<center><h1>Excuse me for asking</h1>**original music**</center>
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<center><h2>Notes</h2></center>
Today I wrote & recorded this song in Garageband. Everything was performed by me & all sounds were made by mouth except for some handclaps. The song is about all the ways we mask our true feelings and cover up old wounds instead of letting them surface so they can be processed and healed. It also discusses the power of love, forgiveness, and compassion: powerful abilities that can be unlocked, but only with our consent. The more human beings open themselves to this type of development, the further we get in the process of transforming our world into the paradise that it meant to become. Here are the links to listen to the song on dsound:<br>
<center><a href="https://dsound.audio/#/@d-pend/excuse-me-for-asking">► Listen on DSound</a><br>
      <a href="https://gateway.ipfsstore.it:8443/ipfs/QmWtf1YkRLU22QWtxiXCz8FSXXsbcds3punPB46r1eBQea">► Listen from source (IPFS)</a></center>

My goal with these recordings is to re-energize my singing practice in anticipation of finishing my debut album "Cosmic Youth" sometime this year. I also want to experiment with combining beatboxing, singing, and spoken word/rapping. Since I'm not a trained audio engineer, I'm doing my best to make them sound decent, but the overall goal is to take everything I've learned during 2017 writing poetry and beatboxing and apply that into my songwriting/composition. I rely heavily on improvisation and enjoy creating short pieces all in one day, when possible. It's nice to keep it under two minutes in length because it's more managable. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the song! As always, I highly value your input, and am honored by all the wonderful responses I get on these posts, so feel free to say what comes to mind.<br>
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<center><h1>Excuse me for asking</h1><h3>Verse</h3>
Excuse me for asking, but are you afraid?
'Cause I see so many modern humans
That pretend they're ok.<br>
Hypnotized by the bright lights
But underneath they hide pain.
Distract themselves with the picturesque sights
(Entertainment escapism laughter inane.)<br>
But our existence is much deeper than it seems.
Some people hoard up their scars
In churning thunderclouds, inescapable dreams.<br>
Scared to open their heart to an uncaring world,
But love and forgiveness are real:
If you unlock them the power unfurls.
<h3>Chorus:</h3>
**Everyone said they wanna be free, yeah
So let's find the courage within to face our misery.
Everyone afraid to show their face, yeah
So let compassion flow; let's build our paradise.**</center>
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<center><h2>Created by
@d-pend
1/10/18</h2>**Images are 
free domain
& edited by me.**</center>
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