Lightning in a Bottle

from Unfamiliar State by O. Wake

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This doesn't suit me, truth be told
Doesn't suit anyone that isn't trying to console
You're into buying what you're sold
They never tell you that
You pick a side they keep you talking
Repeating lines you think you're mocking
'Cause you're the goods that they are stalking

Nobody told me that I'd win the lotto
Still I keep scratching that ticket 'til tomorrow

Then the alcohol soaks into the body
And still the lies keep getting bolder
You strike a match and I run away from you
Feeling the fire coming closer
It's all around me I don't know what to do
Hide in a hole until it's over
Piss on the flames until they smolder

Nobody told me that I would win the lotto
Still I keep scratching that ticket 'til tomorrow
I turn my delicate pride into bravado
And keep on catching that lightning in a bottle

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from Unfamiliar State, track released November 28, 2023

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O. Wake Brooklyn, New York

Masterminded by visual artist and illustrative musician Ofer Shouval, O. Wake has been a Brooklyn mainstay since 2019. Shouval pens probing songs that explore the anxieties and absurdities of today's world through witty vignettes and sweeping soundscapes. With intimacy wrought from vulnerability and uniquely bashful confidence, O. Wake's emerging sounds inspire play and evoke rainbows of feelings. ... more

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