written, performed, produced by harrison li + drake li
mixed by hotae alexander jang
mastered by harrison li

$2 Bill

Discolor / May’s always humming something

my debut EP, from me to you.

credits:

1. 1000 Backyard Pools:
lead guitar by Drake Li
piano + additional mixing by James Ivy
mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering

2. Strawberry:
featuring Maxwell Young
additional production by Instupendo
mastered by James Ivy

3. Dry:
guitar solo by Drake Li
mastered by James Ivy

4. catch.:
piano + mastering by James Ivy

5. Soft Serve:
additional writing by Drake Li
additional mixing by Wyatt Bernard
mixed + mastered by James Ivy

all songs written, produced, and arranged by Harrison Li
released by No Truce

1000 Backyard Pools

artwork by riely walker
2nd guitar by drake li
drums by jackson shanks
additional mixing by caleb flood

<3 - HT

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My Funny Girl

mirrors are no fun

credits:
written by harrison li + drake li
produced by harrison li + aron kobayashi ritch

Midtown

if i could stay the same and keep locking up
all of the jaws that made me feel good enough
i would make them talk the stars out of it
tired of holding up the sky

and so you win some and you lose a lot
depending on which side you're on
things are looking rough for us
the one's who are self aware

one by one
the morning sun drags them home by the ear
whispering things that sound sincere
keep in touch
those three words just don't mean much
and they flash those grins with the stains
your girlfriend's got a girlfriend
who's more famous?

i'll never change if you will stay the same age

since when did everyone give a fuck about
i'm not afraid to blur or fade
into the background
i keep my head down
i know sometimes it just ain't to be

one by one
the morning sun drags them home by the ear
whispering things that sound sincere
keep in touch
those three words just don't mean much
and they flash those grins with the stains
your girlfriend's got a girlfriend
who's more famous?

i'll never change if you will stay the same age

Discolor

May's always humming something

college - teenage color
playboi carti - new n3on

Teenage Color x New N3on

Bloomdale

california's in a drought and so am i

Independent

how do you do it? you look so effortless
i just want to love you but i know you don't too
it'd be easier if i never saw you again
but you'll be down the street so i know i'll see you soon

couldn't you leave me like everyone else?
is it fate or just bad fortune? you've got me talking to myself

i'll see you around the city
when you cry you look so pretty
i'll see you around the city
when you leave you look so pretty

i'll see you around the city

written, recorded, and produced by me in my room lol
mastered by james ivy

i don’t want to waste my time anymore 
i didn’t think i’d be your type, thank god i’m never right
please don’t wear green ‘cause i’ll just get lost in your eyes
if i didn’t fall maybe you wouldn’t look so tall tonight

new york in the fall
trace the star on your inner finger 
counting flowers on the wall
just getting to know you has been the most fun of all.

baby i’m fine 
if you want to lay here till the end of time
i hate that it’s true,
forever doesn’t seem too bad with you
you’re taking up my mind
there’s no room for other valentines
i could never cry
when i’m with you
when i’m with you

i know bubblegum pop’s never been your style
but you make me feel so juvenile
i try to keep my cool when you do your smile 
is it just me? alone, i can’t sleep
i can’t dream if my neck can’t feel your teeth

new york in the spring
the flowers have started blooming
i guess they got tired of being counted on the wall
i’m sorry, i wish i could count them all.

baby i’m fine 
if you want to lay here till the end of time
i hate that it’s true,
forever doesn’t seem too bad with you
you’re taking up my mind
there’s no room for other valentines
i could never cry
when i’m with you
when i’m with you

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Sleeping Cutie

*available on spotify and apple music*

written, recorded, and produced by me
mastered by james ivy

I heard it’s cold in New York, so bring your coat
Cherry, your body, I’ll cherish every word that chokes up in your throat
Baby, you look like diamond skies
Your collarbone’s Orion’s belt
I’ll think of this night when I’m missing California down in Chinatown

I wonder if you still think of me at all
But you were never one to think much
You’re swimming in his t-shirt
And I’m still swimming in your touch
Though you’re with another guy having the time of your life
I’ll keep this prom night in my mind so we dance when I close my eyes

Can you feel it inside your bones?
Can you hear mine break through the phone?
You stroll the streets like a ghost, hiding in that overcoat
I should have never told you it’s cold in New York

