...especially any of this
by Petriform
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Barkshoy Muckfoney
03:30
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i don't suppose i can talk you out
you've shown your hand
you're messing with the rich and their money
you understand?
and i don't know
how you plan to pull it off
and i don't care
but promise when you're done
you'll get the hell outta there
don't you leave me lingering in doubt
you've got me fretting
i've seen enough magic-hat-pulled bunnies
to fear where this is heading
and i don't know
why you're so keen to take the risk
and i don't care
so long as when you're done
you get the hell outta there
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ascending in the darkness
into the clouds we thrust
removal from the surface
the power you can harness
the prowess one can trust
do we really deserve this
the world below, it spins round
as if detached from earth
it makes a person nervous
and everyone who's skybound
having built up the nerve
in deference to your purpose
all alone way up high
doing what must be done
on your own in these skies
battles can still be won
the rain streaks tell their stories
and stories spread around
to never be outnumbered
but all that's in its glory
across the glistening sound
can be seen unencumbered
for who should hear the calling
the one to make it so
the one we can believe in
to never speak of falling
wherever you should go
where heights can be deceiving
what's it like to look down
hoping nothing's broken
at the heart of this town
gratitude unspoken
painter of translucent clarity
every swipe another dream
made clear for the next to see
the next to see
way up high
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I Got Dreams
03:06
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i got a compact car and a tank full of gas
it can't go real far but that's all right, it runs on got dreams
i got dreams
i'm taking 101 down to 198
i'm losing cell service and it feels great cause i got dreams
i got dreams
i got dreams
the kind that keep my sky blue
the kind that help me push through
all that which leaves me confused
the kind that make me feel bright
to make sure that i stay right
and keep my wishes in sight
while i can still hold on tight
i spent my christmas eve going down to the beach
i said why not when the weather's hitting 73; i got dreams
i got dreams
i got a moist towelette of a uni degree
i quit my dead end job to see pro wrestling; i got dreams
i got dreams
i got dreams
the kind that i can add to
just as if i could re-do
the time that i have misused
the kind for which i still fight
to keep out of direct light
so that they may not ignite
while i can still hold on tight
hope i can still hold on tight
i got a half-done song and a good melody
i hope it don't take long just to finish cause i got dreams
i got not much else of anything
stuck inside all of the day
burn rubber just to get away
wear and tear, 87 octane
hard to justify with my pay
all my friends work different shifts
alienated out of my own midst
more to life than minimum wage
being on call 24 hours a day
i got dreams
the kind that keep my head up
for when my psyche's fed up
and i feel i might shred up
the kind that keep me airtight
on all throughout the long night
to keep my wishes in sight
while i can still hold on tight
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Goldened States
02:44
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petaluma phil's got a lot of shoes to fill
petaluma phil keeps his options open
petaluma phil's got some IPAs to swill
petaluma phil wants to move to oakland
petaluma phil, petaluma phil's got a mind to relive his thirties
petaluma phil's got another night or two to for things to get less murky
petaluma phil learned to read on channel F when it said "you lose turkey"
petaluma phil, petaluma phil
wendy watsonville feeling rather unfulfilled
wendy watsonville's getting sick of santa cruz
wendy watsonville's now has lots of time to kill
wendy watsonville hadn't really heard the news
wendy watsonville, wendy watsonville is running out of effort to spend
wendy watsonville can't keep doing the mystery spot to bring her out-of-town friends
wendy watsonville really has a lot invested here she can't just upend
wendy watsonville, wendy watsonville
morro bay mcgill's looking for a greater thrill
morro bay mcgill hardly stops to say hello
morro bay mcgill's sharpening his chosen skills
so morro bay mcgill can get out of SLO
morro bay mcgill's willing to forego the beach if it'll get him somewhere
morro bay mcgill's nonetheless enthused to see them rip those smokestacks outta there
morro bay mcgill, morro bay mcgill is packing up to convene elsewhere
with wendy watsonville and petaluma phil
they'll do just what they will
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i've been to rich people's houses and they've all got rockers for their lightswitches
where i come from, yeah it's toggles or nothing; i'm tired of your bougie shit
if you've got rockers in your house
sell off your third vacation home
if you've got toggles in your house
we take that loko to the dome
if you've got toggles in your house
we're ready to take to the streets
if you've got rockers in your house
to make you think twice about REITs
if you've got rockers in your house
you might say hey now, when in rome
if you've got toggles in your house
you know damn well we won't see rome
if you've got toggles in your house
we ain't ever going nowhere
if you've got rockers in your house
i hope you 💩 your underwear
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far gone
few and between vacation
i lean my seat this far back
burn the worries right on off
oh no
i've made a grievous error
i left the rice cooker on
now i'm waiting on disaster
never can i find the time
and now i'm paying the price
so far
in my damage assessment
it seems pretty manageable
thank goodness for at least that
but now
in light of my transgressions
will all of my appliances
all turn heel and oppose me
i guess i can't lay the blame
i'm so forgetful, pity me
behold
refrigerator knows all
the holy internet of things
may i please ask for your wi-fi
what the
i'm fine just pressing buttons
and opening and closing doors
no more push notifications
might i be behind the times?
