This song is so good, your voice is so soothing.😍

How come not more people listen to this? 😆

On the surface, "soju" might be best described to have an upbeat pop-centric sound, but the song itself is about dealing with death and reflecting on the notion that life sometimes feels like random moments in time that are out of your control. For most people, they wouldn’t know that I wrote “soju” from the perspective of his late grandfather and that 2021 was the year of loss for him.

The first verse and chorus of “soju” was written about the aftermath of loss and grief. We tend to feel completely helpless and achingly wish for one more moment with our loved ones, as we are overwhelmed by the struggle to go on through life feeling like the meaning is lost. Most of the lyrics in the first verse and chorus are reflections on how hopeless life feels when you lose someone, and how much the sky feels like it is falling in the wake of their death. Simply put, life becomes monochromatic.

The second half of the second verse is all about that idea to not lose love when you have lost a loved one, and rather to use the pain you experienced that has undoubtedly changed you - to love even deeper. Pain is more relatable to people than success; than happiness; than anything else we often experience. Our lives more often than not are our symbols of pain that we have synthesized through our coping methods into how we then choose to perceive the world. At its worst, we let it consume us and we create insecurities that eat us alive. At its best, our pain becomes lessons of growth and empathy that we can use to understand why it is so goddamn hard for all of us to be alive and human.

The takeaway message of the song? Make sure you find someone that you can give your all to, and then love them in your every waking moment - until their final breath. That's what the bridge of “soju” is all about. How often can we regret the time we no longer have with someone who is gone? Savor every moment you get with someone who loves you, exist with them, and be with them. And though I hope that none of you will ever have to go on living without someone you love, knowing you were truly with them - and they were with you - is enough.

-Mike Raj

Lyrics

Verse 1
Staring out the window
Reaching for a North Star
Waiting Just to wake up
From this nightmare
Where you could be right back in my arms

Dancing to the limbo
Stuck here in the middle
You Tell me that it’s simple 
But I Could Paint a thousand 
Different pictures of what is wrong

Chorus
But If we turn the clocks Back 
A Couple Dials
We should throw them out 
Because time ain’t ours 
Oh but you fill me up 
And I can feel it now

Verse 2
She said “life is just a symbol, 
For the pain that you can get through
Like A camel through the needle,
Everyday people are just a thousand
Versions of who they were

So love me like we’re equal
Cause if there is no sequel
I rather live in peaceful 
Understanding that we believed
Our every single words

Chorus
And if we turn the clocks Back 
A Couple Dials
We should throw them out 
Because time ain’t ours 

And if we burned these blocks down
A couple miles
We could build them Up
Until the sky was ours

Bridge
Cause I’ve lived, I lived
One hundred years of solitude, with you
And never questioned what gives, what gives
Anyone the right to, right to
Believe these superstitions 
Outside of human intuition?
‘Cause Tonight, its enough for me to know 
That you and I exist inside this paradise

Chorus
And if we turn the clocks Back 
A Couple Dials
We should throw them out 
Because time ain’t ours 

And if we burned these blocks down
A Couple miles
We could build them Up
Until the sky was ours

soju

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[Verse I]
Sugar be sweet
The world doesn’t sleep
When you’re falling apart

And once in a while
Prince Charming won’t smile
In fact he won’t show up at all

[Pre Chorus ]
So you and I should be 
Human beings 
And not just pieces, pieces
In a puzzle we can’t read
Don’t you wanna go outside?

[Chorus]
Until we’re gone baby gone
Grow baby grow
Don’t leave it all for the other side

Just love baby love
Don’t you let go
Hanging out for another line 

[Verse II]
Pull back the sheets
The worlds that we see
Don’t always look the same

And where words have no place 
And time has escaped 
Ooh, that’s where our hearts connect

[Pre-Chorus]
So you and I should be 
Human beings 
And not just pieces, pieces
In a puzzle we can’t read
Don’t you wanna go outside?

[Chorus]
Until we’re gone baby gone
Grow baby grow
Don’t leave it all for the other side

Just love baby love
Don’t you let go
Hanging out for another line 

[Bridge]
And maybe it’ll be clear when we get there 
Why we always want what we used to have?
And maybe it’ll be clear when we get there 
‘Cause even flowers bloom
On the dark side of the moon

[Chorus]
Until we’re gone baby gone
Grow baby grow
Don’t leave it all for the other side

Just love baby love
Don’t you let go
Reaching out for another line

Until we’re gone baby gone
Grow baby grow
Don’t leave it all for the other side

Just love baby love
Don’t you let go
Reaching out for another line

Grow

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"Love-15, the second song off of Carter Vail’s sophomore project The Interstellar Tennis Championship, is a sonic blend of lo-fi chill-pop and Bee Gee’s-esque Disco. Featuring twinkling synthesizers, an infectious beat, and a spoken-word interlude in French, the song is an ode to unrequited love."

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LYRICS:
I can be your third man, doll 
Just a symptom you’ve forgotten 
You slip me in your pocket 
Turn off the television now 
Set me in the corner 
Now in technicolor 
Geppetto won’t you hear me out? 
You’re painting on my features 
I’m everything you needed 
Don’t put me on the shelf, no 
I’ll never find another 

Don’t ask me what my name means 
I don’t believe in that 
Conversations one sided 
Pull my strings and watch me come apart for you 
I don’t believe in that 
Trouble speaking whenever you’re around 
And tell me what you want to do 
I don’t believe in that 
Wooden pieces inside 
You pull my strings 
And watch me come apart for you 
I don’t believe in that 
I don’t believe in that 

Bienvenue à tous et a tout au championnat interstellaire de tennis 
Pendant le match, veuillez ne pas utiliser d'appareils de téléportation 
De transport cybernétique ou de photographie avec flash en la matche 

I wonder what you dream about 
You’re smoking out the window 
Oh, darling Geppetto 
I’m wishing on a star too 
Grow legs and start talking 
Walking right beside you 
Cut off the strings and put me down 
Tell me what I’m missing 
Oh I never listen 
To the crickets on my shoulder 

Don’t ask me what my name means 
I don’t believe in that 
Conversations one sided 
Pull my strings and watch me come apart for you 
I don’t believe in that 
Trouble speaking whenever you’re around 
And tell me what you want to do 
I don’t believe in that 
Wooden pieces inside 
You pull my strings 
And watch me come apart for you 
I don’t believe in that 
I don’t believe in that 

De la parte de tous vos amis à l'ITC, merci et bienvenue
credits
from The Interstellar Tennis Championship, track releases September 4, 2020 
Bass by Reed Gaines 
Drums by Garrett Fracol 
Keys by Andre Bernier 
Vocals & Guitar by Carter Vail 
Written, Produced & Mixed by Carter Vail
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The Interstellar Tennis Championship

Love-15

Produced by Jeremy Rosinger- Mastered by Nate Campisi

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Carter Vail is an artist whose music is at once deeply intriguing and nostalgic. His songs, bundled in bright synths, distorted guitars and a “we’ll do it live” production style, are both energetic and intensely lyrically focused, bringing to mind acts like The National, The Cure & Local Natives.

Inspired by a musical household in Connecticut, Carter developed a deep love for sound, leading him to study Audio Engineering, and move to Nashville, TN. While producing acts like Kid Sistr, Sabel and Jillian Dawn, he released his debut album ‘Red Eyes.’

Carter will be releasing his sophomore project, ‘The Interstellar Tennis Championship,’ in September of 2020.

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