Dancing toward the sunlight
I'm floating with the wind
Still having trouble with these metaphors
They keep me bottled in

Conflicted - some
Was distant - to the love you gave
You stood up to leave, walked away from me
Non-existent to my urgent plea

I miss your love
I miss your love

Now - I will not wait a moment longer
For - answers to the questions I've been asking you

Dancing toward the sunlight
I'm floating with the wind
Still having trouble with these metaphors
They keep me bottled in

Conflicted some
I'm distant some
Resistant to the love you gave you said you'd stay
You stood up to leave
Walked away from me
Non-existent to my urgent plea
You said you'd stay

I miss your love

Now - I will not wait a moment longer
For - answers to the questions I've been asking you
I will not wait
I miss your love

Asking you (I've been asking you)
I'm asking you to stay

I Miss Your Love

I’m all alone
And it feels fine

And so I roam
Trying to conceal the time

When you went away

So now it seems
You are in – control

In each and every way

I look to the outside
Searching high and low – for you

I feel from the inside
You are forever and ever and ever
You are forever and ever and ever

Out of my life

And all – my life

I live to watch the setting sun
I know I’m not the
I know I’m not the only one

And still I roam
Concluding it’s a waste of my time

Each and every single day 

Why try to justify
What was yours – or mine – it’s gone 

I feel from the inside

You are forever and ever and ever
You are forever and ever and ever 

All – my life

I live to watch the setting sun 
I know I’m not the only one 

I know I’m not the

One 

Why did you run away?

One

Why did you 
Why did you run?

Setting Sun

live

Live Rehearsal of a Lost Recording *July 2019*

Hey woman
Hello child

Whatcha gonna do to make the most of you?

It's of no consequence or of significance
That it all falls apart

Who wants a fresh start?
Okay, no one

And sometimes
I will find so much gratitude - in life

But this time, my mind keeps a lid on
On everything that applies

I just wanna make
Your body go shake shake

All of the time
All through the night

All right (yeah yeah yeah)
I'd also like to thank

The people that I rank rank
So very high - important in my life

From the minimum to the critical

Come talk to me
Please just talk to me

Hold onto nothing and then you say something
It's of no consequence or of significance

That it all falls apart
You'd rather go it - go it alone

Turn down this waterfall
This ain't no paradise

It's time to turn off the light
Make things right

Touch your body right 
Touch your body right

I just wanna make
Your body go shake shake

All of the time
All through the night

All right (yeah yeah yeah)
I'd also like to thank

The people that I rank rank
So very high - important in my life

From the minimum to the critical

Critical
So fucking critical
(touch your body right)

Hey woman
Hello child

Come talk to me
Please just talk to me

It's of no consequence or of significance
Turn down this waterfall

This ain't no paradise
So fucking critical - goodbye lover

Goodbye

From The Minimum To The Critical

Was I supposed to know
Things would be serious?

Was I supposed to show
That I'd be furious?

And that's when it all went wrong

Just a little time
Is all I really want

Just another line
To keep calm the storm

Let's make a promise to never keep promises
Let's reach out and make some space just in case

We will never leave

We will stay because
Just in case, just in case

I want it all to fall apart

Was I supposed to know
Things would be serious?

Was I supposed to show
That I'd be furious?

And that's when it all went wrong

Just a little time
Is all I really want

Just another line
To keep calm the storm

Let's make a promise to never keep promises
Let's reach out and make some space just in case

We will never leave

We will stay because
Just in case, just in case

I want it all to fall apart

I need a little bit of time
Just a little bit of time 

Just in case, just in case
I want it all to fall apart

Just in case, just in case
Just a little bit

We will stay because just in case, just in case
I want it all to fall apart

Just a little bit

Fall Apart

Indeed, it seemed to me
There was just one thing missing

Will I stumble and wonder,
Is this all?

If you come with me
Would you see the things that I see?

Will you stumble and wonder,
And fall?

Let's just reconcile
See it through for awhile

Please give your heart to me
These days I'm afraid

I'm so afraid of these days

What do we want?
What do we need?

Let's just reconcile
See it through for awhile

Please give your heart to me
These days I'm afraid

I'm so afraid of these days

What do we want?
What do we need?

If you come with me
Would you see the things that I see?

Will you stumble and wonder,
And fall?

