Boy Robot
Don’t Wanna Be Alone
Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis
There once was a boy who was made, not created He wanted to learn He wanted to indulge his senses, to understand pain But most of all, He wanted to love For only when he found true love would he become real
They say that love is a game only played by the dumbest of fools That the feeling’s elusive and what can you do with a ruse? They say that wanting a heart is nothing like what people believe and to give it away is something you don’t want to need
He traveled far and long But love eluded him The humans that surrounded him complicated the word, strove to drive it out of the world altogether, and this he could not understand For what could be more simple than to love and be loved in return? He was made with an 8-Bit Heart...
Listen to me I don’t wanna be alone I’m gonna find someone I swear the fire will never grow cold I get scared sometimes when I see all the connections happening around me that fate will evade me that time will betray me That future I just don’t want to see Don’t wanna be that synapse swerve that missed the nerve and now is dead for eternity Listen to me I’m not gonna be alone I’m gonna find someone I swear the fire will never grow cold I don’t wanna be I’m not gonna be I don’t wanna be I’m not gonna be lonely anymore not gonna be lonely anymore don’t wanna be lonely anymore
FELL IN LOVE W/AN ANDROID
SUPER PSYCHO LOVE
Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis
Perfect model knows how to push the throttle but I don’t wanna be just another name in your registry I just wanted to see if my lust would be enough to get me over your complete lack of substance
Something lately drives me crazy has to do with how you make me struggle to get your attention calling you brings aprehension Texts from you and sex from you are things that are not so uncommon flirt with you you’re all about it tell me why I feel unwanted?
Fell in love with an Android baby playing games with a toy that played me The electricity is easy I’m told so where’d you ever learn to be so cold? Nothing in your eyes that I can see time to shut the power down and let me be Try to play it like you think you’re something so hot Hate to say it, but I’d rather fuck a robot
Damn if you didn’t want me back why’d you have to act like that? It’s confusing to the core ‘cause I know you want it Oh, and if you don’t wanna be something substantial with me then why do you give me more? Babe I know you want it
So deluded that it kind of constituted as a kind of charm I never really thought you could bring me any harm Oh I couldn’t be more wrong Oh why did I wait so long to go Can’t believe I thought I loved you Ooh pull down the nylons, you must be Cylon
Say that you want me every day that you want me every way that you need me got me trippin’ super psycho love Aim, pull the trigger feel the pain getting bigger go insane from the bitter feeling trippin’ super psycho love Pull me off to darkened corners where all other eyes avoid us tell me how I mesmerize you I love you and despise you Back to the crowd where you ignore me bedroom eyes to those before me How am I supposed to handle lit the fuse and missed the candle Damn, if you wanna let me go baby please just let me know you’re not gonna get away with leading me on Say you want me, say you need me tear my heart out slow and bleed me You want me, you need me you’re gonna be with me I know you want me too I think you want me too please say you want me too because you’re going to
DELUSIONAL
8BIT HEART
Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis
Here’s to all the people who’ve been trying to keep me down Got their fingers in my collar trying to turn me all around I find it so funny to hear how much they hate Try to push me to the ground then say they love me to my face Say what you mean and don’t try to deceive me I so want to believe it, yes I want to, yes I do Say what you want and don’t try to prolong it If you want to so-long it, then I want you to, yes I do
What would you say if I said that I want you? Would you laugh at me and maybe think I was crazy? ‘Cause I don’t know any other way than to say the way that I feel But it doesn’t ever work and it hurts to the bone always feeling so damn alone
I’m feeling all the heat, they’re gonna hear my call Now I can wait to see you lose it all You’ve placed your bets and he is gonna make you fall I can’t believe you’re so delusional Now I know you’re gonna try to say I stole this verse from Tim’, but there’s a firestarter out there and I’m sure he stole from him first Don’t say you love me then turn around and drop me cause soon you’re gonna want me and you know it’s true, yes you do Why don’t you see him the way he really is? cause soon you’ll wanna leave him and I know it’s true, yes I do
Is it so, so wrong to love? Baby is it so, so wrong to love? Is it so, so wrong to love and to be loved in return? I don’t know what to do ‘cause I think that I need you And I’m afraid ‘cause intuition’s telling me that you don’t feel the same Ooh I wanna hold your hand but I don’t think you understand just how I’m feeling inside Oh baby please don’t play with strings that dangle me because I’d rather have nothing than lies.
