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Untitled: A Collection of Songs From the Years 2010​-​2021

by Ariel My Friend

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1.
I am drifting away Because of the wind Pass by me, getting inside me And seeing everything As of late it turns out It means everything Winding shy Turning a blind eye Supporting every wing I’m descending along And so is the rain My lover’s looking for cover From freezing drops of pain It’s been ever so clear It clears me again Politely, ever so slightly Will I see you somewhen? And as new fears shape words And old fears shape the prayer Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air We were hiding on shelves Avoiding ourselves Surprise me, do it so nicely Your song brings me to life You were still for so long But now you are seen Don’t worry, make yourself comfy I’ll make you breakfast and coffee Do tell me how it’s been And as small glimpse makes look And bigger glimpse makes stare Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air Still air gets us nowhere But slowly we begin Because of the wind
2.
I've got a friend who wants to die She'd be never pacified It's her own decision, but I told her I'd cry Still, my friend, she wants to die I don't wanna deal with it I don't wanna deal with it I want a friend, who'll never die (+ whose life will never end) I don't wanna handle this Now I've got some bills to pay I work 9 hours a day Feels like I'm burning my little life away But I'm broke, what can I say I don't wanna deal with it I don't wanna deal with it I want the stuff I have to be enough, yeah I don't wanna handle this Always had this special trait Of being insubordinate They found it strange and tried to have me changed Please don't try to have me changed. (please don't do that) I don't wanna deal with it I don't wanna deal with it I want to have the right to misbehave, yeah I don't wanna handle this I don't wanna deal with it I don't wanna deal with it Sometimes I'm me, sometimes I'm not me And sometimes I'm in between
3.
Something tells me it's no good Confirming things I thought I understood Were good Something tells me it's not right It should have been there but it's out of sight It might be just too late to say I warned ya We're too deep in this catatonia I've been told that it's my gold Hanging on my plum tree, wanna see? I would cry to miss my guy I return to you Something tells me it's no good Things are supposed to break but fade to red Instead Something tells me it's not right I might not tell you why but then I might Hold tight But it's too late to say I warned ya We're too deep in this catatonia And everyday it's getting faster And everyday you don't realize it I've been told that it's my gold Hanging on my plum tree, wanna see? I would cry to miss my guy I return to you
4.
[Left ear] For the tears of 40 years remember this, it’s curable And even if it's not enough to save you from your cubicle Dear time goes by and though it’s shy can’t help but stare Is it absurd to volunteer to disappear or are the thoughts of you becoming rare? [Right ear] For the tears of distant years remember what’s forgettable Although you know it might not be enough to free your animal Dear time can melt your safety belt although it's scared Is it absurd to feel relief towards the thief or are your pretty lines becoming blurred? ________________________________________ Stronger wind has disciplined the thickest-skinned It’s strange because although the night put up a fight soon came the light It always does And for the tears of endless fears remember this, you’re/it’s beautiful As time is old and space too big to comprehend My love will never bend
5.
The lions are sleeping tonight They cannot afford To be sleepy the day the ants devour the world The foxes are dimming the lights They don't understand The bait's not out of reach but it's out of hand I'm in you, you're in me, Body fluids are our family Don't get up Hold my arm, steal my face Hack into my database, it’s yours and mine A flash of light started the fight That ended with ease Leaving the elephant in the room with tears A new day came troubled and hurt But look at the view It's beautiful and clear and I love you too I'm in you, you're in me, Body fluids are our family Don't get up Hold my arm, steal my face Hack into my database, it’s yours and mine I'm in you, you're in me, Body fluids are our family Don't get up Endless time, empty space Take me to your hiding place and we'll be fine Do me when u wanna do me Oh my baby, oh my baby
6.
Oh No 02:57
Oh no, she turned the radio off What's she going to say? She said, "baby, I love you less each and every day" Oh no, packed is her portmanteau My forehead's kissing the ground That's what I'm used to doing when you're not around We never had a thing to say and it's true When the radio is all we have how can I feel blue? Oh my, forgot that I don't know I do it everyday But I know I knew you, you can't take that away I feel my nosetrils expanding My eyes looking down Staring at what we all search for In this dirty town And you look and wink at me And I throw a smile But in my head the party's dead So we can rest for awhile Oh no, I think I lost my keys
7.
Carol 05:08
Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Going around with somebody else Gotta be a nice guy I guess Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol says it's up to you To live your life like someone who - Knows what she is saying to - Me? I know she said She said you can see everything when you're Living sunshiny dreams Life itself's not what it seems But I know she is real Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna make me sad? Going around with somebody else Gotta be a nice guy I guess Carol, do you wanna break my heart? You know life can be a slippery hill And time flies by and makes you peel And we've got plenty more to kill But you will do just fine, yeah And in the mirror all you see Is life with logic, sanity And everything you wish is true Anyway, Carol, I'm so... glad I know you!! :D Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna make me sad? Going around with somebody else Gotta be a nice guy I guess Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna break some walls? Carol, do you wanna save some souls? Going around with somebody else, tearing me apart Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna break my heart? Carol, do you wanna break my heart?
8.
And then I start to wonder What I'm doing here It's so cold and it's almost morning But that's the place I want to be The only place that's mine And knowing that my love is near Sends shivers down my spine I wanna be there all the time And that's the place I want to be The only place I know The sun is up and I'm still here Well, will you let me go? My little friends, I love you so ✨
9.
I am a lonely soul I've got my head, it's so ok I've got my room with things to play on Still I'm a lonely soul Burden's my yard, burden's my home Stepping on stepping stones And every step increasingly Steep uncertainty Is present ‘Cause when you're lonely as me Things are bound to be Unpleasant And every step increasingly Steep uncertainty Is present ‘Cause when you're lonely as me Things are bound to be Unpleasant Oops. Still I don't feel revived Grasping at straws, it’s how we survive Gathering hints as rescue buoys But I don’t see a sign Take it away, it was never mine Downhearted bottomline Why do I even care? I do not even care I’ve got some rhythm and some action I love this rhythm and this action I can’t be bothered with these thoughts now I’ve got this infinite attraction And a sweet chemical reaction The other verses don’t matter now And it sounds like - Why do I even care? I do not even care I’ve got some rhythm and some action I love this rhythm and this action I can’t be bothered with these thoughts now I’ve got this fearless fascination With any type of stimulation No complication could bring me down I am a lonely soul I've got my head, it's so ok I've got my room with things to play on Still I'm a lonely soul Out of my sight, out of my mind
10.
In the nature, there’s a find That blows every scientist’s mind It’s a puzzle, nonetheless, Necessary for the world to progress First you’re little, then you’re not Like a star from a tiny dot First connected, then it’s cut We like to breathe and run and giggle, but - We're not afraid of growing old There's a time and a place for us to be We're not afraid of getting cold It's the nature's symphony As the tiger makes a roar And then ain’t that loud anymore As the cheetah‘s never last And then no longer can it run as fast We’re becoming slow as well And quieter in parallel Nonetheless we laugh about We're afraid of war and diseases, but - We're not afraid of growing old There's a time and a place for us to be We're not afraid of getting cold It's the nature's symphony Little spider turns into a bigger spider Takes off its skin and it's grown "Take a look at my skin, I am no longer there!" An empty shell, an empty home You turn around when you hear a roar Coming from the depth of your drawer Deep inside, to your surprise, Are the cheetah and tiger from before "Check this out", they say successively, “I have sound” -”and I have velocity” Dotage is yet far ahead And of being young, too, we’re not afraid We're not afraid of growing old There's a time and a place for us to be We're not afraid of getting cold It's the nature's symphony Little spider turns into a bigger spider Takes off its skin and it's grown "Take a look at my skin, I am no longer there!" An empty shell, an empty home Little spider turns into a bigger spider Little spider turns into a monster spider Takes off its skin and it's grown "Take a look at my skin, I am no longer there!" An empty shell, an empty home
11.
I wonder if you think of me too When you're alone Touching yourself And I guess there is nothing to do Sighing a sigh Watching the days go by
12.
I am drifting away Because of the wind Pass by me, getting inside me And seeing everything As of late it turns out It means everything Winding shy Turning a blind eye Supporting every wing I’m descending along And so is the rain My lover’s looking for cover From freezing drops of pain It’s been ever so clear It clears me again Politely, ever so slightly Will I see you somewhen? And as new fears shape words And old fears shape the prayer Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air We were hiding on shelves Avoiding ourselves Surprise me, do it so nicely Your song brings me to life You were still for so long But now you are seen Don’t worry, make yourself comfy I’ll make you breakfast and coffee Do tell me how it’s been And as small glimpse makes look And bigger glimpse makes stare Cold wind distorts my skin Hot wind distorts the air Still air gets us nowhere But slowly we begin Because of the wind
13.
