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Pop Mythology & Friends

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Darby Spicer (Candle)
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Darby Spicer (Candle) A great collection of great FAWMers helping out a great guy. This is for Daniel & I'm so glad this album has been finally released. Now we need to promote it so we can help support a friend in need. Thinking of you, Daniel. I hope you are well. I'm sure I'll catch up with you in February for the next FAWM. See You In The Shadows… Favorite track: Ouroboros.
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Meri Amber Daniel is an incredible writer and wonderful human <3 Awesome, varied collection- something here for everyone!!
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1.
I Love Lucy 02:35
Used to be lost in the terrible darkness Lived like an animal wandering aimless You brought life to what used to be barren Fell into my life like lightning from heaven Don't know what was in that apple you gave me But I see things much differently now, Lucy Don't know what was in that apple you gave me Now I see my true self so clearly When I first saw you on the school quad that day The way you showed up that big bully Dante I had a boyfriend but I fell in love then I could never go back to Adam again Don't know what was in that apple you gave me But I see things much differently now, Lucy Don't know what was in that apple you gave me It even cleared away all of my acne When they caught us sharing apples they freaked out The teacher yelled at us, the one who had gout Sent us to the principal's office that day And we got expelled from Eden High - hurray! Don't know what was in that apple you gave me But I see things much differently now, Lucy Don't know what was in that apple you gave me But I will love you forever, my dear Lucy
2.
Mega You 03:24
This game we play has many adversities Some are events, some are adversaries They’ll burn you or leave your heart cold They’ll cut you and leave you less bold Some people you meet will be like snakes They’ll get ahead whatever it takes Setbacks will spin you like a tornado But there’s a gift inside each foe so... Listen to my master plan You’re gonna be like Mega Man And you won’t and you won’t have to be so blue If you become, oh, the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh For what you believe sometimes you must fight Follow in the footsteps of Dr. Light Beware of the Dr. Wilys out there Who only care about their own welfare Don’t become what you hate but study it So that their tactics you can outwit Absorb what’s good and reject what’s bad And then fight fire with fire, yeah Listen to my master plan You’re gonna be like Mega Man And you won’t, and you won’t have to be so blue If you become, oh, the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Learn from your enemy Grow from adversity Remember your lessons Use them as your weapons Learn from your enemy Grow from adversity Remember your lessons Use them as your weapons, yeah eh-yeah Listen to my master plan You’re gonna be like Mega Man And you won’t, and you won’t have to be so blue If you become, oh, the Mega You Listen to my master plan You’re gonna be like Mega Man And you won’t, and you won’t have to be so blue If you become, oh, the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You Oh oh oh ohh the Mega You
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Karma Whore 03:49
Creationism atheism nihilism tribalism Feudalism anarchism socialism despotism Conservatism liberalism nepotism schism Blame you label you brand you ban you Hate you fight you break you kill you I want you I need you I love you I use you Who am I without my enemy Who am I without my war I need you to feed my identity I just want to be your karma whore Red states blue states United States a sad state Agitate aggravate denigrate segregate It's not our fate to annihilate but maybe it is just too late You're so stupid you're so wrong you are weak for I am strong I will shame you and defame you, there is no right without a wrong We're God's people, they are sheeple (everybody sing-along!) Who am I without my enemy Who am I without my war I need you to feed my identity I want to be your karma whore If you left I would be lost For a better world, it's too great a cost Villain makes hero in this fantasy Don't you see? You need me Who am I without my enemy Who am I without my war I need you to feed my identity I want to be your karma whore I said Who am I without my enemy Who am I without my war Without you I cannot truly be Without you I am no more
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Paint a filthy picture Of your fellow human Five seconds, all you need to Figure out what I think Don't read what I wrote Jump to your conclusions Predict who I am Assume what I stand for Put words in my mouth Grasp at little straw men Misread between the lines Addicted to your rage Makes you feel so good Jump at any excuse To one up someone else
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First get you to drink from fear's sweet venom Then promise the cure from the same cauldron Keep whispering how you are a victim And that healing comes from acquisition Create the problem Sell the solution Create the problem Sell the solution Broadcast on the TV non-stop bedlam Mass produce safety dressed up as a gun Scream that someone is attacking your freedom Then we'll recruit you to fight a religion Create the problem Sell the solution Create the problem Sell the solution Instill loneliness in you that you can't fathom Offer smartphones that promise constant connection Nurture a culture of narcissism Invent new forms of self-beautification Create the problem Sell the solution Create the problem Sell the solution Making you believe it's due to the system A distraction to prevent introspection Keep you obsessing on the outer symptom Anything to stop your evolution Create the problem that this is the problem Sell the solution that prevents a solution Create the problem that this is the problem Sell the solution that prevents a solution Create the problem that this is the problem Sell the solution that prevents a solution Create the problem that this is the problem Sell the solution that prevents a solution
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Marco Polo 03:03
Marco Polo desired a legendary jewel Traveled far and wide, by foot, by mule No matter where he looked it was not there 'Till one day he said, "What a load of hot air!" Magellan traversed the seven seas and beyond Look for me that way and you will despond For I'm not just any ol' kind of jewel I'm the kind you can't cut no matter the tool Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Looking everywhere, it will drive you loco! Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Never find me that way, not even on Pluto! I hope this song will help you understand You won't find me if you search the whole land Like explorers named Lewis & Clark Wherever they went, they kept missing the mark Oh polo's a sport I can't understand You hit a ball with a swing of forehand Chase me that way, you can call it a day Whenever I'm close you just whack me away Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Looking everywhere, it will drive you loco! Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Never find me that way, not even on Pluto! Moral of this tale: don't be like Marco Don't know what I mean? Your brain might be poco Marco settled for trinkets and lockets For you can never find what's in your own pockets Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Looking everywhere, it will drive you loco! Marco (Polo!) Marco (Polo!) Never find me that way, not even on Pluto!
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(Dracula) Dr. Frankenstein, may I ask you something? (Frankenstein) Of course, Count Dracula. Ask me anything. (Dracula) What are we doing in this alley? You're supposed to come up with a cure So the smell of blood won't be a lure It's midnight and I'm getting hungry (Frankenstein) Oh, have patience, Drac! Will you cut me some slack? Please go and find me a dead body I need one that's fresh and not so smelly And rather one that has a strong back (Both) What a macabre pair are we Under the cloak of night Working in harmony Is our delight (Dracula) Are you suggesting that I kill someone? Just so you can make another monster? (Frankenstein) Yes, but can we hurry and just get it done It's not like this would be your first cadaver (Both) What a macabre pair are we Under the cloak of night Working in harmony Is our delight (Dracula) I asked for help because I'm sick! (Frankenstein) Your blood addiction you can kick! (Dracula) But you are feeding my craving! (Frankenstein) Will you just do it, man, and stop your complaining? (Both) Oh, why is it hard to just find some good help? Why do I have to do everything myself? (Dracula) I should have known that you were just a fraud (Frankenstein) Dammit, Drac, I'm a doctor, not a god! (Both) What a macabre pair are we Under the cloak of night Working in harmony Is our delight (Dracula) So are you curing me or not? (Frankenstein) I will cure you but I need more time (Dracula) Then all the time in the world shall be thine (Frankenstein) By the blazes you are talking rot! (Both) What a macabre pair are we Under the cloak of night Working in harmony... (Frankenstein) Uh, Drac? Drac, what are you doing? No, wait, Drac! Noooooooo!
