demo no68: 'stop the ride' (Patreon)

HEY GANG. here is your November demo! 

some of u may remember this one from a while back - I've always liked it and wanted another go. I didn't change it much, just experimented w some new sounds and added a verse. I still haven't quite cracked this (especially the mix of this demo - I'll most likely upload this w a new mix in the next few days so bear with me!) but all that aside there's something about this song I keep coming back to, especially when I'm feeling overwhelmed by the world in some way. even if I'm overwhelmed by it all for a new reason..

I'd love to know what you think! I love you secret demo club

lyrics: 

smile!

smile for the camera

feels good pretending

that you’re not on fire

smile! smile for your parents

they wouldn’t get it

now walk the wire and smile

STOP THE RIDE I wanna get off!

Pause and play it in reverse

i can’t watch it get any worse

I turned the lights off, cried in the shower

thinking of all of the people in power

why do they smile like a comic book villain?

i guess you would if your team’s always winning

looked at the sky, god I feel rough

I blinked and I missed all of this growing up?

Were things always like this but I didn’t notice?

now all the bad comes into focus

STOP THE RIDE I wanna get off

Pause and play it in reverse

i can’t watch it get any worse

Dreams

I used to have dreams

Where I could be anything

Like a bird flying over the sea

Now I’m checked out completely

And you cannot reach me if you are beneath me

I’m high as a kite, the more that I write

The more that I know, the more I feel sick

Someone stop the ride

I wanna get off

Pause and play it in reverse

i can’t watch it get any worse