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My Awkward Compromise

by Project Tu

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    Thank you for taking a listen to our latest EP, "My Awkward Compromise". Our goal is to release a new 5-song EP each month and this is our fourth one for June! On this EP, I feel like we really pushed ourselves as musicians. We finally delved into odd time signatures and this is the first time we've made a complete rap track featuring Joe. We hope that you enjoy what you hear, and please check back next month for more music!
    -- Ben & Joe
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1.
I once saw in myself a wolf But I was dressed in sheep's clothing It's about time I have a style change All the while we're slowly decomposing I have an itch where I can't get out all the bad blood The face I show for my own good isn't the same as the one I show to the world I am damaged, but I am still here It's always on nights just like this I get a feeling of condemnation Among the big storms and lightning bolts A light flickers with revelation I have an itch where I can't get out all the bad blood The face I show for my own good isn't the same as the one I show to the world I am damaged, but I am still here
2.
01 Sunburn 02:23
Whispers rise and graze the dew Memories faded rise anew Whispers in the dark of night Haunting every waking step Till I can’t see whats next Come find me here Don’t let me fall again Soul seekers come and go But mine is gone In golden crystal halls With cornerstones that call Your name Fire warms and it can burn Melting down our rooms and staves Change the names and never learn Hide the holy in their graves Valley of ashes We climb the Mountains Neared the sun But lost the valleys Shadows block my way No Escaping Heart is beating, then it stops Burst my veins and there’s a flood A corpse lies bare, ready for thieves To steal and make their plea Hit and scorned, it makes me bleed Tears of rage, and curses I scream No mercy here in our remains For we are nothing, but shelsl of pain
3.
03 Freetrayd 03:57
Free trade’s a joke, and I get the punch line Let’s spread the wealth around, well, you get to take mine Oh and by the way, now that we’re all connected You’ll be taking my dignity too, as expected Where I’m from there’s no shirt, shoes, or service No food on the table, no room I can furnish No water in the faucet, no heat in the furnace No money in my pocket, and no way to earn it Now look me in the eye and tell me you deserve it Living in your world with your plans and your purpose Visiting your girl on your days off from workin Tipping 15, clipping coupons for purchase Do you have any idea what the poor people go thru? I don’t think you do so here’s a clue now you better stay tuned Because it’s easy to turn the other cheek when you pass me But I’m begging for change now I’m the pain in the ass see: That latte you carry could feed my entire family That car that you drive is worth more than my life That house for your children could rebuild my village Yes you’ve got it made but I’m a slave of free trade Free Trades’ a joke, and I get the punch line Let’s spread the wealth around, as in you get to take mine Oh and by the way, now that we’re all connected You’ll be taking my family too, as expected If free trade was a person, he’d be a pimp With the cane and the cup and the robe and the limp He’d ask for my daughter, son, wife, he’d explain That My families worth more than my labor or brain Daughter a whore, son in drugs, wife a maid Lover of your foreign thugs, life betrayed Nights filled with sin, now look what you've done to me Yes I’ll sacrifice my kin if you support my economy Yeah as long as my country’s clean, safe and cheap You’ll give us some money, and we’ll get to eat Yeah the rich folk can visit our hotels, wives and daughters, And fair trade it all for my family's future Free trade’s a joke, and I get the punch line Let’s spread the wealth around, well, you get to take mine Oh and by the way, now that we’re all connected You’ll be taking my dignity too, as expected
4.
He's so good at playing the victim While a better man takes all the blame I'm bored to tears that I can't shed, everyday when I make this filthy bed It's easy for you to judge so far away from the neglect and shame If it's because you don't actually care That's what's devastating Human beings are so self-absorbed And not worth the sweat of cultivating That's the whole basis of me changing There's a weakness there that endears him But he didn't need/ to take care of you You are content with the man, but everything we were was a sham I don't regret what I've done but we're owed a moment to be true You have fueled all the wrong reasons the conflict is not wanting to swallow my pride and say i'm happy for you
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Having finally completed June's EP, I am *very* glad we are making 5 songs a month. The amount that we've grown as songwriters and musicians over the past few months has been staggering and I am very, very proud of this EP. This EP, for me, is probably the most emotionally naked of the songs we have written and I think it translates well when you listen to it!

-Ben

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released June 30, 2011

Project Tu is Ben & Joe.

Featuring Diane, Emma, Lanna, Ted, and Trevor

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