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Cellular Fidelity

by Gabriel Koenig

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Paranoid on a Good Day 01:42
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I'm Having a very good day But now I'm worried that They might try to Take it away from me Why I don't know who they might be But I'm sure that they're Somewhere out there Waiting to make their move Oh they don't give these days Away for free Oh so I don't know why it Happened to me Oh no they don't give these days Away for free So how am I supposed to feel Happy I'm Having a very good day At least I was until I Realized that it Was probably a mistake I'm Thinking about running away And then hiding so that They can't take back This very good day I have
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So Glad I Never Met You 02:04
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Oh when you say We could have been laughing long ago I don't know Or when you say We should have been making history I disagree Oh I'm so glad We never met before now Cause I was such an idiot I was such a fool until now Oh when I think We could have been friends back in school So glad it isn't true Or when I think The times we might have crossed each others path I did the math So I'm so glad We never met before now Cause I was such an idiot I was such a fool until now If you'd known me way back then I'm sure you'd hate me too Cause I was just a stupid kid I didn't know what to do But as it is you only know The person I'm today And I must say I think it's all Turned out in the best way
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Spiders in the Corner 02:53
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There's spiders sitting in the corners there And I don't care if they just stay But there's no food in here for them to eat They should retreat, but they don't move I get in closer for a second look That's all it took, to see they're dead I don't know when it all happened now Or even how, they'd be such fools And now I sit so still and wonder Spiders why did you go under It's warm in here, but now you've lost it all And now I sit so still and wonder Spiders you have gone and blundered Your dried up legs are all that now remain I guess I've seen a fly now and then It happens when we don't shut the door But it's not much and so far between I've never seen, much more than two And there's not even any decent webs Just a few strands here and there It was a mission failed right from the start It breaks my heart, so pitiful And now I sit so still and wonder Spiders why did you go under It's warm in here, but now you've lost it all And now I sit so still and wonder Spiders you have gone and blundered Your dried up legs are all that now remain
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The Perfect Height 02:11
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Say I was three feet taller than I am today I'd probably be in with the NBA But then I'd need a house that was custom built Cause it would be like walking around on stilts Oh but I feel That this must be just right Oh yeah I'm sure That I'm the perfect height Say I was just as tall as a can of beans I'd have more food than I could ever believe But then I doubt I be able to open doors So how could I ever go back to the store Say I was taller than all the buildings around I wouldn't need stairs to get up from the ground But then I bet the government would go and see Someone like that could never hope to be free
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Shower Power 02:14
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I am up But not awake I'm standing here So cold I shake And everyday It's just the same I stumble out I feel so lame Oh shower I need your power I would love to spend an hour In your kiss I rinse my soul Torn away From blissful sleep A sharp alarm Shatters my dream With eyes half closed I curse the day I look outside The light is grey When I don't know how I will Make it through the morning chill And I just want to be clean I know you'll be there for me
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I Heard You Won the Lottery 04:02
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I heard you won the lottery I heard it from an acquaintance by family And when I heard your name I remembered all the fun we had back then And so I had to look you up I found your number in an old book But when I had the phone in hand I realized the flaw in my plan Now what can I do now With all this new wealth that you've found Everything feels so contrived When there's money on the line I know it wouldn't go to your head You're not the kind of person those figures could ever turn bad I worry about how I may seem I'm sure you've seen some people around you turning green I'm not trying to get in I just wonder how you've been But would you listen to me After all, you won the lottery Now what can I do now With all this new wealth that you've found Everything feels so contrived When there's money on the line I just want to have a talk Or maybe go for a walk I know everything has changed And my timing, must be strange I'm doing alright by myself Though I can't deny I could use some help But all I want from you Let's have some fun, just like we used to
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Wind 02:23
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I'm outside with a kite Trying to make this thing fly right When then suddenly It's ripped from my hands, and tangled in a tree Oh wind, you don't know what you do Cause wind, you're just passing through But wind, I will tell you, you're so rude Later, on a bench I sat Saw someone with a very nice hat Then a gust came in And took that hat away from them In some other parts I know that it gets even worse A friend told me some news About some people who lost their roofs You're not so bad all the time It's nice when you blow the clouds from the sky I guess you must have a reason why But I may never know
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Double Knot 02:09
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I had a dream not so long ago And in that dream my shoes would not stay tied Although I tried and tried And fought With a double knot And in that dream, I started to think I should write a song, about how my shoes would not stay tied Although I tried and tried And fought With a double knot Oh the night before I'd struggled with my shoes And I like making songs So it's no wonder I had this dream And after I woke up, I thought hey that's not bad But it's not all that interesting, how my shoes would just not stay tied Although I tried and tried And fought With a double knot It's a bit complex, the origin of this song Based on a song idea from a dream based on reality Inspiration strikes from processes I won't try to understand Oh, maybe again I'll dream up a song It might not be any good But I could write a song about that song
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Goose With An Attitude 02:02
