Runners

laughing gas

You've said too much
Your cap gun is loaded
I've heard enough
Of you speaking encoded
An empty threat
You're cutting it close like
Russian Roulette
But we're all going home just fine

Please try again
Your CAPS LOCK is on
And I won't let you in
Until this case is closed now, now

We're looking at you sideways now
You cornered us with hollow rounds
The trigger jammed, the lights went black,
And no one's scared you might come back

CAP GUN

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
When you're back in town
Don't find things to do
Get yourself some rest
I'll take care of you

[Verse 2]
Run a bubble bath
While I sing to you
Let me wash your feet
Like the Christians do

[Pre-chorus]
Our love isn't what it was
But I don't want it to break
I need you to ease back into things

[Chorus]
For my sake
Take it easy on yourself
For my sake

[Verse 3]
When you come back home
Take some time with me
I've waited for you
Do treat me gently

[Pre-chorus]
Our love isn't what it was
But I don't want it to break
I need you to ease back into things

[Chorus]
For my sake
Take it easy on yourself
For my sake

Words and music by Nora Cola with musical assistance by Suno

For My Sake (Demo)

Lyrics by Nora Cola: 

Ohh she won't slow down
And I'm afraid
She'll get hurt so bad
She won't recover

This time
For the last time
But she always does

And she keeps coming back
And she keeps coming back
And it makes me glad
That she doesn't get scared anymore
And she doesn't worry at all

'Cause I couldn't stand it if she had to go away
And I hope she'll find a way to be okay

Ohh she thinks too much
And I'm afraid
What she'll think of me
If she doesn't recover

This time
For the last time
If I put her up to it

But she keeps coming back
And she keeps coming back
And it makes me glad
That she doesn't get scared anymore
And she doesn't worry at all

'Cause I couldn't stand it if she had to go away
And I hope she'll find a way to be okay

(Music assisted by Suno ai for demo purposes)

She Won't Slow Down (Demo)

Late at night he sees her face,
A reminder of his sin,
Forever more,
He feels her scorn,
Writhe beneath the skin,
Down hollow halls,
He hears her calls,
The echos of her weeps,
Until this day,
He'll see her ghost,
Pull him from his sleep,

Can they start again,
or does it all just end,
Together till the end,
Until it starts again

Her Ghost

Get me out of here right now
Get me out of here right now
How can I even make myself feel proud
When there's some things I can't say out loud
Get me out of here right now
Get me out of here right now

And when it's over
Will we get closure in the end?
When they're behind us
Need not remind me again
The end

Get me out of my way tonight
Get me out of my way tonight
How can I even make myself feel right
When all I ever get to do is fight
Get me out of my way tonight
Get me out of my way tonight

And when it's over
Will we get closure in the end?
When they're behind us
Need not remind me again
The end

No
No
No
No

dark mode

Lyrics by Nora Cola:

Y'all.
Here.
Come.
DJ Nora
You can't ignore her
Old school East coast groove restorer
Fans adore her
(Heyy!)
Do anything for her
(Heyy!)
Lighting up the club like Sodom and Gomorrah
Wicked flow.
Age restricted show.
Rhyming like a liquid as predicted from the get go.
Look at this sis.
(Heyyy!)
Flipping that disc.
(Heyy!)
It's like that and like this.
(Heyy!)
It's all in the wrist.
(Heyy!)
And.
Then.
She rocks the turntable.
With a box of churning MIDI cables.
Put your Doc's on and learn what you're able.
Nora's gonna shock you with nocturnal black label
Prrrremium.
Top shelf.
Velvet liquor.
Lay it on thick and we'll get there quicker.
Chica make you pick a pljeskavica clicker
Lunatic a trick or treat make the spot light 
(FLICKER, BEEN) that way since going on never
Several lifetimes worth of rhymes makes it last (FOREVER)
She's a big tease but she's here for the ladies
She don't ride a bike and she like who she like
And everybody sees that she's a
DIABOLICAL poet with the OP style
Vile.
Versatile.
But never hostile to the (WORKERS OF THE WORLD)
Unite, we got nothing to lose
(Heyy!)
Fight for the comrade next to you's
(Heyy!)
First-time rapper but no less valid
Better than your auntie's best 
EGG SALAD
(EGG SALAD)
That's all I came here to say to y'all
I hope you got everything you came here for
If you didn't tune in next session
For a lyrical lesson
It may get political or media critical
Diamat, histomat, hyper analytical
Till then you better take this one last chance
To check ya brains at the floor, get stupid and dance

Egg Salad (Vocal Take)

Lyrics by Nora Cola:

Gonna wake up in my chair again
Not even gonna care again
I won't go to bed 'cause I'm unhappy
With the voices from in there again

They can't make me
Into the whole world's enemy
 I'm in neutral territory
I can't spare the energy

Gonna stay up all damn night again
Losing sleep out of sheer spite again
Sequestering myself 'cause I'm unhappy
I'm stubborn and I'm not alright again

They can't make me
Into my own worst enemy
 I'm in neutral territory
I can't spare the energy


Spare Energy (Rework)

Crass Lips Records - CLR037

Performed & Produced by AUTOSEX_

*Tracks 1-2 Mixed by Allene Norton
*Tracks 3 &5 Recorded Live at Dizzy on Vinyl
*Additional keyboards on Four Cards by Allene Norton

Four Cards EP

AUTOSEX_ (1) Wrong House

Cambridge, MA; all original music, composed from the 1990s onward & lots of original electronic sound design. After losing everything to hurricane Katrina, including a well stocked home studio and an arsenal of guitars and other stringed instruments,  and surviving a nearly fatal (and ultimately chronic) illness, I started making electronic music on the PC. Lately I'm going back to alternative rock, post punk, and power pop after decades of doing only electronic music so I'm using ai to reimagine how some of my synth work and older tunes will sound when performed with guitars and vocals, while I recover all my gear and relearn how to play. These songs are still my creation though, not the usual slop. No, it's my own homegrown slop lol. I've only used ai to save myself some time when I start recording my own playing and singing. 

Meaningful critique & helpful suggestions welcome; pointless heckling will be deleted!

She Won't Slow Down (Demo)

Nora Cola

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