Mixtape Vol​.​1 2020​-​2023

by Back Room Scene

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Blurry 04:12
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Hanging on a line Just like one of those birds And I can’t see straight I can’t see straight Blurry eyes and the sticky heat I’m a trouble to myself And the ones I love Enchanting was the moment When your words touched my skin For the very first time, For the very first time Blurry hearts and the skipping beats What a summer its been What a summer its been I’m daydreaming I’m daydreaming Suddenly estranged by the many sides So I wouldn’t wait around Oh these joys and trials Blurry times and the things we’d say You’re the tension in me Fuck the games we play Oh the games we play Such an obsession Is this a confession Write back to me, write back to me You’re such a trigger God, I feel bitter You’ve given your game away You’ve written your code in colours My navigation's in tatters In all of the wonder, I can’t help but wander Write back to me, write back to me
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Apparition Falls 02:57
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You get the view I get the concrete wall Write me a note As the apparition falls I met you at the club Sister I don’t know what time I got home You have gone so far for so long, I’ve been stuck here writing love songs Find you on the hill Find me in the backroom I’ll wait here with my verses You take my curses too I met you at the church Brother I don’t know what time I’d get home You have gone so far, I’m so proud, Yet I’m stuck here covered by this shroud Take what he said onboard Travel through a time portal My fear creates these stories Where I have to get away Maybe I’d find you there Or find my true self so I’d stay Kill me or make me, kill me to make me You had me when I waved to you You had me with my concrete view
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Empty Road 02:54
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Working out the days I’m even more unsettled Since coming off the bottle For the summer Thought I would find Holistic healing For my mind But oh these troubles /Trip me up/ /I wouldn’t know/ /That I would scream myself/ /Down that wide empty road/ /Drag it up/ /Fool of me/ /I am not the person/ /That you want me to be/ I can’t seem to change Despite my vein attempts Give me a decade To be better Even when I’m old I’ll still be the child Who needs attention And the buzz of the unknown
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Death to My Feelings 04:29
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Took it from the outset I was having deja vu Couldn’t take my mind off you Now I have a family September in my darkest fears Halloween is a drawing near Leaves are falling at my knees Death to m y feelings What about this fantasy You’re the hero of my story The one who dies alongside me In the apocalypse baby You’re the limerence of my reverie And those moments are holy God damn thought id reject ya My coffee is black to remember Careful taking footsteps My heart is warm and yours is stone Take pictures on my mobile phone To reminisce the resistance You are not so innocent To be thought of as a best friend What a contradiction The tension of fact versus fiction My mind won’t slow down Slow down slow down Keeps its lies and keeps its friends Struggle with this struggle letting go I just want to go You were what I thought I wanted A ghost that came to me Look out for the old lies Death to my feelings girl Held together broken promises Couldn’t stand the contradictions I wasn’t made to lie this well Death to my feelings girl Cry out for the old times For hope and for empathy Couldn’t take your eyes off me Death to your feelings girl Innocence from the outset My soul felt all consumed Couldn’t take my eyes off you Death to my feelings
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Interlude 01:02
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Pharisee 02:54
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If I am flawed How am I to live By your standards and by your law The fight and the tension I bury away Cos I don’t know if you’d like it /What is the fright I hold onto?/ /Who is the face of my fear?/ /I don’t answer to you pharisee/ /I don’t answer to you/ The lie is a hold Its grasp is so cold A war in my mind, for all these years The fight and the tension I carry it all And I don’t know if I like it To look in from the outside The window is warm If I touch it it melts me But what am I to do With the dream I hold onto It’s not even breathing And its heartbeat is slowing It’s slowing
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Divine Intervention 01:58
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Started waking early To make myself some time Get into some habits Reevaluate my mind Along this narrow path I gave up years ago To make space for my wondering Decontaminate my soul Rediscovered love 4.55 am August 29th I’ll never be the same again Caught me off guard Divine intervention Has it’s way of challenging perception What a time to be alive Be careful what you say My anxious friends are gone 37 months later Couldn’t be a better time for Divine Intervention
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You Crossed My Mind Today 02:50
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Thought I’d try hard not to think about you But you crossed my mind today I gave up considering the outcome And I think I’ve caused my death again You, you are the life force You are the nature of my greatest fear You, you are the life force You are the muse of my greatest idea I’m causing myself to stumble Lost my boundaries and my clarity The lines are blurred and my heart is racing I’m a little stumped for words, but I know You, you are a wonder You are the nature of my greatest fear You, you are a wonder You are the muse of my greatest idea You, you are the future You are the nature of my greatest fear You, you are the future You are the muse of my greatest idea
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Walk A Long Way 02:10
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Before we say goodbye I got a lot to work on And I’ve got some years to go Little did I know The guises I would play behind Unravelling the wires I’m great at what to say And make believe is your belief I saw your avid faith I couldn’t draw a line Between where I have come to And where I was at 25 Slow down Give in Move on with your heart of gold Find rest on your way Walk free with a lighter load I’m somewhat left behind And lonely at the thought of it Strapped in golden chains My final refrain Is careful what you wish for Be mindful of your prayers Walk a long way with kind steps Every word on your mind Etched in your eyes

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A collection of songs from the last few years that I've been saving for today. An album you could say. I've worked on these ones alone so maybe there are a little rough, but needed to get them out into the world so I could go on to the next chapter... enjoy!

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released November 10, 2023

Made by Back Room Scene at home
©2020-2023

Blurry (written and recorded summer 2022)
Apparition Falls (written spring 2020, this version recorded 2021)
Empty Road (written and recorded autumn 2022)
Death to My Feelings (written and recorded autumn 2022)
Interlude (recorded spring 2023)
Pharisee (written 2019, recorded summer 2020)
Divine Intervention (written late summer 2021)
You Crossed My Mind Today (written and recorded summer 2022)
Walk A Long Way (written and recorded autumn 2021)

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Back Room Scene London, UK

Melancholic infused indie-folk

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