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Give & Take

by erik spooner

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1.
in every sequence of events with all the time that we've spent it seems as though there'd be a place inside where all things are grass and leaves and wood and all is well and life is good and you and i would just be bears there into another way of (life) we've gotta drive to survive to fight to stay alive long enough to see it all go down and where there once stood flowers there will only be towers what i'm really thinking is we need some changing rearrange this whole big thing into a pile way down there what i'm really thinking is we need some changing rearrange this whole big thing into a pile way down there
2.
you know it's been so long since i could say that i'm wrong and i was thinking when i was drinking: it's just a matter of time 'til you find i'm not wrong and in the morning my thoughts was forming and it was calm in the bed 'til you said: i'm not wrong / but we both know better i'm not wrong / and then you went and stole my sweater i guess it's me and my bong; at least i know that you're wrong oh pretty baby you don't know that you're wrong it's not a difference in opinion and you know my will is strong i'm not wrong / can you stop that stupid thinking? i'm not wrong / it goes better when we're drinking the whole damn point of the song is just to tell you you're wrong no future, no past; i don't know how long it will last i'm trying hard but i'm fading fast; i guess it just don't pay oh pretty baby don't you know that you're wrong? c'mon baby let me show you you're wrong won't take a while; not very long don't get upset cause it's just a stupid song i'm not wrong / can we please go to dinner? i'm not wrong / i might let you be the winner if we could just get along maybe i'll say that i'm wrong
3.
sleepwalk into tomorrow comes with the rhythm, gonna let it go oh boy all i've had i've had to borrow comes with the rhythm gonna let it go; i'm gonna let it be; i'm gonna let it shine <yeah> when it comes time, it will define you; it's all the same when it's when we die take time to get away and i don't wanna go and i don't wanna stay oh boy oh make plans, but now we're wasted kicked with the spur and we'll let it go and if you want to get away and i don't wanna go and i don't wanna stay oh boy oh in time the ones will find you it's always best when we do not try playtime, i don't wanna play and i don't wanna go and i don't wanna stay oh boy oh we make plans, but now we'll break it and it's time to let it go and if you want to get away and i don't wanna go and i don't wanna stay oh boy oh backslide into tomorrow comes with the rhythm; gonna let it go oh boy
4.
got fear in your soul? (then) buy up gold go back to your hole and hide your gold i know why we're here: surely not to live with hate and in fear go back to your hole and gaurd your gold the world didn't end; better find yourself a friend and if you don't mend, it is where you will spend so hard to hold; how'd you get so cold? you best learn the score before you"re too old it's lost to see, such a hazy/distant memory it's all inside because we hide that which we cannot see born in this station 'cause it's all been defined trapped in this fucked up situation, but it's all in our minds they start dominating masses; keep the classes in track you keep digging, keep buying 'til you've got to attack (and) the end is near (and) you've got no fear because they're dead and your old you're pretty pretty with your bling; too bad you cannot fuck gold come out of your hole / we're on the new tip reclaim your soul / about to get wide don't care what you're told, you cannot eat gold / not with a whimper, show you this is how the world ends we're bought and sold / can't buy a real friend so take control / the shit's almost over come out of your hole and leave your gold
5.
crawlin' on all 4's; i can't take it anymore and how it seems we're out of the pan and into the fire the world that you adore is just a part of something much much more (and) you know that i can take you ever higher they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be; it's on and on 1 turns into 4 and then we're onto something more before they infiltrate the mind with sound and with colors dissonance is evidence: directional indifference as we'd all fall into what we are they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be it's on and on they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be good to you, bad to me they'll never be it's on and on
6.
she was always on my mind; the way that she smiles when i'm dancing she's been nothing else but kind through a silver-distant haze; far far away on a pale green shore in a million different ways; who needs more? if i could say the words today; if i could say it all (ooo-ooh) she was always on my mind; you can't stand a chance when you know what's there another chance you'll never find tuesday as a day was just, in this ocean of space we must take time to plan on me someday if i could say the words today, if i could say it all (ooo-ooh) shut off the world inside this song; it's all that we could do if i could make you want to stay; if i could say the word (ooo-ooh) i'de make a world inside this song; it's all that I could do it seems so real, but it's all just a dream
