This one is a stuttering autotune pop-ballad, intermittently noisy and occasionally a little psychedelic. What genre is that? No clue. Genres are hard.

Petrol

Every day I toe the line
Without a motive to push back
When their cries echo through the town
I shut the windows of my house

When all is said
And all is done
I know it's sick
And oh so sad
But what can I do
I've done my best
Spared them a thought
You can do the rest

I won't tear down these walls I put up
Years enough to know I shouldn't 
Don’t ask me to picture what it'd look like
I've seen it
By all means go try for freedom
Just know I won't be there to see it
If I'm in your shoes I'll know I'm dreaming
And playing dumb is easy

Folks holed up in prison
I used to feel how they feel
Shackled in the throes of choice
On whether to post this infographic I found

When all is said
And all is done
I know it's sick
And oh so sad
But what can I do
I've done my best
Spared them a thought
You can do the rest

Seashell pink when I close my eyes
As those pale curtains draw
Drop me here to while away the life
You can't afford
By all means go try for freedom
Just know I won't be there to see it
If I'm in your shoes I'll know I'm dreaming
And playing dumb is easy

When all is said
And all is done
I know it's sick
And oh so sad
But what can I do
I've done my best
Spared them a thought
You can do the rest

I won't tear down these walls I put up
Years enough to know I shouldn't 
Don’t ask me to picture what it'd look like
I've seen it
By all means go try for freedom
Just know I won't be there to see it
If I'm in your shoes I'll know I'm dreaming
And playing dumb is easy

Playing Dumb Is Easy

Original song composed and performed by Carrieland & The Corner of My Room

Song Of A Recluse (feat. The Corner Of My Room)

This song is about rejecting your fears and frustrations with the world by living in a state of comedy and denial. This experience was largely inspired by my time with the amazing School Strike 4 Climate group in Melbourne, Australia in my last year of high school - these amazing kids, most under the age of 18, who refuse to live in a state of denial or avoidance in order to spite their own panic and frustration.

Carrieland

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