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my brain, your brain

from Posers by Big Adult

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This is a song about how playing music is a silly and futile attempt to communicate when traditional language fails. Also it is about how important making the attempt is, because sometimes it works and to feel understood by other people is really great and worth doing a ton of work for. If you watch people play music together and think it looks fun you are right and you should start a band if you haven't already. I have a bass you can borrow.

lyrics

My brain is in my head
your brain is in your head
and in between there's bone and muscle and skin,
air, skin, muscle, and bone again.
So I resort
to science fiction, metaphors, and clumsy words
strewn on top of power chords
because these are the tools I've come to know.
These are the tools I've come to know.
I wish communication were clearer
so i could show you just what I mean.
Put a flashlight in one ear
and project my brain onto a screen.
You would see a sea foam green
off brand stratocaster that I bought on ebay.
In a feeble attempt to seem like an individual
I took myself apart ad spray painted my chest hot pink.
My strings go out of tune
with changes in the weather,
but I've got some friends and I'm grateful for them
cuz they'll take the time to set me right again.
I wish I had technology
so I could show you just what I mean
neurological USB to connect and replicate the state of my machine.
You would be a cymbal stand
bought off a guy on craigslist
with parts misplaced in a practice space
and replaced with a broken drum stick
You can hold a cymbal just fine,
You can hold a symbol just fine
You can hold a cymbal just fine
when I need some support and find myself short on dimes.
So we're doing our best
just to stay in tune
spending most of our time
in dark humid rooms.

credits

from Posers, released April 20, 2019
Written and performed by Big Adult.
Danny sang, played bass and guitars
Brent Played synthesizers and hand percussion
Mike played drum set
Recorded by Danny in his attic
mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.

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Big Adult Columbus, Ohio

Danny Lemmon, Mike Dawl, and Brent Lawson play bass, drums, and synthesizers together every week. They derive much pleasure from these interactions.

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