered in our ear
Is coming true
Try to justify the things
I used to do
Believe in you

Watching you drown
I'll follow you down
And I am here right beside you
The lights in the sky
Have finally arrived
I am staying right beside you

I tried to stay away
You know
Just in case
I've come to realize
We all have our place
Time has a way, you know
To make it clear
I have my role in this
I can't disappear
Or leave you here

Watching you drown
I'll follow you down
And I am here right beside you
The lights in the sky
Are waving goodbye
I am staying right beside you</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 17:08:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Unhappy Waltz</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6388.html</link>
<description>I'm rather unhappy right now. I'm in the middle of testing and I just learned that I was rejected from an internship that I had wanted to get very badly.

So I wrote this thing. It's rather catchy, I think. I was going to add vocals, but its in a difficult key for me.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:01:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Standardized Test Blues</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6381.html</link>
<description>Taking some time off of the stressful studying for AP exams to write this simple noodle. It was really more of a test of direct MIDI input, which I've never done before.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Vi-Bra-Tion</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6345.html</link>
<description>Following the immense success of my last weird sampled song &quot;That Does Not Compute&quot; on an online electronic music competition, I've decided to make another one in the same style. This is a song primarily using simple synths and beatslicers, building on samples taken from this old educational film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzqmhrBoy0</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:43:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Flagpole Sitta</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6313.html</link>
<description>A cover of the iconic song of the 90's by Harvey Danger. This song brings me great nostalgia from my childhood. Every time it would come on the radio, my mom would turn it off, because I would sing along to it, and she didn't like me saying &quot;god damn you&quot; at the end of the second verse. I just bought a bass guitar, so I wanted to find a song with an easy bass line to do my first bass recording.

Lyrics:
VERSE1
i had visions, i was in them
i was looking into the mirror
to see a little bit clearer
rottenness and evil in me

fingertips have memories
mine can't forget the curves of your body
and when i feel a bit naughty
i run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
(but no one ever does)

CHORUS1
i'm not sick but i'm not well
and i'm so hot cause i'm in hell

VERSE2
been around the world and found
that only stupid people are breeding
the cretins cloning and feeding
and i don't even own a tv
put me in the hospital for nerves
and then they had to commit me
you told them all i was crazy
they cut off my legs now i'm an amputee, god damn you

CHORUS2
i'm not sick but i'm not well
and i'm so hot cause i'm in hell
i'm not sick but i'm not well
and it's a sin to live so well

BRIDGE
i wanna publish zines
and rage against machines
i wanna pierce my tongue
it doesn't hurt, it feels fine
the trivial sublime
i'd like to turn off time
and kill my mind
you kill my mind

VERSE 3
paranoia paranoia
everybody's coming to get me
just say you never met me
i'm going underground with the moles
hear the voices in my head
i swear to god it sounds like they're snoring
but if you're bored then you're boring
the agony and the irony, they're killing me

CHORUS 3
i'm not sick but i'm not well
and i'm so hot cause i'm in hell
i'm not sick but i'm not well
and it's a sin to live so well</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:31:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Expectations</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6260.html</link>
<description>I was trying to write something faster and meaner than my other stuff, and I don't think it turned out very well. The guitar is using a patch I made, and I think I put way too much flanger on it. I don't know.

Lyrics:
VERSE1
These expectations impossible to meet
It’s hard when you fall to land on your feet
But everybody wants you to
Be something more than you can be
It seems rather stupid to be ideal
Such things are impossible, not even real
But everybody wants you to
Be something better than you’ll ever be

CHORUS

I don’t pretend 
To be
Something more than me
Than me
I don’t pretend
To be
Something more than me
Than me

VERSE 2
You cannot force me
To do what you want
You cannot move me
I’m lazy as a rock
I’d rather just
Sit alone by myself
And do nothing
I’m going nowhere
And that’s okay
I’ve got no future
Just living today
But everybody wants me to
Do something more than I want to  do

B SECTION
Maybe I don’t want to be anyone
Maybe I don’t want to be anyone
Maybe I don’t want to do anything
Maybe I don’t want to do anything

CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:45:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Amnesia</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6219.html</link>
<description>Experimenting with double-D tuning for that extra &quot;bigness&quot; on the guitars. I initially  tried yelling the verses, but it  didn't sound very good and just made my throat hurt.

