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Collapso Calypso

Into Gold

Minimum Descent Altitude

You lost your mind in the rain
You kicked the taxi 
You said we’re absolutely over 
And you’d never forgive me 
We never carried umbrellas 
Your angel wings clapped my head 
I walked alone to Washington Square 
Where pigeons pecked crumbs of bread 

We started when folk was hot 
Everyone with a beard had a deal
We met at Treehouse 
You did the robot to Electric Feel
You could hit the high notes 
I wrote a novel about your hair 
Our songs could have won it all
If the game was fair 

Lost our minds 
Trying to describe 
The world as it is 

Optimism was a fashion victim 
In the booze-soaked delirium 
Girls wore shades and bright shorts 
They asked what you thought of them 
It was honest, unpretentious 
An attempted communication
We posted pictures, shared oblivions 
Got on with our aging 

Jealousies they come in three 
Why was it them instead of me? 
Why did I nail myself to purity? 
And pretend I was free? 
Our love was a welcome distraction 
Like a stray dog at the door 
Sometimes we were quiet at night 
In the spaces we could have asked for more 

Nearly went blind on our quest to find 
The world as it is 

I’m New York and neutral 
You came from San Diego
I sing like an open sewer 
You sound like a descending angel 
Never would admit I should have 
Stuck to cycling progressions 
You were gold, Owed the world 
Harmonizing my obsessions 

The rush and thud of life 
I could have been someone else 
I could have been a broadcaster
Dreaming in a five star hotel 
Tonight’s game defines a legacy 
Will you watch the careening colors? 
As these strong men vie for a prize 
At the expense of knowing each other 

Got in a bind inside 
The world as it is 

But that was not fate 
Instead it was you in front of me 
And when it was good
Baby, it was like living in a reverie 
The smoke rising ‘tween Broome and Allen 
After knocking down a set in the Map Room 
Before our parents and two strangers 
But we celebrated like a bride and groom

Maybe the big break 
Was making peace with failure 
Maybe success is a fleeting mercy 
At the whim of a cruel jailer 
I never wanted to yell at you 
I never thought it was your fault 
When I said that terrible thing 
It was the one lie of mine you bought 

Lost track of time 
Looking for a place to hide 
From the world as it is

The World As It Is

Twilight of the Gods 

It wasn’t about hope 
They just couldn’t take a joke 
But they let you run your mouth 
Because it gave them more rope 

You said they’d remember your name 
For all the honor in literary fame 
But you wound up crying outside your mother’s 
In the rain 

Twenty-five years to retire 
An indefinite date to expire 
Almost got fired over a pothole 
Dad never taught you how to change a tire 

Twilight of the gods 
Overcome by the odds 
Blasting out the bad thoughts 
With the music in our cars 

Twilight of the gods 
Fate shuffled all our cards 
Is the mud deep enough 
To plant a basketball hoop in the yard? 
And what of your friend’s silver dreams? 
All the pool parties, beers, rehearsed scenes 
You’ve got to be slapped by real life 
To comprehend what fantasy means 

You always had a soft spot for Angela 
Even when she yelled at ya 
The flower in her hair 
Was a yellow chrysanthemum 

And her soulmate Blaine’s persistent tinnitus 
Combined with his chronic right shoulder bursitis 
Compromised the showcase after those 
Fringe suits had hyped it 

Twilight of the gods 
Overcome by the odds 
Blasting out the bad thoughts 
With the music in our cars 

Twilight of the gods 
Fate shuffled all our cards 
Is the mud deep enough 
To plant a basketball hoop in the yard? 


To whom do you owe the pleasure? 
Of carrying on
You don’t even need 
To fill out a form 
You just keep waking up
Even when you’ve had enough 
To take your swing, shoot your shot 

Twilight of the Gods

Paradox World 

Sometimes at night 
I fall into soft shadows 
Because the way of the stray 
Is to shelter from harm 

Then the bread-truck is unloading 
While the birds are calling 
From perches above the boulevard 
It’s like an algorithm remembering your favorite song 

I’m ambivalent about sunlight 
Like when these gridlocked cars 
On narrow blocks sweat like battalions 
Led by someone terribly wrong 

And we’re in a paradox world 
Someone love me into submission 
A paradox world 
Someone guide my hand in composing 
This transmission 

A paradox world 
There’s always tomorrow until tomorrow
Paradox World 
Time takes life, it doesn’t borrow 

Now the flakes fall at twilight 
With the streetlights turned on
It looks like static in my vision 
Camouflages the crosswalk 

No one asks if I’m lonely 
They only stare like I don’t belong 
They might find I have old music inside 
If they ever wanted to talk 

Is it the scythe or the hood? 
Which they find so off-putting 
Sometimes they run, others just turn white 
As their outlines in chalk 

It’s a paradox world 
I have centuries of notes 
It’s a paradox world 
Full of promises and high hopes 

Paradox World

To kick off the New Year’s Eve celebrations, Moby has created a special DJ mix just for you. Enjoy the music, and have a safe and fun start to 2025!

Tracklisting:

1 moby and Chris Stussy - Go 
2 moby ft. Benjamin Zephaniah - Where is your pride? (essel remix) 
3 moby ft lady blackbird - Dark days (undercat remix) 
4 Anfisa letyago & moby - You and me (sg lewis remix)
5 moby ft. Miss Monique - Feeling so real 2024
6 moby & Armin van Buuren - Extreme ways
7 moby ft. Benjamin Zephaniah - Where is your pride?
8 moby ft. Choklate - Sweet moon(Jung remix) 
9 moby ft gaidaa - Transit(lafayette remix)
10 moby ft. akemi fox - Fall back (Coco Bryce remix)
11  moby ft India carney - Precious mind (April remix) 
12 moby ft aynzli - Medusa (808 remix) 
13  moby ft serpentwithfeet - On air (strings version)

moby pod: dj set 1

Gravity

here is a cover for you as I work on writing the rest of my album
<3 much love <3


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPqUrdjp_yc

Crying (Roy Orbison Cover)

The Boys of Summer

The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)

I Didn't See

Matt Waters is a singer-songwriter from New York City. His songs range from character studies of the contemporary American to intimate explorations of love. A writer of fiction, he attempts to meld the musical and literary realms through detailed lyricism. He has been particularly inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Billy Corgan, Mike Scott, Isaac Brock, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Elliott Smith, Patti Smith, Nicole Atkins, Damien Rice and Bruce Springsteen. As a guitar player he’s influenced by the progressions of John Lennon and George Harrison. The lyrics to his song Aurora were published in the March 2017 issue of American Songwriter Magazine. An essay about being a performance artist called A Moment of Honesty was published in Guernica in May 2016.

The World As It Is

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