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thongrider Posted May 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 @NJansaid I have a feeling you might love this, it's very Dave Matthews-esque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, thongrider said: @NJansaid I have a feeling you might love this, it's very Dave Matthews-esque Lol it's not heavy enough to be Dave Matthews. Dave would like the bridge though. 8/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, NJansaid said: Lol it's not heavy enough to be Dave Matthews. Dave would like the bridge though. 8/10 Dave Matthews or @daveyjones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 So this song will be on my upcoming double EP called Buy a Graphic EP. I'm thinking for a release in the end of July or August. This is gonna be my major label debut. The problem with that is that it I haven't signed to a major label. So I will have to buy a major label. And when I only make about $500 a month, irt will probably have to be done through crowd funding. I'll sell some guitar picks, signed copies and internal organs. Here is the tracklist as it is looking today. Buy a Graphic-EP Novel side 1 Buy a Graphic Novel 2 The Biggest Pain 3 I Just Wanna Be Me 4 When Apples Were Golden 5 NMA Painting side 6 The Day I Died 7 Buy a Graphic Painting 8 NSFW 9 Disse track 10 Skjult Kamera 11 Final Chapter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 This song will also be on the double EP. I'm gonna start posting lyrics from the EP in this thread, instead of making separate threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Buy a Graphic Novel At twelve I was slowly finding myself I tried to skateboard, dumb as I was then Like a turtle out of his shell finding out I'd hate boredom more than when I was ten And promised future me But I failed like usually saying "I'll never be bored again" At seventeen I thought of all I had seen figured out that nothing lasts and time is running out I tried to ask myself "what does it all mean?" but present time becomes past and what is that about? And I told myself maybe I need some help Cause all my certainty had turned into doubt At twenty I had plenty of thoughts to share with whoever would listen But I realized soon that I didn't have any cuz when no one's there you don't know what you're missing Cuz at that age you start enter that stage you begin to realize what is real and what isn't At twenty-four I wanted more I had understood that life could mean anything I'd want but I didn't know just what was in store Sure I was good, but the question was never brought up Just how little can I say before it all melts away? And me and life still haven't fully caught up At twenty-eight I had figured out too late that nothing is certain and set in stone And it sure isn't a very good trait to close your curtain and sit on your own It's crippling inside to know that I have tried but I can't succeed with thoughts alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 9:29 AM, thongrider said: So this song will be on my upcoming double EP called Buy a Graphic EP. I'm thinking for a release in the end of July or August. This is gonna be my major label debut. The problem with that is that it I haven't signed to a major label. So I will have to buy a major label. And when I only make about $500 a month, irt will probably have to be done through crowd funding. I'll sell some guitar picks, signed copies and internal organs. You want to buy a major label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, Since88 said: You want to buy a major label? That's the plan. I have doubts they will sign me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, thongrider said: That's the plan. I have doubts they will sign me. I must misunderstand this. I interpreted that you wanted to buy a major label Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 12 minutes ago, Since88 said: I must misunderstand this. I interpreted that you wanted to buy a major label That's the plan. I don't think I have talent enough and I feel like hoping for them to sign me will only let me down. I've got a negative mental attitude. So when I get the money I'll have to buy Universal. Sony and Time Warner are too expensive. Like I said, I'm not good at being optimistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Here's today's lyric that is an Uber personal song, which is ironic because I wrote it at the doctor's office and not in an Uber. It's about not being defined by what may or not be "wrong" about you, I guess. I Just Wanna Be Me Verse 1 I don't wanna be left to my own devices I don't want to be abondened in a crisis With nobody looking after me I don't wanna be suffering in silence I don't wanna be a victim of violence I just wanna be free Verse 2 I don't wanna be ranked and rated I don't wanna be isolated put on trial or some decree I don't wanna be my other self I don't wanna be someebody else I Just wanna be me Middle 8 I don't mean to share all this sadness the tears I cry when I'm alone But in the end it all turns to madness that I just can't face on my own Verse 3 I don't want to be left in the desert knowing I never made an effort trying to find someone to be I don't want to be left in a rainstorm with thoughts and doubts that bring pain on I just wanna be free Middle 8 I don't mean to bring anyone down with me Because this sure is gonna last a while So if I'm sad you don't have to frown with me but I'd hope that when I'm happy we can smile Verse 4 I don't wanna be left to my own devices left on my own discovering life's surprises and let it be that way eternally I don't wanna be the one that's sad and sorry I don't wanne be another sappy story I just wanna be me @Diddy Faplord is the production on the YouTube video above ok