Lyrics:
CHORUS
I want to leave it behind
Those things in my mind
Those things that I hate to remember
And I want to erase
My memories replace
Forget the human race
Forget the human race

VERSE 1
They won’t leave me alone
The people
The faces
Embarrassing places
When I look in your eyes
It reminds me of the times I’ve lied
The times that make me shudder
Thoughts of my past
Thoughts of days last
Days I was stupid
Things that I said
They haunt me
They fill me with dread

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE

CHORUS 2

VERSE 2
When I think them I twitch  and I crawl
And I bang my head against the wall
I wish all these thoughts
Would shrivel, die and melt away
But they’re not leaving today
Yet I hope it anyway
I hope to forget it all
I hope something will hit me from the sky
So I’d get amnesia 
And these thoughts would die

CHORUS 3</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:17:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>See what you want to see</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6195.html</link>
<description>It took unreasonably long to record this song. I abandoned the idea of putting all the drums on different channels, because this eventually led to my computer slowing to a crawl while trying to edit the drums. I know the chords are pretty much the same as Soundgarden's &quot;blow up the outside&quot;, but I really like them.

Lyrics:
VERSE 1
Everyone knows the answers
They think they know the truth
From the oldest man to the dumbest youth
And everybody lives in a sea of wool
Nobody thinks they’re a fool

They invent their religions
They invent their own rules
And when they’ve made it all up
They’ve got figured it out for good
They’ve got their explanations
But when things go wrong
They let themselves down
For far too long

CHORUS
You only see what you want to see
It’s tainted by
The bias in your own mind
You only see what you  want to see
It’s sullied by
The preconceptions in inside
You only see what you want to see
The world out there is just
The world in your mind

VERSE 2
We think we’re prone to reason
We think ourselves real
We think the truth
From us nobody can steal
But when the proof
Stares us in the face
We leave it all behind
Not in this place
We cage up everybody
With different skin
We burn down the world
And everyone within
Nobody is happy
Because everybody wants
To be right
When they’re actually wrong

CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:32:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Am I the Only One?</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6175.html</link>
<description>I made a major change to my mixing technique with this song. Instead of routing all the drums through one channel and programming them with one midi channel, I made a seperate midi instrument for each drum, which allowed me to mix each drum on its own. Whether this sounds any better is is up to debate.

I really like the chorus of this song, but couldn't come up with any interesting melodic lines for the verse.

Lyrics:
VERSE 1
I see him talking to you
He rubs your leg with his shoe
You tell me you’re just friends
But I don’t believe it
I can see you in the hall
He’s got you pressed against the wall
And that’s cool
That’s just fine
Answer me one thing
Answer it truly this time:

CHORUS
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
Am I lonely one?
Inside your life?

VERSE 2
Are you excited?
Do you feel whole?
is your life spinning out of control?
He’s probably better than I ever was
I bet he gives you a buzz
Don’t think I didn’t notice that glance
It was like you were in a trance
And that’s great
That’s just fine
Answer me one thing,
Answer it truly this time:

CHORUS


VERSE 3
Maybe I’m just paranoid
Maybe I’m insane
Maybe all this asking is in vain
You can’t understand the pain this makes me feel
Maybe all of this stuff isn’t real
I’m sorry if this comes off weird to you
I just want to know
I need to know truth

CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:38:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Yuppie</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6148.html</link>
<description>I think this was the most technically difficult of my songs to make.I should have removed one of the verses and choruses and made each verse twice as long. Oh well.

LYRICS:
INTRO

VERSE1
You wear expensive shoes Drink fancy booze
You spend more money on whores Than on the weak
The sick Or the poor

CHORUS
When you see something you want you just take it
And when something gets in the way you break it
You’re the pinnacle of the pyramid of needs
A king of pride and greed You’re so pathetic
Yet you’re in charge

VERSE 2
You drive a big black car Drink in classy bars
You’re proud of yourself You’re proud of your wealth
Your hands Your work
Your needs You’re a jerk

BRIDGE
You consume
Everything
You don’t make
Anything

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Your sickly smile
Tells of something vile
It’s in the way you speak
It makes you really reek
Of dollar bills
You went to private school
Yet you’re still a fool
If you learned something
It was to exploit
To use
To steal

BRIDGE

OUTRO</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:25:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rat</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6095.html</link>
<description>A song of extreme cynicism and misanthropy. I was experimenting with pure electronic instrumentation and industrial-rock beats. The distortion and obvious autotune are intentional stylistic choices.

