Otherwise (instrumental)

Do not resuscitate, let it die
So you can be born again
The ultimate clean slate
The override

Declare the time of death, and write it down
This moment is not your last 
I know it hurts with every breathe
But you won't drown

For once in your life don't over-idealise
We're flying through space
Sporadically we collide
We're not in control 
We just exist and then we don't
Stop blaming yourself
For everything going wrong

So when your world implodes and locks you in
Keep fighting to break it down
Coz to escape the flood you need to rise
To higher ground

Clean Slate

Manipulatively I fool you into denying
The very reason I lie
I make the rules, you comply
And there's no way you'd betray
The voices that faithfully say
"You'll be somebody someday
You'll be somebody someday"

There're seven billion of you
And yet you think you'll shine through
My dear, you don't have a clue
Believe me, there's life after you
Controlling merely by saying
"You're special in your way
You'll be somebody someday"

Another day comes, not a minute goes by
Without me wondering if it's true what that say
Is it true what they say?
These simple technics that I need to apply
Will keep me from blundering
And just maybe in someway
I'll be somebody someday

I've put my faith into fate
And trusted it not to fail
Been breathing in so much hate
And then forgot to exhale
I had it perfectly planned
To live a life in disarray
Saved by somebody someday

Another day comes, not a minute goes by
Without me wondering if it's true what that say
Is it true what they say?
These simple technics that I need to apply...
And just maybe in someway
I'll be somebody someday

Controlling merely by saying:
"You're special in your way
You'll be somebody someday"

Somebody Someday

The Television wants me to fight
The artificial light that shows me who’s right
And I’d be damned if my opinions weren’t formed in its light
The Television wants me to fight

The Television shows my enemies
Who threaten my peace in New York and Paris
Cooking agendas in a form I can chew
Serving reality shows as news

Oh! It’s the only comfort I know
Everything changes when 
I turn on that guiding light
Oh-oh! I think I might be in love
With this version of you on my screen
I wish one of these days I could be
One of these days

The Television's taking over my life
I know I'm done but I'm stuck in this strife
My ADD/OCDs in overdrive
The Television's taking over my life

Oh! It’s the only comfort I know
Everything changes when 
I turn on that guiding light
Oh-oh! I think I might be in love
With this version of you on my screen
I wish one of these days I could be
One of these days

Feed me my anxiety
Teach me who I have to be
Override reality
I’m blind, I see

Feed me my anxiety
Teach me who I have to be
Override reality
I’m blind, I see

Feed me my anxiety
Teach me who I have to be
Override reality
I’m blind, I see

I’m blind, I see

Oh! It’s the only comfort I know
Everything changes when 
I turn on that guiding light
Oh-oh! I think I might be in love
With this version of you on my screen
I wish one of these days I could be
One of these days

The Television - Demo

It’s the sound of your voice
That cuts through the incessant noise
It’s the truth in your words
That helps me see through the decoys

And it’s easy to beat them at their game
Try beating them at your own
When a hashtag replaces your own name
Where is it that you belong?
Are you sure you should play along?

Yes, you should be yourself
If “yourself” is what’s “trending” and “hot”
Yes, it should feel unfair
That they’re all fitting in when you’re not

And it’s easy to beat them at their game
Try beating them at your own
When a hashtag replaces your own name
Where is it that you belong?
Are you sure you should play along?

All the people you’ve been
That you needed to be to survive
All the lives you have lived
All the faces you’ve seen
Are still haunting you to this day
Oh, life...

And it’s easy to beat them at their game
Try beating them at your own
When a hashtag replaces your own name
Where is it that you belong?
Where is it that you belong?
Where is it that you belong?
Where is it that you belong?
Where is it that you belong?
Are you sure you should play along?

Chasing lights of dying stars
Unwilling to make peace with our past
And future yet to come
Another step and you will see
This heart is locked but not from the inside
No wonder it is numb

Damn you with your innuendos
Can't you see I'm trying to end this?
Damn your cynical suggestions
I don't think I have the patience

I'm sick and I'm tired of your flawlessness
And your righteousness
And I'm glad that although you keep shining
I'm no longer impressed

Running low on serotonin
I need more time to grow some skin
And stop this latent state of mind
If all the choice I have as human
Is be myself or be ignored
Then **** this, I'm one of my own kind

Damn you with your innuendos
Can't you see I'm trying to end this?
Damn your cynical suggestions
I don't think I have the patience

I'm sick and I'm tired of your flawlessness
And your righteousness
And I'm glad that although you keep shining
I'm no longer impressed

Serotonin

With my strength as my weakness
I'm looking at the heavens below
And what do I see?
That ever since I've lost the interest
In winning you over, you've shown
Much more respect for me

Sure, it's all about the timing, that's all
But every time I'm on top,
You're the first one to call

I have changed, and I will never be the same again
I will never be this sane again
Watch me fly by
Ain't it strange, that the more you lose, the more you gain
And how the logic always fails to explain
Welcome to my life

Did I leave you behind now?
Well I guess I've false-started again
It's so typically me
To let myself be taken over
By instincts, and never refrain
No, patience is not for me

Sure, it's all about the choices we make
But somehow you seem like a perfect mistake

I have changed, and I will never be the same again
I will never be this sane again
Watch me fly by
Ain't it strange, that the more you lose, the more you gain
And how the logic always fails to explain
Welcome to my life

False Start

You’ve fought and you’ve won
You’ve held through the storm
It’s all over now 
It’s all over now

Those bridges you've crossed
You're found when they're lost
They're thorns in your crown
So let them burn down

And if I come up with another compromise
Will you be there to see my doubts metastasise?
And if I patch things up by covering my mouth
Will you be wise enough to tell me otherwise?
I hope I’m brave enough to take my own advice

My dear Don Quixote
Those windmills you've fought
Were just a mirage
You've been sabotaged

This race is a lie
A waste of a life
We all have our own
Unique finish lines

And if I come up with another compromise
Will you be there to see my doubts metastasise?  
And if I patch things up by covering my mouth
Will you be wise enough to tell me otherwise?
I hope I’m brave enough to take my own advice

Otherwise

I’m an indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, composer and classically trained pianist, originally from Ukraine, now based in Manchester, UK.

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