with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 NMA Verse 1 When I see a plane in the sky I think of it falling down I need to have music in my ears Because I’m afraid of every other sound When I feel pain in my heart That’s better than not feeling anything And when I start to doing stuff I know I’m just gonna screw up everything “So what’s with all the negativity? The disappointed looks you are giving me? You’ve got a roof over your head, warm clothes and food!” Chorus But I’ve got a negative mental attitude There’s nothing to do about that though I’m being selfish, mean and incredibly rude and I don’t know where anyone’s at so I have a negative mental attitude I ruin parties by just stepping by I must prepare for a life in solitude Cuz happiness only makes me cry Verse 2 When I buy someone a gift I only think of exploitation and Western destruction of a third world nation When I cry I feel better because it means I’m alive Maybe pessimism is the only way we can survive “What happened to positivity? Adversity is the new epidemy Can’t you just get a clue and be happy dude?” Bridge Positive thinking and social drinking getting new acquaintances and friends But new relations and high expectations will only let you down in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 so there are lots of depressing songs on this record. The Day I died The day I died I put my clothes into a basket I cleaned my desk and my table in the usual way It was such a simple question, but no one dared to ask it I washed my hands and removed the cable to be honest it was just a normal day The day I died my hand was rubbered the new gloves I bought let me know I'd tried I put some shirts back in to the cupboard And no one else would've thought that this was the day I died The day I died I went and bought some potatoes Searched the grocery store got the best I could find Made some chips and I smiled as I ate those And that I would be no more Wasn't on anybody's mind The day I died I watched some TV flipped around the channels it was sunny outside and I knew that no one could see me And not even death panels knew this was the day I died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Let's get ssay6from the darkness for a shile Buy a Graphic Painting Verse 1 Everything's for sale these days You can get it in your mail these days A little click on your keyboard and they'll make sure you'll never be bored You can get it all nowadays They'll give you a number to call and a place Anything from art to lyposuctions And anything from buildings to destructions Chorus Buy a gun buy a Nintendo Buy a book with lewd innuendo Buy a smart microwave oven Buy some hate, buy yourself some loving Buy a book to get well, buy an insane thing And buy a graphic painting Verse 2 Nothing is supposed to be hard these days All you need is a credit card these days The lines in grocery stores you can now avoid and the poor little cashier becomes unemployed Now you can find it all online Amazon sends, and they're usually on time So the internet is the smartest retail And the dumbest hacker can find your card details Verse 3 Everything's for sale these days From genitals to nails these days A bigger penis a nicer vagina Along with some oranges from China Your dreams are just a click away now If you feel disgust well click away now Isn't it funny how some things stay the same? for people with money, life is just a game So Last chorus Chorus Buy a gun buy a Nintendo Buy a book with lewd innuendo Buy a smart microwave oven Buy some hate, buy yourself some loving buy some shades, an umbrella when it's raining And buy a graphic painting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Nsfw I'm not safe for work oh Neither as a bartender nor a clerk no If i were an employer I'd never hire me And if I made such a mistake And I saw me taking random breaks Sitting with my phone I would fire me I'm terribly out of focus I'm pretty sure it was me who nearly broke us When the company was nearly bankrupt And I sure can't do a pokerface And what I do sure ain't safe I'm sorry but we're more than fucked Chorus Don't worry it's not a crime Not in a hurry I take my time So please don't go berserk I'm not safe for work If I messed up I apologize Don't get stressed up just open your eyes And look at me while I smirk I'm not safe for work Verse 2 I'm not safe for work no I probably seem like a Jerk so I've got nothing to lose my acting like one I always try to do less Because I'm lazy as well as clueless They shoulda been used to me being dumb I decide to get up and work some But be honest I just find it irksome And I won't use power unless it's on my phone So let's hope they won't be mad And really it does make me glad I'm paid by the hour not by the efforts I've shown Bridge I'd rather lay solitaire Than doing actual work It's not that I don't care I'm just not a reliable clerk I'd rather watch TV Cuz I'm kind of slob I didn't put that on my CV Cuz then I wouldn't get the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Final Chapter Part 1 Praise the Lord Verse 1 i was born in a small town in 1975 In Nowhereville where people do what they must to survive Baptized in a church by the preacher's hand did I feel the love of Jesus with the touch of this man? Chorus Praise the Lord Feel him from above Praise the Lord Get a load of his love Let him in Let Jesus in Let him in Get rid of your sins Verse 2 Met Susan in math class When were both six Addition and subtraction she knew more than the other chicks And when the multiplication table was shown us I made a list But she already knew it She showed me hers and we kissed Chorus Praise the Lord Feel her from above Praise the Lord Get a load of her love She is mine as sixteen as well as six I am hers And she had me at the first kiss Part 2 Captain