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Flies of Hunger (2023)

by Melodramatic

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1.
The Previews 03:13
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She said it's alright Kick dirt in my eye Spent the whole summer Damn what a bummer Picked up your snake Said "that feels fake" Told me you're sorry Won't go to that party Just want to see you Not just the previews Went to your funeral Talked to your brother He said he's alright Still think about you every night
2.
Bone Dawg 02:58
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I wanna be your bone dog I wanna be your man I wanna be your warthog I wanna hold your hand And Call me a hand stand Follow me around I get a little bit too high I'll be your biggest fan And it's easier, now that You're by my side Easier Alright Want it to be forever Want it to be for sure I brought you home this feather I brought you to the shore And Hop through the grass and Sleep in the front yard I feel a little bit sea sick Guess that's my calling card And it's easier, now that You're by my side Easier Alright
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CYA!!! 02:25
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Big man with always something to say Doesn't understand how he pissed, how he pissed it all away Wonder where all your friends ran off to When no-one likes to be around, no-one likes to be around you Caught you down another drink Drunkards never have to think Oh-ohhhh See ya at your funeral Oh-ohhhh Were always this pitiful Oh-ohhhh You're such a goddamn fool Oh-ohhhh See ya at your funeral I've bit my tongue with you I'm slurring, choking on the scar, choking on the scar tissue You are the best example of Who I don't want to be, yeah that's never gonna be me Twice my age but half the brains Act like a kid when you don't get your way Oh-ohhhh See ya at your funeral Oh-ohhhh Were always this pitiful Oh-ohhhh You're such a goddamn fool Oh-ohhhh See ya at your funeral
4.
Portrait 02:17
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Tell me how you wanna be portrayed, now You can have it all, you know that you can have it all And I love you, yeah, I love you Donatello, Frida Kahlo, Holbein You can have it all, you know that you can have it all And I love you, yeah I love you Now paint me a picture Or draw yourself drawing a piece of paper with pencil ‘Cause you can’t afford to misrepresent me I want an imitation of reality Gather oil, kings, and other things That you know my good You might tell me what colors Do you think would bring out my good nature The establishments good nature I'm the aristocracy Now listen to me, yeah, Your whores come and go to sit with me I wanna be seen in a hundred years As you see me now, so don’t hesitate Paint my portrait So paint me now You didn’t want to know, you didn’t want to see You threw it in a fire, you threw it in a fire And then you took my eyes, so I could never be The painter of your boy And then I go: King for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine You didn’t want to know, you didn’t want to see You threw it in a fire, you threw it in a fire And then you took my eyes, so I could never be The painter of your boy And then I go: King for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine Bring the guillotine
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Erica Western Teleport 03:02
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I found a used organizer with a picture of a Cylon inside The model looked like her Airbus 380 with a broken TV, and an uninviting seat pocket Took off and I saw the skyline, and the arch reminded me Oh, don't think of her swimming sideways Don't think of her kicking at the topsoil Don't think of her fists in the face mask Don't think of her Never think of her Don't think of her study for the LSATs Don't think of her accessing her comsat Don't think of her cursing at commuters Don't think of her Please never think of her You took a year or two off to decode what the camera pulled in Cause the USB port fried Punching 'til your hands tire Jerking at the firewire Narcissistic film watcher I got knocked down Don't think of her family's confusion Don't think of her tasering the ruins Don't think of her running in an old t-shirt Don't think of her go get some exercise Don't think of her porous membrane Don't think of her reading on the L train Don't think of her crumble at the thought Don't think of her Always think of her

about

HEYOOOOOO

A lot of these songs came to me very quickly. Like, VERY quickly. I will often get a skeleton of a song that I expand upon and flesh out over the course of several weeks, months, or years. Most of these songs came to me *completed* (completed in my brain at least) over the course of an evening. So strange. I'm not sure why that is but I've been doing much better the past half year (give or take) mentally and have felt SO inspired by music and wanting to create more and more and more; more than is humanly possible. I feel like I need to focus on actually releasing things rather than my current method of: writing songs, loving them, and keeping them for myself.

I also want to get into playing live more this next year. Who knows if I actually will, but I think ti would be fun and rewarding. It would almost certainly just be myself playing along with a backing track but I dunno!! That could be cool!! Emperor X (one of the artists I covered on this EP) is like myself... just some dude without as band (from what I can tell from the very minimal research I've done at least). I've watched some videos from a tour he's doing this year and it's literally just him on stage singing along to his songs with a projector blasting some cool imagery behind him... AND IT'S SO COOOOOL. I want to be like that. In the past when I've brought it up this idea people have shot it down and said things like "so you're basically just doing karaoke.." and like DUDE, WHO CARES.

It's nonetheless--

A p e r f o rm a n c e

It's f u n

I hate that these judgey comments plague my mind BUT THEY DO. Anyway.

I want to do MORE.
I am so INSPIRED.
I want to make things HAPPEN.

And I hope to see you all along the way.

I love you, Merry Christmas, & let me know what you think about the EP.

Insta - @ItsTheTyShow @MelodramaticOfficial

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released December 25, 2023

Emperor X - Erica Western Teleport
Alt-j - Portrait

Written, Recorded, and Mixed by Tyler Spencer.
Mastered by Dylan Wishon.

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