Exile-1221

What Made Sense Then

Gutter Bird

Gutter Bird - Instrumentals

Dead Demos

lyrics

get back
i got ways to feel love
my lips
pressed into your skin
my bad,
i kept you up so late
but i won't 
leave you here 
again

back on
that terrace in L.A.
you said
that i feel like home
since then
i've always been moving 
so i get 
if you wanna go

(get back, back on)
(i got, terrace in L.A.)
(my bad, always been move)
(i got, leave you again)

get back on

[credits]
feat. vocals from the man, the myth, the legend [drum roll...] @hiddencontact ! 
the producer requested to remain anonymous, but know that they're an aboslute beast ;)
ambience by @nick11111110101, it wouldn't be the same without you <3
sfx by me

[lyrics]

all i had to say was what’s up
i didn’t think anything was wrong
i thought you were just messing with me 
and messing with her
tell me where does it hurt

@hiddencontact
i’m so paranoid
i can’t quite annoy 
my way through the smoke
it’s a bad bad toke
trapped in all the noise
i don’t know my voice
how could i have known 
how could i have known
every turn you make is an attack 
hold the fence i grip the sand
holding on until i crash 
closing in and losing fast
always blame me for the past
losing sight i’m burning cash
now i’m buried in the ashes

i get it, i get it 
you want me to listen
but i just can’t stay on my path today 
was peaking my limits
til g took me fishing 
i think that it might be my new escape
but maybe sometime we can talk about it
yeah baby with time we can talk about it 
yeah when we cross paths we can talk about it

@hiddencontact
quietly in the dew i count all my losses
i lost it all at the night in the crossing
quietly in the dew i count all my losses
i lost it all at the night in the crossing

crossing w/ hidden contact

[credits]
- thanks to ryujin (ITZY) for the photo, let's go out sometime.
- original lyrics by charlie puth and jacob kasher(excluding verse 3)

[lyrics]
you've been runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round
throwin' that dirt all on my name
'cause you knew that I, knew that I, knew that I'd call you up
you've been going 'round, going 'round, going 'round
every party in LA
'cause you knew that I, knew that I, knew that I'd be at one

you just want attention, you don't want my heart
maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new
yeah, you just want attention, I knew from the start
you're just making sure I'm never gettin' over you

you've been runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round
throwin' that dirt all on my name
'cause you knew that I, knew that I, knew that I'd call you up
baby, now that we're, now that we're, now that we're
right here standin' face to face
you already know, 'ready know, 'ready know
that you won

you just want attention, you don't want my heart
maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new
yeah, you just want attention, I knew from the start
you're just making sure I'm never gettin' over you

but you been moving real suspicious
acting real fictitious
is it fun for you to play with everyone but me
just because you miss it 
doesn't me we're still exisiting
do you really wanna ruin all the memories

ahhhh--ooooooo
ahhhh

you just want attention, you don't want my heart
maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new
yeah, you just want attention, I knew from the start
you're just making sure I'm never gettin' over you

you just want a, you just want a, you just want attention
you don't want my, you don't want my, you don't want my heart
you just want a, you just want a, you just want attention
i knew from the, i knew from the, i knew from the start

[footnotes]
- most of the drums i used were from a sample pack that made a bunch of one-shot drum out of water samples, hence "water edition" 
- when i first starting freestyling melodies over the loop that eventually became the chorus, i accidentally sung something very similar to the chorus from "Attention," by Charlie Puth. I got curious, and once looking up the lyrics and actually trying it, I decided to just do a cover instead. 
- since they're so busy, i tried to emphasize movement and panning with the guitars. i definitely could've done more, but that's for next time.

attention (cover) - cute water edition

[lyrics]
you know i've been lagging behind a little bit
getting overwhelmed by all the shots i missed
but i keep going through the motions like i'm over it 
just so you can't tell my resentment is laid on thick

cause i'm just the type 
to have too much time on my hands
and spend it all 
thinking that i'm someone else

i don't know what to say
i don't know what to think 
when you get ahead of me
i don't know what to do
i don't know where to shoot 
when you get ahead of me

how come every time you win the world seems to care
it's only when I lose that people stop and stare
like i wouldn't do a thing to get up out of here
escaping all the faces grinning ear to ear

cause i'm just the type 
to have too much time on my hands
and spend it all 
thinking that i'm someone else

i don't know what to say
i don't know what to think 
when you get ahead of me
i don't know what to do
i don't know where to shoot 
when you get ahead of me
x2

