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Half​-​Life

from SYNTECH+ by nostraightanswer

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The B-Side to "Hard-Disk Hide and Seek", which wound up being the song people liked more. Not that I mind!

This song is about being bullied, and having a white knight of sorts there to make you feel better, and becoming dependent on that person. In some ways, that might not be a bad thing, but in others, it definitely can be. I didn't want it to become -obsessed- sounding; I wanted it to sound desperate. Lots of metaphors that involve the mistreatment of the environment, particularly in conditions that necessitate intervention to ensure its survival. A town ignoring a burning tree wouldn't typically happen, but we definitely have ignored the dying environments caused by humankind's impact on climate change, huh?

lyrics

Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently

Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?

Hah, stay still with me

The weather's cold and
The water's freezing
I need support cause
I cannot stand alone

I'm waiting for the day
The sun will shine it's rays
I'm trembling, will you hold my hand
One more time?

They're calling me out
I'm breaking down now
I know I must be
Causing so much grief when viewed

Cutting away from thee
The tears go straight to me
I'm trembling, would
you just leave and let me be

But you came then
My only friend
You saved me from my end

Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently

Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?

Hah, stay still with me

The weather's warm and
I've started burning
The town's alarmed but
Not doing a thing about it

I'm left there in the flames
With not a single gaze
I'm trembling, I've
Really done it now, this time

But you came then
My only friend
And put out the fire that
Had engulfed me

But you came when
I was to end
And almost left again

Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently

Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?

Hah, stay still with me

Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me

Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me

Stay still with me
Stay still with me

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from SYNTECH+, released July 11, 2019
Music, lyrics, tuning: Samuel Robert Blakeslee (nostraightanswer)
Vocal: AVANNA

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nostraightanswer Orlando, Florida

Freelance Electronic Musician by trade.
Vocal synth user by hobby.
Voice provider for Zero-G Ltd's VOCALOID4 Library, DEX. www.zero-g.co.uk/store/vocaloid4-dex-p544.php

Most well known for "Define Me". youtu.be/czHGGKr1aCQ

Notable for the quality of his VOCALOID tuning, particularly with English VOCALOID libraries, as well as musical and lyrical composition.
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