More songs by Madilyn Mei
Description
A Thousand Songs About It All: Act 1
Recording Engineer, Other, Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Background Vocalist: Scrawny
Vocal Engineer, Composer Lyricist: Madilyn Mei
Mastering Engineer: Joe Hutchinson
Lyrics and translation
Original
Madilyn Mei! Madilyn Mei!
Madilyn Mei! Madilyn Mei!
No time to waste, gonna be late for fate
You know what they say 'bout bright flames
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace you
Replicate, AI generate you
No time to waste, gonna be late for fate
You know what they say 'bout bright flames
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace you
Replicate, AI generate
I don't know the things I wanna say until I say it
I hate it 'til I play it up on stage and see your faces
Let go of the reigns now, my whole brain's a one man circus
This has to be my fate, it's my only sense of purpose
Make it a character
You're her, but you're not her
No, you can't take a day
You're our brightest flame
No, you can't change your name
You're our brightest flame, woah
I don't know which way to go, so I continue forward
The pure and utter horror, realizing I left me behind
And I'm lonelier than ever, but I guess that's for the better
Time to kill and bills to pay and plenty things to write
I'm just a little not myself lately
Too late to contemplate, you chose your fate
Maybe I should
Make it a character
You're her but you're not her
No, you can't take a day
You're our brightest flame
No, you can't change your name
You're our brightest flame
No, you can't take a day
You're our brightest flame
No, you can't change your name
You're our brightest flame
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
I'm done; I've just begun (la-la-la-la)
Why am I burning out?
Did I fly too close to the sun? (La-la-la-la)
Why am I burning now?
It was just starting to get fun (la-la-la-la)
Why am I slowing down?
Why am I burning out? (la-la-la-la)
Why am I burning? It's burning
No time to waste, gonna be late for fate
I know what they say 'bout bright flames
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace me
Replicate, AI generate me
Gotta keep up, I'm eating my own dust
Don't know what to do or to trust
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace me
Replicate, AI generate-
No time to waste, gonna be late for fate (I don't know)
I know what they say 'bout bright flames
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace me (if I can go on)
Replicate, AI generate me
No time to waste, gonna be late for fate (but I know)
I know what they say 'bout bright flames
Gonna burn out, they gonna replace me (the show must go on)
Replicate, AI generate
I don't know which way to go, so I continue forward
The pure and utter horror, realizing I left me behind
I could write a thousand songs
About it all
I've just begun
Now I can't stop
Lose your mind
Stay who you're not
But the brightest of flames
Burn half as long