You've gotten absolutely amazing. I mean that. This album is one of my all time favs. -Abba

https://otemrellik.bandcamp.com/track/i-cant-remember-my-dreams

this song is so sick, def mad sick the video you made for this and walking on stilts go together really well. glad to see you upping some more stuff.

your music rules. cant wait for the next album

sleep deprived eyes, I wake up half alive
my bank account is looking low and all my bills are high
haphazard dreams I got are leaking out the seams
leaving me empty, a self fulfilling prophecy
and I got nothing really new to say
an empty plate in front of me and no dues to pay
and I know I haven't seen you in some days, but some how
I swear I'll make it up to you in some way
you try to bury your troubles with no funeral
your waking life becomes a catalog of material
when all of the self encasing webs you've spun 
have drained your funds, your gas tank and your lungs you got
all these thoughts are empty coffins with no body of work
and I've filled fields of dirt, and I've left holes in the earth

the blinking lights in my room will keep me company tonight
and I am feeling alright
dark stains in my heart but my bones are bright white

this straight jacket grows more comfortable everyday
I'm giving the people I love so much less of a reason to stay
I built this coffin, one lie at a time
I dug my own grave of mistakes its to deep to climb
with everything I know now, it doesn't change a damn thing
just a bigger child, fell out the nest with clipped wings
shoestring budget, I hang my thoughts on synthetic sympathy
when I don my casket who will remember me

empty coffins

Holed up in various basements across Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado, otem rellik (Toby Hendricks) has made the best of badly lit recording spaces with dusty floors and creaking ceilings. With a never-ending list of influences, otem’s music, though rooted in hip hop, resonates with a wide spectrum of musical appetites. Whether harmonizing a powerful chorus or spilling out rough, sometimes guttural raps, rellik’s regard for poetic lyricism is underscored by humbling and translucent honesty. otem stands mastermind on stage behind a hollowed-out suitcase full of mostly homemade electronic gizmos, involuntarily forced through a series of pedals and mixers. His showcase of emotional lyrics and clutching musicality has been seen all over Colorado as well as the west coast, Canada, and an eight stop European tour of Germany and France. otem rellik has won the Best Hip Hop award from the Fort Collins Music Association from 2009 – 2011. He has shared the stage with acts such as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Foot Foot, Pictureplane, Astronautalis, Bleubird, Sole and the Skyrider Band, Restiform Bodies, Cars and Trains, Ceschi Ramos and many more.

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nodding off.