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The Fortnighter
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by Matthew Gehrett
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The Great Communicator
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Do You Follow
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Cassandra
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Mon Bon Gâteau
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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A Song Like That
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- about
- This is an album in progress. I'm recording one song at a time, releasing a new one every two weeks. You can hear the songs progress throughout the fortnight (get it?) at my website: www.matthewgehrett.com.
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released 13 February 2010
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Feb 2010 -
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- Track Name: The Great Communicator
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Words land like an albatross
Tumbling to the ground
When you come around
You spew your nonsense
Creating a vacuum
Sucking meaning from the room
While we all struggle to breathe
I must be honest
I don't what you are saying
Most of the time
I must be honest
I don't know why you are talking
Most of the time
Your tortured rhetoric
Could clear an empty hall
And we stand, in a deathly pall
We wait on all of
Your blustery turns of phrase
Wishing we could turn away
You're a train wreck with a voice
I must be honest
I don't what you are saying
Most of the time
I must be honest
I don't know why you are talking
Most of the time
We all should take a moment
To get to know the other
Other point of view
But your arguments, we notice,
Are punctured like a lattice,
So forgive me if I ignore you - Track Name: Do You Follow
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This is my ironic doo-wop song
Everybody wants to sing along
I could light a candle with my tongue
You would eat my fire and scorch your lung
This is not the recommended course of action
This is your new hipster manifesto
We all swear to swear off eating pesto
If it makes no sense, it's for the best
O, we much more clever than the rest
O, this is not the recommended course of action
This is snarky meta-commentary
It's self-referential drivel barely held together with a
Vaguely elementary-school rhyme scheme
And a half-diminished flat-five thrown in just to make sound unsettling
This is not the recommended course of action
This is not the meaning I intended at all
It's ironically ironic, do you follow? - Track Name: Don't Buy a Pitchfork from a Man in a Suit
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Where'd you find the magic pill
to put a mouth on each side of your head?
Where'd you learn to lie like that?
Where even you can believe what you just said?
Your trade in disinformation
Is lucrative now, I'm sure
Is that your motivation
For building up a nation
Of frightened, angry pawns in a culture war?
How'd you get this mule-headed obstruction
To look like a righteous stand?
What comes after the brainless
revolution, or do you not have a plan?
Let's say you win the election
Your puppet president taking her cues
Your shadowy apparition
Stomping out sedition
While the citizens are blissfully confused
What you expect to be the outcome
Of all this wizardry?
A gorgeous, swollen bank account,
And straight to hell with everyone like me
My only crime is hoping for some sanity
From those who dare to lead
It's much too much to ask for but
I'd also love if everybody else could learn to think! - Track Name: Cassandra
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You’re always acting like you know
What’s going to happen
You don’t convince me at all
You’re no ecstatic
I’m telling you, it all will turn out fine
It’s no big deal now
Follow me, we’ll leave this all behind
When we disappear
Cassandra, I don’t believe you
Could you be more optimistic
Cassandra
You always expect the worst
How can you live like this?
It’s not like you were ever cursed
This ain’t no tragedy
And if it were, you’re safe here with me
I’ll be your hero
Close your eyes and think of what you’ll see
When we make it home
Cassandra, I don’t believe you
Could you be more optimistic
Cassandra
Cassandra, I’ll have to leave you
If you stay so pessimistic
Cassandra
It’s not the end of everything
So have a seat, take a breath, calm down
I’m just taking you to meet my wife
Cassandra, I don’t believe you
Could you be more optimistic
Cassandra
Cassandra, I’ll have to leave you
If you stay so pessimistic
Cassandra - Track Name: Every Time I Look Beside Me
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Every time I look down
It seems like things are slipping
Like a pan of silt and gold
That's working backwards
And every precious thing that
I was certain that I had in hand is gone
It's gone it's gone
It's been swept down the stream
And every time I look up
I wonder why the sky is sinking down
So low so low like the fabric
From the roof inside an old car
Keeps falling on your eyes
But still you drive
You drive you drive
My don't the stars seem near?
But every time I look beside me
I feel a perfect calm
I'll never be alone
Every time I look beside me
I'll see you standing there
I'll never have a care
Every time I look behind me
I fear a hand will grab me
Pull me back, I'm back, I'm back
Like I've been dreaming
Everything I have accomplished
And I'm stuck here feeling very small,
I'm small, so small
Every time I look ahead I
Feel like doubt has built a wall
So tall, and wide, and deep
I can't get past it
But what would be the harm in
Leaning up against this wall
And falling fast asleep
I'll spend my days here
But every time I look beside me
I feel a perfect calm
I'll never be alone
Every time I look beside me
I'll see you standing there
I'll never have a care - Track Name: Mon Bon Gâteau
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Mon bon gâteau
Dans les Champs Élysées
Mange un croissant
Et siffle en français!
Mon bon château
Dans les Alpes françaises
Boit du champagne
Et siffle en français!
Mon bon bâteau
Dans la bain français
Fait un petit pain baguette
Et siffle en français! - Track Name: Keep Calm and Carry On
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Why are the sirens so loud and
Why are you screaming?
I've never seen such a look of
Panic etched on someone's face
There must be something wrong
Why are the planes overhead and
What are they dropping?
I guess discussions broke down
And now we learn that they would rather not discuss much more.
I just don't know how the world works anymore
So I sure hope you can give me a clue
Or two about what we should do when things get out of hand
Why are the shadows so long and
Why aren't they moving?
It's like the sun touched the earth
And everyone is standing still or lying in repose
Everything seems to be slowly simmering
Scanning the scene it's beginning to dawn on me
Circumstances might have gotten slightly out of hand
What was the reason for this and
Where am I running?
I've no destination in mind
But as the miles fly underfoot
I feel a sweet release
My boy scout guide never mentioned "apocalypse"
Shit's gone awry; I don't think I can handle it
I'll just find a place to hide while things are out of hand - Track Name: A Song Like That
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I can write a song like that
Where everything is straightforward and flat
Built for radio
It's a simple formula
Just pick four of your favorite chords
And play them in a row
The bass line should follow the guitar
Don't make the part too hard
Cuz your friend sucks at bass guitar
You should break it down here
This is where you launch into
The chorus
Hold notes for a long time in
The chorus
Make it easy to sing along to
The chorus
Abrupt break
Relate a simple narrative
Sing it with an overly affected voice
Sound like you're hurt
Random shifts in dynamics
Background singers half-screaming along
Then you revert
Break it down a little different
But you still launch into
The chorus
Hold notes for a long time in
The chorus
Make it easy to sing along to
The chorus
Crappy solo
Modulate then launch into
The chorus
This is your last chance to sell
The chorus
Make it a bit different here
The chorus
If they're not crying by now you'll never sell a copy
The chorus - Track Name: Stuck on You (The Ballad of Cryptopsaras Couesi)
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I don't want to make you worry
Say too much and watch you scurry off
Here's the problem I am facing
I saw you, now my heart's racing
Faster than it's ever raced before
And I don't know who you are
You don't know how important you've suddenly become to me
I don't know how to play this, so I'll approach you carefully
Would it be so bad if I just followed you for awhile
With enough observation I could see what makes you smile
You wouldn't want to see me suffer
I'm a calm and patient lover, oh (aren't we all?)
So put yourself in my position
You've got me hooked like I'm a fish and
Everywhere you go I'm dragged along
You're mighty strong
Now, well, I'm a hollow shell of what I used to be
I don't think being near you is nearly worth the atrophy
I guess I am stuck here, I can't seem to pull away
I'll just float beside you, while our love makes me decay