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and what's the worst you imagine?
you open your mouth and nothing happens
no shape, no air, no sound, nobody notices that you’re around
it’s like you’re head is underground
is that the worst you can think of?
when a body needs a body’s need to hold you down
it must be hard to be fractured
i see your eyes
and i see you’re right
they say it’s only natural
but don’t you believe it
they say it's only natural
but don't you believe them
take this parallel of push and pull
break this parallel, the pressure cure
i see your eyes
and i see you’re right
take this sentimental curtain call
fake this sentimental ritual
i see your eyes
and i see you’re right
take this chemical and feel secure
take this chemical and shut the door
i see your eyes
and i see you’re right
they say it’s only natural
but don’t you believe it
they say it's only natural
but don't you believe them
but don't you believe
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CONNECT THE DOTS
03:43
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this night is a repeating pulse
everybody’s sayin’ shelter IN place, cuz
this night, this night
plays over and over
this night is a collision course
everybody try connecting the dots, baby
this night, this night
plays over and over
i swear this ice will melt
i swear this isn’t permanent hell
get gone, get lost
get minimal
and killing time is killing me and
wake me up when it’s over and over
over and over now
i’ll pass the time alone
switchback around the room
and where do we belong
we belong
a window separating us from the drone
and killing time is killing me and
wake me up when it’s over and over
over and over now
ditch hope, don’t remember the heart re-connecting the dots
swtich dose, i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
bitch don’t, i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
ditch hope, don’t remember the heart re-connecting the dots
swtich dose, i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
bitch don’t, i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
ditch hope, don’t remember the heart re-connecting the dots
bitch don’t, i remember the heart re-connecting the dots
i remember the heart
we’re never going home
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DESTROY
04:29
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you cross the line
I cross the line
across the platform you’re waiting to go
this empty gaze
this steady pace is holding on
this cold refrain
this mourning phase is holding on
if we say no
if they say no
the pressure push
and nobody comes close
and nobody comes close to you
and let’s pretend
we’re breathin’ in
this shallow wall
destroy it all
and let’s pretend
the skin will fall
this place is fucked
destroy it all
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4. |
ALL TALK
03:09
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this feeling’s old
a winter
a body cold
leaving someone else
the signal goes
recover
and are you there?
responding
and i’ll stay young
by being someone else
the signal goes
recover
i recall your perfect hand in mine
while pieces of your perfect voice in time
are slipping away
a curl of smoke
it captures
my body cold
from being someone else
the signal goes
corrupted
i recall your perfect hand in mine
keeping my imperfect words inside
leaving us and leaving them behind
while pieces of your perfect voice in time
are slipping away
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SHALLOW END
02:48
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if you could be anyone,
would you choose youself?
and i know you’ll always wait for summer
it isn't far away
if you could say anything,
would you make a sound?
and i would read your words with my fingertips
if you were far away
feels like
i get lost and fractional
uptight
in the shallow end
cycle
through the light and dark again
take me home
if you could be anywhere,
would you stay with me?
and i know you’ll always wait for summer
it isn't far away
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6. |
GLOW IN THE DARK
02:41
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the love that grows in your heart
is the love that that pulls us apart
it’s the kind that everyone likes
the kind that glows in the dark
and all along
did the image capture it wrong?
how do we know?
how do we know?
the doubt that comes in the night
is the doubt that pulls you apart
it’s the kind that makes you feel numb
the kind that grows in the dark
and all along
did the image capture it wrong?
how do we know?
and all along
did the image capture it wrong?
and when we’re gone
will connections heal on their own?
and we’ll have plenty of time
whenever the last of the images die
all on their own
all on their own
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7. |
MEASURE
04:36
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are you sure that i’m still here?
when you kill the lights, do i disappear?
please, i don’t want to see
the rest of life lived on a screen
cuz a life lived waitin’ for a body to touch
is a life left itchin’ for a limb that’s been cut
and when the feeling’s gone
and the days go on
can you measure it up?
