experiment with drum & bass on Alchemy and Studio.M

took the day off
met my lover
there was something off
about the weather
i was a mess in a dress
but he didn't seem to notice
he held me close
till i was whole

but that was a long time ago
he was the boy who let me go

and he'd say 
there are no memories to pack away
when you leave me
just leave me this way

silent sets of moments
all the broken breaths between us
how do i get over this?

but that was a long time ago
you were the boy who let me go

The Boy Who Let Me Go

one-take recording w/ SoundCloud app

and it's probably 4 am but i'm afraid to check the clock
just a moment ago i was calm and collected in my brilliant train of thought
and you're probably up now like me
i always wonder what you're thinking
i almost forget the way you look when you cry

and you're not much stronger than me
just a little more naive, that's all
you have no right to think you know my words before i speak
i wish i knew how to console you

they put their backs together cuz we ran out of chairs
they were waiting for the day when i swore i didn't care
they came back for the re-runs but i'd emptied out the vault
and replaced the contents with a mirror
i sat around on the corner of a busy intersection
everyday you'd pass and wave and fail to make a connection
was it because i stayed shut like the box
in the back of your closet, secured by a lock

and inside is your reflection
but you don't care to look
you don't care
or really, you don't dare

and it's probably sunrise by now
and i'm crazy with confessions
and i think i just might tell you
but i'm afraid you just might listen
and i'm afraid of what you think
why do you keep your lies
and what do your promises mean

and i take your hand
and i don't look back
despite all warning signs
that you'll only leave me damaged
and i guess
i guess it's just the feeling i find
i find on the side of the road
i'd go down if you ever came home

it's about 12:23 and you're crazy with confessions
and you think you just might tell me
but you're afraid i just might listen
are you afraid of what they think?
i keep my promises and i'm terrible at lying

Your Hiding Place Is Worse Than Your Reasons For Hiding

Squishy Squishy Squishy
Moo Moo Moo
That's what cows in mud puddles do
Everyday, they go poo poo
Squishy Squishy Squishy
Moo Moo Moo

Methane gas comes out of my cow's ass
When he has had too much cow food to eat
My cow smellos like the color yellows
He's a cow and he has cow feet
OH
Squishy Squishy Squishy
Moo Moo Moo
That's what cows in mud puddles do
Everyday, they go poo poo
Squishy Squishy Squishy
Moo Moo Moo

I like cheese
My cow pees
on Mr. Smee's green tangerines

Tomatoes (Squishy Moo)

Probably the best song Dan Chavez has never written.

dan dont be a hater

AOL Krap n B

at the bus stop, down on my luck, cracking bubble wrap
the girl next to me doesn't speak, but she's writing a song about it
she writes about the kind of lies that only make it worse
and you gotta hold on to the truth even when it hurts
then she said, i know it hurts, but...

one day you're gonna get to a point where you'll know when you just shouldn't talk
and you're gonna start thinking, why not? instead of why? and where did i go wrong?
sometimes, i cry, it's just that i like bubbles
but bubbles always pop

and then she got up... 
she checked to see if her bus was around the corner
i asked her where she's going
she's off to greet the remains of a tragedy with a smile on her face
she says it's getting easier to pretend more and more each day
and you start believing...

plastic bottles

and i look to the moon
but there's nothing up there
not a light in the sky
and somewhere, out there, my robin hood
he's changing the world
like he don't even try

and thieves run in the night
and leave into the day
and i can't tell who's my hero, anymore
he's dead, he's gone away

here at the edge of the rocks
facing the ocean
i cannot lie
the drifters, they see me all over
inland and out here
wondering if i'm alive

please, don't forget my name
don't just look to my face
and don't ever ask me where i belong
i don't know, i've just gone away

and i look to the stars
looking for hope, now
stepping through passing cars
the ghosts, they all tend to whisper
"what it about her?
where's her robin hood, now?"

and thieves steal me away
the thieves, they're all all right
they let me live in the edges with them
though they leave me out in the night

and i look to the moon
and wait for robin hood
he's somewhere, out there
changing the world
like he don't even try

robin hood pt. 2

Fun iPad music apps experiment.

bring it closer
she's a monster
you would never dare to hold her
something more like ordinary
every inch that makes her wary

take her heartbeat
make it music
you would never dare abuse it
shake the windows
make it flare up
in the solace she will tear up

why do the leaves on the ground deceive her?
how do the knocks on the wood release her?

bring it closer
she's a monster
you would never dare to hold her
something more like ordinary
every inch that makes her wary

why does he drag her along to deceive her?
why does his burning provided release her?

seek revenge, it's ordinary
while the truth waits sedentary
doesn't he know, she's a monster?
you should never dare to hold her

why does he drag her along to deceive her?

doesn't he know
she's a monster
you should never dare to hold her

Monster

recorded with Studio Mini XL on iPad

light your cigarette
just let it burn
do not inhale
don't breathe at all
let it symbolize
the kind of life you never lived
but, oh, what a life you've lived

yea, yea, pass it again
yea, i cheated and passed again
yea, i don't need no hands
to pull me up from where i exactly belong
yea, so everyone's gone
it doesn't phase me,
yea, i hear the alarms
routine escape
it's getting old
when you feel like there's no more hands left to hold

listen closely
the voice in your head
your sanity: gone
did you hear what it said?
you let it victimize
everyone you've ever loved
oh, what a burden you've become

i am a fucked up Sir Robin of Locksley
i steal from the crooks
and i sell to the crooked
there's no escape 
no breathing room
the fire has gone out with the fuel

robin hood pt. 1

That song you played, it didn't catch me
or take me away
That song you played
Those things you said to me
I heard the lies, I know the games you play

And I don't need you, anymore
I don't need you, anymore
Just go, you're just a ghost

Unwrinkled papers I found in your open cupboards
You can't even cover up your tracks
I saw the names and numbers
I could've called them all myself
But I know I don't even need to ask

Now, on your knees
I think I like that.

But I don't need you, anymore
I don't need you, anymore
Just go, you're just a ghost
And I have been through this, before
And I don't need it, anymore
You know I don't
Welcome to my past

And there were simple, plain solutions
But you tried to schedule things around my heart
Thought I found a friend in you
What did he do to deserve you making things so hard?
...I don't need you, anymore.

misselliebee