Lyrics:

I wanted you without wanting me
Our Father hallowed in a bit of concrete
You want it, yea and you got it!
I wanted you without being free

Beloved country
Can I be your dad?
Flood blocking up the gutter, I'm obsessed with power
Keeping it up till supper, lord's halo
I'm thinking of you
I'm dreaming of you

At the time and place
I could never say

But then I take it back, ladadada
Whatever way I can make you feel like complying, ladadada
Would you die or stay amused?
When you fortify, tell me
Tell me ooh, you're on my side buddy, ladadada 

The herd's exciting
They're nothing too abstract
You look good, i'm feeling lucky, big shot repping ugly, imperialist roughly, lord's halo
I could give the flu
Just like my nephew

At the time and place
I could never say
You're so cynical to me, to me to me
Oh will anyone stop to hear a word you say?

But then I take it back, ladadada
Whatever way I can make you feel like complying, ladadada
Would you die or stay amused?
When you fortify, tell me
Tell me ooh, you're on my side buddy
Cause we're on the internet, on the internet
On the internet, on the internet
On the internet, on the internet
On the internet, on the internet

I could walk away
I could walk away
I could walk away
I could walk away

But then I take it back, ladadada
Whatever way I can make you feel like complying, ladadada
Would you die or stay amused?
When you fortify, tell me
Tell me ooh, you're on my side buddy
Cause we're on the internet
Yea we're on the internet
Yea we're on the internet
Yea we're on the internet

HERE COMES MY MOTORCADE

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Off On The Weekend

“Synthema Sutra” is a nerdy banana philosophy explainer song, with no hooky hook, no catchy catch, no morale of the story even... It just asks what if Sutras were ancient Greek Synthemas, and strolls through each Sutra, one by one (KNOW, BLOW, SHOW, GROW, FLOW, GLOW, and BOW). One song, seven guiding principles, and a bunch of gods who totally would have benefited from #musictherapy :) Enjoy the melodic wander. Or don’t. Whatever works for ya. The gods won’t agree about it anyway, haha #truestory

EPx8 flows Indie (1), LoFi (2-3), Dub (4), Burlesque (5-7), and psychedelic Indie Punk Rock (8).

And if you're a Greek mythology nerd, or just curious about the ancient wisdom of musical storytelling gone bananas, or both, here's the split 🍌🏛️
1. KNOWsutra : Prometheus ➵ Gave fire (knowledge) to humans; punished for empowering truth. A true win-win rebel.
2. BLOWsutra : Hydra + Medusa ➵ Hydra: corrupt systems that grow stronger when attacked wrong. Medusa: demonized femininity + misunderstood power.
3. SHOWsutra : Dionysus ➵ God of ecstatic joy, chaos, music, and theatre. Shows the sacred side of silliness and subversion.
4. FLOWsutra : Hermes ➵ Trickster god of transitions, language, and messages. A master of in-betweenness.
5. GROWsutra : Persephone ➵ Her cycle (abduction and return) teaches growth through descent and rebirth. Feminine resilience myth.
6. GLOWsutra : Apollo + Hestia ➵ Apollo = light, art, and healing. Hestia = the hearth, peace, inner warmth.
7. BOWsutra : Orpheus ➵ Music so beautiful it moved the gods. Journeyed to the underworld for love—faith, failure, and awe.

♆♆♆
@bananasutra #lyrics 

[Verse 1 – KNOW : Prometheus]
Every truth you KNOW  
Flickers soft and low  
Like a stolen flame  
From a god of shame  
He gave us fire, paid the toll  
To free the know from control  

[Verse 2 – BLOW / Hydra + Medusa]
Every cruel BLOW  
Feeds the beast below  
Cut one head, three rise  
In the name of lies  
And still we cage her rage and grace  
To fear what dares to blow this place  

[Verse 3 – SHOW : Dionysus ]
Every mask you SHOW  
Hides the pain you stow  
But the sacred jest  
Is a truth confessed  
He laughs through wounds the wise won’t see  
To show what dares to set us free  

[Verse 4 – GROW : Persephone]
Every time you GROW  
You descend below  
Like the seeds she sows  
Where the silence knows  
That roots need dark to rise again  
And grow through loss, not just through gain  

[Verse 5 – FLOW : Hermes ]
Every word you FLOW  
Is a place you go  
Past the borderlines  
Of the gods' designs  
Hermes walks where logic ends  
To let new meanings flow through bends  

[Verse 6 – GLOW : Apollo + Hestia ]
Every time you GLOW  
Through the ache and slow  
You become the spark  
In the temple dark  
He sings the wounds she warms to heal  
They glow in silence, soft and real  

[Verse 7 – BOW : Orpheus ]
Every time you BOW  
To the here and now  
Like Orpheus did  
For the love he hid  
You trust the gods to give it back  
But some truths die when we bow to lack  

[Outro]
Synthema… Sutra…  
We know… we blow…  
We show… we grow…  
We flow… we glow…  
And sometimes… we bow…  

♆♆♆

[08] Synthema Sutras - SHOWsutra Banana Psychedelic Burlesque Indie Punk ROCK

First single off the new record 'No Hitter'!

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No Hitter

ANNIE

Grapes

written by elli & mikal gladchuk
recorded, mixed, & mastered by elli
portrait by Caroline Mills

elli - mean it

Thanks

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Somehow Lyrics
She’s got me running for my life 
I’ve been here every night
Never said she loved me
Even though I thought she’d might 
I’ve got some money in the bank
She said that that was tight
Never thought she was my friend
And she taught me that night 
Oooh
She said she’s growing up fast 
She’s leaving here now 
Stole a wallet from Ched
Sex will sell somehow
Treat yourself right 
I’ll give you the key to this town 
Although my money is in the bank
I want to love her somehow
But, I still want to love her somehow

Red Herring

Somehow

Why Do You Want Anything To Do With Me?

Whats Da Point

Hala is the borderless alt-indie project of Detroit-based songwriter/producer, Ian Ruhala. Beginning as an at home, D.I.Y., recording venture in 2014, Hala has since released two full length records, one EP, and several singles. This includes; 2016’s, Spoonfed, which recorded in an attic behind the Motown Museum offered the bedroom pop breakout, “What Is Love? Tell Me, Is It Easy?.” 2018 brought the release of “Sorry,” a fun, jangly, pop piece, which flashed Ruhala’s guitar prowess at its pinnacle. Red Herring via Cinematic Music Group, would be Hala’s second proper full length, but it also marked the first time the recording outfit would shift into a professional studio. The album would become a “hodge-podge” of home recordings, and studio recordings, showcasing Ruhala’s genre-hopping capabilities, rendering songs like “Somehow,” and the caffeinated, but pop-centric number, “Why Would You Want Anything To Do With Me?.” Hala’s first release in 2023 brings yet another new chapter. Single “R.S.V.P.” is both heavy and danceable in an interesting juxtaposition. It also hints at Hala returning back to the more independent mentality in which it began. Look forward to Hala’s intensive release schedule throughout the rest of the year, and companion music videos as well!