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Artificial Light

by BROKE

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1.
A. Light 02:04
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Wait at the red light Made are the souls that rest in peace Wasted on the interstate The system unfolds, it's a vacant's place A breaker in the closet A breaker in the closet Had a moment then I lost it Used to believe but I lost it I wanted to thaw but I'm frostbit I wanted to walk but I have to sit I'm so obsessed with my own mess I'm so perplexed by my own mess I wanted to thaw but I'm frostbit In the mornin' I might think I'm off-pitch But God damnit I want this I can tell that I want this Make it right Do it twice Born to feel slighted Name your price Make it right Do it twice Born to feel slighted Name your price Doctor's orders: fall asleep on cue Plaintiff failsafe: talk so misconstrued Naked truths next to flagrant lies Stuck in the middle we crucify All of the passerbys I wanted to thaw but I'm frostbit I wanted to walk but I have to sit I'm so obsessed with my own mess I'm so perplexed by my own mess I wanted to thaw but I'm frostbit In the mornin' I might think I'm off-pitch
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Lascassas 03:38
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Look it's so much easier than we think Insecurities don't mean shit When it's our own faults put us on the brink Opportunities don't mean shit Given the gist we should just give in Given the gist we should just give in Given the risk we should just be friends And by that I mean we won't talk again The grip that we lose when we gain control Wasted in bits, it's the cream that molds Give up now if it wasn't my last word Heartfelt cues don't dull the sword Traced in degrees as the axis bleeds We don't need much but our basic needs Scoped in the weeds, it's a little absurd Meaning to speak like a logic bird I knew it back on Lascassas Faded on my bike feeling closer to God I knew it back in Manhattan 11 years old feeling close to God Nothing is coded as deep as you think Fuck the pretense, let's agree to agree If wished made a difference, well maybe they do But I'm not important, and neither are you Given the difference is just to pursue Hopin' the wishes might kinda come true I knew it back on Lascassas Faded on my bike feeling closer to God I knew it back in Manhattan 11 years old feeling close to God
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Broke 02:44
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I missed the trash bin Full of love, but I'm only spilling salt on my friends My perception extends Full of hope. but I know we might be close to the end This is dope Let's explode Let's eat nothing but soap Let's pretend that we know Let's exist in the fold Learning to miss the cold Learning how to be broke Learning to miss the cold Learning how to be broke I need you like you need sleep Tell me I'm ok, tell me I'm free I need a reason to go to the show Tell me I'm not shit, tell me I'm broke I couldn't care less Maybe my best ex Nothing is meaningless I can only guess I missed the trash bin Full of love, but I'm only spilling salt on my friends My perception extends Full of hope. but I know we might be close to the end This is dope Let's explode Let's eat nothing but soap Let's pretend that we know Let's exist in the fold Learning how to miss the cold Learning how to be broke Learning to miss the cold Learning how to be broke I need you like you need sleep Tell me I'm ok, tell me I'm free I need a reason to go to the show Tell me I'm not shit, tell me I'm broke I couldn't care less Maybe my best ex Nothing is meaningless I can only guess
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Side Ways 03:21
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First place We need to run the numbers again You can see it in my face There's no need to pretend Last place I'm trying hard to focus again Keep erasin' ways Every bridge has come to an end If it's ironic Then it better be meaningful I'm not toxic But I can be a handful Push my buttons if you know what you came for I'm not cool But it's something I aim for Try to keep my eyes open and breathe So I'm at it alone, then I'm just gonna leave No hard feelings (do easy feelings exist?) Don't stop dreaming (what kind of nightmare is this?) If trading places was an option Then it wouldn't extend To the people with their problems Livin' life in the red I can't look into the future I'm not livin' life on the edge But I'm still a user And my life is on read Try to keep my eyes open and breathe So I'm at it alone, then I'm just gonna leave No hard feelings (do easy feelings exist?) Don't stop dreaming (what kind of nightmare is this?) Not a fraud Back burner of the lodge Need a rest Friends can you hear what I said? I'm kinda lost Lost and I'm low on bread I need a friend Way too drunk to say it again Try to keep my eyes open and breathe So I'm at it alone, then I'm just gonna leave No hard feelings (do easy feelings exist?) Don't stop dreaming (what kind of nightmare is this?)
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The Function 03:16
