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I grew up on Giorgio
Thanks to my dad's love of disco
So I'll always be a lover
Of synthesizers
But I also grew up on Fatwreck
And love me some skatepunk
Nothing will ever beat
That feeling of the moshpit
So I had an idea
I wanted a merger
It sounded simple enough
To mix synthwave and punk
How do you Palm mute a synth?
Can you do hardcore with waveforms?
How do you make punks pit
With a free moog plug-in?
How do you make outrun electro,
When you're just an old punk from '94?
Can you even circle pit
To some dark synth?
I grew up on nine inch nails
And 90s industrial
So I'll always be a lover
Of synthesizers
But I also grew up on Lagwagon
And love me some bracket
Nothing will ever beat
That feeling of the mosh pit
So I had an idea
I wanted a merger
It sounded simple enough
To mix synthwave and punk
How do you Palm mute a synth?
Can you do hardcore with waveforms?
How do you make punks pit
With a free Moog plug-in?
How do you make outrun electro,
When you're just an old punk from '94?
Can you even circle pit
To some dark synth?
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Let's Talk
03:18
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Let's talk about life
Let's talk about strife
Let's talk about all the things
That hurt you in highschool
Let's talk about mom
Let's talk about dad
Let's talk about the bullies
That punked you when they were mad
Sure these things
Can drag you down
Make you feel
Like you're going to drown
If you take one single thing
From any of my words
Believe me when I say
Before life can get better
It gonna get worse
But you've got this
Don't give in
Believe in the Me
Who believes in you
This isn't the end
I promise you, my friend
Just like fine wine
Life gets better with time
Let's talk about hate
Let's talk about unrequited love
Let's talk about all the feelings
That leave you so confused
Let's talk about songs
Let's talk about shows
Let's talk about all the anime
That broke your heart and soul
Sure these things
Can drag you down
Make you feel
Like you're going to drown
If you take one single thing
From any of my words
Believe me when I say
Before life can get better
It gonna get worse
But you've got this
Don't give in
Believe in the Me
Who believes in you
This isn't the end
I promise you, my friend
Just like fine wine
Life gets better with time
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Inconsequential
03:00
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But I couldn't bring myself to
I feel like I was taken on a ride so huge
I cry over you every day
I drink over you every other day
You were the one, realized not
I feel I was treated as only a friend
Because despite what we want to believe
We have shallow likes and dislikes
Part of my heart has died
I don't give a crap about anything anymore
Most days I lie here
Hoping I never wake up
You say you want to
fight for our friendship
Is it even worth it?
Am I worth the time?
I was like the lover
You didn't have to love
Maybe that's the catch,
I don't know, I don't know
All I know is every day
I see you, think of you
Miss you, want you,
And crave you, is a day I die a little more
I really don't know what to say
I love you more than anyone could fathom
More than any lover you could love
You can't even deny it
It was honest, unlustful love
Love so pure the poets would be envious
But that wasn't good enough
I guess I'm out, I quit
I just can't keep up
I can't sit here loving u so hard
While being pushed away so hard
You tell me, you want me around
But your actions
give off the impression
I could have been anyone
I was inconsequential.
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Not Like The Other Girls
02:18
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This girl has my attention
She’s not like girls I know
She’s not trying to come up
She’s not some big city slut
This girl makes my heart race
She’s down with all my nerdy crap
I hear she loves to cosplay
How cool is that? How cool is that?!
She’s not like the other girls
She rocks my whole world
She’s not like the other girls
She’s totally outta this world
This girl has my heart running laps
She’s got it’s dungeon maps
She plays games like mass effect
I’ve got some mass she can affect
This girl is instant win
I wish she lived on my street
So hot like a volcano princess
She’s everything I could need
She’s not like the other girls
She rocks my whole world
She’s not like the other girls
She’s totally outta this world
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Can't Stay The Same
02:42
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Why can't you
Get it through your head
I'm not the same
Fool you used to know
I'm not getting gackt
All night long
I'm not getting drunk
From the crack of dawn
I'm not the lech
Who who had no tact
I'm not that jerk
Who lived to chase skirts
I'm not the wreck
Ruining people's lives
I'm not the idiot
Putting my life on the line
People change
We can't all stay the same
Some of us actually learn
From all our mistakes
We can't all be like you
Stubborn as a mule
Refusing to improve
And staying the same
Can't Stay the same!
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Arcade Destiny Anaheim, California
I'm just a dude making his own punk influenced synthwave / electronic music. Heavily influenced by the good old 90s punk
sound( NoFx, No use for a name, propagandhi, mxpx, face to face, etc.,) and Synthwave acts like hubrid, cluster buster, and Perturbator.
(Formerly known as the GhostDrive)
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