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averi island*

by compsigh

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1.
rest, rest, rest in paradise love, i love the way you dyed your hair you make me feel so warm i feel so warm this is so cliche to say i love the way you enunciate you pronounce my name and feel so elated and watch me drown in a river of grass next to my old school the field next to my old school ridin speed of light and there is no stopping me right now ridin to the light my heart is stopping no one now drank so much iced tea got caught up in cliches caused so much trouble and got caught up in loose ends i’m satisfied with you we’re unsatisfied with life heartbreak and so much drama liked girls and now i don’t wanna ignore you any longer love strings and our stolen fathers washed up graves and listerine sang those songs, what you meant to me hey! i like you a whole lot more than i liked the other ones
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averi island 04:26
love, love, love oh, oh love, love, love oh, oh me and you on a boat open ocean for miles going to a resort, on our way to the isles dreams of sunlight and hugs you're glowing, my kind of bug see my heart in the waves calm sailing, don't lead astray we texted for hours, and hours, and hours played you my favourite songs we texted for hours, and hours, and hours showed me your favourite songs four am, can’t go to bed yet maybe just one more song good morning i woke up crying tell me about your dreams about your dreams about your dreams about your dreams about your dreams about your dreams about your dreams avery island, i call a home, no more this ship is sinking, we’ll never make it to the shore and it feels like dreams are dying, i used to love you, i still love you and it feels like suffocating, you tore me down, you tore me down woke up, my heart aches (jesus!) it comes, goes in waves woke up, my heart aches in waves superscript, superficial love, artificial love, falling out of love running this, snow had finally melted, this shit sinking now, this ship is sinking now superscript, superficial love, artificial love, falling out of love running this, snow had finally melted, this shit sinking now, this ship is sinking now we texted for hours, and hours, and hours played you my favourite songs we texted for hours, and hours, and hours showed me your favourite songs four am, can’t go to bed yet maybe just one more song good morning i woke up crying tell me about your dreams you’re heart strung, yeah you’re about your dreams you’re drowning me out about your dreams you’re heart strung, yeah you’re about your dreams you’re drowning me out about your dreams you’re heart strung, yeah you’re about your dreams you’re drowning me out about your dreams you’re heart strung, yeah you’re about your dreams you’re drowning me out don’t cut me off, you’re cutting me off you’re cutting me off
3.
i woke up beating on the shore our ship hit the truth or something, i don’t know cassini died for something that night she gave it all away must be nice to be respected, hope saturn treats her well cold hands hold me close to you and you broke me to pieces, it wasn't on purpose but you tore me apart ignorance is bliss ignorance is bliss ignorance is bliss ignorance is bliss white lies the light hurts my eyes white lies the light hurts my eyes have fun the island’s still here we can go the beaches and drink til we see each other in the moonlight living life, a gaslight what happened last night? did i ask you out? no i don’t think so nothing really happened let’s split up i don’t wanna be friends get drunk and text me you drove me crazy but now i don’t love you and i don’t wanna talk! to you anymore just get out and lock the door could care less about texts ignored and i don’t wanna sing! about you anyways you got me feeling dazed gas station ice cream and i fucking lied about! not wanting to be friends i want a lot more and we can have more but this is the best that i can do!
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and michael 02:42
i'm sick and tired sick and tired of all the mess you made (mess you made, yeah) i'm fucking tired fucking tired of writing songs about you (songs about you, yeah) and maybe in another life if i wasn't seventeen we could be more than we are, we could be fantasy (big crush, bigger dreams) and maybe in another life i never peaked in high school i kept on making music chased my dreams over college (step all over me) broken heart, broken heart back to my studio, don't stop use it up, use it up at least let me finish the rest of this song inspire me, inspire me break me down to let me breathe don't let up, don't let up verses are finished so write me the chorus so cover me in bass smother me in hi hats look me in the face tell me where i fucked up only seventeen tryna get my luck up your faces form my phases tell me what should i have done? your faces from my phases your faces from my phases