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MUSIC is Not a GENRE - Phase One

by REC

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Don't Say You Don't 02:45
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Don͛t say you don͛t want this. Code gray is coming after you. Don͛t run, ͚cause you can beat it. No sun will shine the way you do. You͛re afraid that you won͛t make it off. Don͛t be late. Can͛t say there͛s an after. Can͛t live like we did before. Won͛t know about each other. Don͛t go until you open the door. You͛re afraid that you won͛t make it off. Don͛t be late. So bold and getting bolder. No hold from growing older. I know the soldier͛s still in you. You͛re afraid that you won͛t make it off. Don͛t be late. You͛re afraid....
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Final Call 03:27
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No more loneliness. No more heavy sighs. No more angry face. No more long and tortured goodbyes. I͛ve killed them all. No more people. Waiting for the reaper now to make his final call. I͛m no longer there. Haven͛t lived or died. I was never here. I was never by your side. I͛ve killed you all. No more people. Waiting for the reaper now to make his final call.
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I Took One For Me 03:13
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I took one for me.... Open my mouth trying to find a way to rhyme. First I gotta have something to say, but I͛m not thinking straight. I͛m blinking eight times a second ͚cause life is wrecking my mind. Life is wrecking my mind.... I͛m not just a wannabe, I͛m͛a feel it.Music is a part of me and I͛m͛a reveal it. I put it out for the world –I don͛t care if you steal it. Open that sea and let it wreck your mind. Life is wrecking my mind.... Why come and step if you͛re not gonna go for it. Give it all you got or you͛ll get nothing to show for it. Be ready to take every body blow for it. Open yourself and let it wreck your mind. Life is wrecking my mind.... I took one for me....
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I Wanna Be Lonely 03:19
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We shared a kiss beneath the sky of blue. We promised faithfully that we would be true, but now I͛m lonely. I wanna be lonely. If I can͛t have your love, I͛d rather have no love at all. You held me tight, and said I love you so. We kissed goodnight, you͛d never let me go, but now I͛m lonely. I wanna be lonely. If I can͛t have your love, I͛d rather have no love at all. You saw me with another girl. You thought I͛d been untrue. But I was only telling her how much I love you. I wanna be lonely. If I can͛t have your love, I͛d rather have no love at all. Lonely....
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I'll Be Back 03:09
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You know if you break my heart I'll go, but I'll be back again. ͚Cuase I told you once before goodbye, but I came back again. I love you so. I'm the one who wants you. Yes, I'm the one who wants you, oh ho, oh ho. Oh, you could find better things to do than to break my heart again. This time I will try to show that I'm not trying to pretend. I thought that you would realize that if I ran away from you that you would want me too. But I got a big surprise, oh oh, oh ho. Oh, you could find better things to do than to break my heart again. This time I will try to show that I'm not trying to pretend. I wanna go but I hate to leave you. You know I hate to leave you , oh ho, oh ho. Oh, you, if you break my heart I'll go, but I'll be back again. I͛ll be back again.
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Lost Found 04:00
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I͛m running low, strung out and desiccated, hiding in a hole you somehow infiltrated. But I͛ll find a way to escape because I͛d rather be alone with myself then alone with you. Of all the worlds we could have co-created, ours is the worst I͛d have anticipated. So you know I͛ve got to go because I͛d rather be alone with myself than alone with you. I͛d rather choose my own kind of hell than the hell you do. The heart will want what the heart needs. (I͛m the dunce here.) I͛ll always be the one who bleeds. (I͛m the dunce here.) I made a promise I shall keep in my darkest hour. The one I break will make you weep – you can feel my power. Forgive me for what I must do. (Necessary.) ͚Cause I͛d rather be lost in the world than find myself with you. Oh no no. Our ride is done. It͛s all been wasted pavement. When I find the sun, I͛ll turn back this thing I came in. And you know I͛ll make my way because I always find a way.
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No Way Out For Me 04:38
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Oh without you is all I can take. When I͛m beside you, it makes my heart break. I͛ve been sitting here for far too long waiting for your call or text or something. Don͛t look like it͛s gonna happen, so no way out for me. I can͛t blame you for everything, but I͛m going to, ͚cause I want you to feel that sting just like I felt it, baby. I don͛t know what you were thinking of when you shut me down, and why I stuck around. No way out for me. No way out for me.
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Polymath 03:12
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I live in fear of myself. I live in awe of you. My temperament is such that nothing ever gets past me. What͛s a polymath to do? I make bones about everything. Can͛t rest for nothing, can͛t get up until I do. Just when contentment strikes is when the machine starts turning. I live in fear of you. What͛s a polymath to do? You blinked, and your eyes got stuck closed. You think you͛re the only one who knows. You stuck to the things that drag you down. Good luck ever having someone around. What͛s a polymath to do?
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Real Life 04:29
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I used to play my songs by myself in a lonely room. I used to write my words for no one else in the world but you. And now I͛m on my own, not quite sure who to direct them to. But I keep playing on, hoping one of us figures out the truth. ͚Cause it͛s a real life, like it never was before. Well there͛s a fine, fine line between reinvention and apocalypse. I haven͛t had the time to figure out which one of them this is. So on and up I go, putting the pieces of my head in place. And I may never know what is the image of my future face. ͚Cause it͛s a real life, like it never was before. I look to all manner of stuff and things, to keep my mind from grinding and make my heart sing. One hand complying with the watchful eye, and then there͛s one hand defiantly reaching for the sky. If one and one make two, does that mean now I͛m only half of a whole? Why am I asking you, who believes the universe is dark and cold. Yeah I͛ve been on my own, writing words without any ears to know. But I still play my songs, hoping one of us finds the better way to go. ͚Cause it͛s a real life, like it never was before. It͛s a real life.
