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In The Game

by Dan Singer Songwriter

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1.
In Advance 02:56
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Picture everything With wedding bells in memories Inside I see my effigy It’s eating me and everything And I don’t know how to escape I still believe I’m better off Today I’ll start a book I haven’t read one in a year My greatest fear is that I’ll be Involuntarily a beast And I won’t know how to restrain The thought of it is sickening If I can’t feel your pain I apologize in advance for being Unempathetic So self-indulgent There’s a way that losing touch is so appealing But I can’t afford to blow it in the end Go lay out my flaws With vomit stains along the walls I cannot speak, I barely breathe I am a ghost I’m out of reach And I don’t know if I’m awake Tell me if there’s anything Redeeming to be saved I apologize in advance for being Unempathetic So self-indulgent There’s a way that losing touch is so appealing But I can’t afford to blow it in the end
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Cloud 03:36
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Rooftops are all underwater The world stops and everyone's trying to be In on the irony Holding the misery of machines We see the angels are starting to cry So we go inside Sit around on a cloud all day Words are useless, what more can we say? Footsteps are kissing the balcony Rejects discover a new sign of life On the other side Feeling the weight of a hand on a body The engine runs delicately I can hear you breathe What's the point of a fool who doesn't know how to dance? When his feet stop shaking maybe he'll understand Sit around on a cloud all day Words are useless, what more can we say? Wake me up and throw me aside Tell me now before I'm alive Wake me up and throw me aside Tell me now before I'm alive What's the point of a fool who doesn't know how to dance? When his feet stop shaking maybe he'll understand Sit around on a cloud all day Words are useless, what more can we say?
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Mental Film Festival 03:23
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Insatiable appetite for validation I am 13...no I'm 21 Still eating the same shit for the past 10 years Still trying to shock you with the way I run my mouth I try too hard, but I only go so far Waiting to disconnect from the celebration And then it's starting up again I really wanna get a paying job and find productive things to do I really wanna smoke another bowl and glow under the stars with you So tell me how I'm buying into everything I hate And my perception of reality is clouded and distorted all the time I open up my eyes and get the feeling that my room is colder I really wanna get a beat-up car and drive down the coast next June I really wanna lose my hair someday and make some mistakes with you Insatiable appetite for deprecation I am biting my nails as we speak Still hoping my diet doesn't kill me I'm never as shocking as the movies in my head I try too hard, but I only go so far Hoping to disconnect from the celebration And then it's starting up again I really wanna lose my hair someday and make some mistakes with you
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Snapple In Cheerios 04:12
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"Summerteeth" is on and I’m catatonic Stillness of the afternoon Well at least I feel something Well at least I found something to do People at the party are taking pictures Document their liver wounds With a nervous expression I can’t stop looking around the room I’m not even prepared When you ask me if I’ll stay awhile I’m not meant to be there In the windows of your evening smile In the windows of your evening smile If there’s a surge down my neck I wanna let you feel it too Staring sideways, hoping for bright light Endless buffering into sunrise Put me back in motion, tell me anything Dammit I'm a cynical mess And I won't call this another wasted day Where I live in my opinions I know it will be worth the wait I’m not even prepared When you ask me if I’ll stay awhile I’m not meant to be there In the windows of your evening smile In the windows of your evening smile If there’s a surge down my neck I wanna let you feel it too Staring sideways hoping for bright light Endless buffering into sunrise Put me back in motion, tell me anything If there's a surge down my neck If there's a surge down my neck If there's a surge down my neck I hope you feel it too
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Maryland Weather 03:19
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I won't apologize for being paranoid I would do anything to lose some sleep over you Drifting away to the sound of delusion Drifting away in my car, on the street By the place where you first said you wanted me I won't get caught up in expectation I start to shiver when you feel like talking back Will you talk back? Drifting away to the sound of delusion Drifting away in my car, on the street By the place where you first said you wanted me
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Jason Sudeikis 02:24
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I saw a movie and I really don't care if you know I would've told you if it was that memorable It had a guy on the screen who was smiling I wasn't smiling 'cuz the movie sucked but it starred Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams I had a dream that Jason and I were at the beach He had a six-pack and everyone was staring at him I've got big thoughts in this tiny head of mine And most of them have something to do with Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams I think I'm giving up It wasn't meant to be I'm just a silly boy, and you're a silly girl And he's an overpaid actor Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis, the man of my dreams
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In The Game 02:07
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If every satellite came crashing down I'd pack up all my things and bring them to your house We'll light a match and lift our glasses to the sky Among the fireworks, a perfect way to die And if I have to stray from morbid themes I'll get a transplant so you're always in my dreams The operation shoots a rush into my brain The floor is filled with blood but everything's OK With you...the way I'm feeling Is nothing to reason I wanna step outside and throw the ball and make the touchdown And if I have to make myself more clear I'll one-up van Gogh and cut off both of my ears We'll be in shock when all the stars come out at night The air is thinning I am never more alive With you...the way I'm feeling Is nothing to reason I wanna step outside and throw the ball and make the touchdown
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Short Talk On Knowledge 03:09
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Fingers keep flinching Words disagree But I’d really really like to know ya Yeah I’d really really like to know ya Magnets in eyelids Lifting the sea But I’d really really like to know ya And I’d really really like to tell you Something good and something sweet In a hopeful stream of consciousness now I’m falling asleep I will do my best to make sense in the morning Some days I'm deep inside my head And I'm as scared as I am bored I miss the coffee on your breath It stains the air when I'm alone Midnight is silent All things at ease But I’d really really like to know ya Yeah I’d really really like to know ya Eyelids are filled with Weight that we need But I’d really really like to know ya And I’d really really like to tell you Something good and something sweet In a hopeful stream of consciousness now I’m falling asleep I will do my best to make sense in the morning Some days I'm deep inside my head And I'm as scared as I am bored I miss the coffee on your breath It stains the air when I'm alone

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All songs written and performed by Dan Singer. Recorded during Summer 2014 in Laptop, Maryland. Mixed again and mastered in Dan's bedroom in Spring 2015.

Special thanks to Morgan Fecto, Dean Essner, Shri Tanna, Binky, Aphids (RIP), Brian Wilson, Steve Jobs, Lindsay Lohan and everyone at WMUC. Thanks to my dad for, eight years ago, buying me an audio interface that was used to record this album, and thanks to my mom for liking all of my Facebook posts. Thanks to everyone who's listened and who continues to inspire me to make music.

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released August 28, 2014

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Dan Singer Songwriter Washington, D.C.

My name is Dan. I should probably eat more vegetables. These songs are not about vegetables.

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