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Mandela Effect Part 2

from Not With A Bang by Year Without a Summer

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about

I was going to be in a band with my friends Jonny and Jordan. We were interested in the Mandela Effect so I wrote and demoed this song in order for us to have something to jam when we booked a rehearsal room. We only did the one practice but I liked the song so here it is. Jonny played keyboard for YWAS when we played 'Atom Heart Mothra' in its entirety live. The acoustic guitar I played on 'Not With A Bang' is borrowed from Jordan.

I recorded the vocals with my cat in the room; he was purring so loudly that it's audible on the master tape (but possibly not on the record).

The Mandela Effect is a collective false memory, some examples of which are listed here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Commonly_held_false_memories

lyrics

I wrote a letter but I don't think you got it
The words are unfamiliar when I look at my copy
Like a Shakespeare play that's really written by Bacon
The words all seem right, there's just an aura of faking
I tried to keep from writing on Twitter
About my heart getting hard, growing black, growing bitter
Not through some desire to conceal my feelings
Just because that stuff don't lead to likes and retweeting

Still: ever since you left me I have felt like garbage
Not a sentient entity from the 20th century
And with every lifetime on alternative timelines
Every adventure presents dissension eventually

And if I'm so clever, why aren't I feeling better?
If I'm so witty, how come I don't run this city?
Try to be on point but can't say anything relevant
Just symphonies from death like pianos made from elephants
I distinctly recall owning a VHS
Where Sinbad played a genie, he was sassy and fiery
But IMDB tells me that my memories are false
And I'd be told the same thing if I looked at your diary

Well, it's a convoluted way to say I miss you
Well, it's a convoluted way to say:
I miss you, I need you, I care, I guess

credits

from Not With A Bang, released February 1, 2019
Joe - vocals, guitars, bass
Jim - drums

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Year Without a Summer Coventry, UK

Beach-shack post-punk. Solo play in the bedroom. Sailed from St Annes, washed up in Coventry. Interests include apocalypse survival, false memories, moths.

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