a jazzy doo-wop pop song by Timmy and Sharon... an on again, off again couple, battling a twisted & destructive relationship
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LYRICS:
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We can’t pretend we’re whole
You cut me deep, I dig your hole
We shatter glass with every fight
But bounce back bleeding every night

You swing your words like blades,  
I wear the scars of games we’ve played
I fall, I break, I bruise, I burn,  
But somehow always still return

Shoo-wop… sha-na-na… 
Hearts don’t break
They snap back

I’ve got my stretchy heart
You tear me down
But I don’t fall apart

You can pull, you can bite,  
But I’ll still come back to fight—  
With my everlasting stretchy heart

Sha-na-na… oo-wah… 
My stretchy heart

I gave you love
You gave me chains
You stitched my laughter to my pain
We break, we bend, we bruise, we heal
But never know what’s truly real

You hide your venom in a kiss
I know the cost, I drink the risk
We bend, we crack, but never rip—  
This curse of mine, in every sip

Shoo-wop… sha-bop… 
Hearts that bend 
But still belong

I’ve got my stretchy heart
You push me down
But I don’t fall apart

You can claw, you can bite
But I’ll still come back to fight—  
With my stretchy heart
 
You can’t destroy me
You can’t contain me
I’ll snap right back
I’ll cut your slack

Together we’re a trap!  
Shoo-wop, sha-na-na
Oo-wah, oo-wah…  
Hearts stretch out but never die

I’ve got my stretchy heart
You burn me down
But I don’t fall apart

You can wound, you can scar
But I’ll still come back to fight—  
With my everlasting stretchy heart

It's elastic thin
And it pulls apart

But never breaks— 
My stretchy heart.

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MY STRETCHY HEART

LYRICS:
I saw you two-step with another smile
Your eyes went wanderin’ all the while
My ticker stuttered, kick-drum pace
Lightning bolts inside my face

’Cause I got a quakey-shakey heart
It trembles like a neon spark
When you go flirtin’ with those men
Oh No

Boom-boom chest arrhythmia
Feels like barnyard dystopia
So I pulled my handy EpiPen
And jabbed it at those other men

Now my heart ain’t so 
Quakey-Shakey
’Cause revenge is takey-takey

All of my big bad pain away
Quakey, shakey, takey, takey

Quakey, shakey, takey, takey

Electric storm and a desert sky
Cowboy shadow with a rock-guitar cry
Love turned wildfire
Bar burnin’ loud
Now I’m stompin’ vengeance proud

’Cause I got a quakey-shakey heart
It trembles like a neon spark
When you go flirtin’ with those men
Oh No

Boom-boom chest arrhythmia
Feels like barnyard dystopia
So I pulled my handy EpiPen
And jabbed it at those other men

Now my heart ain’t so 
Quakey-Shakey
’Cause revenge is takey-takey

All of my big bad pain away
Quakey, shakey, takey, takey

Quakey, shakey, takey, takey

Fiddle on fire with a bassline quake
Guitars scream wild 
While the ground does shake
Trap-beat thunder, barn’s a rave
Country boy’s heart to save

Quakey-shakey, quakey-shakey
Love’s a bomb, can’t underrate me
Take that pain and break away
Dance this heartbreak clean today

Quakey-shakey, quakey-shakey
Lights are flashin’, bodies swayin’
Revenge is sweet, so takey-takey
All my hurtin’ pain away

Boots-
With the fur on the floor
Lights go low
Quakey-shakey 
Heart still steals the show

Y’all can keep your achy-breaky
I’ll take a quakey-shakey 
Any night.

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QUAKEY SHAKEY

bringing a 1980s television PSA to a new generation... the message stays the same...   if pills could talk, they'd tell us that they're not candy
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LYRICS:
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Hey-
What are we doing 
Out of the bottle?
This is dangerous

A little kid might come along 
And think we were candy
That would be awful because
We're medicine

He might even eat us
No no no no
This is serious
(Serious)

We could make you 
Delirious
(Delirious)
You should have a healthy 
Fear of us
(Fear of us)
Too much of us is dangerous

Woah woah woah woah

We're not candy
(Believe us)
Even though we 
Look so fine and dandy
When you're sick
We come in handy, but...
We're not candy

No no no no

Doctors tell the pharmacy
(Pharmacy)
Types of pills that
You will need
(You will need)
And he knows the harm that 
We can be
(We can be)

If we're not taken carefully
Woah woah woah woah
We're not candy
(Believe us)

Even though 
We look so fine and dandy
When you're sick 
We come in handy, but...
We're not candy
No no no no

Oh no
Let's get back in the bottle

Yeah-
Come on
Let's go
That's where we belong
That's better!