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Silence of the Disabused 04:40
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I have no preconceptions that have not been disabused. My heartbreak is part of me. It͛s blood and bone and cannot be unfused. And I know I͛ll never be the same. Some silences – they have no name. But bit by bit and breath by breath, with every ounce of strength I͛ve left, I͛m holding on to steady the flame. No one knows how or when mo(u)rning comes and dies again. What we know, what we feel, in the silence of the real. Never be the same..
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Suddenly 03:25
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Suddenly, I feel in love. So deep in love, I can͛t recover. Suddenly you smiled at me. It had to be there is no other. Can͛t explain the reason why I love you. Know that when love came to me, it came so suddenly. Suddenly, I took your hand. You held my hand. No words were spoken. Quietly, we walked alone and talked alone till dawn had broken. Found the words to tell you why I love you. Know that when love came to me, it came so suddenly. In my secret dreams of love, I pictured that first kiss. But my wildest schemes of love never fashioned this. Suddenly, I took your hand. You held my hand. No words were spoken. Quietly, we walked alone and talked alone till dawn had broken. Found the words to tell you why I love you. Know that when love came to me, it came so suddenly.
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The Accumulate 03:55
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You͛re not so far away from the place you used to be, but it feels like eternity. You͛re not sure you got to stay in all the places you had to see. But it͛s too late, they͛re not what they used to be. Something must create this weight. Something must accumulate. And you try to catch the flow, but you can͛t hang on, ͚cause there͛s nothing you really know. Time strikes pathways in your head, like the river carves up the land. And you can repeat everything they said, still there͛s nothing you can understand. The more you try to guess, the more you realize we͛re living in a mess, a fiction in disguise. Something must create this weight. Something must accumulate. And you try to catch the flow, but you can͛t hang on, ͚cause there͛s nothing you really know. Someone͛s calling out your name in a language you don͛t understand. Close your eyes and take their hand. Something must create this weight. Something must accumulate. And you try to catch the flow, but you can͛t hang on, ͚cause there͛s nothing you really know. Time strikes pathways in your head...
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The Garden 03:11
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Oh my love, you wait for me in the garden. The garden is full of people. People don͛t like me and I don͛t like them. Oh my love, you wait for me in the garden. The garden is growing time. Time don͛t like me and I don͛t like it. Oh my love, you wait for me in the garden. The garden is full of people. People don͛t like me and I don͛t like them.The garden is wasting time. Time don͛t like me and I don͛t like it. The garden is growing time. Time don͛t like me and I don͛t like it. Oh my love, you wait for me in the garden. The garden!
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Three More Minutes 02:34
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Three more minutes tick off the clock and you͛re that much closer to checking out forever. Do you ever feel like checking out forever, and it͛s a feeling that just won͛t go away? Well is it possible that you͛re not very clever? There͛s a million ways to go but only one to stay. Take your time. Get it right. Do it now. In the temporary world, there͛s only one conclusion. It͛s an arbitrary fact that you can͛t escape. It͛s natural to want to rush to a solution. But there͛s a singular expression you can shape. Take your time. Get it right. Do it now. Stop the fight. I shouldn͛t do it, but I͛m gonna, ͚cause I wanna. Three more minutes tick off the clock and you͛re that much closer to checking out forever.
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You Make Me Wanna 03:35
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Sometimes when I͛m alone, I get a little crazy, and I need to reach out. ͚Cause my mind – it goes to places it shouldn͛t go, ͚cause you make me ... You make me wanna think about my life. You make me wanna do without my life. You make me wanna think about my life. Oh, don͛t take it all away, no. When I said so long to you, I know that it was the right thing. But now our loving is through, I don͛t know what is happening. You make me want to think about all the things that we never had. You make me want to think about all the times that we were glad to be together. You make me wanna think about my life. You make me wanna do without my life. You make me wanna think about my life. Oh, don͛t take it all away, no. And now I͛m out in the world, I don͛t know how I got to be here. I͛m writing all of the words to show me how I could see clear. You make me want to think about all the things that could have been better. You make me want to think about all the times that we were glad to be together. You make me wanna think about my life. You make me wanna do without my life. You make me wanna think about my life. Oh, don͛t take it all away, no. Together...

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released March 28, 2018

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REC New York, New York

REC is a NYC electro power pop band formed in 2004, emerging from Nick DeMatteo's solo career, and featuring Nick DeMatteo on vocals and writing duties.
Since 1996, Nick & REC have released over a dozen albums/EPs. Nick is also a podcaster for MUSIC is not a GENRE (MxG), actor, voice over artist, director, graphic designer, and writer. Check out REC & MxG merch at the Bonfire link below! ... more

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