unfair deal

from in the garage (year 1) by Riley's Room

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originally off 'DEICIDE', this one came about very quickly as I decided to tear up the track i had been working on for that album and start afresh.

this came together very quickly, going from non-existent to everything except vocals in about 3 hours, as I was going into uni to record vocals for eyes in the dark the next day anyway, which is an awesome track by rain i recommend you listen to if you haven't already.

anyway, lyrically this one is again pretty simple because of it's short gestation, however one thing i am proud of is that, as far as I'm aware, no one had used the term 'The Unfair Deal' before this track, which seems to have become a bit of a thing in blaseball now? which is cool

if you want to know more about this track, i did an interview on the idol board podcast about this song, which you can find here: anchor.fm/idol-board/episodes/unfair-deal-with-riley-ep7tql

lyrics

and down they came
they served us all our heads
on a spike

we burnt in flame
with nothing left to do
except to die

that’s when we realised
we had an unfair deal

seeing us struggle there
she sent her lackey squid

put up a friendly front
and shake their tentacles we did

we were alone and scared
we signed an unfair deal

break away from the lies
they are as bad as he was

we said we’d fight the gods
and we meant all the gods

punch squids up in the face
tear up the unfair deal

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from in the garage (year 1), released May 15, 2021
performed, written, arranged and mixed by riley

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