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Submarine

from Birdstain​-​EP by al Riggs

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This was a song that started out as this really weird percussion-laden indie rock song and ended up turning into a guitar-and-vocals only track. I liked adding the weird vibrating effect to the guitar, and it sounds good especially when it's being played high up on the neck like it is. The lyrics are about someone after a bad breakup; they go from wanting to exact revenge to admitting that they actually miss the person they broke up with. Confliction, ho!

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Thinking 'bout a number between 1 and 42
Doesn't matter if you get it right or wrong
I'm still mad at you
I wanna grab you by the ears and pull you back home
Until you finally admit that I'm not
Better off alone

Writing letters to the girl who owns a submarine
It's quite a long way down underwater
15,000 leagues
Until your head explodes from pressure from the
Underwater walls
I won't miss you at all

OK, I will
'Cause there's nothing for me here above ground
Looking for the splendid sound
Of silent pleas for sanity
You really affected me

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from Birdstain​-​EP, released February 17, 2011
AL- guitar/vocals

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al Riggs Durham, North Carolina

Sad Songs For, About, And Written By Birds

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