Cowrie - Define My Freedom

from Touching Bass presents: Soon Come by Various Artists

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Double 12" Vinyl
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- Beautiful double vinyl version of 'Soon Come', pressed on bright orange (day) and midnight blue (night) vinyl housed in a reverse cardboard, double gatefold jacket, with single-sided tracklist insert.
- Artwork; Illustrations, photography, and collage by Alex Rita
- Graphic design by Brian 'BOT' O'Tuama

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lyrics

I used to be so lonely
And lonesome
I used to be seduced
By the fuse box of my emotions
I’d flip like a switch
Each time I was paralysed
By profuse amount of loneliness
It would climb with confusion between the cracks
Of sidewalk-splitting moments
Click.
Click.
I used to get so lonely (lonely)
But now I recognize the liberty
Of being me
I can identify the blueprint of wealth
Without nobody’s help
And yeah, I still get my doubts
But I know I never want to be defined
By anybody else ever again
Only I can define my freedom
I used to unbutton daydreams
In the middle of the night
Aloof to moonlight crossing
The intersection of my eyes,
I’d trace fantasies of who I’d rather be
One Monday morning, sunshine
Broke into my house
And robbed me of my insecurity
I figure it’d be a waste of time filing a police report
‘Cause being a pessimist just ain’t for me
Besides, greatness occurs despite the sceptics
They say, “Nothing lasts forever”
But we’ve got elastics for hearts
And even after bombs explode, time still tick-tick-tocks
(and tick tick tocks, and tick tick tocks, and)
I already have enough scars

To know how clean blades
Keep when they live deep among me,
So yeah, I been cuttin’ up the bullshit
And rebuilding good company
I can identify the blueprint of wealth
Without nobody’s help
And yeah, I still get my doubts
But I know I never want to be
Defined by anybody else ever again
Only I can define my freedom
Only I can define my freedom
Only I can define my freedom
Only I can define my freedom
Only I can define

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from Touching Bass presents: Soon Come, released July 1, 2022

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