(un)Working Under Dreams (hooks 4 the final Hooks)
from Summer 20: re-up by +
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fourth+final iteration of my "Hooks" song series and reimagining/animationing the title track of my fourth album
lyrics
you can pretend i'm who you want
and
i can pretend i'm them too
we can close our eyes
and hope these hooks
in the back of our brains
to tug a little bit softer
i'll fuck up quite often
but i will always stay true
and i won't regret a goddamn thing
cuz i'll know it's the best i could do
there's not much i could ask of you
there's so much i would wish of you
i'll just fasten my nose
to the grindstone
til i can make do it what it do:
i'll block out the wayward glances
focus in on fanning chances
till they burst like a bruise::
my fire statue!:::
i will mold it with my hands
and then spread it with each dance
that i'm refining in my room
cut my way up from a gloom
that had ivied over my legs
i got a restless tongue, don't you know?
[/that's] born to unwind all this vex
fitness
debt
craft
sex
next
[i gotta get this out my chest]
i think i'm howard roark
harry potter
what would buffy do?
go harder
go farther
go in
go in
go in!
i think i'm kanye west
shawn carter
what would nicki do?
go farther.
go harder.
go in
go in
go in!
[you know
you've got
nothing to do
but duck down
in this stream
and carve your voice
the white
will find
its way
just keep
your hands
moving as honest
as you
Can]
and
i can pretend i'm them too
we can close our eyes
and hope these hooks
in the back of our brains
to tug a little bit softer
i'll fuck up quite often
but i will always stay true
and i won't regret a goddamn thing
cuz i'll know it's the best i could do
there's not much i could ask of you
there's so much i would wish of you
i'll just fasten my nose
to the grindstone
til i can make do it what it do:
i'll block out the wayward glances
focus in on fanning chances
till they burst like a bruise::
my fire statue!:::
i will mold it with my hands
and then spread it with each dance
that i'm refining in my room
cut my way up from a gloom
that had ivied over my legs
i got a restless tongue, don't you know?
[/that's] born to unwind all this vex
fitness
debt
craft
sex
next
[i gotta get this out my chest]
i think i'm howard roark
harry potter
what would buffy do?
go harder
go farther
go in
go in
go in!
i think i'm kanye west
shawn carter
what would nicki do?
go farther.
go harder.
go in
go in
go in!
[you know
you've got
nothing to do
but duck down
in this stream
and carve your voice
the white
will find
its way
just keep
your hands
moving as honest
as you
Can]
credits
from Summer 20: re-up,
released August 25, 2011
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+ Chicago, Illinois
you can watch +'s video for "jihad" here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvRPwho22ys
it's from + 's fourteenth album
my fourteenth album is called "i'm starting to believe" and was released 7/24/2014
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Jul 2014
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