Woah woah woah woah

We're not candy
(Believe us)
Even though we 
Look so fine and dandy
When you're sick
We come in handy, but...
We're not candy

No no no no

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WE ARE NOT CANDY

fabricated lies for our followers... the truth is we eat chips in the dark when the posts are done
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LYRICS:
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"Best trip ever.
Cocktails in the sun.
Nothing but good vibes."  

But the photo hides 
The fight in the hotel room
Credit cards maxed out
Silence between them

"Lucky to have found my soulmate. 
Wouldn’t trade this love for anything."

But his voice shakes
Her eyes roll
The dinner ended in 
Slammed doors and cold sheets

"Homemade veggie bowl.
Health is wealth.
Clean eating is life!"  

But the fridge is empty
The bills unpaid
She eats chips in the dark 
When the photo’s done

Münchausen, Münchausen
Who are you when the filter ends?  
Münchausen, Münchausen
Who are you without the lies?  

I need ten posts today
Gotta keep my numbers climbing
Every smile rehearsed
Every meal is perfect timing

Subscribers are my oxygen
Attention is the cure
But the more I fake my happiness
The sicker I become for sure

Münchausen, Münchausen
We are the masks that we defend
Münchausen, Münchausen
Who are we when the lights go dim?  

Münchausen, Münchausen
Everyone’s telling stories online
Münchausen, Münchausen
We're all deceivers by design

Münchausen
Münchausen

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Münchausen by Design

LYRICS:
Yeah, Yeah
Kid Napoleon 
Name ring through the hall 
Like a podium  
Thought I’d rule the world 
By sophomore year 
Now the empire’s dust
Nobody here  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Take the crown
Break it down
Watch the empire crack  
Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Now I’m sittin’ in the silence 
Where my shadow raps  

Jason Nada, fifteen
Bored in class  
Found a tricorn hat
Started spittin’ fast  

Hand in my coat
Thought I looked like a king  
High school hallways bowed 
When I started to sing  
Got a clique in the lunchroom
Fans in the bleachers  
Bars sharper than the rulers 
Of my history teachers  

Yeah, I studied empire
I knew how they fell  
But I swore I’d be the genius 
Who rewrote the tale  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Take the crown
Break it down
Watch the empire crack  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Now I’m sittin’ in the silence 
Where my shadow rap

First, cut the teachers 
Who were hatin’ my grind  
Then the lunch staff starvin’ me
Wastin’ my time  
Counselors talkin’ like 
I’m just one more stat  
Nah, I’m Kid Napoleon
Remember that  

Took the wrestlers down in rhymes
Cheer squad too  
Every “enemy” I listed 
Got erased from my crew  
But paranoia’s a poison — 
My friends looked fake  
If trust is a test
Every student breaks  

Who can I trust? 
Not you, not me  
Every crown in the mirror 
Lookin’ treachery  
Every empire falls
I read that fact  
But I thought I was different… 
Til the ceiling cracked  

Who can I trust? 
Not you, not me  
Every crown in the mirror 
Lookin’ treachery  
Every empire falls
I read that fact  
But I thought I was different… 
Til the ceiling cracked  

Now the hallways echo 
With nobody’s feet  

Empty gym, empty class
Empty throne, empty seat  
No applause for my verses
No teacher to grade  
No rivals left standin’
No crowd to persuade  

I destroyed my own kingdom 
For a crown too tight  
And I’m alone with my rhymes 
In the flicker of the light  
Kid Napoleon
Age fifteen
That’s that  
Cuz autocrat like that… 
Autocrat like that!

That’s the tale of Nada
Yeah
Jason’s gone  
You destroy 
Until nothing’s left to lean upon  
Remember this empire
Built on pride and rap  
Cuz autocrat like that… 

You don’t get nothin’ back.

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Cuz Autocrat Like That

Jason Nada, aka 'Kid Napoleon', gets everything he ever wanted... and loses everything and every one in the process
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LYRICS:
------
LYRICS:
Yeah, Yeah
Kid Napoleon 
I thought I ruled the hall 

15 years old
Thought I’d conquer it all
Sophomore year 
Crown heavy on my head
Now the empire’s gone
Every echo is dead

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Take the crown
Break it down
Watch the empire crack  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Now I’m sittin’ in the silence 
Where my shadow rap

Jason Nada, fifteen
Bored in class  
Found a tricorn hat
Started spittin’ fast  

Hand in my coat
Thought I looked like a king  
High school hallways bowed 
When I started to sing  
Got a clique in the lunchroom
Fans in the bleachers  
Bars sharper than the rulers 
Of my history teachers  
Yeah, I studied empire
I knew how they fell  
But I swore I’d be the genius 
Who rewrote the tale  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Take the crown
Break it down
Watch the empire crack  