the times feel behind me
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Third of the Way
04:31
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in ten thousand days, still i can't convey
the injustice that befell you
you were getting back, you were right on track
and it still faded out from view
i don't think there's a point worth making
to ask how it ended up askew
cause no one plans to be cut off a third of the way through
in the distant past, come and gone so fast
in a way, you were made to change
having been recast, now you'd must outlast
an albatross callously arranged
with all hopes for the best considered
most expected you were rigged to lose
but no one thought you'd be cut off a third of the way through
but the world goes and forgets
time erodes the thought of you
seems your memory falls on me
we can't fix all our mistakes
not for lack of trying to
fortunes come unguaranteed
you did what you could, it was what you should
you endeavored to keep your vow
and it's so unfair i have to declare
this the only way i know how
there's a semblance that you had failed
what an unjustifiable view
cause who could plan to be cut off a third of the way through
but the world turns and forgets
time erodes the thought of you
still your memory falls on me
i can't fix all my mistakes
even if i wanted to
there is no such guarantee
you gave your best
got that much closer
but now it's over
you weren't finished, far from it
how could they think they've the right
to cut you off the way they did?
that betrayal none will admit
show is over, cut the lights
what a life you should have lived
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about
a companion piece and five-year celebration for 2018's "nothing is for sure," comprised of songs that were (varyingly) near(ish) completion but ultimately cut from consideration for that album.
i've released cut-content companion pieces to albums before (relentless eventful, florence), but none of my project files can rival the sheer amount of viable-but-ultimately-unused content i wrote for "nothing is for sure," and i'm not sure any ever will. there's almost a whole additional album in there!
that said, these were all cut for one reason or another. forgive me if i lean into silliness in brushing them up for general release! after "florence," please allow me the reprieve of shifting into silly mode for just a moment. thanks!
please enjoy this celebration and look forward to my next full-length chiptune release, the true spiritual follow-up to my lineage of pop-punk chiptunes that includes "nothing is for sure" and was last addressed with "dither beach." enjoy!
reasons for exclusion:
- Barkshoy Muckfoney: didn't fit what the rest of the album became, and didn't fit any other album i could have put it on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Ballad of the Space Needle Window Washer: didn't write enough of it. which sucks because it was always good imo
- Interlude A (Feather Falling): didn't write enough of it
- I Got Dreams: didn't write enough of it
- Goldened States: felt (feels?) derivative. rhyming names sucks. who the FUCK is morro bay mcgill. i feel like the zoobe bunny
- Interlude B (Rocker vs. Toggle): didn't write enough of it. also it's a shitpost arguably only funny in north america. europe friends are you mad at me 🥺
- I Left the Rice Cooker On: too similar to "albacore song," which is better
- Third of the Way: this one was SO close to making it on the album. SO close. it just didn't.
i've released cut-content companion pieces to albums before (relentless eventful, florence), but none of my project files can rival the sheer amount of viable-but-ultimately-unused content i wrote for "nothing is for sure," and i'm not sure any ever will. there's almost a whole additional album in there!
that said, these were all cut for one reason or another. forgive me if i lean into silliness in brushing them up for general release! after "florence," please allow me the reprieve of shifting into silly mode for just a moment. thanks!
please enjoy this celebration and look forward to my next full-length chiptune release, the true spiritual follow-up to my lineage of pop-punk chiptunes that includes "nothing is for sure" and was last addressed with "dither beach." enjoy!
reasons for exclusion:
- Barkshoy Muckfoney: didn't fit what the rest of the album became, and didn't fit any other album i could have put it on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Ballad of the Space Needle Window Washer: didn't write enough of it. which sucks because it was always good imo
- Interlude A (Feather Falling): didn't write enough of it
- I Got Dreams: didn't write enough of it
- Goldened States: felt (feels?) derivative. rhyming names sucks. who the FUCK is morro bay mcgill. i feel like the zoobe bunny
- Interlude B (Rocker vs. Toggle): didn't write enough of it. also it's a shitpost arguably only funny in north america. europe friends are you mad at me 🥺
- I Left the Rice Cooker On: too similar to "albacore song," which is better
- Third of the Way: this one was SO close to making it on the album. SO close. it just didn't.
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released June 30, 2023
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Petriform
Across California and beyond, Petriform has brought energetic NES chipmusic to the table for years. Get ready for a chipstyle experience drawn unapologetically from the realms of bubblegum pop, VGM, prog metal, third-wave ska, happy hardcore, turn-of-the-millenium pop punk, and more. ... more
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