Bill Verse 1 Susan took off and left I lost my job at the mill So I decided to flee out to sea and started working for Captain Bill Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loHe lost his job at the mill Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loHe started working for Captain Bill Verse 2 I worked in the mill for three years I thought I had found my niche But I used that skill to work for Bill and I drank like a fish Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loHe thought he had found his niche Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loand he drank like a fish Verse 3 We sailed to every port Raided the ocean blue Bill had a whore in every shore and I got a tattoo Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loThey raided the ocean blue Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-loAnd he got a tattoo Part 3 Hope for Change Verse 1 Two years at sea Two years of joy I guess that's me still a boy I can't adjust to life onshore I guess I'm just who I was before Chorus Life has made me angry Injustice makes me rage and political awareness is the only thing that grows with age I defy the system I can't stand your laws I am ruthless, I am careless I'm a cat with protractile claws Verse 2 They say you are free But they hold you in a chain And you call this democracy But they just use you like a cane So I hope this is not sounding that strange Where others see hopelessness I see things to change Chorus Cuz when something makes me cry I take control I don't want parts of it I want the whole I see hope for change And rewriting all the laws And you better believe I love it I'm a cat with abrasive claws Part 4 Art and Devotion Verse 1 I dropped out of school and I never went to college I had to look elsewhere for my knowledge So when I came home I decided on what to do then so I moved into a pad with a couple of art students Chorus Art and devotion they paint and they draw With thought and emotion they're ruthless and raw I made my decision I took a stand an arraigned circumcision But where are the fans? Verse 2 In 1998 I had my own exhibition I did some paintings I had ideas and a vision So that day in the future when you see them they'll hang in some foreign museum Chorus Art and devotion Paint it all black I miss the ocean I'd love to go back I made my decision Keep your eyes shut Here's my exhibition made with feces and blood Part 5 Know My Rights Verse 1 Don't you think I know my rights? I stood on the barricades for days and nights you get a job and you pay the rent and support some sort of government I'm not part of the moral majority I ain't respecting your authority I am a man of my own and I stand alone Don't you think I know my rights? Chorus I supported you but you didn't give a shit you bow down to the master lick their boots bit by bit Don't you think I know my rights? Verse 2 Don't you think I got a mind of my own? I'm not staying in your safety zone Who cares if I carry grass? I'm not gonna kiss your ass I think we've reached a rendezvous point when you can't accept someone else's view point I don't need nobody I'm not part of your party-line Don't you think I got a mind of my own? Chorus Authority Is never a friend The powerful will kick you in the end Don't you think I know my rights? Part 6 Someone Like You Verse 1 I never missed anyone the way I miss Sue But I miss Captain Bill and the ocean too and even if none of them can be replaced I'm seriously happy and amazed that I found someone like you Verse 2 I met you when the war started, knock on wood War is something I never understood And though you aren't Susan, you can bet I'm scared of losing you Now that I finally found something good Part 7 Overture Part 8 Final Chapter of the Final Chapter Verse 1 Neurotic, psychotic It's how I'll end up, I got it Delusion, confusion I'm afraid there is no solution I'm skeptical of future endeavors I'm worried what history will show I'm well aware nothings last forever And maybe over all it's better not to know Verse 2 Battered and shattered I usually feel like nothing matters I've doubted, I've shouted and I realize now there's nothing I can do about it Negativity and devastation The only feelings that seem to last It's passed down from generation to generation A family tree that is living in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 9:29 AM, thongrider said: So this song will be on my upcoming double EP called Buy a Graphic EP. I'm thinking for a release in the end of July or August. This is gonna be my major label debut. The problem with that is that it I haven't signed to a major label. So I will have to buy a major label. And when I only make about $500 a month, irt will probably have to be done through crowd funding. I'll sell some guitar picks, signed copies and internal organs. Here is the tracklist as it is looking today. Buy a Graphic-EP Novel side 1 Buy a Graphic Novel 2 The Biggest Pain 3 I Just Wanna Be Me 4 When Apples Were Golden 5 NMA Painting side 6 The Day I Died 7 Buy a Graphic Painting 8 NSFW 9 Disse track 10 Skjult Kamera 11 Final Chapter It seems to me that I will not be able to purchase a major label. I guess I will just release it as usual. Another change would be that I might make it a triple EP instead of double with side three being Final Chapter side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted June 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 NSFW is a song that mostly an experiment, I also recorded an acoustic version. It's still sort of an experiment, this is an unfinished mix. I have no idea what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Damn dude blink could use your producing/mixing chops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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