if i see you today, i wanna have something to say...

no c notes just playin' these middle c notes
in the haze of gray weed smoke, i'm staring through at the easel
when i check the peep hole there's no people
and i'm a dull pencil, a broken vessel..

so i watch psycho but muted with all the lights off
put on a little michael, put on rachmaninoff
i chain smoke 'til the sun starts comin' up 
in a dark castle, a broken vessel

and i'm so restless tryn figure how to address this
the issue why no checks is coming towards my address
when i check the checklist, first is make a checklist
but i got no stencil, a broken vessel

and i just hate shit. i hate shit for the sake of hatin'
i'm runnin' outta patience. i'm bout to be a patient..
but i know all about the laws of feng shui.
i shouldn't left you standin' lone by the doorway.

and i don't trust 'em like shiny shields of justice.
i never been well adjusted, just fake it when i'm forced to..
and each week dreamin' up a new scheme,
to pay the rental, a broken vessel

all my favorite tv shows about men with trust issues
and then i watch tv, while i'm fallin' asleep
and the feeling's embedded in me and puts me ill at ease.

i'm a vessel. i'm a broken vessel.

Broken Vessel

facebook status generator rap menu screen samples iphone click beat

Simoleonaires (Feat. Goldzilla, Doc Waffles, and Young Gretzky)

pack of cigs from the change in my coin cup
now i really got the spirit of america
but i'd be clubbin' with canadian if i could
'stead i'm shakin' like both hands on the hood
and i'm fakin' like it's all good
so i just keep singin' these bars
in empty bars
and they got steel bars

but i'm an artist
i think of myself as an artist

and my paypal my paypals my worst pal
they never hit me 'bout no record sales
in fact i don't even wanna be pals
i never had a good experience in retail
they only ever send me spammy email
so i just keep singin' these bars
in empty bars
and they got steel bars

and when i look towards the future its like looking at the wall
but walls are only so tall
when you're an artist
and i think of myself as an artist

so i just sit up in the crib
and smoke my cigs
and my folks save all my newspaper clips
and i'm not sure why i exist
but i'm tell you like i told 'em since i was six
i'm an artist
i think of myself

pack of cigs from the change in my coin cup



::Produced by Ben Bowdon & James Linck::

The Artist

took the case off my phone today
i don't plan and i don't save
and when collectors call
i hit em raw
and tell em i'm not paying a thing

touch the scars on my arm and i can feel em freshly cut
and it reminded me
of wanting to be something when i grew up

but it's no future for us

stack the pyre, set the children on fire
cause i know it's no future
and if their mothers complain
we'll print their names across some black t-shirts

i see the men on jefferson in their ties and button ups
and it reminded me
of wanting to be something when i grew up

but it's no future for us

and the sun still sitting there
shining down on you

watch the cops cut through traffic like a knife
spelled out my name in styrofoam cups above 75

looking up at the clouds all milky white
don't worry ma, it's life and only life

but it's you, sitting there
shining

No Future

This is a remix of the song "Suffocating" by Detroit band Handgrenades.

Handgrenades - Suffocating (James Linck Remix)

when your brain's all play-doh 
and the block's just lego 
if the street's all braille 
and you don't feel yourself 

you can switch like blades 
or you can dig like spades 
hearts will break and take new shapes 

so i just let it make what it makes 

i had the polygon 
boppin' in my chest 
an emoticon 
in a block of text 
from the monologue of the mid west 
to the siren song, i went from 

budlong and 39th 
to takin' 
long rides to van nuys 
to cruisin' 
the 5 real high 
to hittin' 
red lights in my mind 

what's a heart shaped like anyways 

a small hand, a vast space 
a quick glance, a long gaze 
a deep trance, a heavy weight 

it'd be great if you could make 
a four gram eighth

Heart Shapes

BIG WORLD
SMALL ROLE
LINING UP THE LIGHT WITH THE BAR CODE
SIGNING ON THE LINE WHEN THE BAR CLOSE
TRYING NOT TO FEEL ALARMED WHEN THE BILLS FILL UP THE BOX
KEEP MY SICKLES POP
SEE THE REAPER TRYING TO COP
PULL THE REEFER FROM THE SLEEVE
THE VOID AND ME

IN A LITTLE ROOM WITH THE BRIGHT SCREEN
THE VOID AND ME

THE VOID IS ALWAYS THERE AND I CAN SEE
IT'S STARING BACK AT ME
WHY AM I ALWAYS STARING?
I GUESS IT'S JUST THE VOID AND ME

