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Refracted (EP)

by Sky Blue Sound

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Chris Buck
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Chris Buck For the last week I’ve been in orbit with this song “Sputnik” and I don’t plan to stop anytime soon. A body in motion stays in motion, until the global shut down arrives. I hope to write more about this song again very soon.
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PRESENT TENSE I have no souvenir but memory My mind‘s no longer in its right I know not where I left it last It stalls and falters in the night The present tense is not a mystery Born one minute, dead the next The future tells a secret history Horror stories fill our heads The news feed gorges on the dead We tell ourselves we’re better read How are we to get there straight? Take a drink and run the race Don’t be late go join the chase Go and torch this sacred place Never mind the rich They’re getting paid Never mind the promises we made I cough in fits and starts Mutter, mumble, stutter, stumble As I shuffle through the clutter And I ask myself: What did I come here for? What did I come here for? What did I come here for? I don’t remember anymore Good guys no longer win There’s no recovery from the battering They leave the set without a scene Good guys no longer win They don’t ride off Into the California hills California hills California hills They’re stuck forever trudging Up and down And up and down And up and down Again… And down they surely will remain Living on the coast of panic The evening tide has breached the gates Shutter up the window panes Better shore up fast Before the levee breaks The sands have scattered free of broken glass There is no first There is no last We’ve left our best intentions Drifting in the wind Drifting in the wind Drifting in the wind Our pick was lost right out the gate A single losing bet was placed On the chance our children may have made Of placing in the race Placing in the race Placing in the race Placing in the race Who do we pray to now? Time has slipped away Time has slipped away Time has slipped away Slipped away… What did I come here for? What did I come here for? What did I come here for? Time has slipped away Time has slipped away Time has slipped away Slipped away...
2.
PERFECT COMPLAINT You went on the rail Sharp and tough as nails You forged a narrow path Now it’s closing in on you Curves cut straight as rain Purity a powder stain These habits don’t die hard They live a thousand lives And they hasten the day They hasten the day The train has jumped the track A crash, a clang, A fading memory Her voice calls back to me The message is unclear The message is unclear Your lips they softy whisper sweet things In my ear Your mouth it murmurs to me such little sweet things such little sweet things such little sweet things They chase away the fear Until I come down Until you‘re unbound Until we come around to realize Just how close we’ve come To coming all undone To coming all undone To coming all undone You’re a runaway train I’m a man with no saint I’m a runaway train You’re a perfect complaint We’re a blip on a map I’m a beacon of blight You’ve been flagged for review (tap tap tap tap) And they’re coming for you Yes, they’re coming for you You’re a runaway train I’m a man with no saint I’m a runaway train You’re a perfect complaint You’re a perfect complaint You’re a runaway train I’m a man not a saint I’m a runaway train You’re a perfect complaint You’re a blip on a map I’m a beacon of blight We’ve been flagged for review Nothing much left to do But surrender desire Surrender desire They’ll be humming this tune Cursing under their breath They’ll be coming for us ’Til our very last breath Coming for to bury me whole Coming for to leave you alone Coming for to bury you whole Coming for to leave me alone Coming for to bury me whole Coming for... You’re a runaway train I’m a man with no saint I’m a runaway train You’re a perfect complaint You’re a blip on a map I’m a beacon of blight We’ve been flagged for review Take a look at us two
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REFRACTED I never wanted to face it I never wanted to die I used to think it’d be alright But now I never Wanna Say bye bye Bye bye Say man, by chance can you spare me Some help in getting somewhere Some place I won’t have to suffer The toll of the bell Or the price of the fare It doesn’t seem fair I’m going nowhere... Get your souls right here Today only Buy one, set one free Refracted light of my soul A glinting beam in her eye Boring a hole in my blood red heart I guess the end comes after the start Oi! Turn the fookin’ television off. Now. Refracted! (I’ve been running so long) Refracted! (I could never belong) Refracted! Refracted! Refracted! Refracted! Measure my fears with a million tears Measure my fears with a million and million and million….
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IF YOU GOTTA GO Once upon a dream It was nothing like I’d seen before But now it seems That you don’t want me anymore I had a dream But I woke up with no place to You saw me yesterday But you didn’t say hello I’ve been waiting all my life For you to tell me Somewhere is a place to go We’ve been down this road before It leads to nowhere We could stick around this place forever I just want you by my side When we decide to go But if you gotta go You gotta go I get it That’s all right You didn’t say hello Why would you ever think to say goodbye If you gotta go You gotta go I get it That’s alright Goodbye, good night, sleep tight One upon a dream You were nothing like I’d seen before But now it seems I hardly see you any more I had a dream Now I know I have to go So now I gotta go
I gotta go You get it That’s alright You didn’t say hello But you were quick to say goodbye Now I gotta go I gotta go You get it It’s alright Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

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A collection of synthy chamber-pop songs released in 2020, that most globally dismaying, terrifying, embroiling, angering year to come along, like maybe ever... A dystopian nightmare that manifested more fiercely each time we said to ourselves: "It's ok, It was only a dream." This is one way to purge...

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released November 28, 2020

Music and lyrics written, arranged, performed, produced and mixed by Mauricio Carey except where otherwise noted.

"Sputnik" written by Pat Fish. Performed by Rachel Carey, Lito Vales, Mauricio Carey and Knight Berman Jr;

Esteemed Contributors and Collaborators to this record:
Rachel Carey, Knight Berman Jr, Ben Lanz and Lito Vales.

Special thanks to Rachel + Abra Carey, Knight Berman Jr and Kevin Gilmore for their attentive and ever-patient ears. Black Heart Emoji Here.

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Sky Blue Sound Decatur, Georgia

Sky Blue Sound is Mauricio Carey, who writes, performs, arranges, mixes and produces synth pop, punkpop, ambient and incidental music for film + media. Contact me for licensing or commission work.

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