I BREAK songs to see how they work.

Ruining beautiful things just to watch the pieces fall back into place. It’s a jigsaw puzzle falling away from me, a shadow just ahead of my soul, sifting signal chiseled out of noise so I don't pine away.

The originals are fine. These are just HOT AF.

Covers

Hot AF (Robert Delong cover)

- Seeded Suno with slightly edited MJK lyrics and a snippet of a song doodle I had in reserves.
- Iterated to get the vocal cadence and melody the way I wanted it. 
- Used Moises to split the stems.
- Sampled and edited Danny Carey's 2.5-minute drum intro. 
- Added various elements in Ableton Live: a couple samples from Splice, some soft synths, some effects, some automation, a decent amount of mixing and arranging, some light mastering with Ozone, Soundcloud mastering, and voilà 😎


-LYRICS-

I have come curiously close to the end, though
Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole
Defeated I concede I move closer. 
I may find comfort here; I may find peace within the emptiness,
How pitiful...

It's calling me

And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping
The moon tells me a secret, a confidant
As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and

A million light reflections pass over me
The source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting

And as I pull my head out, I am without one doubt
Don't want to be down here soothing my narcissism
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the line displace

Before I pine away

So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
And leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable

So let the light touch you
So let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason

Before we pine away (pine away)

Pine Away ("Reflection" cover)

No AI robots were harmed (or used) in the (re)production of this tune.

My Shadows Just Ahead Of Me (tB DnB mix)

[verse]
Hey, I′m feeling tired
My time, is gone today
You flirt with suicide
Sometimes, that's okay
Do what others say
I′m here, standing hollow

Falling away from me
Falling away from me

Day, is here fading
That's when, I would say
I flirt with new suicide
Sometimes kill the pain
I can't always say
It's gonna be better tomorrow

Falling away from me
Falling away from me

[chorus]
Beating me down
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground
I'm screaming some sound
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground

[hook]
Falling away from me
It′s spinning round and round
Falling away from me
It′s lost and can't be found
Falling away from me
It′s spinning round and round
Falling away...
Slow it down

[chorus]
Beating me down
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground
I'm screaming some sound
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground

[bridge]
Suicide
I want to go away
So I pray
Go away
Life's falling away from me
It's falling away from me
Life's falling away from me
(Fuck)

Life's falling away from me
It's falling away from me
Life's falling away from me

[chorus]
Beating me down
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground
Screaming some sound
Beating me, beating me
Down, down
Into the ground
(Falling away from me) beating me down
Beating me, beating me (falling away from me)
Down, down
Into the ground (falling away from me)
Screaming some sound
Beating me, beating me (falling away from me)

Falling Away From Me (cover)

Just as you take my hand
Just as you write my number down
Just as the drinks arrive
Just as they play your favourite song
As your bad day disappears
No longer wound up like a spring
Before you've had too much
Come back in focus again
The walls are bending shape
You've got a Cheshire cat grin
All blurring into one
This place is on a mission
Before the night owl
Before the animal noises
Closed-circuit cameras
Before you comatose

Before you run away from me
Before you laugh between the notes
The beat goes 'round and 'round
The beat goes 'round and 'round
I never really got there
I just pretended that I had
Words are blunt instruments
Words are a sort of shotgun
Come on and let it out
Come on and let it out
Come on and let it out
Come on and let it out
Before you run away from me
Before you laugh between the notes
Just as you take the mic
Just as you dance, dance, dance, dance, dance...

Jigsaw falling into place
So there is nothing to explain
You eye each other as you pass
She looks back and you look back
And not just once, and not just twice
Wish you were a nightmare, wish you were a nightmare
You got a lot, and you can feel it on your back
A lot and you can feel it on your back
A jigsaw falling into place
You got a lot, and you can feel it on your back
A lot and you can feel it on your back
A jigsaw falling into place
And not just once, and not just twice
Wish you were a nightmare, wish you were a nightmare
You got a lot, and you can feel it on your back
A lot and you can feel it on your back
It's a jigsaw falling into place

Jigsaw Falling Into Place (cover)

[Verse 1]
For a while there, it was rough
But lately, I've been doin' better
Than the last four cold Decembers I recall
And I see my family every month
I found a boy my parents love
He'll come and stay the night, and I think I might have it all
And I thank God every day
For the boy He sent my way
But I know the things God gives me, God can take away
And I hold him every night
And that's a feeling I wanna get used to
But there's no one as terrified as the one who stands to lose you

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I hope I don't losе you
Mm, please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
Thеse beautiful things that I've got

[Chorus]
Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
These beautiful things that I've got

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, ooh
Please don't take

[Verse 2]
I found my mind, I'm feelin' sane
It's been a while, but I'm finding my faith
If everything's good and it's great, why do I sit and wait 'til it's gone?
Oh, I'll tell ya, I know I've got enough
I've got peace and I've got love
But I'm up at night thinkin' I just might lose it all

[Chorus]
Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
Don't take
These beautiful things that I've got

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, ooh

[Outro]
Please stay
I want you, I need you, oh God
I need
These beautiful things that I've got

Beautiful Things (cover)

You had all of them on your side
Didn't you, didn't you
You believed in all your lies
Didn't you, didn't you
The Ruiner's got a lot to prove
He's got nothing to lose and now he made you believe
The Ruiner is your only friend
And he's the living end to the cattle he deceives

Raping of the innocent
You know the Ruiner ruins everything he sees
Now the only pure thing left
In my fucking world is wearing your disease

How'd you get so big
How'd you get so strong
How'd it get so hard
How'd it get so long

You had to give them all a sign
Didn't you, didn't you
You had to covet what was mine
Didn't you, didn't you

The ruiner's a collector
He's an infecter, serving his shit to his flies
Maybe there will come a day
When those that you keep blind will suddenly realize
Maybe it's a part of me
You took it to a place I hoped it would never go
And maybe that fucked me up much more than you'll ever know

How'd you get so big
How'd you get so strong
How'd you get so hard
How'd it get so long

And what you gave to me
My perfect ring of scars
You know I can see
What you really are

You didn't hurt me
Nothing can hurt me
You didn't hurt me
Nothing can stop me now

Ruiner (lo-fi soul cover)

Very little is ever just one thing...

--BEWARE--
Unearned Wisdom
-and-
Smiling Glad-Hands

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