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This Is Modern Life

from DHAWA by Dhawa

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This was the first track written intentionally for programmed drums, although someone else was supposed to do it, and do it more in the style of Big Black. It didn't happen. So I put my MIDI boots on and did what I could.

Life is tough, friends, hang in there!

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As a child she wanted to dig for dinosaurs,
or maybe fly into outerspace, relocate herself to Mars
It was an innocent ask, but it was shot down in flames
She had her teachers to thank, she had her teachers to blame
She grew up to be another cog in the business machine
Often left to wonder, what is the purpose of dreams?
She hurled herself from a rooftop down at the corner of Main
They hosed her blood from the street, but I can still see the stain

Wants and needs, who's to say?
Who can fathom the price we'll pay?

Oh, the tragedy!
Of modern life!

He grew up thinking that he could achieve anything
Marry a beautiful girl, give her a glamorous ring
But as he grew older it became obvious that he was a dud
He wasn't handsome nor smart nor born of notable blood
He held on to the hope that his luck would somehow improve Desperately clinging to a dream of some sort of rendezvous
He wound up hanging himself in an apartment no one called home
It took 8 months and 3 days for someone to find his bones

All I ever wanted was a life of luxury
A care-free existence devoid of drudgery
Mechanized servants, a mechanized wife
but I'm the automaton here, what has happened to my life?

Oh, the tragedy!

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from DHAWA, released September 20, 2019
JLuchka - Bass. Guitar. Moog. Vocals. Midi Drum Sequencing.

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Dhawa Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Dhawa is based in Northeast Ohio and will never perform live. It's the "side project" of side projects, created by JLuchka of supercorrupter and DeathCrawl. Some songs feature additional performances by noted guests.

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