Let's just reconcile
See it through for awhile

Please give your heart to me
These days I'm afraid

I'm so afraid of these days

What do we want?
What do we need?

Let's just reconcile
See it through for awhile

Please give your heart to me
These days I'm afraid

I'm so afraid of these days

What do we want?
What do we need?

It's the same it's the same
It's my life it's the same

It's the one thing I try to
But cannot hold onto

It's the same it's the same
It's my life it's the same

It's the one thing I try to
But cannot hold onto

Indeed, it seemed to me
There was just one thing missing

Will I stumble and wonder,
Is this all?

If you come with me
Would you see the things that I see?

Will you stumble and wonder,
And fall?

Let's just reconcile
See it through for awhile

Please give your heart to me
These days I'm afraid

I'm so afraid of these days

What do we want?
What do we need?

These Days

Relax, relapse
The diagnosis proves

In time, remind
There's nothing more to do

Of all the things they try
It never seems much worth the while

Your star it didn't shine
In fact it died a long long time ago

Subtract, step back
Live another day

Be still, until
You find out what you lack

And when you do
You'll see that it's in fact all just a lie

All of those people that you know become,
Become shadows

Live long, let go
And put your hand in mine

Slow down, your heart
Everything will be fine

I'll die for you
If you want me to

I'll kiss, I'll kill
Whoever, whenever

Don't let me go
Don't let me go

The night sky is when
The full moon is why

Working hard to fight it
Living long to say you've tried it 

You work hard to fight it
You live long to say you've tried it

Relax, relapse
The diagnosis proves

In time, remind
There's nothing more to do

Of all the things they've done
It never seemed to go their way

Your star it never shined
In fact it died long before the day 

Live long, let go
And put your hand in mine
Slow down, your heart

Everything will be fine
I'll die for you
If you want me to
I'll kiss, I'll kill
Whoever, whenever 

Ooh, and you work
You work hard to fight it
(and you work)
You live long to say you've tried it


Don't let me go
Live long let go 
Don't let me go
Slow down your heart

Don't Let Me Go

I can't feel
Darling I can't see 

I can't feel
Darling I can't see 

Too bad it's nothing
It's nothing that's everything wrong with you

Please say it's something
A feeling you get

When we know we're through 

It's circumstantial
The way that it goes is predictable

It's preferential
Those feelings you have are inevitable

And I feel and I feel and I feel like she just might be onto me
Coz I feel and I feel and I feel like she just might be onto me

So tell me it's alright
Why won't you tell me?

Somebody tell me
Why won't you tell me?

Because nothing is right
Somebody tell me

Why won't you tell me?
Somebody tell me

And then tell me it's alright
C'mon and tell me it's alright

Somebody tell me

I can't feel
Darling I can't see 

I can't feel
Darling I can't see 
(the way, it goes, around, and round and nothing gets better)

Too bad it's nothing
It's nothing that's everything wrong with you

Please say it's something
A feeling you get

When we know we're through 
It's circumstantial

The way that it goes is predictable
It's preferential

Those feelings you have are inevitable

And I feel and I feel and I feel like she just might be onto me
Coz I feel and I feel and I feel like she just might be onto me
(it's inevitable)

So tell me it's alright
Why won't you tell me?

Somebody tell me
Why won't you tell me?

Because nothing is right
Somebody tell me

Because nothing is right
Somebody tell me

And then tell me it's alright
C'mon and tell me it's alright
Somebody tell me

The way it goes it goes around
And round it goes and nothing ever

Seems to get better
Why won't you tell me?
And now she's gone it all went wrong
It went so wrong and nothing ever gets better

Somebody tell me

Nothing Is Right

Give it back to me
Give me freedom
Give me love

You're not supposed to have it
All to yourself
You are selfish, you conspire
It's true, it's true

Tell me all the answers
All of your answers
I need them
Tell them to set us free

And once upon a time
We had everything right here in front of us
And once upon a time you were mine
To have and to hold

And where the story ends
Who can say?

Was it alright?
(it's making me feel fine)
Was it alright?
(it's making me lose my mind)

Took it all from you
Took the whole lot from you
No more chances
No more love

You had it then you lost it
All by yourself
You are selfish, you're a liar
It's true, it's true

Let down your defenses
All your defenses
Concede then,
Proceed right back to me

And once upon a time
We had everything right here in front of us
And once upon a time you were mine
To have and to hold

And where the story ends
Who can say?

