Better the Mask (Japanese Breakfast)

ReDramatic

Orange

Into the Bush King

Internets

Green

Yellow

Violet

Blue

Expanse (featuring Nick Hoy)

Written 2013-06-04

mymanevans - bass, guitar
Rashaad Greene - drums
Victor Cheng - piano

Homeless

Soliloquy

Written 2010 circa November 7th

Victor Cheng - piano

Nostalgia

And I used to think
That they were askew
I never understood what they said
I never learned to feel what they feel
But then I realized that they were the norm
I was the one that was diverging
And I was the one subhuman

And they already know
Something's wrong
And they already know 
With the first word that's uttered today

I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired, I know

And now my favorite part
Which misery will I choose?
I wish they'd never ask me to go
Will something change this time?
Why must adults get drunk to have a good time?
They can't see that I am naturally high
And that the drugs don't work

And after thirty years I accept
When will they accept
That I'm damaged, I'm damaged, I'm damaged?
And I'm damaged
And I'm damaged
And I'm damaged
And it's over

Written 2016-02-13

AmsderCello - cello
Bert Chang - piano
Nalani Proctor - vocals
Nick Hoy - violin
Rashaad Greene - drums


Damaged

I need to learn to be a fool
To not care what others might think
To experience life
But all they cared for were my mistakes
I wasn’t ready to play the fool

Someone I know would like to see
Their friends and family
But they’d have to travel here
And they won’t travel here until things change
Then I felt shame for living here

I remember when children hurt children
That’s what we’re taught in school
A circle of violence
It was a lifetime ago some can’t escape
I still remember
People hurting, people hurting
People hurting everyone
People hurting, people hurting, people hurting
Hurting from shame

Written 2019-02-06

Christoph Fox - vocals
Luke Baće - guitar
Nico Mendoza - bass
Rashaad Greene - drums
Rob Kovacs - piano

Shame

Pain has overwhelmed
I can’t foresee when it subsides
It persists but I thought it was gone

I can’t remember when
Remember who it’s for
But we still believe we know what’s true

They hope we forget they tell lies
Repeated again and again

And they ignore our pleas
And they pretend we’re on two sides
Because it’s not what everyone wants

And they need no excuse
To steal and beat us up
They don’t care if we try to fight back

So how do we proceed?
Our history is still alive
Our old problems have never been solved

And we must not give up
Our constant vigilance
Or did it already slip away?

What did we accomplish today?
And what were we fighting for again?

Written 2020-08-22

Charissa Whillock - vocals
Nico Mendoza - bass
Rashaad Greene - drums
Rob Kovacs - piano

Misinformation

Written 2002-05

Nick Hoy - violin
Nico Mendoza - bass
Rashaad Greene - drums
Victor Cheng - piano

Expanse

Desecration
Desecration

Defile (defile)
Defile (defile)
All that we love

Desperation
Desperation
Desperation
Desperation
Change at any cost
Change at any cost
Change at any cost
Change at any cost
Desperation
Change at any cost

I’m still waiting
There's no other choice
No better option
We deserve much more
As we live in shame
Shame of being trapped
Till another day
When we have our say
And maybe next time
We will all be warned
We must not forget
That there's something wrong
We must not pretend
Everything's okay
We may yell and cry
But it's still broken
And it's still broken
And we're still waiting

Written 2018-07-28

Fiona Gallagher - guitar
Luke Baće - guitar, synths
Nalani Proctor - vocals, bass
Rashaad Greene - drums
Victor Cheng - piano

Desecration

This is what you get 
Not what I really need
Are you even qualified?
I still will give you my money
There has got to be 
A better way to live
But there's no one that wants the job

Buried in this abyss
Hoping to find a way out
Before they steal some more
Before we’re too starved to help each other
They want us fighting amongst ourselves
Is there no more compassion?

Found an escape
We must abandon this place
And fly away to be saved
But then I’m pulled back down 
It could have never been
So who is qualified?

How did we end up like this?
This isn’t what we need
We needed, expected more
We could have avoided fate

How did, how did we end up like this?
This isn’t what we needed
Expected more, we could have
Avoided fate

We could have avoided fate

Written 2017-06-08

Fiona Gallagher - guitar
Kevin Wong - vocals
Luke Baće - guitar
mymanevans - bass
Rashaad Greene - drums
Victor Cheng - piano

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