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The Explode Boys
03:10
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The Explode Boys
Followed the vans
To the edge of the city
Taking your hands
To raise them up with me
Singing like crows
Everybody knows
Their flags wave us home
This is where we've always wanted to be
We explode!
Here comes my soul
My big, big soul is coming through
Holding everything embraced
Never, ever
Letting go of you
Pushing through crowds
Trying to meet you halfway
My voice is so loud
Carries through the alley way
In one wild moment
The colors of all men
Painted on the bench
This is where I know I'm going to stay
And I'm crying
Yeah, I’m crying
Crying on the train
Writing flashcards
Writing flashcards
Writing flashcards in the rain
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Splendor
03:47
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Splendor
I'm waiting around on an open day
I can hear the city singing far away
And I can see the blues
Out in the offing
I know there's somewhere I'm expected to be
But I see the wind is blowing tops of trees
And I’m overcome
With just unfolding
And I laugh at myself
Throw my body to the ground
Crying at the splendor and the sound
Until I feel someone
Pulling at my sleeve
I know I’ve gotta go, I know I’ve gotta leave
I'm watching the crowd, they’re set in motion
A little girl, is talking and talking
But I don't know
What any of it means
Someone’s coming in, they want to take me away
And I’m looking out, into the living array
And then it all makes sense
But only like a dream
I'm looking around for something to ground me
I've got the leaves switching all around me
And isn’t that the way
It is with living
I made promises to everyone before
But I don't believe in myself anymore
And I have no choice
But I'm somehow willing
I’ll bring the feeling back
Someday a memory like that could save me
From letting go of faith
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Brinka
03:33
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Brinka
I’m stepping up
Rapping to myself
Then something snaps
In front of everyone else
Oh, then I peak in, windows glowing
All down my street
This old holographic setting
All this fuss I’ll be forgetting
I’m dropping dead, dropping dead and I’m off my feet
Brinka Brinka Brinka Brinka
No I just don’t fit
Brinka Brinka Brinka Brinka
You can laugh about it
But my last few steps will be free
And no one will ever find me
Brinka Brinka Brinka Brinka
No I don’t move right
Brinka Brinka Brinka Brinka
Go ahead and make light
But my last few breaths will be full
And now I know I've got to ramble
I’m waving bye
Kicking at the crowd
My mind goes blank
I’m laughing way too loud
Flipping over, rusty motors
All along the road
This old holographic setting
All this fuss I’ll be forgetting
I’m scraping by, I’m scraping by on the debt I owe
Oh, I hit the ground
and I'm rolling around
Oh, break at the seams
And somebody screams
But it’s is easier than it seems
This old holographic setting
All this fuss I’ll be forgetting
I’m dropping dead, dropping dead and not regretting
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Heart Trip
03:41
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Heart Trip
Feel the endless cool night breeze
Blood moon outside my window
Thought I heard somebody talking to me
I’m a stranger everywhere I go
My mind is not so blank anymore
So I know I've gotta keep you warm
But my light is only moon shine now
Gotta light a candle in you somehow
I love the mist upon my skin
I love the heart trip, I love the heart trip
I love the sky it's falling in
I love to let it rip
Carrying on, carrying on
But it makes my heart trip
Posting another letter to Marco
Making crazy marks with the pen
Looking strange to everyone I know
The blood moon’s weighing in again
Feel the endless cool night breeze
With crazy marks up on my knees
And softly midnight jasmine blows
It’s another night of wonder you'll never know
I’m talking
I’m talking with your accent
I am a stranger
I’m a stranger to my friends
A gentle feelin' comin' feelin' comin'
There's a blood moon shining in
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Strawberry
04:43
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Strawberry
I take a strawberry
For giving to the children
Under the canopy
I can just sit and listen
I have been living off this land
I think I'd eat out of your hands
Hide in the pepper tree
And fall into the garden
Among a swarm of bees
I learn to beg your pardon
I have been living off this land
I think I'd eat out of your hands
Your animals know me
And I can’t wait to feed them
I have been living off this land
I think I'd eat out of your hands
I’m marked up by green grass
I'm removing both my shoes
I’m spreading out like a shirt
This is my home and I love you
This is my home and I love you
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Anchor
03:45
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Anchor
Today I went out walking
While the sky was hanging low
I've got a tape I made of you talking
Gonna press play and let it go
I wonder if you remember
How the world used to disappear
You said I wish we could see each other
For the first time right down here
Oh, I forget that I've forgotten how it really was
I only wanted to make my mark on you
Oh, just like everybody does
Ever since you died it's gotten harder and harder to tell the truth
But your light
It's still with me
I have an anchor
I have a root
And in time
I'll be happy