Fairytale It's hard to tell Reality from dream Still we try, a passerby Got lost within this scheme Fairytale My pleasant jail My cozy Iron Chair Out of sense by coincidence Into the open air Copycat once told me that Things aren't the way they seem In the nest inside my chest Reality and dream
14.
I said, "girl, you've gotta be mine" She said, "boy, you've gotta be crazy" I said, "girl, you've gotta be my baby" She said, "boy, you've gotta be mad" I'm not mad, I walk in mud So say a word to make me feel belong I'm like you, it's in my blood I've been awake for far too long I'm not mad, I walk in mud So say a word to make me feel belong I'm like you, it's in my blood I've been awake for far too long
15.
It’s not that I’m lazy but I need you to save me My head’s falling down, it’s been getting so heavy It’s not what I’ve said, excuse me, go ahead I’m sorry, I must have misread It’s not that I fear of degrading down here It’s happening slowly to everyone But we’re destroying ourselves apart I’d like to destroy myself only with you But the cells are wasted The waiting game, I hate it I miss your touch I'm mr. touch too much What the hell? It’s not that I’m lazy but I need you to save me My head’s falling down, it’s been getting so heavy It’s not what I’ve said, excuse me, go ahead I’m sorry, I must have misread It’s not that I fear of degrading down here It’s happening slowly to everyone But we’re destroying ourselves apart I’d like to destroy myself only with you But the cells are wasted The waiting game, I hate it I’m mr. touch I miss your touch too much What the hell? But the cells are wasted The waiting game, I absolutely hate it I miss your touch I’m mr. touch too much What the hell?
16.
Back in the times of walking prisoners There was this one girl, one girl Sometimes I think I wanna go back To the place I've known, green-black Since I've left my heart at the Green House When I see her: + Instruments are playing When I see her: + My eyes are closed When I see her: + Stars are falling ___________________ Love Where is she now? I wouldn't know On her satellite, "Rainbow"? If you hear me on your radio Send a sign to me, don't go Since I've left my heart at the green house It can't be found Look around, you'll see it Come on, look around, I care Come on, look around, I'd love you anywhere Mines of misunderstandings on the way And it was so long ago But I'm still thinking of you All the time All the time All the time
17.
I know a bird Came here from a dream world He never talks Or at least I've never heard One moment you're touching the sky One moment you're saying goodbye It's intense Yada yada yada ya Yada yada yada ya And I'm on the fence So I cry, then I sigh A never goodbye I know a unicorn Came here from a strange home She'd like to ride The ferris wheel on cyanide One moment you're casting a spell One moment you're bidding farewell It's intense Yada yada yada ya Yada yada yada ya And I'm on the fence So I cry, then I sigh A never goodbye I know a cat But I'm not sure about that We'd play around Until she's had enough of that One moment you're my night and day One moment you're slipping away It's intense Yada yada yada ya Yada yada yada ya And I'm on the fence So I cry, then I sigh A never goodbye So I cry, then I sigh A never goodbye
18.
And it's so hard to Get to you Just promise me you'll always Love me like you do I'll never forget you And it's so hard to Get to you Just promise me you'll always Love me like you do I'll say goodbye to you And it's so hard to Get to you Just promise me you'll always Love me like you do I'll never forget you And it's so hard to Get to you Just promise me you'll always Love me like you do I'll say goodbye to you
19.
Miki, don’t you want to be with me? The words I am looking for now kill me somehow Miki, please don’t say to me goodbye In this pond where we swim so lighthearted I sometimes feel a certain weight It’s when parts of my emotion conflict with your motion Let me elaborate My belly would tell me That beyond doubt you’re my pretty sanctuary But you always swim too fast ahead, and instead It’s like a huge-ass centipede is biting on my heart (+ stupid centipede, biting on my heart, and) It’s alarming It’s a problem It’s a bother It is gruesome It’s escorting me to sleep, and takes me out of bed Leading to a certain question that I dread Miki, don’t you want to be with me? The words I am looking for now kill me somehow Miki, please don’t say to me goodbye I can’t seem to let this thing die "Oh, Miki", I cry If all the world were Jell-O And whipped cream filled the sea Then the words I would find, there’s no doubt in my mind, Would mean you’d be with me And then I’d hold your hand And we’d explore this jelly land At the same pace we’d swim In the whipped cream And walk on the sugar sand In the sand we’d build a castle For the princess and her camel Sweet sun would smile and say it’s good that you’re with me Miki, what comes after “don’t you want to be”? Miki, don’t you want to be with me? The words I am looking for now kill me somehow Miki, please don’t say to me goodbye I can’t seem to let this thing die "Oh, Miki", I cry Miki, don’t you want to be with me? Sweet dreams are metal beams They’re not reality I smile, you swim ahead of me 🌞
20.
Lips, hips, fingertips Sun hair, moon eyes Feeding cotton candy to my butterflies Still I silently caress your hair As you turn your head and blindly at me stare Lips, hips, fingertips Sun hair, moon eyes Feeding cotton candy to my butterflies Still I silently caress your hair As you turn your head and blindly at me stare You blindly at me stare