CAN'T SEE
THE WHITE KEYS
THE CHECKS WHERE THEY'RE ETCHED ON THE NIKES
THE STRIPES IN THE NIGHT STANDING IN THREES
THE CLOUDS IN THE AIR, THE WALLS BARE
THEY'RE BARELY EVEN THERE

HELL'S HOT
DOG DAYS
I CAN FEEL THE BITE BEFORE THE BARKING
I KEEP WAKING UP BEFORE THE CLOCK SINGS
TRYING NOT TO FEEL ALARMED AT THE VOICES IN MY HEAD
I SWEAR THEY WANT ME DEAD
DON'T WANT TO CHECK MY MESSAGES
ALL THESE SONGS SEEM INCOMPLETE
THE VOID AND ME

IN A LITTLE ROOM WITH THE BRIGHT SCREEN
THE VOID AND ME

THE VOID IS ALWAYS THERE AND I CAN SEE
IT'S STARING BACK AT ME
WHY AM I ALWAYS STARING?
I GUESS IT'S JUST THE VOID AND ME


bass guitar performed by Ricky Ruggero
electric guitar written and performed by Jaws That Bite

The Void and Me

And I was weak as an astronaut
You left a key in the flowerpot
I fell asleep like a tablecloth
Draped over my sculpting block
And you
You pulled me out from under the centerpiece
A narrow notch in the frequency

And you
You were sweet as a jar of juice
When all the bricks came busting through
Kool as Keith on a powder moon
Nobody telling us what to do
And I
I know the love between us will increase
And I could tell you why

Good gracious rings in Vegas
We got our own oasis
No limits outer spaces
We got our own oasis
I'm picking up good vibrations
We got our own oasis
And after all you're my wonderwall

And you

And I
I know the love between us will increase

And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase
And I know the love between us will increase

Play Wonderwall!

And the days are elastic
We just snap and they're passing
While we're laughing at the magic
Of new chapters and their patterns
And I keep on looking backwards
Expressed in abstraction
Sunglasses refracting
An Aladdin to a Jasmine
And all the people you knew were the actors
And I keep on

Anybody trying to hear a love song
All we got are these summer months
Anybody trying to hear a love song
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine

And my thoughts are sporadic
The habits of a savage
While I'm swallowing the tragic
News rapidly happening
And I keep on looking backwards
Like a magnet to my gadget
Back flat on my mattress
See the caption and imagine
That all the people you knew were the actors
And I keep on looking backwards

Anybody trying to hear a love song
All we got are these summer months
Anybody trying to hear a love song
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine
Nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine

co-produced by Jaws That Bite
bass guitar recorded by Ricky Ruggero

Evergreen

James Linck & Lianna Vanicelli - You're All I Need To Get By (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Cover)

When a phone's vibrating on TV
Sounds as real as the one that's sitting by me
Ammo ammo for example when it's rattling on the table
Is it true or is it fable just a scene from basic cable
Ammo ammo I go Rambo on this channel
Got me feeling sentimental lighting candles in our rental
Yeah there's nothing like the real thing

Ammo ammo I go Nukem on this sutra
You can duke or try to juke it but I'm shooting for a future with you
Cause there's nothing like
Yeah there's nothing like the real thing baby

When a phone's vibrating on TV
Sounds as real as the one that's sitting by me
Ammo ammo
Ammo ammo
Ammo ammo
Ammo ammo
Ammo ammo

Ammo ammo my ambition on this composition
Counting my munitions like the darts in Cupid's quiver for you
Cause there's nothing like
Yeah there's nothing like the real thing baby

co-produced by Jaws That Bite

Ammo

When I was a kid I could float
I'd backstroke through the ropes
To the shores of my daydreams
But the deep blue sea
Started swallowing me
From the chore of my routine
And all the sepia tones
And the long focus throws
That's distorting those memories
Keep on filling my head
With the fog and the web
I forget that I'm caught in
I need to sit a while silently
I need a little more time to think

I used to live on the coast and I'd never see the ocean
Now I don't live on the coast and I don't ever see the ocean
I'm not a new person
Just keep on surfing
Looped a beat like cursive
And named the track short circuit

I used to live on the coast and I'd never see the ocean
Now I don't live on the coast
I'm not a new person
Just keep on surfing
Looped a beat like cursive
And named the track short circuit

Baby don't think that I can't see
That sometimes I'm blinded to what's right in front of me

Baby don't think that I can't see
That sometimes I'm blinded to what's right in front of me

Jaws That Bite - Guitar
Eddie Logix - Additional Drums & Percussion

Short Circuit

Wistful nostalgia, of the vein innate to many millennials, is the mood pervading from Detroit’s resident alt-R&B crooner James Linck. The singer's plaintive falsetto has become the subject of conversation in many Detroit music circles.

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