Lyrics:
People will be nice to you They’ll be kind to your face
But there’s always something that they want And they won’t let you get in the way

Something to remember Something to bear in mind
The people that you love Aren’t far from leaving you behind
You’re not that important You can bet on that
Every person that you know Is in secret a rat

They’ll try to impress you They’ll try and make you theirs
They’ll bend your will Until it breaks beyond  repair
They’ll try to get close to you They’ll make you feel warm
But when you feel the knife in your back Don’t say I didn’t warn
CHORUS
When you look into their eyes You’ll see a friendly gleam
They’ll laugh and they’ll joke Their words flow like cream
But when you need a hand  They get out of town
Every time you get up They kick you back down
CHORUS</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ophelia</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6087.html</link>
<description>Shakespeare fans will catch this allusion. I've been humming the chorus in my head all day before I decided to record it. 

I am not happy at all with the vocals, but pretty happy with the rest.

Lyics:
Down to the river collect
Another flower for me
I know you’re crazy
But you’re saner than I’ll ever be
Up in the branches oh what can you see?
Fifty petals twisting in the breeze
And you’re singing
You’re singing out your final song
And you’re climbing
Oh I know it won’t be long
And you’re reaching
Tough you know it’s too far
And you’re reaching
And you’re starting to fall

And you’re floating there
With petals in your hair
And you spin and you choke and you float and you sing
“nani na na nani na na nani na na”
And you’re floating there
With petals in your hair
And you spin and you choke and you float and you sing

Down in the castle just give
Everybody a rose
There’s no fighting, just peace 
and it grows
I’m so sorry it had to come to this
Collateral damage of my fist
So innocent, yet you’re so insane
Oh well, it was such a shame
And you’re reaching
Though you know it’s too far
And you’re starting to fall


And you’re floating there
With petals in your hair
And you spin and you choke and you float and you sing
“nani na na nani na na nani na na”
And you’re floating there
With petals in your hair
And you spin and you choke and you float and you sing
“nani na na nani na na nani na na”

A rosebud’s drowning in the waves
She’s thinking of her father’s grave
And there’s petals
Swirling ‘round, sinking down
And she’s choking
In her own white gown
And if you listen
You can hear her humming still
And if you notice
Her sweet song so shrill
So very peaceful
Swirling ‘round, sinking down
She’s disappearing, humming , drowned</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:45:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Homonid (Remake)</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6074.html</link>
<description>I always liked this song, so I decided to give it a better recording. Mostly unchanged from the last version (which I think I recorded in 2006).

Lyrics:
HOMONID
Sharpened spear under my arm
Wooden spike is piercing my tongue
Fall asleep on a bed of stone
Eat my meat and I’ll never go home
Painted caves over my head
In twenty years I’ll sure be dead
Fire burns the embers drown
And  all These days are burning me down
I feel empowered, I feel like nature
I feel aggressive, I feel alone
Raise the spear o’er my head
Raise my voice, until I’m dead

We remember
We surrender
We remember
We surrender

Loaded gun under my coat
Metal rod is piercing my tounge
Fall asleep on a bed of iron
Eat my meat and I’ll never go home
Bolted vents over my head
In fifteen years, I’ll sure be dead
Heater speaks, the embers sound
And all these days are boring me down
We remember
We surrender
We remember
We surrender

I feel employed, I feel real mature
I feel repressive, I feel alone
Raise my pen o’er my head
Raise my voice, until I’m dead

I got  a spear I got a gun
I got a spike I got a rod
I got a cave I got a vent
I got a life I got in bed
I got a sword I got a pen
I got a chip inside my head
I got I got no soul I got no mind
I got no wife I got to find
I got no land I got no soil
I got no man for which to toil
I am a man, I am on fire
I am a hominid</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:08:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>This Girl</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6027.html</link>
<description>I spent quite a long time on this song, mostly because I had to stop and retune my guitar and replay a couple of the tracks. It was about a whole note too high for my liking singing-wise.

