are they still watching us?

lyrics:
I know you’ve been thinking of me
I am more than the eye that you see
We have always lived under the gun
But we’re gone with the rest of the scum

Passing ships in the echoing halls
Too afraid of the eyes on the walls
as you rage at the symbols you see
you were already thinking of me

This is the end
This is the mark
There is no answer you’ll find
standing in the dark
And it’s too late
We’ve run aground
Where we are haunted by
the fury and the sound

Did you hear, I was calling to you?
Oh does it matter, just wait for a few
Do you think they are watching us now
Do you breathe just the way they allow?

We were finally away from the screen
And I can’t keep the memory clean
And the sunlight was gold in your hair
In a room where we felt the free air

This is the end
This is the mark
There is no answer you’ll find
standing in the dark
And it’s too late
We’ve run aground
Where we are haunted by
the fury and the sound

But what we were,
Was something more
Can we go back now
To the place we were before

And we are here
Beneath the glass
A fragile lie
that lies much better in the past

We are breath we are skin and no more
And you can’t make it back to the shore
They may raise up their boot till you blink
But they cannot erase what you think

So I cling to my sweet anodyne
A delusion too frail to define
In the end, you deny what you feel
I am here, I’m alive I am real
I am real

The coral glass is fractured now
There’s no repair
But I will weave the sunlight
In your hair
In a place with no darkness
We will meet again

And I will look for you, my friend

But in the end/They broke you down
And you’ll be haunted by my fury
And the sound

But I am here/ My heart is free
And I won’t let them/Make a liar out of me

So in the end/You’re just a mark
and I’m the whore/
that you left standing in the dark

But I am here/ My heart is free
And I won’t let them/Make a liar out of me

but I am here, my heart is free
and I won't let you make a liar out of me
.

NOTES:
Guess what book this is based on? If you guess wrong, Big Brother will be disappointed in you. 
.
I  reread this book a bunch looking for stuff I could include in this song. I could go on a long rant about that process but nobody wants that.  I love the ending where the guy betrays his lover and then they have to look each other in the eye at the weird doomed café. It is such a mood.  
.
You can hear a teakettle in the background but I like the vibe so I left it. 
It feels right.  If I try to re-record this song now, it won't have the original passion and perfectly timed tea-kettle...
.
... Also, I don't feel like re-recording this song because I slightly forgot a riff.

Siren 1984

always caught eventually

lyrics:

Say the word
And you can make it all real
And I know
Exactly how you don’t feel
It’s a script
You wrote it for your own play
So I know it 
Doesn’t matter what I say

Say what they want 
Exactly like they taught you
Make it go away
Do like they want 
Then follow when they flaunt you
If you want to stay
If you want to stay

I don’t want to play this game
Even if I could
You can just forget my name
Yeah, I think you should

There's a fire
Looking for a new match
An agreement 
Looking for a old catch
And a gift horse
Knocking on a new gate
Then a old voice 
calling her an ingrate

Smile is bright
You make sure all your teeth show
Hold it till the flash
Out like a light
Then basking in a new glow
Pay it out in cash
Pay it out in cash

I don’t want to play this game
Even if I could
You can all forget my name
And I think you should

This is not enough for me
Who can explain
Take what you like from me
I will remain
I will remain

In a fever dream
When it all broke down
Will they wash you clean 
When they put you down

Did they take it all
For a broken crown
When they watch you fall
To the quiet ground

On a tape 
Too far back to rewind now
There's an answer 
They discover somehow
What was said
That no one can uncover
Was she led 
Astray to serve another

Well they won
The wound will never heal now
Just let it go
What was done 
The truth will find you somehow
You never know
You never know

I don’t want to play this game
Even if I could
You can just forget my name
Yeah I think you should 

This is not enough for me
Who can explain
Take what you like from me 
I will remain
I will remain
I will remain

(who is the big bad wolf afraid of?)

Forget My Name

Volumen 2

Esperanza

"Land Based Antics" by Struggles With Syntax.

From the EP, "UK Garage Floor Fillers Vol. 4", out October 2nd 2020 digitally through MUZAI Records.

Recorded by Ben Freeze.
Mastered by Jon at Moosetronix Mastering.
Original artwork by Lurkmoophy. Repurposed by Urethra Franklin for Soundcloud.

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(c) and (p) 2020 Struggles With Syntax, under exclusive license to MUZAI Records.

