1. |
Bad Machine
02:59
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Invest with confidence
In that we can convince
All these admirers
Losers lost in the fray
And when there’s nothing left
For us to divest
Where there’s a dollar
Put more steps in the way
Wait a minute here
There something that’s wrong
Can’t put a finger on
What can it be
Can it be?
Our trend is turning down
It’s almost off the ground
We’re here nor there
And nothings falling our way
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
We get this feeling like
There’s something else more
Caught up enamored
With this bad machine
Bad machine
Tall shadows looming down
So far now off the ground
We're all estranged
It’s just embarrassing
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is
You want it now
Whatever it is you want
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2. |
Home Screen Blues
03:31
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And so on it goes
Back for more
With all that shows
Blind once we see this light
Its shine
With all the lure of news
I am just so confused
How we got these blues
Oh oh
We can’t seem to let go of it
All this time consuming let it go
Oh oh oh
When all that’s there to show for it
All this time consuming let it go
And don’t cast this spell on me
Lie or intrigue
With eye ensnaring seed
Bewitch by dream or glow
And rain doubt
Down from these looming clouds
Cause I feel like there’s enough
With how hard it is to look
With every last impression
Too much to digest more
Oh oh
We can’t seem to let go of it
All this time consuming let it go
Oh oh oh
When all that’s there to show for it
All this time consuming let it go
Oh if I can let it go
My heart as though
All feelings gone away
I’m so tired
I’ve been misused
Let me be here with you
Till I let go
Oh oh
We can’t seem to let go of it
Always time consuming let it go
Oh oh oh
When all that’s there to show for it
All this time consuming let it go
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3. |
Dream is True
03:32
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Do we gaze into heaven
In hope that the angels come?
Brushing off that new denim suit
For the girls who call
Loves a bust
A fairytale fate for us
A nice demise
That may be in disguise
Intent to harm and blind
And to disarm us all
I know it true
This dream of you
Thoughts I've been through
Of me and you
I know it’s true
What can I do?
When I notice you
I know it’s true
Are we so far away now
I can't feel the waves you send?
All I can think of is how
They push up on me then
Had I have known
To get my shit straight
Hesitation would leave me alone
We've been missing the message
And waiting for chips to fall
All the nerves and the guesses
Are they there to hurt us more?
It’s not enough
This hysteria has prayed on us
All surprise
Inflated hope and highs
That'll hide out in our minds
I know it true this dream of you
thoughts I've been through of me and you
I know it’s true
What can I do?
When I notice you
I know it’s true
I know it true this dream of you
thoughts I've been through of me and you
I know it’s true
What can I do?
When I notice you
I know it’s true
Are we so far away now
I can't feel the waves you send?
All I can think of is how
They pushed up on me then
Are we so far away now
I can't feel the waves you send?
All I can think of is how
They pushed up on me then
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4. |
The Way
03:38
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I’d like to re-live
In memories of places so vast
What we used to be
Somewhere open and wild kids
Now we’re due to repeat
The same moment and wait
For something different to happen
When wild wild places of wonder wait
With wild wild sugars there
Decency
You and me
We can play it cool
On and on we go
We’ve got to get along
Find a way to get along
We’ve got to
Oh we’ve got to find a way
that we can make due
With getting along
On and on we go
We’ve got to get along
Find a way to get along
We’ve got to
Oh we’ve got to find a way
that we can make due
With getting along
Daydreams and peppermint candies
Real life has taken us back
We can all live in our fantasies
But all our divisions are there
We’re all doomed to repeat the same
Losing the sweeter thing
Only to have less
Peace to you
Speak through me
We can be new
On and on we go
We’ve got to get along
Find a way to get along
We’ve got to
Oh we’ve got to find a way
That we can make due
With getting along
On and on we go
We’ve got to get along
Find a way to get along
We’ve got to
Oh we’ve got to find a way
That we can make due
With getting along
On and on we go
We’ve got to get along
Find a way to get along
We’ve got to
Oh we’ve got to find a way
That we can make due
With getting along
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5. |
Champaign 2020
01:50
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Everybody’s talking loud
Counting up their eggs before they hatch out
And we’re never caught in awkward silence
We make up new rules as we go along
What’s the fraise we always say?
Drop the damn thing
We’re making up words
We’re making it work
Always say it
And always play it
Poppin' champagne
Before we get off the floor
What’s the fraise we always say?
Drop the damn thing
We’re making up words
We’re making it work
Always say it
And always play it
Poppin' champagne
Before we get off the floor
Drop the damn thing
Drop the damn thing
Drop the damn thing
Drop the damn thing
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6. |
By Design
04:11
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Crafted by design
Stargaze and wait
To rearrange
No hesitation
While it flows
Bring bring no
Question why it falls
In place here
It's by design
In place to mark its meaning
Open of third eye
A voice inside that’s singing
What passes by
May be meant to leave you
Or may be that new seed you have to sow
I've got a feeling
That has just come over me
And won't believe
I can't help feeling
That there's just more underneath
Just under me
So now I'm filling in gaps
Doing my damn best with it
Laying the map down
Immersed in the minute
That’s all right
Move on now
What to say?
