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SpinTunes 22 Round 3

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All of my ex boyfriends love The Front Bottoms And if you want a funny story they've got 'em 'Cause they're always going on adventures And coming back with gorgeous pictures But all of my ex boyfriends love The Front Bottoms, and I can't blame them But a twin sized mattress suits me fine, And they curse my name, but I don't mind Sleeping on my back or on my side And I left in sickness and in flames, But I miss them dearly all the same Even though I shoulder all the blame, I still really like The Front Bottoms All of my ex boyfriends miss Modern Baseball And if you ring their line they'll tell you You're gonna miss it all 'Cause they're always living life to the fullest And leaving me a little jealous But all of my ex boyfriends miss Modern Baseball, and so do I. But I can't remember the last time I spent my weekend outside the apartment And I can't remember the last time I lived a life without regret And I can't remember the last time I saw my exes' faces with discontent Even though I wish I could forget, I also miss Modern Baseball All of my ex boyfriends love Midwest emo And every time I write them songs it feels like it's all I know 'Cause all the memories we share make me sad but I don't care And all of my ex boyfriends love Midwest emo, and I do too So why am I stuck living in the past? I just want a relationship to last 'Cause everything is temporary and dating can be so God damn scary I wish all of my exes all the best They all love Midwest emo All of my ex boyfriends love the Front Bottoms, and so do I
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Chorus: Put Your Hands Up Reach for the sky Put your hands up I know you know why Verse DJ: Feel the rhythm, feel the beat Everybody, get on the floor Are you with me, Everybody? Very quickly, get on the floor! I’m your DJ I am what I play Let your feet feel the beat you adore Dance yourself clean, If you know what I mean We’ll go forever and still want some more Chorus: Put Your Hands Up! Reach for the sky! Put your hands up! I know you know why! Verse Preacher: Everybody, thank you for coming I am your preacher today. I know it may sound funny But we’re going to need you to reach down into your heart and liberate your wallet. We’re going to need you to Give me your money Everybody, are you with me? Give me your money. Chorus: Put Your Hands Up! Reach for the sky! Put your hands up! I know you know why! Verse: Bank Robber Ladies and gentlemen this is a bank robbery Do what we say And you’ll have a great story Everybody get on the floor We have too little and we need some more Don’t be a hero, don’t be funny You won't get hurt, give me your money Don’t be a hero, don’t be funny You won't get hurt, give me your money
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[A intro] [B] this afternoon as i was lying in the supermarket a jar of pesto in my hand overwhelmed and underwhelmed by all the little things demanding my understanding it occurred to me that [A] i'm insignificant, i'm insignificant completely insignificant it's quite magnificent how insignificant just deeply insignificant [C] and so i screamed: none of this will matter fear not, my fellow customers in woolies aisle five! it's not the end, it's only the beginning embrace your insignificance and you will come alive [A] i'm insignificant, you're insignificant we're all insignificant it's quite magnificent how insignificant three cheers for insignificance [D] when we are young we hunger for meaning when we are old we settle for tea and for those brief blessed years in-betweening we're too tired and busy to see that we are [A] so insignificant, we're insignificant deeply insignificant there's no need to understand just give someone else a hand who cares if you're significant? [bridge, still basically A] so here's the deal, they try to make you feel you're the centre of the world and utterly worthless you're neither of these, you're a leaf on the breeze just spinning, spinning... [A] we're all insignificant why get wrapped up in yourself? be kind to someone else you're a half-price jar of pesto
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No need to charge into the darkness Cause we got this and it isn't Just some trick of the light Slow breaths and even steps ahead I know everything is gonna be Everything, everything Everything, everything all of the time A beautiful mess of intersecting lines A tapestry I'd be a fool to try and unwind Everything, everything all of the time <Episode 1> So turn it up and drown it out I’m not afraid to go a few rounds With that voice in your head That creeps in after 10pm It keeps coming, keeps coming for you Could you reconsider? Just look in my eyes and center Don’t know what comes next, love But ain’t that the best part of it? No need to charge into the darkness Cause we got this and it isn't Just some trick of the light Slow breaths and even steps ahead I know everything is gonna be Everything is gonna be Everything, everything all of the time A beautiful mess of intersecting lines A tapestry I'd be a fool to try and unwind Everything, everything all of the time <Episode 2> And we say that we're fine, it’s a false alarm Everything’s fine, please return to your seats Yeah we're fine, just a minor scar It’s fine, God himself could not sink this ship Yeah I know, I know ain’t it rich Drownin', tellin' you stick with it But if the tides are gonna chance, I don't want you to miss it No need to charge into the darkness We got this, we got this Slow breaths, even steps We got this Everything is gonna be Everything, everything all of the time A beautiful mess of intersecting lines A tapestry I'd be a fool to try and unwind Everything, everything all of the time <Episode 3> I've been wasting the good times Wondering if the good times can ever last It strikes just like a lightning bolt And vanishes as fast Treating my misgivings As an anchor I can't lift That's what I get when I try to earn What always was a gift Everything (16x) Everything, everything all of the time A beautiful mess of intersecting lines A tapestry I'd be a fool to try and unwind Everything is gonna be Everything is gonna be All right (alllllllll) All right Everything, everything, everything, everything! (ROBIN: Can you stop singing loud?)