your faces from my phases (not just a small crush) your faces from my phases (not just a small crush) you're not in the mood for songs i write you anymore i won't play you songs (not just a small crush) i won't play you songs (not just a small crush) you're not in the mood to text me back anymore i won't text you first (not just a small crush) i won't text you first (not just a small crush) don't tell me where i fucked up, don't don't text me when you're feeling bored, don't don't write me, don't don't write me letters, (email) don't test me, don't don't pop up on my mind like broken heart, broken heart back to my studio, don't stop use it up, use it up at least let me finish the rest of this song inspire me, inspire me break me down to let me breathe don't let up, don't let up verses are finished so write me the chorus your faces form my phrases you're my basis for this project write me a song and don't sing along write me a song and don't sing along
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hey michael 02:14
hey michael you and i are one hey michael you and i are one again and you can’t tell me what i’m doing wrong when you act the way you do when you crossed me again, and again oh god i’m losing my grip and god i sunk another ship another one michael hey michael will you remember us, us hey michael hey michael will you remember me tomorrow and michael oh michael i will always love you and michael hey michael i want you to know i loved you all the same even if you never felt the same
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take your phone and set it down i said take your phone and throw it in the lake take your phone and set it down i said take your phone and throw it in the lake writing songs after we talk so obsessed with internet culture text me instead of talking text me instead of talking to me oh what a wonderful day to spend inside what bright sunny to spend trapped in my room oh how many days until we finally break through? oh how many days until i finally admit how i'm a mess without him oh i'm a mess without you i learned to cut my own hair i learned to cut my hair myself oh you're a mess without him you'll be a mess without me don't spend your life moving on you've got better things to do you're in the clouds right now you're in the clouds right now you're in the clouds right now you're, you're, you're, you're you're you're in the clouds right now you're in the clouds right now you're in the clouds right now you're, you're, you're, you're you're roll back the timeline this internet culture discord calls, i'm a vulture for you please just come here and hold me this internet netscape dislocating my head-space i'm losing control please just make me so famous these internet notions losing track of the ocean of goals please just keep checking on me this internet pentyl is fucking my mental for good (and then i'll admit) how i'm a mess without him oh i'm a mess without you i learned to cut my own hair i learned to cut my hair myself oh you're a mess without him you'll be a mess without me don't spend your life moving on you've got better things to do we're just watching the birds through my bedroom window sometimes i wish i could fly half empty bottles of wasted youth so much time spent up in this room sometimes i wish i had friends who loved me the way that you once did i've been crying since last tuesday writings songs about you all day shooting stars, no sleep till brooklyn the bridge is burning all day light me on fire paint me a liar light me on fire paint me a liar so i will cut my own hair i don't need discord calls for now writing songs after we talk so upset with internet culture text me instead of talking text me instead of talking to me oh what a wonderful day to spend in my room oh what what a wonderful day i think i'll spend it alone oh what a wonderful day to spend in my room what what a wonderful day i think i'll spend it alone shit
7.
crawling out of bed woke up late again everyday is hard now everyday is sharp now this island is no fun anymore (so much netflix) we don’t talk much anymore but maybe we should talk some more or feel so fucking tired fucking tired feel so fucking tired fucking tired i feel sick, my heads is hot, my face is red oh cold shoulders, its five pm, i’m still in my bed, lost feelings for you misunderstandings, denying my fears, so fucking awkward, i swear i lied about that so don’t take pity i’m running out of cards to play oh i liked you, the slow, crawling, love we’re stuck inside, we’re so out of touch cold summer days finally return melted ice cream, but i fell into love! i liked you, the slow, crawling, love we’re stuck inside, we’re so out of touch cold summer days finally return melted ice cream, but i fell into love! sometimes, sometimes i feel alright red blood, on white red tears, my line (you stole it) sometimes, sometimes i feel alright red blood, on white red tears, my line (fuck off then) you let me off so easy, easy i