RULE FOLLOWER

by Rule Follower

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The sun sets and I question my obligation You confess to your heartless obfuscation Let's redress and we might just save the nation Or unless - the dumb public don't want salvation
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You've been in every dream I've had For 13 weeks on end Your dark green coat and tangerine hat Are sitting in my bin Never been excited like this Never had to fight it like this I think of you almost every night As if you're my prototype I don't tell no one how I feel 'cause that would make it real Never been excited like this Never had to fight it like this You've been in every dream I've had For 13 weeks on end And every thought I think out loud Feels just like a sin Never been excited like this Never had to fight it like this Long ago I may of had bliss But I never had to hide it like this I never loved like you You said I couldn't I never loved like you I swore I wouldn't I'll never love like you It's not in my anatomy It's not in my philosophy
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Yay!
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Ooooo Ooooo Every time Every time You show yourself Show yourself to me Present your mind and your body To your fellow exist-ers You're lying You're bending of article of truth you share The only thing I hear Is you care for yourself as no one other Your time Your money Your efforts They're the only thing for you And it only hurts for me Because we're so similar Because I am you Because you've taught me Because I like you
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(here I go!) (Ooooo) (trapped, you stay) You say that you've been to the market That you've sniffed all the flowers And you lit all the fires Under me I've never loved like you Winded inside a tube I've never loved like you You said I Couldn't
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Sometimes I miss my days of insecurity No more I wander the path is lit so I can see Now I'm living a life of peace and clarity Somehow missing the stress that so tormented me Take me back to the days when I couldn't sleep Take me back to the way I felt when you hated me Take me back to the days when I couldn't be Rested, and happy, and smiling Today I woke up and smiled at the rising sun No more overcast, now I'm more blessed than a nun Such a fucking lunatic, forgetting all the bad I've done I don't deserve this; my soul deserves oblivion Take me back to the days when I couldn't sleep Take me back to the way I felt when you hated me Take me back to the days when I couldn't be Rested, and happy, and smiling (alright, thank you so much)

about

This is the debut album from my new project: Rule Follower. The core drums, bass, and synth were recorded on 5/20/2021, and the upright bass improvisation was recorded on 9/20/2021. I added additional layers of guitars and vocals and effects in Oct, Nov, and Dec 2021.

It is the first album I've released with other musicians playing on it, but the lyrics and themes and ideas behind the album are more personal than ever before. There's an undeniable power to improvised music that conveys something deeper from within the musician. I feel that there are many points on this record where such emotion is evident. I'm so grateful to be sharing this music and that emotion with the world.

So I'd like to give an immense thank you to Garrett and Blair for their stellar instincts and artistry in this project; it is always a pleasure to make music with them. I'd also like to thank Michael Bisio for guiding me in my studies of upright bass, and inspiring much of my work in improvised music. Also thanks to Marlon Hope for helping run the computer on the 9/20 session.

And thank you for listening!

-Luke

credits

released December 17, 2021

Luke Taylor - electric bass, upright bass, guitars, vocals
Garrett Crusan - drums
Blair Jasper - synths

everything engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered by Luke Taylor

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