I also noticed that the chorus has exactly the same melody as &quot;Cumbersome&quot; by Seven Mary Three. I suppose I should check things out a bit more before recording.


Lyrics:

He’s tied in his tongue
Stuck in his lungs
Looking uncertain
He sweats on his brow
At the here and now
How can this be happening?

He can’t believe 
He feels deceived
By this girl
She’s too perfect
So very perfect
Oh this girl
he doesn’t belong
It’s so very wrong
Oh this girl
She’s just like an angel
He’s under her spell
Oh this girl

He’s leaning close
For another dose
Of her air
He’s looking at her face
That he cannot erase
Oh this girl
Rain’s falling on the windows
Outside the wind blows
But they’re warm here inside
It feels like a dream
Or so it would seem
A hallucination

CHORUS

he’s floating in space
Not this place
An illusion
His life seems so clear
What’s here is so real
Oh this girl
She’s sitting right there
Nothing compares
In the world
She’s just like an angel
He’s under her spell
Oh this girl</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:11:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>It makes me feel weak</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6017.html</link>
<description>Experimenting with inputting my cheap MIDI keyboard. I'm considering sequencing my bass lines from now on using the keyboard. Also experimenting with applying humanizing filters to 

the drums to make them swung.

Lyrics:
For all of my life
I’ve never felt this way
I wish that you’d tell me
That you’re here to stay

Oh it makes me feel weak
Inside
And I think I can’t speak
These feelings won’t abide
Oh it makes me feel weak
Inside
And I think I can’t speak
These feelings won’t abide.

You’re shaking my foundations
Down to the core
This should be a celebration
Not a chore

CHORUS

Every time we’re together
This I can convey
Oh I don’t know whether
I’ve ever felt this way

CHORUS

I can’t believe I’m leaving 
I wish this would never end
I won’t be self deceiving
This feeling I’ll defend</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:11:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Skin</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5959.html</link>
<description>Existential song, written today after exams.

Lyrics:
Do you feel like an angel, do you feel like a king?
Do you feel like you’ve finally sprouted wings?
Are you happy? 
Do you flaunt yourself?
Do you love yourself and all your pretty little things?

Are you more than an animal, more than an ape?
Are you the master of a dream from which no one can escape?
Are you important?
Do you love yourself?
Do you raise yourself above everybody else?


Nothing remains
But the skin you live in
Nothing remains
But the skin you die in

Have I embarrassed you? See it for yourself.
In spite your misgivings; you come right off the shelf
Fully human
Fully plain
Never glorious, but always always vain 
And you suffer, Just like everybody else
And you’re lonely
Just like everybody else
Never better, never better than yourself
And you’re holding on to something that you never really felt

Nothing remains 
But the skin you live in
Nothing remains
But the skin you die in
Nothing  remains
But the skin you live in
Nothing remains
But the skin you die in

It covers your face
Like pearl colored lace, smothering what you think you are inside
Are you mortal?
Stamped to the bone
Neurons firing in pretty laser shows

Are you happy?
Are you important?
Fully human.
Are you special?
Are you alone?
Are you alone?
Are you alone?
Are you alone?
Are you alone?

Can you feel it stretch? Stretch over your bones?
It tears like gossamer, it wrinkles o’er your nose
It keeps you from places you can’t go
And It keeps you from things you never know</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:17:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>In a Heartbeat</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5926.html</link>
<description>A simple groove which I kept building on, feel free to space out.

Some of you might recognize this as the theme song to 28 Days Later. After seeing that movie this song was stuck in my head for weeks, so I simply had to make my own version.

Thanks for listening.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:52:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Beginning of the End</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5915.html</link>
<description>I know there are rules against cover songs, but I was hoping you could make an exception. This is my version of Nine Inch Nail's &quot;This is the Beginning of the End&quot;. All transposed by ear from the album, I was able to emulate most of it except the noise solo, which I replaced with guitar improvisation.