know that you don’t need me, need me you let me off so easy, easy it’s your fault, no it’s not your fault i can’t deal with rejection, all that well and i don’t hate you, (well!) and it’s not your fault i’m stuck in bed i’m feeling sick agan and again feelings have faded tired of metaphors all of those texts ignored leave me the fuck alone i know it’s not easy i don’t want you with me ride in the back seat road trip, it’s summer but the snow won’t go under caught up in loose ends cried in the parking lot broke down beside you how could i like you? layed in the grass i layed in the grass in the field next to my old school tired of memories tired of crying tires are burning the ship kept on on sinking pieces on the shore stuck on avery island my love is no more (and i don’t hate you, i don’t even blame you, i don’t know what i blame, i think i think i blame, i think i blame the time we live in) oh get off your phone! we’re stuck on our screens all the time please get off your phone! go outside, we’re stuck on our screens all the time not again love in the modern day is nothing but cracked screens and, half-hearted texts cracked screens and, half-hearted texts left me on read again it’s nothing but drinking that rose coloured lie believe in ghosts till they die it feels so good to walk backwards again i don’t need the sun this shit was for fun it feels so good to walk backwards again sink into our own vices cellular devices god, i liked your art and you broke my heart and you broke my god, i liked your art and you broke my heart and you broke my god, i liked your smile and you took a while and you didn’t god, i liked your smile and you took a while and you didn’t god, you made me cry and we still pretend that we are friends god, you made me cry and we still pretend that we are friends are we friends?
8.
spent the last few days gathering the pieces my brain left behind the ships on the shore open fire, open fire open fire, open fire open fire, open fire open fire, open fire last night i dreamed he was trying to kill you and now i believe i suffocated you brain on fire, it was summer vacation but i still built this brand new ship picked up the pieces, i can’t enjoy this island anymore, i need some new air ships on the shore, i finally did it and i got to name it, “let’s still be friends” and we had some great fucking times late night notifs, you stole my line iron deficiency, some broken ass kidneys got so much trouble left to cause (i don’t wanna die) i never meant to put that on you we’re just playing, i get that now head in the grass, just laying around wrote a couple hundred songs, and melted the snow last night i dreamed he was trying to kill you and now i believe i suffocated you brain on fire, it was summer vacation but i still built this brand new ship picked up the pieces, i can’t enjoy this island anymore, i need some new air ships on the shore, i finally did it and i got name it, “let’s still be friends” (okay, so let’s get going we re-built all that we lost now it’s time to get sailing now it’s time let’s still friends) captain comely sailing down the 7 seas on his brand new boat, the maria singing brand new songs (singing brand new songs) (okay, so let’s get going we re-built all that we lost now it’s time to get sailing now it’s time let’s still friends) i’ve been having enough of metaphors “life is great i guess, life is great i guess” i’m over you now i’m over it now we keeping moving on let’s still be friends i’ve been having enough of metaphors i loved you before and then you said no i’m over you now i’m over it now we keeping moving on let’s still be friends captain comely sailing down the 7 seas on his brand new boat, the maria singing brand new songs (singing brand new songs) i’m putting it all to rest my feelings off of pause cycling through the motions oh the motions i don’t want to forget we had such a great time and more times to come come on i don’t want to forget we can’t be more but we’ll be friends til the end? come on, come on look at the mess we made heart on the table feeling unstable awkward but able it was sensational touch and feel and go and it’s so damn sad what we had was never enough never for me and though we’re not a thing we can’t be a thing though this new ship sings i want friends, just friends just friends just friends go outside grow a garden or something nice go meet new people there’s a forest in my heart get off your phone go to a lake, or somewhere nice go take some pictures there’s so many nice spots, i love you all the same (even just as friends)
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ugh. this project is about a boy with dyed hair but also about life during quarantine. listen all the way through if you can

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released July 31, 2020

written, recorded, and produced by entirely mabel roka (compsigh) in the summer of 2020

GNAVIS DROWNED IN 2020

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