Well-looked after
And I'll try to make it up to you
On my way down I was singing
A strange melody was passing through
I can't recall it now that I'm waking
Just another dream I have of you
Sometimes I go out walking
Somedays no one's on your side
When I listen to this tape of you talking
I just wanna live a simple life
But sometimes
I just pretend
That we'll see each other again
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Desert Song
03:34
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Desert Song
Again I'm wind blown
Shaking off the dust
Tickled by little sounds
Rims ate up by rust
There’s no one waiting
I don’t have to wait
And no one has it in for me
I know how to celebrate
In the city I was fighting
I was gonna be so so late
In the desert I’m retiring
I’m naked and plain but I’m so so great
I’m in the sun bath
Rubbing off my skin
A tire in my path
Throwing junk right in
There is no one talking
I don’t have to talk
I hope you're forgetting me
Running all around the block
In my city I was backward
I was gonna be so, so rude
In the desert I don’t care
I’m quiet and crazed and I’m so so crude
All night howling
The wind rips through
And in the morning
Wake up soaked with dew
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8. |
Let Me Remember
03:47
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Let Me Remember
I found the charm
In the snowy white
Your eyes like glass
Throwing off a light
You spun around at me
To find me gorgeously
I mumble to myself
About the winter birds
You shouted the wind
Before you ever heard
And then I closed my eyes
Until the moment died
Oh, let me remember you
Oh, not ready to let go
Oh, so I’m celebrating you
Oh, the only way I know
On the winter floor
I found you soaking wet
I was off in the storm
‘Cause that’s how lost I get
Under the swirling stars
You've never gone so far
I was reaching out
Into the one light room
And your mouth was flickering
In the window moon
I was in disbelief
You were shivering like a leaf
Oh, I rushed back to the night alone
Oh, the blackest sky that I have ever known
Oh, I cursed myself in the winter bright
I was so far back you faded, you faded into white
I still taste your salty lips
I'm still wet with your tears
You gave me the warmest kiss
The warmest kiss of the year
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9. |
Life Is Full Underground
03:47
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Life Is Full Even Underground
Your voice is ringing
I'm clutching at blankets
I'm breathing in hard with every word
The tape stops playing
The room is so quiet
My heart's the loudest thing I ever heard
And I hit rewind
And I hit rewind
Holding my vigil again
'Cause you still fill this room
You will be crucial again
You'll be returning to bloom
And your spirit resounds
Life is full underground
Yes, even underground
I see you cleaning
I'm forcing up my eyelids
I'm gazing at you beyond the bed
Your memory's fading
I am startled by crickets
A light is flickering next to my head
And I am alone
And I am alone
Holding my vigil again
'Cause you still fill this room
You will be crucial again
You'll be returning to bloom
And your spirit resounds
Life is full underground
Yes, even underground
I know that I've become confused
Every day I'm a little more reduced
You were holding me together
I'm hanging on forever
By a stitch, by a stitch
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Super Owls
03:10
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Super Owls
I'm dizzy
In this one light room
Flushed against the windows
I might mumble
When I'm sleeping
Hear your voice come out of the radio
Like you’re singing
And making up the bed
The only words I hear
Are things I should've said
As you're making the room up
In a colorful way
I couldn't have imagined it like this
Yesterday
I'm reeling
In this one light room
Reaching through the glass
Writing something
On yellow paper
Hear your voice come out of every crack
While you're singing
And making up the bed
The only words I hear
Are things I should've said
As you're making the room up
In a colorful way
I couldn't have imagined it like this
Yesterday
I'm dizzy in this one light room
Flushed against the windows
Writing something
On yellow paper
I know I should’ve given up hours ago
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11. |
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The Explode Boys
Followed the vans
To the edge of the city
Taking your hands
To raise them up with me
Singing like crows
Everybody knows
Their flags wave us home
This is where we've always wanted to be
We explode!
Here comes my soul
My big, big soul is coming through
Holding everything embraced
Never, ever
Letting go of you
Pushing through crowds
Trying to meet you halfway
My voice is so loud
Carries through the alley way
In one wild moment
The colors of all men
Painted on the bench
This is where I know I'm going to stay
And I'm crying
Yeah, I’m crying
Crying on the train
Writing flashcards
Writing flashcards
Writing flashcards in the rain
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Two Cheers Los Angeles, California
Two Cheers is singer/songwriter Bryan Akcasu’s music project based in Los Angeles. Bryan writes, records, and mixes exclusively in basements, bedrooms, and closets instead of studios. October 2020 will see the release of “Not A School Day After All”, the first of about a dozen singles marking a new direction for the project. ... more
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