Cuz autocrat like that
Don’t give nothin’ back  
Now I’m sittin’ in the silence 
Where my shadow rap

First, cut the teachers 
Who were hatin’ my grind  
Then the lunch staff starvin’ me
Wastin’ my time  

Counselors talkin’ like 
I’m just one more stat  
Nah, I’m Kid Napoleon
Remember that  
Took the wrestlers down in rhymes
Cheer squad too  
Every “enemy” I listed 
Got erased from my crew  
But paranoia’s a poison — 
My friends looked fake  
If trust is a test
Every student breaks  

Who can I trust? 
Not you, not me  
Every crown in the mirror 
Lookin’ treachery  
Every empire falls
I read that fact  
But I thought I was different… 
Til the ceiling cracked  

Who can I trust? 
Not you, not me  
Every crown in the mirror 
Lookin’ treachery  
Every empire falls
I read that fact  
But I thought I was different… 
Til the ceiling cracked  

Now the hallways echo 
With nobody’s feet  
Empty gym, empty class
Empty throne, empty seat  
No applause for my verses
No teacher to grade  
No rivals left standin’
No crowd to persuade  
I destroyed my own kingdom 
For a crown too tight  
And I’m alone with my rhymes 
In the flicker of the light  
Kid Napoleon
Age fifteen
That’s that  

Cuz- 
Autocrat like that… 
Autocrat like that!

That’s the tale of Nada
Yeah
Jason’s gone  

You destroy 
Until nothing’s left to lean upon  
Remember this empire
Built on pride and rap  
Cuz autocrat like that
You don’t get nothin’ back.

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AUTOCRAT LIKE THAT {Alternative Hip Hop Version}

a modern darkwave update of a happy 1988 tune, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin... Everything will be okay, baby... I think
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LYRICS:
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Once we watched the same big screen  
Now it’s ten thousand tiny dreams  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Every playlist, every show  
You like yours, I’ll never know  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
The signal’s fractured anyhow  
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside 
The melancholy sound  

Sun is hotter
Sea is wide-
TikTok filters change the tide  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Charge your phone
Forget the storm  
This is just the brand-new norm  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
The seas are higher anyhow  
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside 
The melancholy sound  

Sunshine on your window sill  
All your dreams are waiting still  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Tomorrow shines
The future’s bright  
Close your eyes, it feels all right  
Don’t worry, be happy… 

I Think  

Kings return with velvet lies  
Streaming from our glowing skies  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Marching backwards
Flags are raised  
Smiling while the world’s ablaze  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
The future’s buried underground  
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside 
The melancholy sound  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Get a diagnosis  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Swallow down the dosage  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Numb it ‘til it’s painless  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Drifting into darkness

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Don't Worry, Be Happy?

Don't worry about me, I am just fine, umm- Real, really, very, mostly good thank you... I think?
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LYRICS:
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Once we watched the same big screen  
Now it’s eight billion tiny dreams  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Every playlist, every show  
You like yours, I’ll never know  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
The signal’s fractured anyhow  
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside the melancholy sound  

Sun blows hotter, water swells wide  
Cultural filters, changing the tide  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Charge your phone, forget the rage
This is reality's wonderful cage
Don’t worry, be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
Consequences are higher somehow
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside the melancholy sound  

Sunshine on your window sill  
All your dreams are waiting still  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Tomorrow shines, the future’s bright  
Close your eyes, it feels all right  
Don’t worry, be happy… 
I think  

Our king returns with velvet lies  
Falling from our glowing skies  
Don’t worry, be happy  

Marching backwards
Flags half raised  
Smiling while the world’s ablaze  
Don’t worry
Be happy  

Don’t worry, be happy now  
The future’s buried underground  
Don’t worry, be happy now  
Just dance inside the melancholy sound  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Get a diagnosis  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Swallow down the dosage  

Don’t worry, be happy  
Numb it ‘til it’s painless  
Don’t worry, be happy  
Drifting into darkness

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I AM HAPPY I THINK

Living life full out in the open... Just like Tarzan Boy would do in the jungle... That, is JUNGLE ELETROLYFE! 
{adapted from "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora}
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LYRICS:
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Jungle life
I'm far away from nowhere
On my own like Tarzan Boy

Hide-and-seek
I play alone 
While rushing 'cross the forest
Monkey business 
On a sunny afternoon

Jungle life
I'm living in the open
Native beat that carries on

Burning bright
A fire blows the signal to the sky
I sit and wonder
Does the message get to you?