(in korean)
hello? 
hey, what's wrong, are you okay? 
yeah, why? did something happen again?
no. hey, by the way, you're doing good

[footnotes]
- made the demo during a songwriting class i took during the summer after leaving college
- hours before releasing, i finished the mix and I layered tons of fx in attempt to make it more immersive. shoutout youtube -> mp3.

ahead of me

[lyrics]
made it back home, thanks
college wasn’t for me
but i’m going back soon, mm
‘less i make something worth the change
both ways, yeah
i’m sure i’ll be okay
stay sane  
be safe
make this my great escape 

look i know what you want
what you’re wanting for me 
but i can’t lead you on 
it’s more complex than you think
if i keep it moving 
one day you’ll see what i mean
look i know what you want
what you want me to be

what’s the point in talking about it
if all you’re gonna say is you’re not supporting me 
man you can think what you wanna think
since you sure drink when you wanna drink 
but that’s not my business right
and it’s not my place to talk 
cause i’m as much of a screw up as you are

as you are, as you are (i'm not, i'm not, i'm not, i'm not what you want)
as you are, as you are (i'm not, i'm not, i'm not, i'm not what you want)
as you are, as you are (i'm not, i'm not, i'm not, i'm not what you want)
as you are, as you are (i'm not, i'm not, i'm not, i'm not what you want)

look i know what you want
what you’re wanting for me 
but i can’t lead you on 
it’s more complex than you think
if i keep it moving 
one day you’ll see what i mean
look i know what you want
what you want me to be

what you want me to be
what you want me to be

[footnotes]
- made the instrumental in jan. 2021 with the intention of scoring the ballroom scene from "The Night Circus," by Erin Morgenstern.
-  i wasn't able to sing over it until i learned about varispeed in september, the recorded vocals during oct. 2021.

you want ≠ i am

[credits]
- guitar chords by Trevor Wong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvIm_BC76M) he's got some seriously good guitar tutorials/lessons, highly recommend. 

[chords]
Fmaj7sus2/A—Ami11—Fmaj9—Eadd9
Fsus2
Bbmaj7sus2/D—Dbmi11—Bbadd9(#11)—Aadd9
Asus2—Asus4/E—Gsus4/D—Fmaj7(#11)
G11
Fmaj7sus2/A—Dmaj7sus2/F#—Db6/9/F—C6/9/E
C#mi9—Dadd9

[footnotes]
- contrary motion between the pads (descending) and violins (ascending). 
- panned guitars with low frequencies towards center, higher frequencies towards sides.

turbulence

[credits]
- thank you @kevisnot for the feedback and interlude melody. u the man.
- track originally by @ITSBETWEENFRIENDS off "i like when you shine!"

[lyrics]
been thinking bout the times
i tried to get you off my mind but then
you ask if i'll come by and i say yeah, yeah
but now it's been a year or three
and you still tell your friends bout me
is this long lost chemistry baby

i lost your number
just so i won't call again, call again
can't help myself from falling
should we try again, try again

if you know it's over
why do you hold on

but i recall you pushed the distance (a thousand miles away)
been waiting just a little bit for you, now i'm past that
all i wanna get is good sleep (you keep me up so late)
but if i come by can we make up, yeah
keep fucking in the day (i can't catch a break)
keep a little bit of me on the table
incapable of knowing better (i love you all the same)

i lost your number (i lost)
just so i won't call again, call again
can't help myself from falling (can't help)
should we try again, try again

call me when it's late out
find me when it start now
feelings you won't play i'm
drinking in the park now

[footnotes]
- originally in F#maj but transposed to Emaj cause my vocal register can't handle EDEN's baritone :/

poolside++chateau ft. EDEN (cover)

something i made for class recently - thank you to the talented Rachel Li for the piano sample, originally taken from a performance of Nocturne Op. 15 by Chopin.

response to rachel

easier

relief

portal

limp drift

stardust

into the atmosphere

for someone I spent a lot of time smiling with, thank you for everything.

music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZ5IK_tzPI

a night in

i was afraid to say i love you.
i was scared I wouldn't mean it.
i thought my words would fumble out
weightless and defeated.

i didn't want to backtrack
or call it a waste of time,
to be guilty of taking yours,
or question spending mine. 

but as i did,
my chest filled with smoke,
my head got real fuzzy,
and i started to float.

i do not know how far we'll go
or when we'll outgrow this obsession,
but up until our last goodbye
i'll be in your possession

music and video by Aleks Fogle

website: https://aleksfogle.com
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