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This can’t be love no There’s no choir singing This can’t be love no, The bells aren’t ringing And all I hear is a language I don’t speak I’m trying to make sense of it but it’s got me beat How am I meant to fit into this role I’m sitting in the driver’s seat but I’m not in control This can’t be love no The earth’s not movin’ This can’t be love no It’s a delusion I’m not afraid to listen to my heart But it’s always kept me in the dark This can’t be love no There’s no fanfare This can’t be love no So why do I care? Suddenly the truth is clearer now, clearer now And where I want to be is nearer now, nearer now This can’t be love, no? I think I got it This can’t be love, no? There is no logic
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I always envied your hairstyle the way you carried your fringe I wish I had the vision you had I wish that I had your strength I tried to mimic your shadow to catch the way that you move the way you guided the ball to a racquet just wanted you to approve but now we're both stuck spinning ‘round the same black hole orbit’s wide we didn't know that it would slide we'd take a trip every summer hang at the beach for a while I'm waist deep, I’m counting our kids and I'm watching you flying a kite I knew you needed those moments turns out I needed some too but instead, I’d hide behind wine and ignore all the fear that accrued and now we both start slipping into the same black hole no light slowly giving up the fight aaaaah you've settled in to the round house you finally found your new home I celebrate the choices you made and the growth from the seeds you have sown I'll come to visit you brother and your magnificent view we watch the sun set behind the mountain and speak of the things left to do and now we're both stuck spinning in the same black hole no light and nothing left to fight yeah we’re both stuck spinning in the same black hole no light and nothing left
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We are more than one There are multitudes contained The legions within The triumph and the pain All new under the sun Wholly greater than the sum Every year it seems Far back as I recall I been finding ways to trip myself And stumble into walls But every time around I stop and I reflect Maybe change up who I am to Something I ain’t been yet Well I’ve flown with the Navy I’ve played bars in Baton Rouge Seen how love can turn to bitterness Faced my own abuse I have seen the muddy waters rise Wished that it was me who died Tried chemicals that ruin lives And come back out the other side And as I now can feel the years And see the road that took me here Hindsight seems so clear She was a child, but given to love Now the girl would be mother until she was old She took in the others and made them her own Some cursed her, some scattered, and now she’s alone Could you imagine how funny she can be
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When you said that I Had that look, I thought you might Be the kind of girl who thinks that I’m your kind of guy So I turn around again So I turn around again But even after sixteen times My insufficient charm could find No hook upon which I might hang the thought that you were mine So I turn around again So I turn around again Baby the lights are off but I can feel you dreaming And lately the vibe is off but i can feel it creeping back again And I say I little prayer that in the end You’d rather have a lover than a friend So I turn around again (why did you never ask me to) So I turn around again (did you not know I want you too) Is it because of how we started We both feel so leaden hearted You turn to me I turn to you we spin around and fall that’s what we do
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The sticks and stones they throw They think they’re clever The tricks and tunes they play They think no-one’s ever done this before It’s time to even the score Let’s set the scene It’s 69 (nice) Don’t think too hard just type (make em come twice) But not too well or We’ll put your words on ice The sticks and stones they throw They think they’re clever The tricks and tunes they play They think no-one’s ever done this before It’s time to even the score Hello pervert I want to inform you About a little game I like to play You write a chapter! I write a chapter! They write a chapter! And make it bad You like to be bad, don’t you Then we stick it all together And ca-ching! The sticks and stones they throw They think they’re clever The tricks and tunes they play They think no-one’s ever done this before It’s time to even the score C’mon, let’s have some fun! Uhhh, not that kind of fun… My kind of fun! FUN. FUN. FUN. The kind of fun where me make fun Of women having fun! So fun! The sticks and stones they throw They think they’re clever The tricks and tunes they play They think no-one’s ever done this before It’s time to even the score