I wonder if you still think of me at all
But you were never one to think much
You’re swimming in his t-shirt
And I’m still swimming in your touch
I know I need to let go, I’m holding onto the west coast
Baby, I’m cursed by the sea
And California’s haunting me

Chinatown

Nancy (demo)

old throwaway demo this is poorly produced but fuck it

lyrics:
first of all, i’d like to say
girl, you take my breath away
you pull the winter by its hair
turn it into warmer days
pennsylvania princess, ain’t ya?
and i’ll be in california waiting for ya

i sent flowers to your house
envelope taste in my mouth
what’s good in your neighborhood?
mailman got lost in the woods

champagne sipping from the sun
summer’s only just begun
the dog days drip by, waiting for my number one
pennsylvania princess, ain’t ya?
 andi’ll be in california waiting for ya

i sent flowers to your house
envelope taste in my mouth
what’s good in your neighborhood?
mailman got lost in the woods

pennsylvania princess

written, recorded, and produced by me in my dorm
mastered by james ivy in HIS dorm

yeah you know i can’t sit still
my mind is always running off somewhere i shouldn’t be prying
feels like i’m working so hard to find that runner that still wants me to keep trying

if i cross this street, that taxicab won’t stop for me
if i cross this street, that taxicab won’t stop for me

i want to hold you all night girl
come on and dim your phone light girl
promise i’ll never get tired again
you know you look so fire

never getting enough sleep
you said i should wash the bloodstains off my bedsheets
feel like i’m trying so hard to please
but i'm skating the wrong way, slipping on these wet streets

smoking in the shower
the laughing hour is fleeting down the drain
stumbling now in the rain, see 
the NYPD’s never gonna take me

i want to hold you all night girl
come on and dim your phone light girl
promise i’ll never get tired again
you know you look so fire

NYPD

CHRISTINA, GET IN THE FUCKING CAR!

haven’t seen you since senior year
shoot the home game but you never cheer
whatever happened to san fran
you always said that you hate it here
sunset drive every afternoon
fuck around up in your room
sweet tea with two tablespoons
of extra afterschool honeymoon

but baby there’s something that you should know about me
your friends all warned you but i guess i made it hard to foresee
i can never focus on any one thing at a time
even when you’re speaking to me i’ve got something else on my mind
so go ahead

go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz
go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz
i understand if you could never wanna be friends again
just go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz

i tried to make it last but my silver tongue faded 
just the same as the finish on that car you love
couldn’t talk my way out of this one
halloween night watching reruns
school dance at the amusement park
who the hell thought that would be fun

but baby there’s something that you should know about me
i tried to warn you but i guess i made it hard to believe
i’m a two time-two timer if you even count that at all
but from your dripping eyeliner i bet your dad wants to brawl
so go ahead

go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz
go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz
i understand if you could never wanna be friends again
just go ahead and drive away in your mercedes benz

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Mercedes Benz

ryley, would you let me take you for a spin? i could show you the world or i could just make you a new one.

POST $2 BILL EDIT: real ones know about this one

RYLEY (demo)

toxic (cover)

summer time’s 12 weeks out
and furniture’s all i can think about
you say you got the bedstand blues 
sunny d, i know the feeling
ill crawl to you to pull down our shades

when you’re cramped up organizing paper stamps
i love your hands the way they move
ill try my best to make a rest stop on the way home
but all the lights are working against me today

all the lights are working against me today

1000 Backyard Pools (1/5)

guitar riff by Drake Li
piano + co-mixing by James Ivy
mastered by Barry Grint

lyrics:

mountain sides and the rivers through,
flying lanterns and honeydew
diving into the skies of blue
hold my breath and i think of you
taking in everything around
grateful that i seem to've found 
the warmest sounds and the summer too
golden red and the baby blue

all my life i've had a dream that i'm holding on to
all my life i've had a dream that i'm holding on to
i wanna make you proud, i just wanna make you proud
i'm gonna make you proud, i'm gonna make you proud

just thinking about all those nights coming home from a shitty party
realizing i didn't have anything in common with anyone there
and i stared out beyond the windshield of my old car with that A/C broken
i felt so defeated 'cause every house looks the same
and i thought i'd never leave this place
but i'm only fucking 17 and frank sinatra's coming through the radio
and i told myself i'd just sleep this feeling away

all my life i've had a dream that i'm holding on to
all my life i've had a dream that i'm holding on to
i wanna make you proud, i just wanna make you proud
i'm gonna make you proud, i'm gonna make you proud