Struggles With Syntax - Land Based Antics

Two hours of new cutting-edge post-punk/ punk/ alternative/ experimental/ no wave/ darkwave/ shoegaze/ psychedelia/ dreampop/ quirky pop and other assorted slices of musical excellence, with two opening oldies - presented by Simon Edwards.
The featured album was Die Letzten Ecken's self-titled LP.

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PJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose
Dark Furs – Concrete Corners
Die Letzten Ecken – ICH
Factor Pressure – A Hopeless State
Fixed Stairs – In The Palace Of Idiot
The Silverbeets – We Mattered (Once Upon A Time)
CUCO – Paredes
Die Letzten Ecken – Schlafende Wunden
Purslane – Mask
The Ugliez – Sick Of You
PTVP – 1000000
OVOD – Imperiya (part)
Die Letzten Ecken – Zauberworte
Tapeworms – Palm Reading
The Shifters – Left Bereft
Otih – Nakon svih vas
Anagrama – Unagi Zen
DZTN 1980 – Don't Give Up
Die Letzten Ecken – Zwischenspiel
Encabronado – Post-Punk Ruso
Cat Destroyer – Path Of Blood
No Flashes Confianza – NFC Style
Los Crustaceos – El Globo
Die Letzten Ecken – Vakuum
Nenagenix – Asking 4 It
HMS Morris – Myfyrwyr Rhyngwladol
Elvis Preslip – La laverie
Snooker Season – The American Office
Deseos Primitivos – Nube
Die Letzten Ecken – Die Zahlen
T U R B A – Historia
Ex D Ex – Violencia
Teachece – La barreta
ARGH – No Mas Yo/No Mas Tu
Die Letzten Ecken – Ausklang
Mouthbreathe(r) – Plato o Plomo
Petit Bureau – Cruise
TFS – Legal Ghost
J Zunz – Ouve-Me

Monday 9pm UK – 6 Towns Radio – www.6towns.co.uk/
Tuesday 5:30pm EDT (10:30pm UK) - Fasching Web Radio, Quebec - www.faschingwebradio.com/
Wednesday 7pm HKT (11am UK) – Radio Lantau – www.radiolantau.com/
Saturday 9pm UK – Radio Wigwam, UK - www.radiowigwam.co.uk/

Loose Canon – Monday 14th September 2020 (#368)

Playing new stuff from The House that Bradley Built, and a whole lot of other new stuff as well!

Episode 74

this is a mashup of blink 182's Adam's Song and twenty one pilot's Johnny Boy. it was honestly a nightmare to make, but the songs are in the same key AND share the same chord progression for part of the song, so it turned out reaaaal nice

Adam's Song + Johnny Boy (Blink 182 x Twenty One Pilots Mashup)

Drunk As A Punk (in a Post Punk World)

go ahead, don't look back
i don't care 'cause i'll be dead
i sit alone in my room
alone in the dark because of you

i walk around feeling down
i walk around in this town
and to forget, a cigarette
at least it feels like i'm dead

oh no please get out of my head
don't follow me until i'm dead
i need some time to take a rest
until the day i'm finally dead

i need a cigarette
i need a cigarette
i need a cigarette
i need a cigarette

Cigarette

my life ain't swinging like it should
and that's because you left me for good
i live in a constant state of fear
and i really wish to disappear

maybe i need some time to rest
maybe i got a little obsessed
for something that i didn't care
and i guess it wasn't that fair

now i'm so depressed
and i also repressed
everything i felt before
now i don't know anymore

maybe i wanna die
maybe i wanna cry 
maybe i'm dead inside
maybe i hate my life

Life Sucks

The Real Zebos began as a dorm room project between co-founders/songwriters/frontmen Connor Brandt and Jordan Gaul after meeting on Craigslist in late 2014.

After nearly three years of releasing demos online to an audience of virtually nobody, The Real Zebos filled out their lineup to become a real band and begin playing live shows in January of 2018. The band hit the studio later that year to bring their demos to life. The result is the debut album “Strictly Platonic” – a nod to their Craigslist roots – which earned an “Album of the Year” nomination in the upcoming Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards.

You can find this five-piece (guitarist Jake Strange, bassist George Cooper, drummer Logan Swander) performing in Omaha and throughout the Midwest, winning over crowds with a combination of sugary hooks, strobe lights, and razor-sharp jawlines.

Come see why this band is being called, “Wait, you guys are like, actually good.”