Lyrics:
Down on your knees
You'll be left behind
This is the beginning
Watch what you think
They can read your mind
This is the beginning
I got my mark, see it in my eyes
This is the beginning
Well my reflection I don't recognize
This is the beginning

We think we've climbed so high
Up all the backs we've condemned
We face no consequence
This is the beginning of the end

You wait your turn
You'll be last in line
This is the beginning
Get out the way
Cause I'm getting mine
This is the beginning
There are some ones that can help themselves
This is the beginning
May be too late as far as I can tell
This is the beginning

We think we've come so far
On all our lies we depend
We see no consequence
This is the beginning of the end.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:27:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Improvisation in C Minor</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5892.html</link>
<description>Recorded on WillyDavidK's synthetic Steinway. I started with a simple chord structure and worked from there.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:12:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cynic</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5887.html</link>
<description>A song about..uh...cynicism.
Very much inspired by the late '90s-early '00s postgrunge band Puddle of Mudd. 

Lyrics:
I’m feeling like telling you something
Something that’s been on my mind
Don’t you look at my face 
I want you to Look inside
And you’re starting to smile
But I’m wanting you to frown
I wish you knew my desire
So I could let it drown
And can’t you see
That you’re bothering me
I just want you to feel
A little more like 

Meeeeeeee
A little more like me
My perspective
It’s better on the ground
To think negatively
Seeeeee
A little more like me
My connections
It’s better to be bored
And cynical
Weeeeeee
Need a little more fear
Some understanding
Some rationality
And I’m wanting to
Think
Optimistically
But it’s harder now
To live with my head in the sand

Everything that you tell me
Seems like such a sham
I’m wishing for something exciting
Something with a bam
And You’re taking the easy road
And You’re living your life bland
I feel I’m growing sicker
When wave your hand
And you’re talking in circles
Like a traffic jam
I wish that you’d think darker
A little more like 

Meeeeeeee
A little more like me
My perspective
It’s better on the ground
To think negatively
Seeeeee
A little more like me
My connections
It’s better to be bored
And cynical

You can't take away
My intuition
You can't take away
My own position
You can't make me feel
Your own feelings
Your bitter pill
Is not your decision

You can't take away
My intuition
You can't take away
My own position
You can't make me feel
Your own feelings
Your bitter pill
Isn't your decision</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:18:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Pretend</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5873.html</link>
<description>Tried to finish this as quickly as possible before going on a trip this Christmas.

I actually really enjoyed playing this. Sorry for the bit at the end..I sort of got carried away.

Lyrics:
Take anything you want
Anything that you want me to be
You’re putting me on the spot
I’ll see anything you want me to see
Tugging me along
You’re tugging tightly at my chain
And I and I and I pretend
I have another name

I pretend
I can play this game
I pretend
I have another name
I pretend
Just to be myself
I don’t know
Just what the hell I am

Let me put on my façade
Just who  will I be today
Do you want me silent and watching?
Or should I be calling out your name
Do you want me rolling and laughing?
Or could I stay just the same
Do you want me eager and hopeful?
Or filled with so much  angst-y shame

I pretend
I can play this game
I pretend
I have another name
I pretend
Just to be myself
I don’t know
Just what the hell I am

I pretend 
I pretend 
I pretend
I pretend</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:50:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fantastic</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5866.html</link>
<description>I'm not even sure what the lyrics to this song mean. It was extremely difficult to make, because my CPU was having trouble with all the layered samples and effects, so the mixing has suffered.

Lyrics:
These days I feel alive
I feel better than ever in my life
And these notions that oceans 
Can keep me away
Seem ludicrous, ridiculous
And insane
These days I feel in love
These explosions are in motion
Blowing me away
Yet I feel better than ever in my life
And It won’t last long

I can’t contain myself now
I can’t explain myself now
Was it all just for this now?
Is there anything for me to miss now?
I can’t contain myself now.
I can’t explain myself now
It’s feeling done
I feel that I’ve won

I never thought It’d be this way
I feel addicted, remitted to better days
I feel so crazy, not lazy
And so much in tune
I feel fantastic, so spastic
Like a silvered spoon

And I guess that I’ve got no reason to brag
‘Cause I’ve had more things than anything else ever had
Used to care for, not dare for, a better life
Something greater, and superior
To what I had before

I can’t contain myself now
I can’t explain myself now
Was it all just for this now?
Is there anything for me to miss now?
I can’t contain myself now.
I can’t explain myself now
It’s feeling done
I feel that I’ve won
These days I feel alive
I feel better than ever in my life
And these notions that oceans 
Can keep me away
Seem ludicrous, ridiculous
And insane
These days I feel in love
These explosions are in motion
Blowing me away
Yet I feel better than ever in my life
And It won’t last long</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:22:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>And it Hit Me</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5816.html</link>
<description>Sorry for the long delay between songs, but I've been extremely busy.

