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I Had to Do It (For Myself)

by The Earthlings

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Like not enough butter spread over too much bread
Like half of the books on my shelf that I ain't ever read
I was trying to split my time between so many lives
Too God damn busy living, that I wound up dying

Like not enough rudder maybe too much sail
I was trying to catch the wind but I had no idea
Where in the hell it was that I was trying to go
So deep inside a river, that I lost my flow

Olivia, Where is your smile today?
I saw you so lonely
Sitting in corner of the harmony
And I broke through, said Hey you
Remind me of me when I was so blue
And you helped me turn it green,
Don't believe what you don't see

Like not enough cutters In your garden shed
I was trying to trim my life with bloody hands so red
But every digit that I did squeeze, it kept on slipping away
So deep inside a river, that I lost my way

Alyssa, working with birds in Green Bay
Volunteering for the humane
Society girl you know I must say
It gives me a refrain
Something to sing when I cannot explain
The way I feel, don't believe what you don't see

City boy in a rural town
He keeps his head hung low
Ain't looking for nothing to sell
Is happy in the undertow

Pity that you never got around
And now it follows you
No good at telling lies
No good at telling truth

Frizzled mind and a hollow youth
The futures hollow too
But if you keep saying that

5 years pass you by, did you really think that the price was right
10 years slither by, only took a couple 100 blinks of the eye

I had to do it for myself
Ain't looking for you or nobody else

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released July 21, 2022
Noah Gilfillan - Vox, Synth, Programming
Neil Barhite - Guitar
Megan Gilfillan - Vox
Chuckie Brown - Percussion
Elliott Gilfillan - Synth, Percussion, Vox
Grant Blaschka - Bass, Vox
Hannah Larson - Vox

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Noah Gilfillan at Audio for the Arts
© 2022 Brainplate

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The Earthlings Madison, Wisconsin

The Earthlings, a Madison music and arts collective, combines diverse eras of electronic sonic rock together with a laid back psychedelic indie emphasis, euphoric space, and positive vibrations from the 60's, early 70's, and 90's.

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