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Awkward Soul

by Cody Nix

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The following recording was recovered from the original hard drive that corrupted and resulted in the mass-loss of my earliest recorded work (and the eventual concept and creation of the Twitch EP). The following song was recorded on November 19, 2011.

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I lay in my bed and I wait by the phone
And my eyes stick to it like the sword to the stone
And it's clear you really don't care for me, dear

I strum my guitar and I sing a little tune
And I think to myself "I will win you one day"
and soon I believe in my own bullshit

(chorus)
But it was never meant to be
An awkward soul like me
Finding solace in the arms of another beating heart
So I guess I'll just lay here and play my guitar and sing
"Somebody listen to me"
"Somebody listen to me"

But the lights are out and there's nobody home
and I scream at the wall that I'm tired of being alone
My friends tell me I need help

I'm filling the halls with the beautiful sound
and I shout out these words wishing that someone's around
Am I destroying myself?

Or was it never meant to be
An awkward soul like me
Finding solace in the arms of another beating heart
So I guess I'll just lay here and play my guitar and sing
"Somebody listen to me"
"Someone fucking listen to me"

The sun has arisen, but I don't bother sleeping
I'm drowing myself in papers, splinters and sheets
Listening to my heart beat

And the strings seem to fade and my fingers they bleed
And the neighbors are banging on the wall and now I see
There was somebody listening.

Was it ever meant to be
an awkward soul like me
will I ever get the life that I sing of

Maybe it's not meant to be
an awkward soul like me
maybe the end of it all will be underwhelming.

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released February 14, 2015

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Cody Nix Claremore, Oklahoma

For nearly a decade, I've been playing and recording music in my room. From experimental post-rock to singer/songwriter acoustic tracks, I once had a hard drive with hours of material, none of which any of my friends and family have heard. After losing all of my material stored on my hard drive, my debut project is an attempt to recover some of those sounds. ... more

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