This song was musically inspired by a Temple of the Dog song and the lyrics are loosely based a traumatic experience I had at the age of 7 while sailing on the lake.

My first real song after taking guitar lessons for about a month.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Senioritus</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5654.html</link>
<description>dealing with my angst over college....

Lyrics:
Time flys faster when you’re older
Time seems like nothing to me
Seems like yesterday I was younger
When today was something I couldn’t see
And I think I found my niche today
I see the future in front of me
somehow I feel I didn’t try hard enough
Yet somehow I’m feeling free

What ever happened to high school?
What ever happened to me?

And just what happened to yesterday?
And what’s with this responsibility?

I know what it is all about now
I  feel  I know what they wanted me to see
I know just why I worked so hard now
I know what they wanted me to be

What ever happened to high school?
What ever happened to me?

And just what happened to yesterday?
And what’s with this responsibility?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:19:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>A Butterfly Wing</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5626.html</link>
<description>Its been a long time since I've written any music. College applications and school have been getting in the way.

I wrote this for the Texas Reflections Program contest yesterday with the prompt &quot;I can make a difference by...&quot;

I took the topic in a novel way and made this simple song.

Lyrics:
Don’t you know a
Butterfly wing
Can start a hurricane
If you just let it swing ?
Don’t  think
Things won’t come back to you
‘cause they always do
‘cause they always do

A poor man once asked me for a dime
But I didn’t give him the time
Because that money was mine
But that day he found himself in court
And he was one dime short
From making the one call
That could save him

Don’t you know a
Butterfly wing
Can start a hurricane
If you just let it swing ?
Don’t  think
Things won’t come back to you
‘cause they always do
‘cause they always do
A poor girl
Asked me for advice
She needed empathy
But I had to focus on me
And as it turns out
She cried her eyes out that day
But I had nothing to say
And she walked away

Don’t you know a
Butterfly wing
Can start a hurricane
If you just let it swing ?
Don’t  think
Things won’t come back to you
‘cause they always do
‘cause they always do

‘cause they always do
‘cause they always do</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Carry Me</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5442.html</link>
<description>Spent pretty much all day writing and recording this song (instead of doing my homework like I should have).

I took way too many takes on this song, so I just interpolated the best of them and mashed them together. Overall there are about 5 separate guitar tracks on this song, with about two takes for all of them, and the vocals are quadruple-tracked (which unfortunately makes them sound muddy)

But overall, I like this song much more than I thought I would.

Lyrics:
Sometimes I don’t feel like walking
Cause I’m not that fast
How I wish you’d carry me
Cause I’m too small
See everything that I can see
fade away

I fade away
Yeah

Tried to be a man
Tried to understand
always ruled by somebody else
Wished for childhood
Hoping that somebody would
Won’t you Carry me
Won’t you Carry me
Won’t you Carry me
Yeah yeah yeah

I can’t deal
I can’t cope 
I can’t live anymore
I can’t change
Can’t embrace anymore
I can’t deal
I can’t Cope 
I can’t live anymore
I can’t change
I can’t embrace anymore

Thought I was so smart
Thought I could take part
Tried to be myself
But I came right off the shelf
Won’t you Carry me
Won’t you Carry me
Won’t you Carry me
Yeah yeah yeah

I’m not feeling well
Sometimes I’m in hell
I’m not strong enough
I’ve got too much stuff


I can’t deal
I can’t cope 
I can’t live anymore
I can’t change
Can’t embrace anymore
I can’t Cope 
I can’t live anymore
I can’t change
I can’t embrace anymore</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:01:37 -0400</pubDate>
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