21.
With the beer hot the sister on telly so difficult (Let's fight tonight) Let's fight, let's fight Baby, fight me Baby, kill yourself (Let's fight tonight) Troubled waters is a myth Fill my ocean only with Whatever makes you think that I want that? Well, I want that Loud emotions underfed Out of ten I'm getting red Whatever makes you think I deserve it? Well, I know it Let's fight, let's fight We don't have to sleep Baby, kill yourself (Let's fight tonight) If I found a wandering shoe Feeling up for something new Whatever makes you think that I want that like I want you? Scaphism at dinner time Love forever paradigm What makes me real? Is that the momentum or the impact? Let's roll, let's roll Baby, roll with me Sacrifice yourself; be kind to me
22.
Five, four, three, two, one We're going down What's gonna happen to us? What's gonna happen to us? And when the sun will die we'll have to die as well But it's you I am thinking of Five, four, three, two, one We're going down What's gonna happen to us? What's gonna happen to us? And when the sun will die we'll have to die as well But it's you I am thinking of Goodbye to memories, it's been so nice Being a part of the show It's sad but we have to go Don't say you didn't know the sun's not here to stay Say goodbye, my friend Like we've always said The sun will die someday
23.
Kermit, I've lost it In a crazy tune Distinct, I see right through it Every afternoon Every afternoon I sit and stare and later look elsewhere But you don't see You're the only one I'd really like to see on national tv R2, where are you? Searched all night and day It’s been a battle between Help is on its way Oh my dear, it's hot in here Should you appear or is this just a careless dream? Anyway, I'd love to play, would you be the defender in my team? We live inside a lazy Room with no windows, baby We'd like to show you what the fuss is all about And where it’s at And if the room keeps spinning My dear, we won't be winning A screw or two to keep the structure out of speed, is what you need We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! Hello again, good morning Please listen to our warning Some fly, some burn, and in the end we're all washed out But don't freak out We have a nuclear rocket 12 feet inside your pocket And rainbow fireworks to really set the tone To combat zone We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off, so take it off I speak a lot of nouns But it’s nothing like your name If I’d be missing you Well then who would take the blame? We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off! So take it off! We're ticked off, so take it off There is a secret path And it tells me where to go Sometimes it has enough And then my mind starts to show Short delays, summer days With a sun so big and blind That’s gonna die someday Well then, again, I don’t mind And as proof I present you now with this next section: I don’t even care I don’t even care I don’t even care I don’t give a damn Talking in language, doesn't make sense Playing hide and seek with my declining confidence Going in rounds you can never see the point Located in the center between my wrist and my joint Pink (red) smoke (red) contaminates the air I’m breathing only numbers, what do you care? When the mantra comes back with an asthma attack We’re expected to neglected and then finally go back to where I don’t even care I don’t even care I don’t even care I don’t give a damn Every second chance had to start with a mistake Which was born out of a so-to-speak or actual bellyache Nervous endings sending electronic signals to your brain As it happened then and later and again and again and again A roller chain, the tooth cannot explain The amount of sugar it’s been through is too much to contain But it’s only gas, and this too shall pass A dream team of a sun and a magnifying glass I don’t even care (you tell them, boy) I don’t even care Yeah, I don’t even care I don’t give a damn Lost in a black hole from *911, what's your emergency?* Completely lost my line of thought on which I hang my drape Lost in a black hole from which there’s no *Excuse me?* Completely lost my line of thought on which I hang my drape Lost in a black hole from which there’s no escape Completely lost *Alright, uhh, where are you?* which I hang my drape Lost in a black hole from which there’s no escape Completely lost my line of thought on which *It's ok, sir, let's work this out* Lost in a black hole from which there’s no escape Completely lost my line of thought on which I hang my drape Lost in a black hole from which there’s no escape Completely lost my line of thought on which I hang my drape He doesn’t even care He doesn’t even care He doesn’t even care He doesn’t give a damn Welcome, Welcome, Uhh, welcome, hello, and, thank you. Uhh, it's 5:26 in the morning of December 25th, 2021, here in the Chefetage rehearsal room, umm, in Lange Str. 3 in Leipzig, Germany. Uhh, anyway, the song will now slow down, come to a halt, rewind all the way to the beginning, and then will come the final part. I am lost somewhere in time and after me’s a clone Going everywhere I go and won’t leave me alone There are ghosts and fingerposts but don’t you feel despair If you don’t know where you’re going any road will get you there If you don’t know where you’re going any road will get you there

