© Kai Pauldrach

Words and music by Kai Pauldrach (August 2010)

Recorded September 9, October 1 and October 2, 2014
All voices and instruments by Kai Pauldrach

Lyrics:

I hated friendship, it was a miracle
The mother of my fears
Till I got a phonecall from a photograph
That showed a man in tears
It wandered straightway into my colour scheme
And ripped it all apart
It caused my swamp life to finally overflow
Before I faded, I rather followed it down
To them all

Chorus:
This is a rather surrealist approach said the man to his life
I do believe it is time that we get off the coach, get off
For it's time or time's away

I hated Sundays, they cut me right in two
And made me lose my shape
They were the truck stops inside my motorbrain
Always longing to escape
But still they caught me and ate my heart and soul
And asked me 'Who are you?'
I didn't know it, I was a mirror then
Before I faded I rather followed them down
To them all

Chorus

See, they're tryin' to drag me down there, to drag me down there
Everywhere I seek peace they linger 'round
Grab me and then drag me down there, they drag me down there
And they cut off my face, swallow my sound
See my eyes, they turned them upside down
I can barely feel light inside my gown
Turned my deepest feelings inside out
And I can't even shout, head in a cloud
And forgetting my name they drag me down there
And forgetting myself they drag me down

I hated chocolate, my brightest enemy
Seduction wrapped in foil
Yes, it was chocolate that wrote the testament
That made me turn to soil
Within a dog's life the pack had tracked me down
And fed me till I burst
It was the death shot, I couldn't move nor breathe
Before I faded I rather followed them down
To them all

Chorus

Come over, get a light rhyme just for yourself
This one will be your own, for nobody else
Its sugarcoated yell will stick in your head
If something is that sweet, how could it be bad?
We're gonne make you feel right
Until you're brainless and quiet
Then we will sit on your lap
Relax and mind the gap

And when you've had enough of worry and strife
Of course we are concerned cause ours is your life
The moment that your clean blank bones hit the floor
We get your naked soul out through the back door
We will inhabit your mind
To keep you happy and blind
But don't climb out of your shelf
You're gonna hurt yourself

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UPRIGHT

DARK SIDE [Remix] (prod. by Colton)

AUTOMATIC (Dark Edit)

Bandits [V2 REMIX] (prod. by Colton)

DARK SIDE (NIGHTMARE REMIX)

All tracks produced by COLTON. 
I did all the vocals. 

UPRIGHT represents the opposite of what my last LP 'DOWNBAD' did. It is a forward shift in thinking, one towards the more creative and expressive (right side of the brain) thinking.

SIRENS (Interlude) [prod. Colton]

Music has always been my life, I took a step back a few years ago from publicly releasing music, I have never quit writing, I'm excited to get back to sharing what I have been creating

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Kai Pauldrach

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