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Night to night
Gimme the other
Gimme the other

Chance tonight
Gimme the other
Gimme the other

Night to night
Gimme the other
Gimme the other...
World

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Jungle life
You're far away from nothing
It's all right
You won't miss home

Take a chance-
Leave everything behind you
Come and join me
You won't be sorry
It's easy to survive

Jungle life
We're living in the open
All alone like Tarzan's Boy
Hide-and-seek
We play alone 
While rushing 'cross the forest
Monkey business 
On a sunny afternoon

Night to night
Give me the other
Give me the other
Chance tonight
Give me the other
Give me the other

Night to night
Give me the other
Give me the other... 
World

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Night to night
Gimme the other
Gimme the other
Chance tonight
Oh yeah

Night to night
Gimme the other
Gimme the other
Night to night

You won't play, yeah

Night to night
Gimme the other
Gimme the other
Chance tonight
Oh yeah

Night to night
Night to night

Gimme the other
Gimme the other... 
World!

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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Tarzan Electro Boy

LYRICS:
Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, and one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said: "Ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple people eater to me

It was a one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people eater
A one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (one eye?)

Well he came down to earth 
And he laid in the tree

I said Mister Purple People Eater
Don't eat me

I heard him say in a voice so gruff:
"I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough"

It was a one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, 
Flyin' purple people eater
A one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (one eye?)

I said Mister Purple People Eater
What's your line?
And he said
"Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine"
But that's not the reason that I came to land
"I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band"
Well bless my soul, rock and roll
Flyin' purple people eater

Pigeon-toed, undergrowed
Flyin' purple people eater
We wear short shorts
Friendly little people eater
What a sight to see

And then he swung from the tree 
And he laid on the ground
And he started to rock
Really rockin' around

It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
"Sing a bop-bop aboopa-lopa
Loom bam-boom"
Well bless my soul, rock and roll
Flyin' purple people eater

Pigeon-toed, undergrowed
Flyin' purple people eater
"I like short shorts"
Flyin' purple people eater
Quite a sight to see (purple people?)

Well he went on his way
And then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out
A-really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music 
Through the horn in his head

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MISTER PURPLE PEOPLE EATER

Counting beats, chasing rituals, controlling the uncontrollable. "Bipolar Controller" is the fight inside your own mind.
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LYRICS:
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Darkened ghosts are moving 
In the shadows of my head  
I’m chasing down the rhythm 
Of the words I never said  

No chemicals
No wires
Just rituals and fire  
Balancing on tightropes 
Strung a thousand meters high

Damn the rain  
That falls down  
Inside my brain  

Wish it could  
Take away  
And cool my pain  

But it won't  
So I cry  
To release  
All these scars  
That I've built  
That won't heal  
They're like scabs  
On my skin  
That won't leave  

They build up  
Till it's time  
For goodbye  
Well unless I ride  

In the train  
That won't stop  
Till I heal  
And it's called-
The Bipolar Controller  

Breathing like a metronome
Counting in the dark  
Every beat a tether line
Every thought a spark  

I dance against the spiral
I bargain with the night  
I’m programming my chaos 
Till the patterns come out [wrong]

That falls down  
Inside my brain  

Wish it could  
Take away  
And cool my pain  

The floor becomes my dose of medicine  
The strobe becomes my fractured guide  
A Saturday repeating like confession  
Keeps the storm a step outside  

The sweat rewrites the script that binds me  
The sound becomes the voice I need  
My body finds a fragile freedom  
In the ritual of routine 

Controller… Controller…  
Hands shake
Mind takes over  

Controller… Controller…  
I won’t drown
I’m the operator  

Switch flips 
Controller in my grip  
Switch flips 
But I still make it stick  

Switch flips 
Controller in my grip  
Switch flips 
But I still make it

BIPOLAR 
CONTROLLER 

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BIPOLAR CONTROLLER

SINCERE IMPOSTER writes, performs and/or produces a curious mixture of New Wave, Dance, EDM, Folk Rock, Metal, Art Pop, Electro, Dreamwave & Experimental World Pop. Collectively, it's a genre known as QUIRKPOP --- Music that makes you say, "What the hell is this?"

The band currently consists of two members, both living within the same body, sharing a similar existence. They identify as Danielle & Dave. They are both psychologically and musically confused. However, both are extremely and unapologetically sincere. 

Influences include Weird Al, Nathan Fielder, David Lynch, Rosalia, Monatik, Atarashii Gakko!, Rammstein, T-Pain and T-Swift. Their favorite inventions are the vacuum and the peach pitter. Their father is simply known as Vessel... who may be an entity or a god.



BIPOLAR CONTROLLER

Sincere Imposter