S4E3: An Urban Bird
In Episode 3, we continue on our quest to finish the internet, 2 clicks at a time. We'll be radically honest here: you're going to love both of these songsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist CookbookBug Hunterand our brand-new discord is hereand follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: Bottle Rocket AstronautPrompt Page: 2 Fast, 2 Furious -> Nitrous oxide -> WhippitsLyrics:I am Burt (the Urban Bird), I've got one wing that doesn't workBut I've built a bottle rocket that'll lift me off the earthshoot for the stars? that ain't me. I would settle for that treebe like everybody else who can get up there easilyIf you try to pin me down I will get up off the groundI am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thingeverybody's got already, make it look so easyI've been gracious, I've been patientnatural selection never saw me comin', babyI am Burt (the urban bird), I've got one wing that doesn't workI've got whippets in my nest but if they ask, you never heard thatwanna raid me? they can try -- here's a slice of pumpkin pieall the while I'm expanding to a full-fledged enterpriseSee that goldfish in the birdbath? you get 3 hints to guess who did thatwe put a turtle on a mailbox and hedgehog on a trashcanand we've got funding coming through and big announcements coming soonwe pledge by 2026 we'll put a gopher on the roof[Chorus]I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thingeverybody's got already, make it look so easyI've been gracious, I've been patientand we've got charlie darwin freakin rollin' in his grave, eeey!(Little critters in the sky)(Little critters where they don't belong)I am Burt (the urban bird), keep me down? it doesn't work.---- Matt's Song -----Title: A Mile and ChangePrompt Page: Weather Pains -> NOAA -> Deep Sea Exploration Lyrics:tie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boysand discover how deep it goesand you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart toeverybody when you get back homethat you touched the bottom of the ocean floorI know you men, I know you wellWhen I look at you, I see myselfThe coaxing waves, that beckon us inWe'd travel to the ends of the earth just to swing our feet over the edgeAnd when I sleep, I hear the callThe howling void, beneath our hullGoes on forever, ha, that's so absurdand we'll know better, by the time the sun sets we'll know for suretie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boysand discover how deep it goesand you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart toeverybody when you get back homethat you touched the bottom of the ocean floorWe let it drop, for a mile and changeWe didn't talk, as the evening cameAnd we only stopped cause the line ran tightWould have kept on going if we could but we got the sense we could have gone all nightAnd as the morning sun bore down on usAnd the ocean yawned, indifferentIt goes on forever, and I haven't sleptCause I dream of the beasts in the infinite deep and wake in a swearwe tied a cannonball to a fishing line and tossed it overboard let it sink over a mile andand we discovered how deep this goesnow we can swear to the stars with a hand on our heart toeverybody when we get back homethat there isn't any bottom of the ocean floorfloooooooooooooooooooooooooooor
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