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V-Town Quarantine
04:36
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I’ve been under self-quarantine
Passing the days until
A virus arrives to take these blues to another place
Stuck at a border in my bedroom
Maybe they’ll lock me up
Throw away the key
This threat comes from across the sea
I long to be anywhere but here
Deadpan, staring into
Unknown waters
A deadly influenza
Or is this just mass deliria?
The situation is out of control
They control the air
The situation is out of control
They control the air
Chorus:
Hysteria and panic
Manic, dramatic
Turning people into static
Experimentation, isolation
Detention, relentless
Defenseless against
This onslaught of mass information
Maybe disinformation?
Bridge:
Will we ever really know?
I pass the time with music
As the uncertainty starts to flow
All I want to do is go
My room, my isolation tank
Contemplating staying
Contemplating disappearing
Reappearing in another world
Reappearing in another world
So take my hand
Make sure you sanitize yours' first!
We’ll face the fear together
or stay inside until it seems to get better
Chorus (END)
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You know that I love you
But I can’t keep up with all this self-destruction
Day drinking
Being here
Has gotten me thinking
All we need is a little hope
And, a way out
A way out
I’ve been stuck on the Highveld
Show me your town
Even though I might get punched out
Waiting out the blackout
Don’t light up the Rock pipe
And I know
You deserve more
Then this life
Is it worth living?
Worth living…
Another dark cloud hangs above
And all we can do is watch the rain
Watch the rain
May it wash away the bad dreams,
Brings back the good times
It’s been so long since I’ve seen you smile
All my friends are damaged
That’s why I cannot give up on any of them
And I am so damaged
I’m trying to repair, repair, repair this broken heart
All my friends are damaged
That’s why I cannot give up on any of them
And I’m also so damaged
We can’t give up on each other
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Across the sea
Desert sand
I extend my loving hands
Will I wait for her?
This modern era
Such a blur
Everyone so transient
Transcendence, transcending
Do these words have any meaning?
I should try to start focusing on believing
I’ve gotten used to sleeping all alone
My wretched heart travels on a lonely vessel
I’ve gotten used to sleeping all alone
A choir of dogs is singing down the street
Their voices are never in key
Will this lover wait for me?
I paid for this hellish shelter
Nothing for free
Hadedas their voices plunder
Breaking eardrums
Louder then thunder
An island at the edge of the city
The people who live here
Have created
Their own eccentric community
Take the blow
I’ll let you know
I’m too slow
Counting rows
Always late
I always get the timing wrong
I only wrote the words
I didn’t sing the song
I long for the comfort in your kiss
Fixated on the brevity of the embrace
I’m always leaving
Never staying
And you’re the same as I
I could never expect you to wait for me
And I wouldn’t do the same for you
We both know that there is just way too much to see
We could meet out there beyond the stars
Contemplating a life that just isn’t ours
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4. |
Stranded
02:19
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I can’t get out of bed
Listening to my tinnitus
It sounds like Morse code
May the coding send me a sign
Stuck on this island
I can’t get a ride out
May a boat come back to take me back
To my home
I write a melody
Tight jaw
No prosperity
I’ve lost everything to this curse
Living off a credit card
But I know that it could be so much worse
I have a place to sleep
And some places to find things to eat
But this town is slowly turning into a ghost town
I ponder about the plight of the poor
And I wish I could help out more
But I’m told the only way to help is to stay indoors
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5. |
Lost inside the static
08:05
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GroundSweep Records Durban, South Africa
A DIY, for the love recording label. Which serves as a platform to archive Matt Vend's creative process. This bandcamp page also includes a few artists whose music he happened to produce. And some of his old bands including Sibling Rivalry, The Accidentals and The Tubby Wilson's. Many of these releases are also available at We Did This Records. All music up for donation. X ... more
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