“THE APOLOGISTS” AS SUNG BY DANIEL N. GALLO & DANIEL J. GALLO AS RECORDED BY A 10-YR-OLD CELLPHONE FROM A 5 YR-OLD RADIOSHACK TAPE RECORDER.  TO BE INCLUDED ON THE FORTHCOMING “ELASTIC NOSTALGIA EP.”

WORDS: THE APOLOGISTS: WE’VE GOT ENOUGH BONES TO PICK TO FILL A MUSEUM / WE’RE STRUNG WITH CRUTCHES AND CASTS / WE’VE GOT ENOUGH BONES TO PICK TO FILL A MUSEUM / WE’RE STRUNG WITH CRUTCHES AND CASTES* / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE // WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME / GETTING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN / EVERYTHING’S BEEN MOVING AND CHANGING / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! // “HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / ”HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / ”BUT HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / IT’S OK WE’LL DAISY-CHAIN THESE NIGHTS TOGETHER / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE // WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME / GETTING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN / EVERYTHING’S BEEN MOVING AND CHANGING / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!

*I INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE I HAVEN’T QUITE MADE MY MIND UP ABOUT IT.  IS THE PLAY-ON-SOUNDS-AND-WORDS TOO PRECIOUS?  PROBABLY.  BUT IS IT WORTH-WHILE ANYWAY?  I DON’T KNOW.

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THIS SONG IS CALLED “(A-FRAME)”, THOUGH I MIGHT CHANGE THE TITLE TO “FRAMING HAPPINESS”—AND I WOULD’VE ALREADY, BUT THE SECOND WORD MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.  BUT THE NEED TO CHANGE IT IS THERE ALL THE SAME, BECAUSE “(A-FRAME)” DOESN’T QUITE DESCRIBE WHAT I MEAN.  IAN MCEWAN SAID SOMETHING IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT FRAMING OPTIMISM AGAINST REALITY—OR BEING OPTIMISTIC IN REALITY REQUIRES FRAMING IT IN A LOGIC OF DETERMINATION TO BE OPTIMISTIC.  NO, I HAVEN’T READ HIS NOVELS—BUT THIS IDEA IS IN THE CHORUS (BELOW), & THE SECOND VERSE (BELOW).  AND YES, THAT IS JARED PLAYING SYNTH & DRUMS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE HE IS A MANY SPLENDOR’D THING.  NOEL & I ARE DOING ALL THE JUBILANT YIPPING.  THIS WILL APPEAR ON OUR FORTHCOMING EP, “THE ELASTIC NOSTALGIA EP”.

WORDS:  (A-FRAME) (OR, “FRAMING HAPPINESS”): I’M TIRED OF LOBBING BOMBS NO ONE CAN READ / BUT I’VE BEEN STUDYING HOW TO TALK FOR SO LONG / I’VE GOTTEN SO GOOD NO ONE KNOWS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY // AND— / CEMETERIES LOOK LIKE FURNITURE NOW / POOR— / POOR DEAR, WE’VE STOPPED MEETING THEIR STARE // I DON’T WANT TO REALLY REALIZE THAT MY FUTURE’S PLASTIC / I HOPE A PLACE IS COMING WHERE WE WON’T HAVE TO SLEEP / BUT, BY NOW BY NOW BY NOW BY NOW BY NOW / EVEN IF WE FOUND GOD’S OLD BONES WE’D STILL CALL HIM A MONKEY // AND— / CEMETERIES LOOK LIKE FURNITURE NOW / POOR— / POOR DEAR, WE’VE STOPPED MEETING THEIR STARE / AND— / CEMETERIES LOOK LIKE FURNITURE NOW / POOR— / POOR DEAR, WE’VE STOPPED MEETING THEIR STARE.

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