1.5.6.
Recently I had the opportunity to play my first live show. The only time I had ever even done a set before, it was fully prerecorded, mixed, and mastered, so this was a bit of a reach. The last time I did this, for Summer Nights, I got the chance to make some special new music and play some old things I was proud of.
This made it a no-brainer to do a show again. But I was still worried. I had to do these songs in front of almost everyone I knew, and sing them especially. I honestly don’t know exactly how it went, but I’m ultimately proud of the songs.
Girl2
This song features a sample from Lily Chou-Chou’s Kaifukusuru Kizu, pretty prominently. It’s a gorgeous song, and whatever I did to it makes it entirely haunting. It’s really powerful, and I don’t know that I was exactly able to match that energy, but I tried.
Lyrics:
I think it’s too late,
you say your gone soon,
and I don’t know what to do.
Come on, why don’t you just,
shock me for once, and …
Put your pretty face in my hands,
melt me with your occasional glance.
Lay your kisses down my cheek,
but please don’t worry if they start to fade away.
I can see it now,
your vicious confidence just tears me down.
And the way you wear that gown,
please just turn me to liquid before you leave.
There’s a kind of empty verse section where I thank everyone and tell you the stuff I’m telling you now, and then a bit of a cinematic finale because I had to bring the vocal in one more time.
EXILE COLLEGE RULED REMIX
Hey it’s a new remix, I’m not gonna put the lyrics here because they’re the same as the original. But I really enjoy this one. The drops used to be a bit more aggressive, but I decided to turn ‘em down. I really love the bridge, which is why I just ended it there instead of bringing everything back again. Sometimes the remixes are a bit crowd appeal-y, which I don’t really know why I care, this shit is out there anyway. But I like it.
ffy
This is just a remixed and remastered version of Far From Yokohama. I chose to leave the original up as people obviously liked it. Although this version is definitely cleaner, I would be lying if I said I put too much effort into the vocals. I maybe shouldn’t have done this one lol.
SUNKEN/COST/FALLACY
This song has really grown on me interestingly enough. It’s not about anything real except the feeling. This also means I had to pull out some lyrics, because again, there was a bit more social pressure than blindly dropping them on SoundCloud to never be heard. I’ll put them here as a little treat.
Lyrics:
Did you stick around too long to say goodbye?
Say you want me, but baby tell me,
Am I way more than you asked for?
Put the records on the couch,
I don’t think you need to shout,
cuz the neighbors can hear you through the floor.
And your friends keep bugging out,
“oh that dickheads sticking round,”
and I only want to see you even more.
Miles Davis playing in the living room
and all I hear is man this bitch is through.
…
but I can’t stop thinking what I have to prove.
I only want you in the worst of best times,
may not be the truth, but I tell you the best lies.
Didn’t mean to cut my hair,
I’m starting to capsize.
Threw my keys under the car in the parking lot where we used to lay.
Oil on my back while your walking home and your crying down the interstate.
Then I catch you at my door with your hair a new dye,
Kiss me on the neck it’ll all be fine.
Get it like Bitches Brew, bitch is through. Everyone I told that to missed it, so I took it out, and changed it with “ultraviolence, nfr for you,” but I forgot to change the next part, so I just went nanana.
Creme Brulee
Hey I already wrote about this one, it’s the only one that’s the same from the last set because it’s a banger. You can go learn about this one on SoundCloud.
HONEST COLLEGE RULED REMIX
I was advised to put this one in by my friends and liked it so much I put it last. It really shows how far my mixing has gone, and I also added a bit of a bridge?
Lyrics:
I don’t know what I’ve been wanting,
I can’t sleep my notebook’s haunted,
Closed my eyes at five this morning,
Dawn shines through and cars are droning.
It’s too late to give up right now,
But if I gave you just a chance would you still face the crowd.
I kinda miss you and I hope you feel the same about me,
I’m getting fucking sick of people leeching off the bleed,
I would stay over but you know that Luka’s almost wallking,
And when its time for France and genius daughters you know I’ll be,
Honest
Conclusion
There’s some loosies on here too because I didn’t know how they’d go live. Complexion used to have lyrics about my desire and resulting fear of having children in this world, but they’re not here anymore for whatever reason.
From, college ruled.