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faster than light eternal flight cased in steel we roam plasma is burning warp core is churning breathing life to chrome fates ours to write future in sight as galaxies unfold the glorious story must be told of our voyage home maquis: forge ahead or we're as good as dead under attack there's no turning back ditch the swarm steer into the storm displacement impacting in five we survive just half the crew alive ship destroyed cast into delta's void eye to eye a federation spy will bring us to meet with his tribe feds and maquis together? what a disgrace under the banner of starfleet? a slap in the face allies born of convenience i guess theres no choice follow the chain of command and unite as one voice [chorus] voyager: on a mission, thrown astray seeking answers i am on my way caught in caretakers array captive now but we must all escape seventy thousand light years from all that we knew united as one now but what should we do low on food, low supplies how are we meant to survive we will carry on we are starfleet strong [chorus] janeway: "We have no idea of the dangers we're going to face, but one thing is clear. Both crews are going to have to work together if we're to survive. That's why Commander Chakotay and I have agreed that this should be one crew. A Starfleet crew. And as the only Starfleet vessel assigned to the Delta Quadrant, we'll continue to follow our directive to seek out new worlds and explore space. But our primary goal is clear. Even at maximum speeds, it would take seventy five years to reach the Federation, but I'm not willing to settle for that. There's another entity like the Caretaker out there somewhere who has the ability to get us there a lot faster. We'll be looking for her, and we'll be looking for wormholes, spatial rifts, or new technologies to help us. Somewhere along this journey, we'll find a way back. Mister Paris, set a course for home."
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bombs fell down but i lost no sleep the crust of the earth shook but i stayed put there's menace in the air but i don't really mind this don't concern me much at all riot outside my window soon turning to a war morons fighting dimwits don't feel like choosing sides, oh no bombs fell down but i lost no sleep the crust of the earth shook but i stayed put there's menace in the air but i don't really mind this don't concern me much at all you may call it indifference you may call me jaded and cruel but i'm just feeling kind of tired and there's not much i can do bombs fell down but i lost no sleep the crust of the earth shook but i stayed put there's menace in the air but i don't really mind this don't concern me much at all
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["verse" 1] found no one. i found no one. i. found no- {HE TURNED TO HIS RIGHT. AND FOUNDNO ONE. AND HE DID NO-} i found no one. {NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE DID NO-} ["chorus"] i. i. {TURNED TO HIS-} i. i. i found no one. {TURNED- TURNED TO HIS RIGHT. AND FOUNDNO ONE.} {AND THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER HE- HE FOUND, NO-} ["verse" 2] found no one. {I I I ITS- IT- IT--- ITS- I-} i found no one. {IT- ITS- ITS LIKE- ITS LIKE UM- I- ..... sorry i- i cant-} found no- {YOU THEN TURN TO YOUR LEFT. AND YOU FINDNO ONE. AND YOU DID NO-} everything is going weird. (and you did nothing) {NOTHING ABOUT IT. {YOU} DID NO-} ["chorus"] i. i. {TURNED TO HIS-} i. i. i found no one. {TURNED- TURNED TO HIS RIGHT. AND FOUNDNO ONE. IT- ITS- ITS LIKE-} {i dont even know what time it is. i dont even keep track of that stuff. its so wei-} ["verse" 3] found no one. {HEH. AND REMEMBER! TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR YOURSELF!} i found no one. i. {HEH. AND REMEMBER! TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR YOURSELF!} {i think im... i think im i think im LOST.} found no- {I TURN AROUND IN RANDOM DIRECTIONS AND I KEEP FINDINGNO ONE. NO-} {HEH. AND REMEM-} going weird... {HEH. AND REMEMBER! TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR YOURSELF!} {NOTHING ABOUT IT. I DI-} ["chorus"] i. i. {TURNED TO HIS-} i. i. i found no one. {TURNED- TURNED TO HIS RIGHT. AND FOUNDNO ONE.} {im lost. can we get- back to the-}
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Let me sleep in your aura Get me out of this aching head Let me breathe to adore ya Press my lips to the ground you tread Let me lose like I used to Before the wounds were faded lines Every bruise just made me stronger I didn't feel the time passing by You make it seem so easy I know there's things I don't see Under the silent surface Is there a place you left to shine Where I can Sleep in your aura Where I can leave this aching head Where I only breathe to adore ya Press my lips to the ground you tread Where I can lose like I used to Before the wounds were faded lines Where every bruise would made me stronger And I don't feel the time passing by It would be unfair to deal out any blaming If you said that you don't think you can save me What's anyone want but a place that's safe inside If you can't even ask can you say you even tried? And if you don't chose me I'm gonna leave you With the fondest of goodbyes So long and farewell Smiling outward, sick inside Held all my hopes out like like a dope A desperate display Made a dumb bet or have I skipped ahead Assumed you aren't gonna say That I can sleep in your aura You'll get me out of this aching head And let me breathe to adore ya Press my lips to the ground you tread Let me lose like I used to Before the wounds were faded lines Every bruise just made me stronger I didn't feel the time passing by Let me sleep Let me sleep
