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Doubling Time

from Language Barrier by Mikel Rouse

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DOUBLING TIME

(Gimme the ozone
Gimme the ozone)
Signal to noise
(Gimme the poses
In the ozone time)
Think: girls and boys
(Trickle down to the merits
Of the nowhere climb)
Like what you see
(When the body says no
The body never go back)
Which one is me?

And now…
(Take a round 1
Circle in the sound son
Bring about a new time frame
An eagle eye won)

We can’t be right
(Round 2
Give a shout out
Even in the brown out
Of everything you
Never wanted to be about
It’s about done)

Groomsman the bridesmaid
Color me Hit Parade
Partners in the air raid
Dating the Medicaid

I won’t say what you want me to say
I remember like it was yesterday
I don’t need a visa to talk to you
I don’t need your permission

I miss mystery
Deep inside of me
Where the signal flows
The me no one knows
I can be the one-man show
As every bathroom’s taking votes
The doubling time that passes go

I won’t see the light
In this destiny
I won’t even out
Even if it kills me
I will miss the guiding light
Of hope and minor oversight
I hope you like your world

I knew before
Love Picasso
I knew before
Before I knew you

(Gimme the ozone
Gimme the ozone)
I don’t need you
(Gimme the poses
In the ozone time)
To tell me what’s right
(Trickle down to the merits
Of the nowhere climb)
I knew before
(When the body says no
The body never go back)
Before you were born

And now…
(Take a round 1
Circle in the sound son
Bring about a new time frame
An eagle eye won)
Some call this true
(Round 2
Give a shout out
Even in the brown out
Of everything you
Never wanted to be about
It’s about done)

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from Language Barrier, releases May 31, 2024

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Mikel Rouse New York, New York

Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics. ... more

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