Midwest Vignettes is the debut album from Carlby & Horosha.
Lyrics & vocals by @carlby
Production, mixing, mastering, additional vocals & lyrics by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars on track 1 by @user-757072975
Additional guitars on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 & 11 by @Jolst
Additional guitars on tracks 5 & 12 by @pekarot_161
Additional guitars on track 9 by @XLHC
Additional vocals & lyrics on track 4 by @lil-p_nut
Additional vocals & lyrics on track 6 by @burylilac
Additional vocals & lyrics on track 10 by @lilskeleskrrt

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Midwest Vignettes

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
Call me if you need a friend
Or someone with whom to smoke cigarettes
I’ve got the time and an ear to lend
I’m always here if you need to vent
On your worst days
When you’re down bad
When the world makes you feel so small and irrelevant
I’ll be there for you
It may not be a lot
But it’s all that I can do

I’ll let you borrow my jacket
And my full attention
You know you can have it
The world is yours so just reach out and grab it
I hope you never feel that your dreams are invalid

‘Cause that's what friends are for
It may not be a lot
Oh I wish I could do more
For you
Just know I’m giving all I got in spite of what I’m going through so

Maybe She Just Fell Asleep w/ pnut (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Featuring @burylilac
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
Rock bottom
Lower than I’ve ever been
Only hanging on for the sake of my friends
‘Cause I got people who depend on me
And a couple bad habits like dependency

I worry ‘bout my mom
How she’d get on without me
I wonder a lot if you’d still think about me
Only hanging on just to spite those who doubt me
So throw me a rope because I feel like I’m drowning

I’m running out of ways to say this
I hate who I’ve been
Need to make changes
I’ve lost all motivation
Along with my patience
Too long I have waited

I’m running out of ways to say
That I hate myself
Wish that I could change
I think it’s for the best
You and I stay estranged
You wouldn’t recognize the shell I’ve become these days

(lilac heart)
Rock bottom
I’m running out of ways to say
I miss the way you’d get under my skin
Breaking bottles broken glass
Is all that’s left of my ‘lil head
I don’t even know where all the time went

I fell asleep in the snow
And woke up burning on the sidewalk
Take this away before I hurt someone
Try to cover the pain
The broken shards are showing through the holes I burnt into my sleeves

Rock Bottom w/ lilac heart (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
It’s getting bad again
But I hesitate to get back on the medicine
Orange bottles on the shelf feel like a nemesis
When I feel it flooding back I can’t pretend
This isn’t how it’s supposed to be
Thought that I could stand tall on my own two feet
I can’t
Take one step
Take another step back
Standing in the same place
Like I’ve always been

I feel selfish for complaining
I need help but I’m abstaining
I’d hate to be a burden
So I’ll keep it to myself

Tripping over my own thoughts again
Holding on to oxygen
Hoping that someday I’ll learn to stand
Ignoring what’s been said
It’s getting bad again

It’s Getting Bad Again w/ Horosha (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @user-757072975

LYRICS
I so regret the time we spent
But somehow still miss you
You stole all of my innocence
But swore you never intended to
Now I’m left alone
Alone in my room
No choice but to cope with the ghost of you

So maybe one day I’ll escape from my hometown
Or find out the hard way
That there’s no easy way out
There’s only so much that I can tolerate
Before I start to break down
Been told there’s hell to pay in finding my own route

Drive through these back streets
Comb over loose leaves
I’m turning the page to find
What’s hiding underneath
Free from my sense of constant urgency
I’m finally at peace

Winnebago Street (Prod. Horosha & Lavender_Txwn)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @pekarot_161

LYRICS
Blank stares are all I ever get
Promises bounce back like blank checks
I’ll have to take a rain check
Haven't felt myself at all since you left
At all since you left me
It all feels so heavy now
Like ten tons of concrete
Attached to my feet
Dragging me further down

So let the ocean take me
Far beneath the waves
‘Cause I’m not worth saving
Into a watery grave
Maybe one day I’ll emerge unscathed from all this
Despite the fact that I’m the one who caused it
I advise that you take caution
Time you spent on me is lost
And it weighs heavy on my conscience

Ten Tons (Prod. Horosha & Pekarot)

Carlby is an alternative pop artist from the Midwest. Working alongside producer, @horoshavibes, his music is a blend of pop, emo rock and hip-hop.

Contact - carlbymusic.com/contact