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Whenever you hear creepy music start to play Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Boyfriend says "Let's have a roll in the hay" Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Yeah, you're really dumb Yeah, you're almost done! Cuz whenever you're in doubt Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! When someone reads Latin from a dusty book Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Anytime, anywhere you see a hook Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Yeah, the car won't start Yeah, you're not so smart Cuz whenever you're in doubt Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Don't ever check the body to make sure it's dead Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! It ain't dying even if you shoot its head Duh, do run run run! Duh, do run run! Yeah, you better not split up Yeah, don't ever trust your luck So whenever you're in doubt Just run run run run! Just run run run!
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(Yeah!) (You know what just happened?) (You know what this means?!) Power pellet I just had one Now you better run Run like I'm poison Better ghost, motherfuckers Or you're toast, motherfuckers No more running, no more hiding I am Pac-Man, motherfuckers Just when you're thinking that you got me cornered Just when you're thinking you got me backin' down That's when you're really gonna feel my hunger That's when it all gets turned around Shit is real You'd better peel Now you're blue Now you're screwed I will eat you! Try to trap me, motherfuckers You don't scare me, motherfuckers Ain't no maze that can hold me I am free, motherfuckers Just when you're thinking that you got me cornered Just when you're thinking you got me backin' down That's when you're really gonna feel my hunger That's when it all gets turned around I'm the P-A-C to the M-A-N Gonna eat you little bitches I'm the motherfuckin Pac-Man Ain't no maze that I can't win Everybody knows my name I'm the motherfuckin Pac-Man Chasin' after me? Shit, you must be crazy I'll eat a power pellet And I'll ghost like Swayze Bring all your little friends And you still can't faze me Even Casper won't try Since I ate his lady Dorian Gray? I'll eat a portrait a day Just get out of my way You busters don't want to play Ghostbusters ain't got shit on me Who you gonna call? It's the P-A-C I know you're not surprised that I'm droppin rhymes I've been eating lines since Reagan was alive Now I'll eat you beasts There is no retreat I'm the little yellow thing That you can't compete Just when you're thinking that you got me cornered Just when you're thinking you got me backin' down That's when you're really gonna feel my hunger That's when it all gets turned around (And I *ain't* Nuprin!) (You want it?) (Bring it!)
10.
Ouroboros 11:39
Pick the self apart one scale at a time Feed myself each piece to the rhythm of breath Burrow through the ground, seek out every false desire, I'm Not swimming against the current, I'm Embracing the freedom hidden in this death, I'm Setting this effigy of myself afire I feared the loss of everything but I Must lose everything to gain something, I Must reclaim my own false creation, I Am Saturn taking apart his own son To be filled i must empty the vessel Pour out every last delusion held inside And then shatter the container that once kept it I will tear down the Tower of Babel Among the loss and ruin I will abide Until what digs itself out is my freed spirit I feared the loss of everything but I Must lose everything to gain something, I Must reclaim my own false creation, I Am sacrificing myself to the sun Who I thought I was must be crucified So as to peer beyond the fictitious veil To see the face of Self that cannot be undone And so I coil around and face my end Swallow deep, impale my throat upon my tail And keep spiraling until death and rebirth are one I feared the loss of everything but I Must lose everything to gain something, I Must reclaim my own false creation, I Am circling the path of the Son
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I feared the loss of everything but I Must lose everything to gain something, I Must reclaim my own false creation I Am Saturn taking apart his own son
12.
Wolf Song 02:00
We feel you watching us We who are the nameless But your thoughts have no place here Concepts will be your death here We stay close to the ground While you hunt the profound You are looking everywhere But our sky is always there Here there is freedom Freedom at a price The hunger of wisdom Demands the sacrifice Survival cleanses you The fear liberates you A thousand scents in the air Every sense alive, aware Cut the shackles you wear Shed the burdens you bear Be guided by Luna's light Taste the nectar of the night Here there is freedom Freedom at a price The hunger of wisdom Demands the sacrifice Here there is freedom Freedom at a price The hunger of wisdom Demands the sacrifice
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He helped define a generation The center of calm, the voice of reason A counterpoint to his friend's passion His mind was a light and a beacon We watched him with starry-eyed wonder Of riddles and answers we'd ponder Wondered what lied beyond and yonder As we stood inhaling the night zephyr So come join me in my search for Spock Fearless as we open the airlock Over uncharted lands we will walk Together we'll start a new epoch As they went about their starry crusade Even if danger had others dismayed And the captain too found himself dazed When he was there I was not afraid His logic was the antidote to fear When combined with love my mind was clear My heart breached the stratosphere And I had the will to persevere So come join me in my search for Spock Fearless as we open the airlock Over uncharted lands we will walk Together we'll start a new epoch Others dream of sailing the firmament But my eyes are on the inner descent Where I will use his steady discernment Until my soul scales the highest ascent So come join me in my search for Spock Fearless as we open the airlock Over uncharted lands we will walk Together we'll start a new epoch Won't you join me in my search for Spock Fearless as we open the airlock Over uncharted lands we will walk Together we'll start a new epoch
14.
There's a benefit to being chronically ill And it's better than taking a happy pill You see, the things that happened yesterday I will totally forget come today And all that isn't remembered is well Well you might as well call me Forrest Gump My memory is like a garbage dump Because a bad event in the past Whatever it is it doesn't last And life is like a box of chocolates They say I'm easy to get along with It's because my brain don't have much bandwidth Anything you did to me the other day I sure as hell can't remember today I take my friendships one day at a time See, I've got this bacteria in my brain That makes me feel like I've been hit by a train And when your body hurts as much as this Not thinking too much is such sweet bliss And you can just be thankful for the air While everyone lives life like it's a race I only focus on what's in my face If you do the same you'll be more content You'll have less things that you want to lament And I won't have to talk these blues anymore (no, siree) People have so much to worry about But future worries I can do without I have enough trouble hanging on now So I trust that I'll just make it somehow And that's how I can live in the moment Now I got nothing against making plans But the results are now outta your hands So even as you are on this little quest If you can let go then you are truly blessed And you can just enjoy the experience So if the road is tough and it feels eternal Just be more like me and make your intellect dull Cuz fools survive while kings kill each other And once they're gone we can all love one another Just one big dumb and happy family Now, then... Where was I? Oh yes... [Repeat]