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I know a goose with an attitude It goes standing out in the street Oh this goose with an attitude It go hiss at everyone that it meets Oh this goose got such attitude And it will try to bite your feet But hey you goose with that attitude Where are your friends? Where are your friends? That's what I thought Oh goose, tell me did someone Do you wrong Oh goose, you can't hold a grudge For so long Hey there you goose One day you'll find Your neck in a noose And you may realize You've wasted your days Being a jerk And being polite It's not so much work I knew a goose with an attitude It used to stand it the street Oh this goose had such attitude It thought it just couldn't be beat But this goose with the attitude Didn't know when to retreat And now that goose with an attitude Isn't here anymore, it was hit by a car I saw that one coming from the start Oh goose, I wonder did someone Do you wrong Oh goose, you shouldn't have held That grudge for so long Poor silly goose It's too late for you You thought you were tough How little you knew You were a goose And a mean SOB You took on the world But you could not compete
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How I Ruined Everything 02:24
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Sitting with you in the living room Having a perfect time When suddenly I hear a gasp I look around to see why A mouse runs across the floor I dunno how it got indoors But I'll make sure it won't be anymore I get up and chase it around It's running everywhere Finally I trap the thing I've got it cornered there The mouse has nowhere to go I dunno how it got indoors But I'm making sure it won't be anymore Desperately, one last move It runs straight at me I move my foot to trap it again And then I hear a squeak The mouse lies still on the floor I dunno how it got indoors But now I guess it won't be doing anything anymore The mouse is dead I didn't really mean to do it The mouse is dead I kinda feel bad about it And then I turn to look at you Oh no you're crying And now I feel like I've ruined everything
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Bad Culinary Timing 04:01
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I only meant to make a meal for myself Nothing fancy, nothing special And I don't know how it happened But it turned out really well, to put it mildly Oh and I knew that you couldn't make it Cause you were on the otherside of the world And it's not the kind of thing that I could leave in the freezer It just wouldn't be the same Oh why did I decide to Make the most delicious thing That I have ever made, today Hey, I'll have to try again But there was never a recipe It happened all so fast I couldn't bear to witness it alone So I made calls, to all my friends in town I said, hurry, come on over, if you're hungry I made dinner, I think it's pretty good But everyone was either busy, or they were just too full Nobody could make it I tried to tell them they were really missing out They expressed regret, but that was that I ran outside, to my neighbour's door I rang the bell, but they weren't at home I started shouting in the streets to try to find someone But people just gave me looks I even invited, some strangers inside I told them I had made some really good food They just ran away, so I went back to the house And I ate it all, alone
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Won't Get To Me 02:54
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I open the door to let in some air A fly gets inside, it's in my hair I try for a while to shut it down But it's too fast it just keeps flying around Oh I shouldn't have opened that door But I can't let this kind of thing bother me No I won't let this fly get to me I've got some ice cream in a cone I sit outside in the sun The ice cream melts way too fast It slips from my cone now it's in my lap Oh and it's a bit of a mess But I can't let this kind of thing bother me No I won't let this ice cream get to me I remind myself of the big picture This is not the end of the world Getting upset doesn't help me I've just gotta move on I do some shopping at the store I pull out my wallet to pay for it all I don't remember something happened then Cause my wallet wasn't there when I checked again Oh I had a lot of things in there But I can't let this kind of thing bother me No I won't let this wallet get to me The sky turns red, the earth it shakes Everything around me falls and breaks The air burns, the waters rise There's volcanoes and forest fires Oh I don't know how long I'll survive But I can't let this kind of thing bother me No I won't let this disaster get to me I remind myself of the big picture This may be the end of the world Getting upset doesn't help me I've just gotta move on
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Undead Fish 03:00
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I once had a tank of fish I fed them everyday But one day I noticed that They didn't take the food away So I took a closer look You wouldn't believe what I saw The fish had died but they were still Swimming around and all Yeah they were swimming Not just floating They were swimming If you wonder how I knew they were dead Well they were half decomposed Like zombie fish they wandered still Circles in the bowl I wondered how this had happened to them Was it magic or a disease Further still just what would I do With these fish that had deceased They had deceased I was pretty sure I kept them around and in a week They were nothing left but bones Still they were swimming How though nobody knows I wasn't scared, but I was creeped out As cool as it may seem I had to get rid of them But I wanted to be humane I wanted to be humane I couldn't just flush them down the toilet So I buried them In the backyard tank and all And I'll bet they're out there still Swimming underground
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To My Future Friend 02:58
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Five-hundred years from today You hear this song playing from a tape I don't know how you found it, but when you hear me sing It gets into your head and you start to think What was I like It's a shame that I died But you've got technology So you travel back just to see me You find me at home before too long I've been expecting to meet you, I did write this song We talk about things as I give a tour of the time We've got so much in common, we're both surprised You invite me Back home on your time machine I'm a bit scared but I can't resist This isn't something that I want to miss Everything that you show me I am amazed The fashion, the food, the music it's all so great Though I start to miss my life back in my century But you promise we can go visit whenever we need You are my future friend

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This is a continuation of the album Low-Fi. Recorded on my phone.

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released January 23, 2012

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Gabriel Koenig Vancouver, British Columbia

Gabriel Koenig makes music, video games and other various forms of art. His styles are continually evolving but remain thematically focused on the dark absurdity of human existence.

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