Was it alright?
(it's making me feel fine)
Was it alright
(it's making me lose my mind)

Mine

And once upon a time
We had everything right here in front of us
And once upon a time you were mine

Beautiful June

So you're making me out
To be the man I think I want to be

And then you're taking me out
So that's what it's all come down to 

I see

And so you're making me out 
To be the man I think I want to be

I'll find you next to me
I want you next to me

That much I just told ya
That much I just told I mean it

That much I just sold ya
Like I knew I need it

That much I just told ya
That much I just told I mean it

That much I just sold ya
Like I knew I need it

And if it's enough
Why wouldn't I love you?

And all of what you put me through
Feels eternally mundane 

Hey, yeah!

So did you figure it out?
The life we saw was all-encompassing

Ain't that what it's all about?
Although the way the end appears is so extreme

And so you're making me out
To be the man I think I want to be

I'll find you next to me
I want you next to me

That much I just told ya
That much I just told I mean it

That much I just sold ya
Like I knew I need it

That much I just told ya
That much I just told I mean it

That much I just sold ya
Like I knew I need it

And if it's enough
Why wouldn't I love you?

And all of what you put me through
Feels eternally mundane 

Hey, yeah!

Who makes the decisions?
Now you tell me

And who relies on faith?
That's a mystery

Who makes the decisions?
Now you tell me

You tell me
You tell me

Who makes the decisions?
Now you tell me
(I didn't)

And who relies on faith?
That's a mystery
(I didn't)

Who makes the decisions?
Now you tell me
(I didn't)

You tell me
I didn't)
You tell me
(I didn't)

I didn't know it but hey
Hey - please come home

Tonight - tonight
Goodnight

I'll find you next to me
I want you next to me

That much I just told ya
That much I just told I mean it

That much I just sold ya
Like I knew I need it

Chances

Try a lot to lie
Just a little

Hitting back hard
It doesn’t matter

Will you open your eyes?
Just a little

Or shout it out loud
You chose the latter of the two

Make the most of all
That isn’t anything

What a sad game
Nary a winner

Save it for us all
Why can’t you do it for me?

And I can’t walk and talk the way
I want when I’m around you

And I can’t find the line to draw
When all I’ve got to do - is just make due

Why can’t you do it for me?

Stand up
Keep standing up

Why can’t you do it for me?

Try me on for size
For just a little while

Pick me apart
It doesn’t matter

We’re the ones we despise
Why can’t you do it for me?

(and I)
Try a lot to lie
Just a little

(and I)
Hitting back hard
It doesn’t matter

(and I)
It doesn’t matter

Why can’t you do it for me?

Sad Game

Makes me forget, all the times that I tried
To make amends the hard way, and left behind for better times

Have no regrets, none that seem to come to mind
Our luck was only good one day

Why wouldn't you, just make believe?
Why couldn't you, come back to me?
I'm pulling through ‐ gonna part the seas
Don't forget about my heartache
Don't forget about my mistakes
Don't forget about ‐ my make believe
My make believe

Here we go again, pieces of what once was mine
They now belong to no one
They were left behind for better times

It puts me into debt, to all who simply come to mind
We've loved and lost the hard way
Yeah we've loved and lost the hard way

Why wouldn't you, just make believe?
Why couldn't you, come back to me?
I'm pulling through ‐ gonna part the seas
Don't forget about my heartache
Don't forget about my mistakes
Don't forget about ‐ my make believe
My make believe

Now I should have wrote the words down but I did not
But I did not
I should have wrote the words down, no one told me
What to say
I should have wrote the words down, no one told me
What to say ‐ no one told me

Makes me forget
Have no regrets
Here we go again
Don't forget about ‐ my make believe

My Make Believe

V B M are an analog/modular electro-pop duo based in San Francisco and Portland.
Fritz: Instruments, Production
Andrew Pierce: Voice

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V B M have a sound that encompasses not only traditional guitar and drums, but also analog and modular synthesizers. Couple that with harmonic vocals, some moments of the duo's music are reminiscent of 80's synth-pop, while other aspects are akin to a style that is completely and uniquely their own. 

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