7.
and they told me that she couldn't leave but she'd go and it'd show and we'd know that it's a better way and you know that we are foresaken gravity, so it seems, pulls apart all the dreams of the day oh my little lune and you'd find that you're free when she leaves you all the lies from the skies hide the world from our eyes all the days and you know inside you'd see that pretty little lawn in the daytime numbers cold and prime confine this great grace oh my little lune
8.
i've come to see this could be the one for me and that one and one and one is three did i look away from you or did you pull away from me? i couldn't see you here with me unless you're free but i couldn't be the one to lead well i guess sometimes it's just the way it tends to be that's how we go down to the sea swim til we grow; maybe find peace i leave you with flowers spirals around while it takes you away shiva not only destroys her that's how we go down to the sea swim til we grow maybe find peace that's how we go down to the sea swim til we grow maybe find peace that's how we go down to the sea swim til we grow maybe find peace that's how we go down to the sea swim til we grow maybe find peace
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10.
yo (1,2) here's a treat it starts with a beat (and) in time you know we're gonna rhyme it's kinda juvenile; think i'm gonna play a while rockin' with the beats, it'd be like: "1-2-3" <check-it> seems so strange to me; they tell me how i'm supposed to be and if i want to see the type of wealth they'd have me need they'd have me believe that to succeed is the only need but that trip seems like kind-of-a drag :$:if you wanna hit the bigtime better listen to this you'll be hangin' with the girlies and be sippin' the cris you might be million-to-one; there's seven-million on deck so you better do exactly when i say:$: i'm on the scene smoking green; it's like a time machine and you have never seen this type of me. i mean it might seem easier to follow with the trends with the rest but there's only one person that can be you the best so if you're feeling like i feel, please raise your hands with me 'cause i'm just saying we can stop all this insanity spend all your time and money just to fake the best sociopathically/tragically an actor like the rest :$:but still you wanna win awards and get the girls with the tits and see your face up on the tv and keep writing the hits and if the money came from blood you know you still wouldn't give a shit so make the choice, raise your voice, make some noise:$: i'm sayin' that it's meness the crux of my genius is i'm standing in the glory of my meness i'm chiming in from within with an apostrophe and i'm-a-tell-ya with this song it first occurred to me i'm not a poser or a baller but a poet so melodic with the rhythm and a beat that's fresh i'm not sittin spittin' sayin' playin' talking 'bout my mean-ness frontin' somethin' zippin' trippin' talkin' 'bout my jock raised in the 90's, you'll find me aligned divinely ensconced in the warm soft light of my glow meness the crux of my genius is i'm standing in the glory of my meness standing in the glory of my meness, abnormally keen with sorcery secrets. floral seeds form into trees right before me. saturn's true tales sound like unlikely stories. full swarm of bees orbiting me. a rusty sword is in my teeth and there's a storm in the sea so if the chords aren't in key, or there's a war within me, or the force of the stress begins cornering me, in order to breathe which seems important to me, my aura will accordingly contort to the beat. i re-up with some fresh zephyr in my co2 tank while i can pull through i still got people to thank. meness the crux of my genius is i'm standing in the glory of my meness
11.
give and take (we need a little {now})

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this is a collection of songs containing performances from a variety of musicians who (at one time or another) have lived in the boston area.
there is always something to be learned from working with other people.

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released August 8, 2017

Adrian Emberley
James Force
Jenée Force
Alex Miller
Robert Eugene Miller
Scatterboxx
Liz Anaya Sheils
Adam Sherman
Solei
Jason Ywahu

erik spooner

mixed and automated by erik
(except meness: mixed by Scatterboxx
scatterboxx.bandcamp.com
additional mixing and mastering by Alex Miller
dojorecording.com
[special thanks to Joseph Rotella for providing studio space for recording and for use of ukulele on track 6

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