A track I've had sitting in my projects for literally years. Just decided to throw it out onto SoundCloud, I hope someone hears it and enjoys it lol

BassRyder

A song from Tanner Mackey's first album, The Mentor Or The Charlatan
Lyrics:
"Lightning In The Sky, tell me where to go, I can't figure it out."
"Lightning In The Sky, I know you been watching my every move."
"Lightning In The Sky, I know you're not real, I just described it.
My soul's falling, I just can't find it."

"Why'd you make me make no sense?
Why'd you ever go and make me exist?
Why'd you have to be the Greatest Thing Ever Thought Of?
and why am I just me?"

"nihilism, asceticism, it means nothing to me, I'm just an ape who wants to see the stars."
"Pardon me if I'm mistaken, but this must happen to you quite a lot."
"We're all so needy."
"I'm just so lonely, I need somebody, not just anybody, but someone for me. I wanna hold them in my arms."

"You can't just say love is the payoff for existence, if everything is free!"
"Do you see the spot I'm in? Do you see the trouble?"
"Is this you showing me the way?"
"You know I'm down with it -down with it -down with it"
"show me the way."
"Just show me the way."
"show me the way."

The Mentor Or The Charlatan

The Way Is Through Our Subservience (Yeah, Right)

A song from Tanner Mackey's first album The Mentor Or The Charlatan
Lyrics:
Don't worry baby, It'll be alright. 
If I tell you a secret, do you promise to keep it?
We're all so scared but we try to hide it.
I don't wanna see you cry anymore. Don't cry no more.
Some day I'll be gone, you must be strong without me.
We just wanted to be something worth considering.
You just want the world to see you're already whole.
But time moves on and we see we're still the same.
I don't wanna see you cry any more. Don't cry no more.
Some day I'll be gone, you must be strong without me.
Life is much too fickle to get caught up with such things.
I could have met my wife today, but I lost my nerve so she walked away.
I won't forget, but she will.
I don't wanna see you cry any more. Don't cry no more.
Some day I'll be gone, you must be strong without me.
I don't wanna see you cry any more. Don't cry no more.
Some day you'll be gone, and I must be strong without you.

Distant Friendships

A song from Tanner Mackey's debut album The Mentor Or The Charlatan
Lyrics:
I don't feel alone, I'm groaning just because I wanna.
Try to hold me close, I'm pushing back, but I don't wanna.
Cuz I'm trying hard to see the brighter me that you have worshipped, but now we've come to close.
I don't think about you that much anyways.

Say you don't understand me. Well that's okay cuz I don't either.
Said you couldn't stand me. Well I won't repeat myself.
Was I just too scared? You don't need to care.

You said it's all you know; the groaning and the masochism.
But I never seem to know when to talk and when to listen.
Please just set me free, I'm all alone until my deathbed.
When my eyes are closed I don't think about it that much anyways.
Thoughts will try and haunt me! Could we please just change the subject?
Well I don't need to lay here, but my eyes are shut wide open.
Was I just too scared? You don't need to care.

Stephen Hawkings Is A Pessimist

A song off of Tanner Mackey's debut album The Mentor Or The Charlatan.
lyrics;
I won't shut myself off just because I got hurt. I know it's harder. I know it's hard, but someday I'll find another machine. 
One who treats me gently.
One who cares for me.

When we went to get coffee I burnt my tongue. Now I can't taste.
I really can't, but that's not the only thing that can't feel.
She's just a machine. 
Just a machine. 
Just a machine.

When her legs were wrapped around me I wanted to scream.
"I found my machine! I found my machine!"
but she never spoke of me again.
This pain is mine.
This pain is mine, alone.

She can just find a robot whenever she's under the weather, but I like to think that I'm more than just a fuck machine.

We run on oxytocin, but she gets it wherever. 
I'm a creature of habit; a romantic machine.
I'm just a machine, so why don't you use me?
I'm just a machine, why don't you just fucking use me then?
I'm just a machine, so why don't you use me?
I'm just a machine.

Sexually Liberated Women Are The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Me (I'm Not Just A Fuck Machine)

written, performed, mixed, and produced by Tanner Mackey

Lyrics:
He's seven years older than you. How can I compete with that?
He only talks to you when he wants you lying on your back.
But I want to love you and we both know I can't do that. 
So you packed your bags and left my soul, all these stories go untold and you never looked back.

well was it liberating sweating? all over the sheets where my memories will fade? 
Don't think I'm letting my pain cause me to do the same.
You seem to think I'm always this way... well, I was checking. And now I guess I know the truth.
Oh, now i guess i know the truth.
And now I guess i know the truth
Now i guess I know the truth.
Now I guess I know the truth.

Well was it liberating sweating all over the sheets where my memories will fade? Don't think I'm letting my pain cause me to do the same.

Summer EP (itsnotwhatyouthink)

Summer Liberation

The opening track to my new Summer EP (It's Not What You Think)

Lyrics:
Why don't you just open up to the sun? yeah.
Why don't you just open up to the sun?

You could never seem to do what I can do, I can do, I can do, yeah.
You could never seem to do what I can do, I can do, I can do, I can do.

Why don't you just open up to the sun?
Why don't you just open up to the sun?

You could never see it.
but I guess I knew better, yeah I guess I knew better.
You could never see me go
well I guess I knew better, yeah I guess I knew better.

Why don't you just open up to the sun? (in robot voice)
Why don't you just open up to the sun?

You're flying into a sea of blue, yeah 
your eyes are burning fire.
your eyes are burning brighter.
Although this pillar of light is shining,
you hold your head up higher, eclipsing Gods of fire.

"Ah", you scream, "Why don't you please tell me everything is alright?!"
I wanna tell you every thing is okay, but it's never alright, it's never alright.

Why don't you just kill me? 
Why don't you take this life and end this nightmare? 
Why don't you just kill me?
Why don't you open up to the sun?

all instrumentation, recording, and production by Tanner Mackey.

5/23/2017

Open To The Sun

A song I made with @twobirds-onestoned in the Laundry Room at the UofA. It's about feelings and stuff, and I think you're gonna dig it!
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12/03/2017

She Wasn't Anybody's Girl

A song I made with @blimp22 It has WILDLY changed from what it once was, after I added copious layers of synths and vocals. Still, the original recording of guitar and drumset I made with Logan is at the top of the mix, and allowed me to explore my creativity and abilities. Big thanks to Logan not just for his help in creation of this song, but also in his continuous honest support of me as a musician, artist, and human being. CLICK THE BUY BUTTON FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD AND A VISIT TO MY SITE!

12/7/2017

EverGreenTrees

A fun upbeat surf punk-ish song I made with @carlfike who played bass on this track. all other instrumentation and production was done by me. It's a sweet track! get ready for my album Be Gentle, dropping in 3 days!

Fin Grabber

yellow-green is the best color, life is inherently meaningless