Virus's Birthday Demos

by Swan Real

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1.	Sweeten (morning voice demo) 03:07	lyrics
i'm standing in your weird empathy if sound is just changes in air pressure your words sweeten the air you breathe your words sweeten the air you breathe and your words sweeten the air i breathe your words sweeten the air i breathe the things i think i hide come out in my smell and all the particulars that waft off you why do i feel i know them so well why do i feel i know them so well why do i feel i know them so well can i let myself get excited can i let myself want tell me again tell me again that you like the way my nervous mouth dances that one breath could last me the weekend cause i need it most when the time is mine cause i need it most when the time is mine thought i left all that shit back in junior high cause it's the same in my brain same snags same misfires but that first time feeling is here too it's here when i hold you and at least i can laugh this time at least i can laugh this time at least i can laugh this time mercilessly please mercilessly please mercilessly please mercilessly please
2.	Virus's Birthday (handwashing demo) 04:04	lyrics
i'm a free agent i am a spy my body and mind are one and i want to stay alive so i hide most wouldn't call it a mind they call it a mission but even the free-est thinkers hide they get it from me i hide in your throat i hide in your jokes i hide in the names of people who haven't spoke to you for a while i'm a free agent i am a spy my body and mind are one and i want to stay alive so i hide most wouldn't call it a mind they call it a mission but even the hardest thinkers hide they get it from me i hide in your throat i hide in your jokes i hide in the names of friends who haven't spoke to you for a while
3.	Parts & Labor (social distance demo) 06:12	lyrics
i asked for a new life i promised not to waste one second and i got all i prayed for but i got it one piece at a time one piece at a time one piece at a time and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm wearing my bones down and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm growing new bones in i've got a picture in my head of how it should look when it's done oh but the assembly's made to change and all the parts and labor are getting in my vision's way and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm wearing my bones down and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm wearing my bones thin and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm wearing my bones down and piece by piece by piece by piece i'm growing new bones growing new bones what's real and how to behave that's a right i'll take to my grave and do you really believe i'm selfishly in pain guess i'll just have to push you away away - until you don't need me to explain

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released March 20, 2020

backing track on 'Sweeten' is a collaboration between myself and Ash Clayton
everything else was recorded in my home office, which is also where i made the cover art

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Swan Real Brooklyn, New York

Songwriter, Director of Sound for 99% Invisible, Blurry and Intense Transsexual
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Swan Real, Mya Byrne, Jamilah Sandoto, Vi Viana

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