prompt: everything you've learned

lyrics:
a buzzfeed quiz on disney
a questionnaire on crippling fear
the urge to purchase something for the rush
delivered oh so safely

i pull the tape off with my teeth
the packing peanuts safe to eat
the cardboard flaps begin to speak to me
they say "i'll cut you right open"

a crowded room of strangers
a message from a two-night stand
she lends me solace from their hungry eyes
she understands the danger

do not disturb me or my thumbs
i'd really hate to use my lungs
their eyes all find me frozen
soon they start to say "i'll cut you right open"

into her arms i'll run away
she's got a place for me to stay
and come the morning don't know where i've woken up
it's loveless

and with every night i'm drenched in sweat
i cannot cope with all this
and i might run over your toes
no, that's not me
i'm harmless

we're partners off an impulse
the sleep is fun but there's this feeling
a mix of beer and liquor
lacquer love, and lacking honest dealings

i look into your eyes again
and see somebody else's grin
i hide the thought
we close a kiss but my eyes are open
i'll cut you right open
alright i'll cut you right open
alright i'll cut you right open

a passing friend just stopped me
and asked about the day so far
[ironic suicidal quip]
we laughed as if it raised no alarm

Quip (Cut You Right Open)

prompt: a refrain

lyrics:
pale blue dot
one day you're gone
you take me swim
to "layla" our words start to thin

your son could hardly break a laugh
beneath the talking overpass
but i hope you think of me and i of you

if i've the time let's go somewhere
the grocery store if you'd take me there
i hope you think of me and i of you

I Hope You Think Of Me (And I Of You)

prompt: a place you've never been

lyrics:
i know your name but not your face
lost in your street washed in gray
wilting streetlamp
storefront glass
if i sung for you, would you lend your grace?

i know your jokes but don't quite get
if your laughter comes at my expense
belgian humor, little piddler
if i laugh with you would it ease my fret?

and make it all go away?
make it all go away
wandering so long
forgot where i'm from
make it all go away

aboard the bus we pass a church
the most i could make was a blur
of spires covering an empire of light
the only friend is the moon at its perch

a small amusement's all it's worth
no comfort in antwerp
i could leave this all behind
ann's leather, i'll afford it never
i should bounce from this corner of the earth

and make it all go away
make it all go away
been wandering so long
forgot where i'm from
make it all go away
make it all go away
make it all go away

Go Away

prompt: something new

lyrics:
you sigh a fume
your hands in bins like russian dolls
i started sweating plaster once our table could run
you cried i think this space might be too big for us two
i do, you do, let's make a move

how's the vase full of mold?
will the curtains fall by the end of the day?
a maine coone at the sill
if the autumn resumes i might just spill away
even boylston breathes
since we've gone silent the odor pervades
i do, you do, whatever you say

you say
"don't shrink too much"
"you've been out of touch"
but i don't want you to pull away

i could take some time
to dust off that table, couldn't run from me!
i do, you do, we stuck the keys to the ride!

before you start to raise your voice come call out my name
one count, two count, your hands to your mouth
come collect all the rain

though i kinda miss the way we swing from room to room
i do, you do
i do, you do
i do, you do, let's make a move

I Do You Do

lyrics:

let wax cower from smoke
stoke voices from breath
and lift you from youth once again

a year unto now
lends nothing at all
keep pushing on dirt
and clutch what you own

be rid of this hunch
packs might race ahead
and carol with the ranks above

biding by your spirit
to carry your own
on fathers we've sown
successors in tow

Birthday

Could

senior capstone rendition of an old song about the catcher in the rye (2017). 

lyrics:

i can't stay where i stand, 
she's sitting and holding the reigns,
she feigns compliments and sings. 

she pervades the cracks in the walls,
a new coat's not enough to mask my face for it all. 

though it's nice for a moment, 
i'm asking just why i should leave
in the case she's drawn like me. 

though it's nice for a moment,
could i have a chat to ward off
the impulse to show i'm alone. 

i know you're coming down,
but when are you coming 'round?

i can't stay for too long,
if you wanna dance, get up, we gotta go now. 
but i hope you're not keeping cigarettes 
lodged in the back of your bed. 

it's still dim for the morn,
gotta get out of here before she opens the door. 
i phoned a room to stay a couple of hours, 
see you there.

i can't be bothered just to sit through your talk,
while you're telling me i'm itching to fall. 
'cause i know that i'm alright,
my head's heavy enough to give out a lie.

said the only difference is the population and sun,
where'd they go when i was walking about, 
past the record store 
where i swore you were coming down.

i know you came to ease my mind,
that i'm leaving and you're tearing my eyes.
take a fall before you get off the back,
i've taken many more but i'm seemingly slack. 

i'd like to watch you become,
and divert from any influence i've given for one. 
i think i'm sitting here to walk past a gun,
while they run.

Round (Live)

my first project for Andrew Huang's online class on Monthly! - https://learnmonthly.com/andrew-huang-music/

the prompt of this project revolved around electronic production and was a greatly rewarding experience.

Project 1

re-uploaded to fix up some stuff, this is my third project as part of Andrew Huang's Monthly online class :^)

lyrics:

creatures of the night
we're dominos
and unopposed
with word to our sours
once geckos get cold

shoulder's kind of tight
but postured well
the floor was hell
why was i so bold?
when fingers do fold

breathing on a wire
i'm usually fine with fluorescent light
soon worry will grow
to combat, to flight

but with easy company 
i'm reeking of nothing sweet
y'all treat me like i'm already down

i miss this, now something's loose
unfriendly in different rooms
just wait i'll be sure to come around

where'd we even meet
in nested lecture seats
i'll soon forget, it's harder to convene

bravery's not a feat
just make sure things repeat
for you i'm sure this panic will be eased

i had to run
with white plastered lungs

Project 3 - Friendly

have you been bit yet?

my debut single "I Got Bit!" is out on all streaming services, have a listen :^)

https://ffm.to/i-got-bit-release

Jordan Leung

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