about

Over the years 2010-2021 I've accumulated a handful of songs with a certain vibe that didn't really fit in any other album. They generally used much less electronic sounds, were way more personal, sometimes sad. A lot more forgiving production-wise, mistakes are ok. Some were half written, some finished but not recorded and some were recorded and released, scattered somewhere in my messy Bandcamp page.
Over the year 2021 I've gathered all these tunes that I thought deserved a place in this world, and finished writing them and/or recorded them and/or re/mixed them. I didn't totally "vibe" with all of them at the time anymore, and I didn't think they were all great, but I did think they have some value to them, even if not musical, like, I felt they tell the story of my development as a musician and a human being, and I liked that story.
So this was just a step I felt is necessary for me to make before going on and working on what I actually considered as my masterpiece (well, the first one out of two, actually) - "Other Things" (working title).

This album was recorded over the years in a number of different locations -
Ariel's rooms:
Erez St 4, Savyon, Israel (parents' house)
HaShomer St 6, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (shared flat)
Yitzhak Sadeh St 60, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (shared flat for animal rights volunteers)
Carpzovstraße 38, Leipzig, Germany (sublet when visiting the city with Dodo)
Gretschelstraße 2, Leipzig, Germany (sublet in between moving flats)
Husemannstraße 1, Leipzig, Germany (shared flat)

Dodo's Compal studio:
Jerusalem Blvd 194, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

The Chefetage rehearsal room:
Lange Str. 3, Leipzig, Germany

Vibe Studio:
Ben Avigdor St 18, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

credits

released December 29, 2021

~ Credits ~

All songs written, performed and produced by Ariel, except:

Choir vocals in the last chorus of The Waiting Game:
Theresa Elflein
Maike Hautz

Children choir vocals in Nature's Symphony:
Singers: Bekah and Jack Nash from irishtunesmith.ie
Contact person and arranger: Chris Poland.

"He doesn't even care" choir vocals from Untitled #13 ("kermit"):
Laura Rohrbeck
Max Prigan (also "you tell them, boy" person)
Beata Grobenski
Felix Minor

Additional vocals in the last part of Untitled #13 ("kermit"):
Annabel Grosse

Also, I'm pretty sure that the chords and vocal melody in the song "I Left My Heart at the Green House" was randomly improvised by my friend Naadav Gal, while we had a little band thing going on, sometime around 2008-2009.

Cover photo taken by Taehyun Han on November 11th, 2020, and was later designed by Ariel (a design that was already planned in 2017).

Big big thanks to Bonnie O'Malley for spell checking my English ♥

Deep thanks to Dodo for letting me record myself breaking some jars on his roof at Jerusalem Blvd 194, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, for the song Carol, and lots of other things ♥

Thank you Micha my brother for the support and for lending me your bass and electric guitar (and also soundcard, at times) to record with ♥

Thank you Keren Ettinger for also lending me your fantastic electric guitar somewhere in 2017! ♥

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