(give it some time, just give it some time, everything will be alright)
(there's something innocently sweet and i'm just 17)
to all the heads in folded arms, drowning in a sea of cars
you're sinking in the shallow part
your life's just begun to start
i know sometime's it's hard to be
but if you can, take it from me
don't be scared of the things you haven't seen
you're just fucking 17

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Soft Serve (5/5)

Baby I’ve been so scared, so scared
Of dying with nothing to lose
Isn’t it so sad, so sad?
Seeing all your friends move away
You turned 18, 18, got a tattoo on your ribcage
You said you wanted to be bad, be bad
Darling, I’ll take you to the teen age

It’s just so sentimental, you underneath these fluorescent lights
If only I could fill these hollow streets
And drown my ears with my imagination
But no, no, no!
I heard you perfectly
“Just go, go, go!”
As if the sight of me makes your stomach curl
Cause you’re a practical girl and I’m a daydream

Now I’m leaving for the city
You wanted something pretty
Maybe we’ll meet in the middle someday

So you swore you’ll never love again
Closing off so it hurts less, hurts less
Dancing in your prom dress, prom dress
Say goodbye to high school and your young life
Kiss me once for the old times, old times,
There, there, don’t cry, don’t cry

Your kiss melts me like soft serve dripping on the curbside
Your ripped jeans are washing out like the pale blue in your eyes
You said you can’t skate because you’re scared of tripping
But if you never try, you’ll never know what you’re missing

So you swore you’ll never love again
Closing off so it hurts less, hurts less
Dancing in your prom dress, prom dress
Say goodbye to high school and your young life
Kiss me once for the old times, old times,
There, there, don’t cry, don’t cry
(Kiss me goodbye)
Maybe in the next life

1000 Backyard Pools - EP

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Soft Serve

catch. (4/5)

It’s gotta be flattering at least, right?
You know you pull the whole soiree
I caught myself staring at your mouth again
Your friends just laugh the night away
I feel myself lose control
I’m spilling drinks onto my guts
I step back, you’re walking home
You didn’t dream about me
I wish I could say the same
But I spent all morning playing catch with your name

(Swing for the fence but I missed the old me,
Crash my car on Bloomdale street
Raging away all the Rushmore weeks
Down for the count, now I’m crushing on me, yeah)

I spent all morning playing catch with your name

catch.

Strawberry (2/5)

In the midst of the summer you came and changed California
Even befriended Bandit, I didn’t think that could happen
And in the morning, in the backyard
You’re the prettiest lifeguard
Coffee sipping in the kitchen, I wish I knew what I was missing
Why do I never appreciate the good that comes in my life?
You said that I’d never change, I promised you that I tried
Wish I could bring you to the beach and never lose my car keys
Still feel you in the passenger seat
Silently staring back at me, silently staring back at me

After all of this time, how could I not change your mind?

I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Tilting back your head to catch the eyedrops
First it was to hide the marbling red, but now you’re just crying on me again
I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Your blowy nose is getting blood on your new tank top
Strawberry, I know you’ve got your own life
And I won’t stop, I won’t stop you

I’ll start my car and just drive all night through the countryside
Head straight for The White Rabbit and see you through the window
I don’t even need to look twice
I don’t even need to look twice

I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Tilting back your head to catch the eyedrops
First it was to hide the marbling red, but now you’re just crying on me again
I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Your blowy nose is getting blood on your new tank top
Strawberry, I know you’ve got your own life
And I won’t stop, I won’t stop you

(Maxwell Young):
Don’t look in the mirror too long, it’ll fragment
What a way to start your day wrong
Don’t doubt in your heart too long, it’ll break
I found a reason in you to make way
I try to tell you apologies for my hesitance
Wishing I kissed you then, you made me feel like that
Sun beat down on your anatomy
I’m losing track of time, my sanity, my sanity