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You follow a system A wager with attrition But I don't have a mission So I'm not gonna listen You know I'm not gonna listen I never fuckin' listen You want a surge when you walk in You wanna surf on the toxins But you have to walk in your own skin Even if you're the top of the pyramid So you can look back on the rest of it Nothin to lose if you sold it all Nothin to lose if you sold it all Nothin to lose if you sold it all So what do I transition with? So what do I transition with? Easy come, Easy go Strokes fast, Stooges slow Macarena, fall asleep We know what a limit means So proceed with introductions I made it to the function But I don't have a function I sorta need an option So gimme a couple options Wait that's too many options You just keep on talkin' God I need a balance I just wanna pout since I just wanna pout since So who do I begin with? So what do I transition with? So who do I begin with? What do I transition with? So what do I transition with? You want a surge when you walk in You wanna surf on the toxins But you have to walk in your own skin Even if you're the top of the pyramid So you can look back on the rest of it Nothin to lose if you sold it all Nothin to lose if you sold it all Nothin to lose if you sold it all So what do I begin with? So What do I transition with? So who do I begin with? So what do I transition with?
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Empty Cup 02:51
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It may not amount to much But it feels like it takes a long time I'm starting to lose my crutch And it's gonna be gone for a long time If knowing the truth is just Does saying it mean as much? Does it matter to feel so much? Does it count if I can't keep up? Are there thoughts in this empty cup? Reasons I swear I didn't make up So we don't have to keep in touch You want it that way and it's just as rough We exist, we fuck it up We make rules and break 'em up We come clean, we shrivel up We make choices and fuck 'em up It may not amount to much But it feels like it takes a long time I'm starting to lose my crutch And it's gonna be gone for a long time If knowing the truth is just Does saying it mean as much? Does it matter to feel so much? Does it count if I can't keep up? Are there thoughts in this empty cup? Reasons I swear I didn't make up So we don't have to keep in touch You want it that way and it's just as rough We exist, we fuck it up We make rules and break 'em up We come clean, we shrivel up We make choices and fuck 'em up We exist, we fuck it up We make rules and break 'em up We come clean, we shrivel up We make choices and fuck 'em up Are there thoughts in this empty cup? It was full of potential, now it's given up
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Dig (You Idiot) 06:48
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Living life's in the breeze We exist until we freeze Sort of stumped and sort of pleased Trying to duck the stampede Valuing wants above needs Not hard to see Just hard to believe We aimed at the coast We landed in grain We struggled to coast But we both went insane Stranded with Charlie on Trinidad Lane We aimed at the coast but we landed in grain We struggled to coast but we both went insane We wanted to hope but we both went insane I survive until I freeze Until I'm swallowed in the breeze Pouring heart and on my knees Basic points can still exceed Each one's full of shit What a pointless predicament Solid parts for the tone of voice But if I have a choice I have to waste a little bit I have to waste a little bit Stranded with Charlie on Trinidad Lane The border's no closer We need to escape California behind us in haste It's over as soon as we make it to break Living life's in the breeze We exist until we freeze Sort of stumped and sort of pleased Trying to duck the stampede Valuing wants above needs Not hard to see Just hard to believe Valuing wants above needs Not hard to see Just hard to believe Each one's full of shit What a pointless predicament Solid parts for the tone of voice But if I have a choice I have to waste a little bit I have to I have to waste a little bit I have to I have to waste a little bit I have to I have to waste a little bit I have to waste away I have to waste a little bit Waste a little bit
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Come Friday 02:23
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The bedroom's colder than an Arctic sailboat The Sun rose yellow on a Greenland tide My heart feels older than a deep-sea whale bone My brain can't seem to find a reason why There is no reelin' There is no rockin' I caught you sleepin' But just felt bad Because come Friday you'll be gone And there'll be tear drops in my song So just keep on keepin' on and don't turn back I got new plants But no second chances I made my bed And you can bet I made it alone I know with time It might get easier But in my mind I still keep on askin' why There is no reelin' There is no rockin' I caught you sleepin' But just felt bad Because come Friday you'll be gone And there'll be tear drops in my song So just keep on keepin' on and don't turn back Maybe we will reunite on another track

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released August 12, 2022

Written and produced by Bryan Moore
Mastered by BJay Moore

Josephine Moore: cover photo

BJay Moore: guitar on Lascassas, Side Ways, Dig (You Idiot), and Come Friday. Bass on Side Ways and Empty Cup

Evan Hickman: guitar on Empty Cup


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