about

The songs on this album were written for FAWM (February Album Writing Month) 2015 in collaboration with the credited songwriters who have generously donated their efforts for this compilation. Funds from all sales will be used to assist with medical & living expenses for Daniel Jun Kim, founder/editor of the pop culture website PopMythology.com, who has been fighting to recover from a long-term chronic illness since 2011.

Much like the Pop Mythology website itself, these songs were inspired by myth, popular culture and the perennial struggle to overcome strife and adversity.

UPDATE: This album has now been made free - yay!

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released August 23, 2016

MUSIC:
Meri Amber (www.meriamber.com)
Candle (candle.bandcamp.com)
Valerie Cox (valeriecox.bandcamp.com)
Joanne Gabriel (www.thesixtyone.com/joannegabriel)
Kolton Holbrook (www.koltonholbrook.com/music/)
Leslie Hudson (lesliehudson.com)
Deborah Linden (www.facebook.com/deborahlindenmusic/)
Jim Lundy (www.facebook.com/Jim-Lundy-Music-342903075748865/)
Sean McGaughey (www.ductapeguy.net)
G Slade (gslade.com)
Darci Strutt (soundcloud.com/darci-strutt)
Peter Watkinson (www.facebook.com/Abomnium)

LYRICS:
Pop Mythologist (popmythology.com)

MASTERING:
Rob Cooke (www.mojobat.com)

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