I think the lyrics on this one speak for themselves. I wrote them after a pretty painful breakup, wherein I had been accused of a lot of things, most of which were unfair or outright untrue. I channeled all my anger and confusion into this tune. 

The original draft of this beat is actually the oldest part of the album, having originally been drafted up in late 2014. In mid 2015 I had a friend come over and record trombone layers in my apartment. My neighbor was pretty unhappy with that decision. One of my favorite parts of the whole album is near the end of the song where all the different vocal melodies layer up on top of each other.

Lyrics:

[Chorus] 
Remember 
Who you were 
When you were just one of us 
I don’t care 
Where you’ve been 
I’ll accept you as you are 

[Verse 1] 
Leave what you want 
Take what you need and 
Make a scene if you gotta make a scene and 
Long story is the short one’s indecent 
And I’d be wary of the meaning 

But if you’re ready to receive it 
I’ve been watching you demean your demeanor 
And my former lover wouldn’t have believed it 
It’s like I’m sleeping with a demon 

[Chorus] 

[Verse 2] 
It sounds meaner than I mean it 
But I’m certain there’s a serpent in the cedar 
There’s a poison apple I shouldn’t have eaten 
The botanicals of Eden 

Remember how you were a dreamer 
I’m a chemical reaction to your ether 
I’d be silent if I thought you couldn’t resurge 
From the chasms of the sea girl 

[Chorus] 

[Bridge] 
Don’t know you anymore 
Dissolve into the petrichor 
You know you’ve changed—you’re paranoid 
From the serene into the voice 

And what am I to say of loving? 
When I don’t even know the person I’m in love with 
My perception of that person doesn’t function 
Unreflected on the surface of the ocean 

There’s a blurring that’s too casual to cope with 
In this flurry of affliction and emotion 
Can we manage not to damage our devotion 
Or are we just to leave it broken? 

[Verses, Bridge, Chorus, all layered]

FOOL // savior

ALDEN GROVES - As You Are

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𝖨 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗆𝗌/𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗌, 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝟪𝟢𝟪 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌.. 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗋𝖽 - 𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 - 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 - 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗅 - & 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼. 

𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗉-𝗁𝗈𝗉+𝗋𝗇𝖻+𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗉 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗆𝗒 𝖺𝗎𝖠𝖣𝖧𝖣 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒 & 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗋𝖾𝗌... 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗈/𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗁𝗒, 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗈/𝖲𝖬 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀, & 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾.

𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦 𝘈 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦" 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆𝗆𝗒-𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗎𝗈 @wearerockcity; 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐/ 𝟣𝟢𝟢+ 𝗁𝗂𝗉-𝗁𝗈𝗉/𝖱&𝖡 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 (𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅 & 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾) 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 @noah23, @quandadonirap, & @benzmusic-1.

𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖣𝖩 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈, 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗑𝖾𝗌.  𝖺 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖨 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖣𝖩 𝖽𝖾𝖻𝗎𝗍 - 𝖺 𝟤+ 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗍 (𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗄𝖤 𝖧𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝟢𝟣𝟢) @ 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖺-𝖡 𝖯𝗎𝖻 & 𝖢𝗅𝗎𝖻 𝗂𝗇 𝖩𝖺𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗐/ 𝖩𝟥𝖣. 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨'𝗏𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖻𝗌 (𝖧𝗎𝖽𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖥𝖺𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗒, 𝖪𝖾𝗌𝗁 𝖪𝖾𝗌𝗁), 𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗌 (𝖭𝗈𝖻𝖻𝗒𝖫𝖺𝗇𝖽, 𝖱𝖾𝗓𝗓𝖱𝖺𝗏𝖾), & 𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 & 𝖣𝖩 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋, 𝗆𝗒 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝖣𝖩𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌. 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 (𝗂𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅) 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖨 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽/𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗉𝗌 - 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 & 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 - 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀.

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