Inching (Improv No. 23)

by Mad Gleams

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1.
I Try to be There for Myself 08:18
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I try to be there for myself I try to be there I try to be there for myself I try to be there not easy I didn't have an awful lot of tools who would I have got the tools from you I thought I saw the moon I thought I saw the moon I thought I saw the moon but I I spoke too soon I spoke too soon not afraid to hang my picture not afraid of what you'll say that doesn't mean I know how to face each day the enemy is within and so there is no medicine you could take I'm not gonna make that mistake why do you suppose we try yeah why do you suppose we try let ourselves get away with murder every single day why do we try waitin' for the answer like at the end of a film no matter how many years go by you'll still be waitin' waitin' on him I wanted to tell the truth but what what could I do I know I'm no better no better than than any of you so I'll stare at a screen and admit that I am weak and all the trouble I have seen will wash over me until I am clean until I am clean until I am clean till I am clean clean nah nah nah nah nah nah nah ooh ah ooh ooh ooh ah ah ah ooh ooh ooh ah ah ah ah
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Fixing Your Hair 04:07
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tried to convince 'em that you didn't care but you spend every minute fixin' your hair fixin' your hair fixin' your hair when are you gonna start you said you were feelin' smart when are you gonna die I'm waitin' I'm waitin' I'm waitin' for you to open your eyes you said you saw the mist you said you saw the dew don't cha know I can see right through you right through you we hold it till it stops then we wait for the next turn I know I'm not special but I'm starting to learn when I am alone you're always there with me I don't pretend to fully understand the mystery inside of me what did you say? what did you say? what did you say c'mon now c'mon now I am listening I am listening
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I Remember My Dreams 07:07
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I remember my dreams my basement dreams you were there with me ah ah ah ah oh somethin' got stuck in my mind someone's voice got stuck in my mind hard to believe you could get it right the first time hard to believe you could get it right the first time and spend your whole life learnin' how to fuck it up the instinct is strong it can take you apart then you're down for the count fall into the mirror becoming an actor for all the other people here all the other people here well I should have learned when I was young tryin' to please you not somethin' I ever should have done oh people they can fuck you up I lost the connection thought I was alone now I'm singin' mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
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Before My Coffee 03:01
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I shoulda known ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh I shoulda known ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh those words have taken more than I care to tell you before I've had my coffee I have committed so many unforgivable offenses to myself I don't know how to make peace ooh hoo ooh ooh ooh hoo hoo ooh ohh ohh ooh
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No One Wants You To Succeed 04:51
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everybody loves a surrogate success but they sure as hell don't wanna do it for themselves if you got a good thing goin' might want to keep it to yourself (whistling) nobody wants you nobody wants you nobody wants you to live your best life in my experience there is no growth mindset that is carried by the rest of them you're gonna have to go it you're gonna have to go it you're gonna have to go it alone I'd like to say I've got your back but there's some problems concerning that I don't know you but I love you like to tell you you can do anything that's possible for you to do but I can't help you ooh ooh ooh ooh (whistling) I thought at last I had it all fuckin' figured out but it's amazing how you can fill yourself right up with self doubt and no one'll help you no one can help you ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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You’re Really Full of Shit 03:07
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thought thought thought thought thought thought thought thought about it thought thought thought thought thought thought thought thought about it came to a conclusion came to a conclusion you're really full of shit thought thought thought thought thought thought thought thought about it came to a conclusion came to a conclusion you're really full of shit
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I’m Lost Without You 04:41
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I forgot the most important thing that I ever knew I tried to make an enemy out of you and what did I think would go down what did I think I'm lost without you lost without you I don't know what to do I'm lost I'm lost with you I forgot what I was doin' here I forgot what I said all this voices in my head the writing on the wall I forgot it all I'm lost without you I'm lost without you I don't know I don't know I don't know I don'w know what to do I'm lost without you I'm lost without you
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Inching 04:59
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you don't have to do this you don't have to fight you don't have to do this blow it up and lay awake all night you know there's a hole you know there's a sign you know you only goin' to leave yourself behind but still you do it every time still you do it every time how human how predictable how human how miserable how cruel you don't have to do it you don't have to try to get high to hold it up it's never it's never enough oh oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh you've got you got you got you got you got all you need you got you got you got you got you got all you need you got you got you got you got you got all you need you got you got you got you got you got all you need to put another in slowly but surely you're comin' up out of this
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Sing It Loud 05:16
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I betrayed you I know I did I put you away a lost little kid how can I go on without myself you're a part of me the best part sing it loud so I can hear sing it loud so I can hear sing it loud so I can hear you eatin' your words I was thinkin' about the last try how could I how could I become so concerned with the simulation oh oh oh oh oh no sing it loud so I can hear sing it loud sing it loud so I can hear it sick of all your bullshit forgive me forgive me forgive me and you'll see you'll see I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna change
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WTF 06:00
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is it true what they say is it true livin' for others is the only way through is it true what they say is it true you do what you can to get to get through that's all that you do I'm pretty stupid I'm pretty smart I think this way a livin' is tearin' me apart I don't miss you I don't miss you I don't miss you why would I? I'm startin' to think this is really all I can take of this right now what the fuck?!? what the fuck?!? I see it hurtin' my friends I see it hurtin' you what did they expect me to do I want to punch a hole in the earth and... this the last minute

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I would like to tell you about how I made this album:

This album was recorded in May and June 2021.

I wrote the songs as I was performing them. When I got stuck I would start over or punch in where I gave up. All overdubs were done in as few takes as possible.

I call it an "improv album."

I hope it can be of use to you.

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released July 16, 2021

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