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Chorus: I no you no, you will not go away The first time I met you I new you would stay And on that night that our eyes Met across the dance floor I knew that you would be mine For evermore Chorus We grew up together, we were Childhood sweethearts And I knew that this love for each other Would never part Chorus As we go through life we raised a family Three girls and a boy you see Now that they have grown up and went away My love will always be with you till my dying day Chorus
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it was quite a rundown quiet little town that you found coast to coast through corridors of unreserved seats playground left overgrown and covered in weeds I wondered if I might spot another human being in this lost part of the world that's been this since 1983 it was quite a rundown quiet little town that you found they say that on a rainy day it is not the place to be it's washed away the life of party floating out to sea if only there were slot machines or even a quaint café I gladly spend all of my money on prizes or coffee it was quite a rundown quiet little town that you found so nail another coffin in this god damn town it was quite a rundown quiet little town that you found
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Not all folks lift on rising tides, some are holed ’neath the waterline The lucky ones float on the ebbing water most got grounded whatever they told you A nice paint job just can’t disguise these rotting timbers and rusting lines Leaking patches always show a lack of substance down below Close the window to keep out the noise The sound is internal, it barely subsides Thump at my brain and scream out for my attention Distractions are fake, I crossed the white line If there’s been a mistake, it’s mine Not all folks lift on rising tides some are holed ’neath the waterline The lucky ones float on the ebbing water most got grounded whatever they told you A nice paint job just can’t disguise these rotting timbers and rusting lines Leaking patches always show a lack of substance down below I’m a neat pastiche A hollow man down to my feet Don’t listen to me No thought behind words that I speak Not all folks lift on rising tides some are holed ’neath the waterline The lucky ones float on the ebbing water most got grounded whatever they told you A nice paint job just can’t disguise these rotting timbers and rusting lines Leaking patches always show a lack of substance down below Left turns jar and discombobulate Take away my breath and seal my fate There’s a line in here I think sounds just amazing It’s all wrapped up in this interlude I’ll avoid desecration as it breaks the mood Not all folks lift on rising tides some are holed ’neath the waterline The lucky ones float on the ebbing water most got grounded whatever they told you A nice paint job just can’t disguise these rotting timbers and rusting lines Leaking patches always show a lack of substance down below
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This is a good day, we all agree, This is a good day, with Anthony This is a good life, keep that in mind Never a bad thought for him to find Peaksville is now a quiet town No traffic in our streets Since there is no electric buzz We’re never glued to screens Still we have tv once a week Anthonys shows are good And we think happy thoughts of him Just as we know we should This is a good day, we all agree, This is a good day, with Anthony This is a good life, keep that in mind Never a bad thought for him to find Its getting harder to find basic items Like canned goods and bars of soap With so many people now out in the cornfield I dont have any hope The rest of the world went away And we are all forced here to stay Living in fear, year after year Until we hear Anthony say /spoken/ Youre a bad man! A very bad man! This is a good day, we all agree, This is a good day, with Anthony This is a good life, keep that in mind Never a bad thought for him to find

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Rondo-Bout: Write and record a song in rondo form, in which a recurring theme (or chorus) alternates with various episodes (or verses), all of which are melodically and harmonically distinct from each other and from the theme.

In other words, your song should be in verse-chorus form, but with every verse consisting of different musical material. Include a minimum of three choruses and three musically distinct verses.

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released April 16, 2024

Cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe

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