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Extreme Close​-​Up, then Fade to Black

from Joy in the New by Andersen Silva

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The word 'extreme' has stuck with me since my short-lived 'zine days. When I wrote this song in the fall of 2000, I used cinematic references to portray someone who wants to share and to be understood. The recording, completed in May 2001, reminds me of early-'90s industrial fused with early-'80s new wave.

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You look at me,
Don't really see,
Very deeply
Inside of me...

Bring the lens in tight!
Shoot it black and white...!
Scars in sharp relief,
Am I beyond belief?

CHORUS:
Come in now, for an extreme close-up.
Accept, as I have, a universe so cold...
When it runs over, throw away my cup!
Why in the world should I feel so old?

Don't know what I mean,
You're part of the machine.
Don't know you're in a scene,
ou think I'm bitter mean...

Now cut to camera two!
I'm looking sadly at you...
Too sensitive, you call me;
Wake up! and maybe you'll see...

CHORUS:
Come in now, for an extreme close-up.
If you don't FEEL, then you're not alive.
The wine has become vinegar in my cup.
Sometimes I wonder how I've survived.

No, not quite there...
Though I do despair.
You stop and stare,
Don't know this world's not fucking fair!

CHORUS:
So tired now, I could fade to black.
None else regard emotions anyway.
In my heart, shattered crystal; in my soul, a crack,
Is it so hard to hear the things that I would say?

Extreme close-up, then fade to black.
Watching the credits, maybe you'll realize,
It wasn't my excess, it was your sore lack
Of unrepressed feelings, like these tears in my eyes...

Dissolve me.

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from Joy in the New, released August 3, 2004
written and recorded by Andersen Silva

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Let Talking Heads, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, the Cars, Roger Waters, and half a Ramone take turns writing and playing songs together, with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Ringo Starr splitting vocal duties, and you might get something like Andersen Silva's music. Or you might not. ... more

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