I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Tilting back your head to catch the eyedrops
First it was to hide the marbling red, but now you’re just crying on me again
I wanna kiss you, blow a bubble, make your gums pop
Your blowy nose is getting blood on your new tank top
Strawberry, I know you’ve got your own life
And I won’t stop, I won’t stop you

music video

Strawberry (feat. Maxwell Young & Instupendo)

Dry (3/5)

I turn nothing into Friday night
I’m boring your week to death
I thought that’s what you like
I’m still trying to make you laugh
I’m splitting your lips in half
Making your cheeks crack

No one told me that I’m drying you out
Sodden kissing my best friend
I left you waiting for the last time today
But too late, I’m sincere

If I just asked would you give me one last night
To show me up?
I’d make dinner just the way Cheryl taught me to
Open the door to find your roommate say,
“She just left”
But I can’t say I’m surprised
It’s what I get after all this time
Leaving you out to dry, leaving you out to dry

Nights in Shanghai
You’re getting stoned
Bits of charcoal caught up your nose

When you’re leaning on the subway rail
Hope someone stares at your fingers
And lingers a little while
Maybe ask you where you’re headed
So you can mouth, “I don’t know”

If I just asked would you give me one last night
To show me up?
I’d make dinner just the way Cheryl taught me to
Open the door to find your roommate say,
“She just left”
But I can’t say I’m surprised
It’s what I get after all this time
Leaving you out to dry, leaving you out to dry

my funny valentine

i took a seat into your lap and followed you around
i saw you glaring at the train that took you into town
you mumble its okay, it's not your place 
it's not your burden to face
it's just the price i pay
there's no other way to say it,
and there's no other to pay it

she sells paper for a living
another day of placing pens
her eyes pace across a sunken place till she gets off at 10
just scraping up the rent

but when you come home in that shirt with the collar
all i can see is a million dollars
you swing your bag off of your shoulder and fill me in
on how your day went and how your cards are running thin

even if the stars aren't aligned this time, we'll turn our luck around
all i need is you in my arms and 
5 more minutes to sleep through our alarms
if you can't afford that dress you wanted
i'll rip the tag off and pretend i bought it
tripping up the stairs and hopping over the rails
leaving behind our paper trails

if you're dozing off, you better be okay with me coming with you
i'll take you to the future i've been dreaming of
holding your hair while you're throwing up and all of the above

(you're talking in your sleep you're hogging all the sheets again)

Paper Trails

old demo from september 2018

(october 30, 3034
tomorrow is my 1035th birthday
talk about a midlife crisis, huh?
i don’t know how i ended up here
but my name is harry teardrop
and i come from planet earth)

last i can remember, it’s a new york city september
another sleepless night, rolling on my side
tossing and turning, itch the skin that’s burning
in the morning i’ll rise and shower
in the mirror, i’ll see the power
of my stupid fucking fingernails drawing blood from my neck again
another reminder of this fleeting life...
i need to take better care of the days i wear!
wouldn’t want to worry mom and dad more than they probably already are
in the corner of my restless eyes i see the stars
and at least find comfort that they’re looking at the same ones
i miss them more than you could ever know
i miss the way plants used to grow,
basking in that summer sun
i miss its golden light when the time is right
6pm i’ll walk with you back to the dorms in winterstorms
i guess home is where the heart is but perhaps the saddest part is
i can’t quite seem to place where either are anymore
i come from inside out shirts and sunflower seeds
mismatched socks and soccer knees
i come from lucy’s at 3am stumbling home with my friends
i can’t help but wonder if i’m already long forgotten in their young, impressionable minds
you’d think i’d be much smarter given the circumstance
but i’m still awful at piano, haven’t learned to dance either
it’s hard to dance with yourself but i’ve gotten pretty good at playing with time
contemplating this funny life of mine.
starbound, i was always striving to be starbound
now i try to bite my tongue, but i can’t take back my words
i guess this is a lesson from the universe
next time i’ll be more careful what i wish for i promise
i miss spring afternoons in between classes,
open-windowed swaying to days by the drums
with the love of my life as far as i knew
didn’t mean to make you blue
still haven’t given up on coming home
counting down the nights in this astrodome.

i can’t make you wait for me
so don’t stop for me
this time i mean it
i know i can’t make you wait for me
life won’t stop for me
think i can feel it
feel it in my bones
i feel it crawling through my veins

Harry Teardrop

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