Layers of that
New new that I’m spinning
Fading the back out
And loop the beginning
Now if I can stay out of my way
Oh why why why
Has it come and gone?
Or can I just assume that you're the only one?
When I’ve
Crafted my design
Stargaze and wait
To rearrange
No hesitation
While it flows
Bring bring no
Question why it falls
In place here
Stargaze and wait
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7. |
Game Time
02:40
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Game time
Stay live
Feels alright
Bayside
Statewide
Feels alright
Daylight
Way high
Feels alright
I guess there's something about June
Now I've been here before
All winter's storm
I've weathered through June
Laying out my freshest clothes
Wearing down that V-neck T blue jeans and white shoes
Gonna raise my summer crew up
And out from the dead of cold they all came through
To show off their best moves
In time for
Game time
Stay live
Feels alright
Bayside
Statewide
Feels alright
Daylight
Way high
Feels alright
I guess there's something about June
I guess there's something about June
I guess there's something about June
I guess there's something about June
I guess there's something about June
Yeah yeah
And we’re down to party
Dancer go ahead now wave your sassy flag
You’ve got the spirit
Building that could bring us new romance
You are the champagne dreamer
Who brings the summer fever
Game time
Stay live
Feels alright
Bayside
Statewide
Feels alright
Daylight
Way high
Feels alright
Well I guess there’s something to it
I guess there’s something to it
I guess there’s something about June
I guess there’s something about June
Well I guess there’s something about June
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8. |
Goodbye Instead
03:00
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Honest to god
I had to fall from heaven
Just to hail your attention down
Here and now
When I’ve waited for you
To call home
I heard you’d gone
To graze the corn
And round the earth
Then fallen off
And now there’s not enough
You let me fall the last time
I won't be sad
I seem to realize
I'm moving on
That we've been moving so fast
Trying to make up time
For things have gone past
You let me fall the last time
I won't be sad
I seem to realize
I'm moving on
That we've been moving so fast
Trying to make up time
For what has gone past
And it feels as though
We’ve been moving in slow motion
From houses to cars
Surviving on a blue ocean
I’ve been waiting for this moment
Just to lead me back from the fog
I hoped some day we’d resume
Despite the distance we grew
Between the dream and the true
Between both me and you
The last time
I won't be sad
I seem to realize
I'm moving on
That we've been moving so fast
Trying to make up time
For things have gone past
I’ve given up on our moment
I’ve given up on it now
And waved good bye bye bye instead
I’ve given up on our moment
I’ve given up on it now
You know you let me fall
The last time
I won’t be sad
I've realized
I'm moving on
That we've been moving so fast
Trying to make up time
But it’s gone
You’ve got to own it up
What you did to me
I don’t need to hear you say it
Oh I’m tired of playin’
You’ve got to own it up
What you did to me
I don’t need to hear you say it
Oh I’m tired of playin’ yeah
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9. |
Fortunate Situation
03:27
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I’ve been waiting for
Some kind of fortunate
Situation
Locked in my dreams once more
And now they won’t come back
I’ve been waiting for
Some kind of fortunate
Situation
Locked in my dreams once more
And now they won’t come back
Until I find myself
What waits forever with me?
What makes me wander?
And takes me offline
When all my fears are gone
It occurred to me
One of these lights is on
Under it now
I’ve lost in the moment
Something I fine tune
When I hear where you are
Listen in till
I veer in too far
Looking right through
And won’t make peace with myself
Now there’s somebody
Who’s been on a shelf
I’ve been waiting for
Some kind of fortunate
Situation
Locked in my dreams once more
And now they won’t come back
I’ve been waiting for
Some kind of fortunate situation
Locked in my dreams once more
And now they won’t come back
Until I find myself
Looking right through
And won’t make peace with myself
Now there’s somebody
Who’s been on the shelf
I’ve been waiting for
Some kind of fortunate
Situation
Locked in my dreams once more
And now they won’t come back
Until I find myself
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10. |
Things to Come
03:47
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I believe that there are things to come
Lay me down and let me stay here long
Wherever there’s some danger forming later on
Whenever there’s no way to know when they will come
These looming haunted forms
We can’t ignore
Beyond our door
In time they’ll thrive
To trial us down and be
Where there’s nowhere left to turn
Or to retreat
I believe that there are things to come
Lay me down and let me stay here long
Wherever there’s some danger forming later on
Whenever there’s no way to know when they will come
Shaken from the vine
Of an ordinary world
To faint to find a light
From all that appears unknown
To believe in when unshown
If we’re to meet our maker
Let her lay me down
I believe that there are things to come
Lay me down and let me stay here long
Wherever there’s some danger forming later on
Whenever there’s no way to know when they will come
I believe that there are things to come
Lay me down and let me stay here long
Wherever there’s some danger forming later on
Whenever there’s no way to know when they will come
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Major Player Syracuse, New York
Upset City takes Major Player into a sunnier, alt-R&B-adjacent strain of music we call “satin funk”—at once beholden to the
cool of his trip-hop roots and the glitzy sheen of nu-disco and dance-pop.
The songs explore the mutation of the American dream at the hands of the internet; the backwards impact of social media on interpersonal relationships.
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