can you measure it up?
here we are
still close… still far away
here we are
still measuring the phantom between
all the days bleed into weeks
like a time lapse on tv
cuz the years stacked up keepin’ bodies apart
is just a life spent distancing yourself from your heart
and when the feeling’s gone
and the days go on
can you measure it up?
can you measure it up?
here we are
still close… still far away
here we are
still measuring the phantom between
here we are
still close… still far away
here we are
still measuring the phantom between
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8. |
HOUSES
05:06
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i’m good for a long drive
a cold colored night
stretched out a thin line
like telephone wire
keep me apart
the distance makes me comfortable
take me apart
the houses locked up monuments
i hate when you ask me questions
i hate when you can’t find the words to say
i hate when you break connectionS
I hate when you have to repeat the day
the distance is us
so keep me apart
it makes me feel uncomfortable
and take me apart
the distance is your monument
tell me will
this piece of your heart
become your home
it’s late for a long drive
a cold colored night
scratched out a thin line
on piano wire
keep me apart
the distance makes me comfortable
take me apart
the houses locked up monuments
all is well
just cover it up
and keep it killed
this house is a cell
and tell me when
we can return
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SILENCE
05:21
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kick off the day
they cover up the toll
so long, goodbye
so long to ritual
every face is a coffin
they know you will
you know you will
get in line for the last one
they know you will
you know you will
so long, i won’t become you
take a walk for the lost time
take a walk for the ghost
take me along for the last one
they know you will
you know you will
so long, i won’t become redone
so lost i won’t become you
so long, i won’t become redone
stay lost now
they know you will
you know you will
stay cold i know
the shit comes
the shit comes
so long, i won’t become you
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10. |
PUSH
07:40
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push me down
light bleeds out
push
push me down
can you hear
can you hear
can’t you hear
all the people screaming out
push me down
life bleeds out
when you push
push me down
you better run
better run
better run
cuz we’ll fuckin’ burn it down
it won’t be long
it won’t be long
wherever you go
whatever you take
whenever you break
it’s all I needed
wherever I go
whatever I take
whenever I break
it’s all you needed
wherever you wait
whatever you take
whenever you break
it’s all I needed
wherever I wait
whatever I take
whenever I break
it’s all you needed
it’s all you need
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days in shelter
counting scars
two steps forward
ten step par
icy tempo
slows your heart
turns your stomach
wrecked and tarred
I don’t wanna feel this shit alone
give up, give up
I count the ellipses up
give up, give up
addicted to pleas
give up, give up
I check all the pieces of
give up, give up
a celebate tease
I don’t wanna feel this shit alone
cuz I don’t wanna don’t wanna be here anymore
placed in coffins
pressure sealed
two steps forward
ten steps healed
I don’t wanna feel this shit alone
still every field is wrong
and I don’t wanna fuckin’ fix it all
cuz I don’t wanna don’t wanna be here anymore
counting all these years
secrets freeze in time
shedding all these fears
surface tension dies
once neglected tears
swollen, kept inside
cover up these years
slowly dip to night
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12. |
ECHOES
08:03
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night falls
don’t be scared
echoes
ears keep ringing
dreams stay below
keep me safe
in soft static glow
of empty pixel snow
reaching out
are you there?
deeper down
low drone ringing
dreams lay below
keep me sane
the sharp stabbing drone
of steady fuzzy tones
pieces of these dreams repeat
drifting out of reach
the voices gone
pieces of these dreams recede, recede
every night the people clapping cuz the war is over
they don’t see
the fire’s burning on
every night the distance separating us is slowing
we don’t see
the gulf is growing on
every night we sit like passengers of glowing screens and
we can’t see
the fire’s burning on
every night the people clapping like the war is over
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16:9 Los Angeles, California
16:9 is the solo recording project of Los Angeles-based artist and musician, Alan Foreman.
Alan was previously a member of Brooklyn-based bands Ten Minute Turns, Mission Drift, and The Party Faithful.
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