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When I turn on the radio
What else is there but the news and blues
Feeling stuck on my tippy toes
No, I don't dare to drop any clues, oh no no
Giving up when it gets too rough
I don't know, but I've had enough
Everybody else sure feels the same but when I'm
Listening to my favorite song
I can't help but to sing along
Even though it feels so out of place
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
When I turn on a TV show
Nobody cares, like we all used to
Keeping touch with the folk we know
Just doesn't feel right when we're not next to them
No no no
Putting up with the way things are
Can't sit still, hopping in our cars
Even though the roads are kinda closed
It's for our own good, though
Not everything is comforting, so
Anything's enough
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
And yet we still see the sun
On the horizon
The pressure, the measures
The fear that we won't last long
Won't last long
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning
Till the world stops burning
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When I turn on the radio
What else is there but the news and blues
Feeling stuck on my tippy toes
No, I don't dare to drop any clues, oh no no
Giving up when it gets too rough
I don't know, but I've had enough
Everybody else sure feels the same but when I'm
Listening to my favorite song
I can't help but to sing along
Even though it feels so out of place
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
When I turn on a TV show
Nobody cares, like we all used to
Keeping touch with the folk we know
Just doesn't feel right when we're not next to them
No no no
Putting up with the way things are
Can't sit still, hopping in our cars
Even though the roads are kinda closed
It's for our own good, though
Not everything is comforting, so
Anything's enough
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
And yet we still see the sun
On the horizon
The pressure, the measures
The fear that we won't last long
Won't last long
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning
Till the world stops burning
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When I turn on the radio
What else is there but the news and blues
Feeling stuck on my tippy toes
No, I don't dare to drop any clues, oh no no
Giving up when it gets too rough
I don't know, but I've had enough
Everybody else sure feels the same but when I'm
Listening to my favorite song
I can't help but to sing along
Even though it feels so out of place
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
When I turn on a TV show
Nobody cares, like we all used to
Keeping touch with the folk we know
Just doesn't feel right when we're not next to them
No no no
Putting up with the way things are
Can't sit still, hopping in our cars
Even though the roads are kinda closed
It's for our own good, though
Not everything is comforting, so
Anything's enough
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
And yet we still see the sun
On the horizon
The pressure, the measures
The fear that we won't last long
Won't last long
We started at the top
And now we've hit rock bottom
Problems we got, but dunno how to solve 'em
Stop, before we get lost
I'd rather keep tossing and turning
Till the world stops burning
But still watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning, y'know
So keep watching and learning
Till the world stops burning
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"Till the World Stops Burning" is the result of a livestream where I just created on a whim. The result: a song about the state of the world in the face of COVID-19. It laments the mundane aspects of the situation, but also acknowledges that some things that haven't quite changed. Ultimately: it's not quite worth feeling hopeless, even if the goal isn't quite in sight yet.
released April 13, 2020
Music, lyrics, illustration: Samuel Robert Blakeslee (nostraightanswer)
Vocal: nostraightanswer (1), Luka Megurine (2)
Tuning: Circus-P (2)
Thank you to my supporters on Patreon. Without you, none of this is possible.
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