evoke

All I Can Do

Sometimes I feel like the only feedback I get is from "the algorithm" and I don't get to truly connect with you. This song is about working tirelessly, like a machine trying to appease other machines.

Any and all support is appreciated. Thank you for listening <3

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

This song includes many of my experiences with Bipolar Disorder. Before I found my current treatment plan, I used to literally scream at myself in my car at stoplights, wishing for my intrusive thoughts to be silent. Many times, I had to leave a shift at my job unexpectedly because my hands were literally shaking and I would start crying, and other times I would drive at dangerous speeds because my manic self craved the adrenaline. I doubted my ability to ever "be normal" and engage with society in the way that others do.

I encourage you to keep an open mind when you see somebody who is really struggling, even if you don't understand why. Many of us are harboring struggles that are too scary to share. You could be the one person who is willing to listen, with no intention of trying to fix us, and without assuming that your loved ones are simply lazy, weak, or irresponsible. You could be the person who helps us drive to our psychiatry appointment without getting hurt. You could be the person who orders food when we can't move. You could truly change the world for the people you care about. It's okay to have a negative or judgmental reaction at first, but at a certain point we need to look past our first impressions to build a better world.

Evoke - In Vogue

LYRICS:

Every word I’m speaking is a passion project
Serving sentences through bars  
I’m the subject and the object of your affection
Language is an art, you study mine as an elective
My name is on the board and I approve this message

It's fun—I win any game that’s zero sum
You can call me Ready Player One
The better player won
I’m always in control
I’m the only enemy you really need to know

Leave a message at the tone I set
Ready Player One—the only callback you’ll get
Don’t test me. You don’t wanna know my best
The better player won already—oops I did it again like Britney

So emotional I feel like I’m Whitney
Flow going so hard they don’t believe that I’m indie
Flow going so hard you would think that it’s Niagra on Viagra
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever written

You still with me?
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still with me

Are you still with me?
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still
Be still

They say if you have another option you should choose it
There’s no good careers in music
Try accounting or computer science
Who the hell are you to think that you could ever do this?
They only say that if they haven’t heard the new shit

I’m throwing up deuces
I won’t dance for their amusement
A dodecaduple thread
I can lie down when I’m dead
I’ll revive myself again and again and a-fucking-gain

I don’t cause a scene I am the scene
I am all your fantasies: comedies and tragedies
Of the people for the people
And that’s all I have to be
Everything I need comes naturally
Are you still with me?

Be still with me
You still with me?
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still my beating heart 

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Now every part’s the easy part
I have seen and been the dark
I’ve restarted just to need to re-restart
I am not competing. I’m the bar
The end all be all enby you have all been fiending for

When you say “they say”, I’m the They you’re speaking for
My every frame’s a painting
Every speech a feeding frenzy
Biters try to nibble
But I’ve been eating since before you were a kitten

I can do pop
I can do hop
The god and the goddess of every drop
Never gonna stop it
When I lock in
Cause I don’t miss shots

Never been caught lacking
I’m not acting
I’m a good kid but I’ve gone bad
So let me at em if they want that
They’ll soon learn not to come for me

I do it so comfortably
I move in good company
On top and you’re underneath
Like Krav Maga or a Glock
Now I need a permit just to talk shit

Haven’t shot up in a minute though
Ten years in recovery
You think you can go in more than dope did?
Be real with me

Be still with me
You still with me?     
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still with me
Are you still with me?
Be still

EVOKE - READY PLAYER ONE

Lately I've been struggling a lot, with people I care about, and with myself. It's sometimes easy to wonder if a person can be broken beyond repair, and if any of us can ever be fixed, or fix our own problems, or if we're destined to repeat the same sad loop forever. This is a song about all of that and more.

The Other Side

[v1]
I'm sick of vacancies and memories of you inside my head 
And now I've been divided into pieces
I've been avoiding it and toying with the things I should've said 
And I'm still wide awake
I'm waiting patiently for somebody to tell me what I did
My thoughts have been distorted by the silence
I'm scared of something but I haven't figured out what it is yet 
Somehow I'm still afraid
[C]
Are you broken? Are you satisfied? Are you open to What I had in mind?
Are you broken?
Are you dead inside?
Are you breaking through To the other side?
[v2]
You know I care for you but I can't bear to go through this again 
I never meant to do a thing to hurt you
I'm not responsible for fixing all the problems in your head
I don't live for the chase
[C]
Are you broken? Are you satisfied? Are you open to What I had in mind?
Are you broken?
Are you dead inside?
Are you breaking through To the other side?
[Bridge]
Overrating our importance 
Overstated self indulgence 
It's not a loop repeating 
This has no future meaning 
I'm going catatonic
But I'll be back I promise 
My darling close your eyes 
Welcome to the other side

[C]
Are you broken? Are you satisfied? Are you open to What I had in mind?
Are you broken?
Are you dead inside?
Are you breaking through To the other side?

Lyrics Video

EVOKE - The Other Side

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