DIABLO
JOYSTICK
Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis
Here’s the thing, yeah we started out friends but this is not a Kelly Clarkson song, and not how it ends Everything I thought about you was lies Thought that I knew you, but you were disguised Everything I thought about you was bogus I speak for the both of us time to say bye
I can’t count all the times that I, I had to say I’m sorry for wanting something with a few more bits than my Atari Don’t play a game, boy they said it would get old But sometimes boys like me are curious and can’t be told no. You came along and had me saying “What is this?” Your sexiness had got me ready for the Genesis
Save face, and get out of town Take the car you’re driving and just turn it around ‘cause you’re a nutcase you’re freaking me out I’m sorry that you hate me ‘cause I just wasn’t down You’re the devil, you’re a filthy piece of trash gotta brush you off my shoulder gonna let you kiss my ass You’re a diablo, You’re so damn evil You’re a diablo, Your shit is evil Are you crazy? because you’re so out of line I swear someday you’re gonna freak and claw out my eye oh wait, you did Oh baby, baby does she take a piece of lime for the drink that I’ma buy her Oh wait this song isn’t mine Uh oh, you’re coming unglued If it wasn’t so damn frequent then I’d try to subdue but you’re a Psycho they all know it too I can’t wait until the day when I am finally rid of you Oh, now I really wanna see you get help I really wanna see you get over yourself and I do wish you well but I have to say I’m glad you’re gone Oh, and I’m thinking that you might lose your nerve the very first time you hear this song but I did nothing wrong except let you stay in my life.
Baby, grab a hold of the joystick take control of the motion I can feel it when you __ __ Baby, you make all of the choices other players can join us if you’re feeling like you wanna play games Then I upgraded to Nintendo 64, and your first time with a joystick left you feeling like a Hyper gamer, nothing greater we can play all night You’d better be some competition ‘cause I want a fight I don’t want you thinking that I’m trying to apply pressure But the pressure makes it better pushing harder makes it wetter If you wanna skip a level then we’ll go to level two Just beat my boss and get me off and then I’ll play with you
BEAT DROP Simon Curtis
Time to round ‘em up and tell ‘em where we’re gonna go If they don’t know how to work it then I’ll leave ‘em at the door Gotta make it to the center of the circle grab my hand Tell the DJ drop the beat don’t play some motherfuckin’ band Now let it in your body and the party won’t stop ‘cause it’s seven kinds of naughty when you let the beat drop. I told it to you once I said why don’t you understand? Tell the DJ drop the beat, don’t play some motherfuckin’ band So give it to me baby tell me, what’s it gonna be? Gonna give it to me dirty out where everyone can see? ‘Cause I can’t do nothin’ with you if you’re never gonna dance So you’d better find some rhythm ‘cause they’re playing Bad Romance
BRAINWASH
THE DARK Simon Curtis
VICTORY
Rochella Danishei & Simon Curtis
The villains and the heroes are merging, everything is blurry time is standing still The sky is switching with the ground my world is turning upside-down My sense of judgement seems to be compromised You’re too strong to be denied
Sometimes I see some things that I shouldn’t see; simple patterns that are sitting right in front of me Try to climb ever higher try to get to the sky and though I’ve been to the clouds it’s just a temporary high
And so the boy traveled on, undeterred, upon his quest For he now knew that it was not another’s love that would make him real But the love within his own heart And with that He knew that he would never be alone.
Ooh, I’m brainwashed captivated by The Fame Oh it’s taking over me now mighty baby, untamed lover Ooh, I’m brainwashed double oh who? Seven digits Connect me to you, Sweet Center baby, baby take me with you Brainwash You’re speaking, it’s so clear but all the words are hard to hear and I think I kind of like it that way Mirror mirror on the wall, says you’ll catch me when I fall I’ve always been the hunter, not the other way Now why do I feel like the prey? I saw this coming but I did nothing I saw this I want this Found out how to make it now Take me over, Take a vow What’re you waiting for?
Take time, I said now what you’re trying to do, if you’re gonna see it through it takes time I said it takes some time to figure it out Stay in line But how do you follow it and cross it at the same time? You just can’t cross it oh, no I don’t wanna say the things I have to say who’s to say that I’ll ever say them at all? Gotta be that, gotta get it with that act Gotta wear the hat although it’s all a mismatch Squared circles, ran around the hurdles I did everything, I thought there was a purpose? Can somebody show me how to get in? ‘Cause I can’t figure out how to get in. Can somebody show me? I can’t see in The Dark Can somebody take me? I can’t stay in The Dark? Will you Illuminate me on out of The Dark? Turning pages, turning corners, turning into another Turning into a song that’s just like every other They say to get there you already have to be there to start How do you get there when you know it’s what you need in your heart?
Simon Curtis
BOY ROBOT DON’T WANNA BE ALONE FELL IN LOVE W/AN ANDROID SUPER PSYCHO LOVE DELUSIONAL 8BIT HEART DIABLO JOYSTICK BEAT DROP BRAINWASH THE DARK VICTORY
RECORDED, MIXED, AND MASTERED IN A TINY BASEMENT IN THE HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA 8BIT HEART WAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY SIMON CURTIS &JEFF (JADION) WELLS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TYLER SHIELDS. DESIGN BY ERIK FINSRUD. COPYRIGHT ©2009 SIMON CURTIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.