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The Mall

from Foodie by Friend Hell

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This track is a song I've been wanting to make for a long time. A long six minute song with a big finish about the countless times I had a horrible time in the mall.

"I imagine I'm in a music video
And the camera zooms out when I enter the changing room
As a sweeping cacophony swallows me whole
As the camera zooms out
I stare directly at the viewer
I stare directly at myself
Viewing from an outside mirror
As the camera zooms out"
^ This line is about a thought I would have all the time at the mall when I entered the changing room. I imagined I was in this changing room with nothing but black darkness outside the room. I imagined that was when the huge sweeping wave of distorted music hit the viewer and I looked out at them. The camera would then turn around to reveal the mirror I was looking into.

"The sky dulled down for me
It darkened with me
I darkened with it"
^ This line is about how I would enter the mall in a great mood. I would be feeling really happy then slowly I would get worse and worse. By the time we would go outside, it was dark outside. I realized that that's kind of in line with my mood.

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Keeping my head down for the most part
Darting my eyes
Pretending I'm having an easy time
How long till a spotlight shines on me
"You're being a creep"
"Give the real ones an apology"
"For being a creep"

They say you are what you eat
So I want to eat you whole
I am a weirdo
With a weird body
And absolutely no self control
So I'm creeping around corners and I'm staying alert
I've got two eyes in the back of my head
Eyes shut, terrified
The vision is dead
The dream is alive
I'm afraid it will die

Arrest me, mall cop
I'm not supposed to be here
I have a whole police force in my head
I'm running nonstop
On a treadmill make no progress
Until I take the right steps

I'm here again
In H&M
Feel like an N
On an M&M
I imagine I'm in a music video
And the camera zooms out when I enter the changing room
As a sweeping cacophony swallows me whole
As the camera zooms out
I stare directly at the viewer
I stare directly at myself
Viewing from an outside mirror
As the camera zooms out

I still have tantrums in the mall for better reasons
Marketers are hunting ducks and rabbits this season
They're targeting with prices
Hitting them with all new deals
There's the market
There's the prices
But I don't look cause I'm
Just staring at clothes

I am just looking at clothes
Staring
As the camera zooms out

I know I won't take you home and
I just want my head to go
Not stuck behind sitting in this mall
Pinned to the wall and staring at clothes

We're leaving the mall
I've been a drag today

The sky dulled down for me
It darkened with me
I darkened with it

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from Foodie, released October 17, 2020

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