my way of showing love -
a world near its closing
I wrote
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⤵ Buffoons
Maybe as a result of how my mind works, I draw lines between every aspect of my life. This is the case in the album as every song parallels the song on the opposite side of the album.
“i hate wanting not to spend another day alone”
And Finally, It’s Overture
a world near its closing
I wrote
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Lyrics
A world
I leave behind me
Three words
That end the story
But when I sing them now
They mean something new instead
Handheld Memory
a world near its closing
Handheld Memory was written in collaboration with my good friend, Jayden Varghese.
This song is the parallel to An Evening in May. While this song warns against living in the past, An Evening in May is written about one day in particular.
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Lyrics
Whatcha say?
Lets go and waste another day
I'd love to stay a second more
I adore this
Place that I’d not seen before
And I know
The day is gonna fly so far away
I think I’d better hit record
Another memory to store
Flickers of light turn to glass in our names
Mirrors of time that remain
Look through
and see the world I save
On the screen
I try to hold on to
momentary dreams.
I couldn’t leave behind the times
we knew
And the lens doesn’t close its eyes the way I do
Whatcha know?
We’re having fun I told you so
You’d find it easy to believe
Once you see
These moments caught in 4 by 3
But you say
that I’d better stick around than hit replay
cause staring at a
flat display just
ain't the same as
when you see the view that’s
out of frame
The worlds that I view when we’re worlds far apart
When I find myself reaching for long bygone friends
Are the ones that I keep on my memory card
Captured each time through the camera lens
So how could I not let myself capture these
Minutes of moments and memories of thee
Watching until the lens shattered and I couldn’t see
Look through
and see the world I saved
On the screen
I tried to hold on to
momentary dreams.
I couldn’t leave behind the times
we knew
But they leave all the same from a different point of view
I tried
but still it didn’t go
as planned
How did I survive, when
it fell out of my hands?
You couldn’t catch it on its way
To the ground
But the scenes that I found, that I once reminisced
Were places just in view I somehow missed
Hit The Joe
a world near its closing
I wrote
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Lyrics
The plan sounds wonderful
Something to fight the malaise
Because after all
No better way to spend the day
Modern idiots
We like acting out of line
Are you ready yet?
No better way to spend our time
It’s your turn to decide
To grab some fries or share a Coke
We leave satisfied
And leave a tip although we’re broke
Grab my Epipen
Before we dig in to the food
Another day to spend
To fill my heart and stomach too
No better way to spend the day
No better way to spend our time
The plan sounds wonderful
Beats just sitting on the phone
Because after all
So many places we could go
I hate wanting not
To spend another day alone
I don’t ask for much
I only wanna hit the Joe
Buffoons
a world near its closing
I wrote
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Lyrics
Lah dee
Why yo
It’s nowhere near profound
Day dah
Oh no
The lyrics got us
Sounding like buffoons
But we’re keepin it all in tune
Lah dee
Why yo
Day dah
Oh no
Oh no
I’m singing a song that makes no sense
I’m getting looks and turning some heads
But I look at you and I don’t really care
I’m rolling my eyes and I flip my hair
But somehow you’re so unaware that Id
rather play along than point and stare
Cause it’s all good
to sing a song that’s
all wrong
You make me feel like I could
Keep on going all day long, going
Lah dee
Why yo
It’s nowhere near profound
Day dah
Oh no
The lyrics got us
Sounding like buffoons
But we’re keepin it all in tune
Lah dee
Why yo
Day dah
Oh no
Oh no
I catch you at our favorite place
You’re laughing at my goofy face
I listen while you tell me where you’ve been
Wearing what we want to wear
We sing and dance without a care
And yell our names into the summer wind
Oh I would feel
like I don’t belong here
but I know it’s all good
to sing a song that’s
all wrong
You make me feel like I could
Keep it going all day long, going
Lah dee
Why yo
It’s nowhere near profound
Day dah
Oh no
The lyrics got us
Sounding like buffoons
But we’re keepin it all in tune
Lah dee
Why yo
Day dah
Oh no
Oh no
Lah dee
Why yo
Day dah
Oh no
final thoughts
a world near its closing
I released the full album, Another Fiction, to YouTube on September 1, 2023.
Truthfully, I was not expecting much reaction to Another Fiction. But then, a lot of my friends reached out saying how it touched their hearts. It really meant a lot to me to hear that. I even got positive reactions from people I did not expect at all.
Somehow, someone from across the world bought the album from me. It was a really awesome feeling
I even got some comments from some people I really respect. A filmmaker I met over summer really liked it and now we might make some music videos together.
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