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"I just wanna keep it on the low, but.. whats it mean to a liar?"
The first single from the upcoming record.
© 2023 Oasis Tunes Records
The first single from the upcoming record.
© 2023 Oasis Tunes Records
lyrics
ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴜᴘ,
ᴍᴀɴᴏꜱ ᴀʀɪʙᴀꜱ, ᴛᴏᴍᴏ, ᴛᴏᴍᴏ
ᴛᴜ ᴄᴏʀᴀᴢᴏɴ,
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ,
ᴅᴏɢꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀꜱʜ,
ɴᴏᴡ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇꜱꜱ ᴜᴘ,
ʏᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀᴛʜ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ
ꜱᴏ ʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ᴄʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ?
ᴘɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴜᴘ
ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴ' ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ - ɴɪɢʜᴛ,
ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ,
ɪɴᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʟɪꜰᴇ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴇʟʟ,
ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀʀɪꜱᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ,
ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪɴᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴏᴅ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ,
ᴀʟɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ, ꜱʟᴀɴᴛ,
ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴏɴᴡᴀʀᴅ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ,
ᴍʏ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ɢᴏ ᴅᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʜᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ,
ᴘᴀᴄᴋ ᴀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴ' ʜᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ, ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢꜱ ꜰᴀʟʟ,
ɪɴꜱᴏᴍɴɪᴀᴄ, ɴᴏ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴ' ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪʟʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ,
ᴢᴀᴄʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴ', ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ, ʜᴏᴇ,
ᴅʀᴀɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅʟᴀɴᴅ,
ɢʀᴀꜱꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ɢʀᴇᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ'ꜱ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴀɴᴅ,
ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴ', ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ʙᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴡɴ,
ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ᴀꜱᴄᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴘᴇʀ
ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʀʏɴᴀ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ,
ʙᴜᴛ - ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʟʟꜱ ɢᴇᴛ ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ,
ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ɪᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡ,
ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ʟɪᴀʀ,
ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜᴇʀ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴇꜱ,
ʙᴜᴛ - ɢɪʀʟ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴ' ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀᴇ
ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɴᴇᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴡᴀᴍᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴀᴅꜱ,
ᴜʜ - ɪᴛ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɪ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀᴅᴍɪʀᴇ
ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɴᴏ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ꜰᴀʟʟᴇɴ ᴛʀᴇᴇ,
ʟᴇꜱꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅꜱ,
ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɴᴏ ʜᴏᴜɴᴅ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ,
ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʀᴀᴘɪᴅꜱ,
ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴍɪᴛʏ,
ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴍᴇɴɪᴛɪᴇꜱ,
ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴊᴇᴀɴꜱ, ᴛᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴡᴇᴛ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɪꜱ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ,
ᴛʀʏɴᴀ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ,
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴛ?
ɪ ᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴀʏ ᴀ ʙʟᴇꜱꜱɪɴ' ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴜꜱ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴇᴍ:
ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ.
ᴍᴀɴᴏꜱ ᴀʀɪʙᴀꜱ, ᴛᴏᴍᴏ, ᴛᴏᴍᴏ
ᴛᴜ ᴄᴏʀᴀᴢᴏɴ,
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ,
ᴅᴏɢꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀꜱʜ,
ɴᴏᴡ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇꜱꜱ ᴜᴘ,
ʏᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀᴛʜ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ
ꜱᴏ ʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ᴄʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ?
ᴘɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴜᴘ
ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴ' ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ - ɴɪɢʜᴛ,
ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ,
ɪɴᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʟɪꜰᴇ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴇʟʟ,
ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀʀɪꜱᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ,
ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪɴᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴏᴅ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ,
ᴀʟɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ, ꜱʟᴀɴᴛ,
ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴏɴᴡᴀʀᴅ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ,
ᴍʏ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ɢᴏ ᴅᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʜᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ,
ᴘᴀᴄᴋ ᴀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴ' ʜᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ, ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢꜱ ꜰᴀʟʟ,
ɪɴꜱᴏᴍɴɪᴀᴄ, ɴᴏ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴ' ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪʟʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ,
ᴢᴀᴄʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴ', ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ, ʜᴏᴇ,
ᴅʀᴀɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅʟᴀɴᴅ,
ɢʀᴀꜱꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ɢʀᴇᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ'ꜱ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴀɴᴅ,
ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴ', ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ʙᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴡɴ,
ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ᴀꜱᴄᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴘᴇʀ
ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʀʏɴᴀ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ,
ʙᴜᴛ - ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʟʟꜱ ɢᴇᴛ ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ,
ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ɪᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡ,
ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ʟɪᴀʀ,
ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜᴇʀ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴇꜱ,
ʙᴜᴛ - ɢɪʀʟ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴ' ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀᴇ
ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɴᴇᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴡᴀᴍᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴀᴅꜱ,
ᴜʜ - ɪᴛ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɪ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀᴅᴍɪʀᴇ
ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɴᴏ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ꜰᴀʟʟᴇɴ ᴛʀᴇᴇ,
ʟᴇꜱꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅꜱ,
ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɴᴏ ʜᴏᴜɴᴅ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ,
ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʀᴀᴘɪᴅꜱ,
ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴍɪᴛʏ,
ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴍᴇɴɪᴛɪᴇꜱ,
ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴊᴇᴀɴꜱ, ᴛᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴡᴇᴛ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɪꜱ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ,
ᴛʀʏɴᴀ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ,
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴛ?
ɪ ᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴀʏ ᴀ ʙʟᴇꜱꜱɪɴ' ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴜꜱ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴇᴍ:
ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ.
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released October 21, 2022
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Bakelendt Detroit, Michigan
From places where the sky is wholly dark, development of a chronicle began. In the midst of the shrouding, a vivid radiance was caught in my retina. And now I can never let it be.
Est.1997
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 26, 2022
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This album comes from a bleak place; a dark and twisted recording tailor-made for cold nights.
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