your eyes were screaming bloodlust
when the blade touched my skin
but I would probably believe you
if you said that was a diamond
and I knew the world was ending
after every conversation
it’s just another reason to stay inside
it’s just another thing to keep me up at night
go!
I dont get much
sleep these days
and I dont know why
feel like I’m gonna die
it’s just another reason to stay inside
it’s just another thing to keep me up at night
so don’t invite me to your parties
I won’t be there
I got a lot on my mind
and I’m spending my time
with a lot on my mind
nuclear warfare
malicious software
dying polar bears
it’s a living nightmare
global warming
fascists are swarming
media psychosis
but everything is boring
surveillance technology
return to phrenology
broken ideology
but no epistemology
another reason to stay inside
another thing to keep you up at night
night-night
there was something obvious
about monday night
it made me sick–
a rosegold memory from the dream
about your play
how could you put it on
in a fashion that I didn’t approve of?
I was a main character at the beginning
not the middle,
not the end,
I think I died
but doesn’t it seem different?
does it seem to be a little bit further away?
fernando said that the vision of his father
was not his father
but fernando has lied to me before
it’s okay, I get that question
all the time
and the answer is yes
i’m always like this
or at least something like
something like this
I can see the jealousy
arranged on your face
like a true myth
I’d never miss something like that
it’s just fuel, fuel for the fire
it’s just fuel, fuel for the fire
but doesn’t it seem different?
does it seem to be a little bit further away?
come with me
and you’ll be
in a world
of pure imagination
about
last year (2019) I wrote and recorded this song during a sleepless and asocial period of my life. now that I have a big covid-sized reason to stay inside, I thought I might as well set the song free.
percussion on the b-side sculpted by my younger brother benjamin. here's his stuff: bnjmn.bandcamp.com
b-side outro is a reinterpretation of "Pure Imagination" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
cover photo taken by ee jarvie
music, lyrics, production, and design by august smith
thanks to marcus, coco, and benjo
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