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Hardwired Superstition

from Boost​|​False Doors by Mikel Rouse

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Hardwired Superstition

Instead of hardwired I wanna be free
Instead of nobody I wanna be me
Instead of love handles I wanna give up
Or take the long view a better death cup

Or, at what point in the dating process
Does the guy no longer suck in his gut?
Or what age does the guy no longer suck in his gut?
What constitutes caring?

Oh that image won’t stay
I can’t drive it away
All the money you need
All that lovin’ for me

And after twenty minutes two people find a place to laugh.
A common ground?
Or just the relief that after all the dull instructions
They had a breather?

The bottle around, the bottle around my soul
The bottle around, the bottle around my soul

Oh that image won’t stay
I can’t drive it away
All the money you need
All that lovin’ for me

Elaborate rituals we put in the way
Like coffee and bagels and Queen for a Day
Elaborate rituals deflate and define
The meaning of life, the wasting of time

Is this what I want to do?
Study, look and listen? Is this music too?

I save myself. I save myself
I save myself. I save myself.

And now, after the breather,
they get to know each other.
They get to play.

Instead of hardwired I wanna be free
Instead of nobody I wanna be me
Instead of love handles I wanna give up
Or take the long view a better death cup

Oh that image won’t stay
I can’t drive it away
All the money you need
All that lovin’ for me

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from Boost​|​False Doors, released May 1, 2012

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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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