Treading the mill

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A want to possess you
An obsession to belong to
Acting like a statue
In powers that deceive you

With a two tone face
On display in a case
Like Person Pet
Earth Object
Welcome walk into the net
Yes, are you happy yet
Piece by piece
Peeling in a dream
Check the status of a screen
Play an echo on repeat

An open
Close
Mechanical emotion
An unfelt feeling overflowing
Just going going through the motions

Like a puppet on a string
Waking up
From the sleep
And it rents me out
It rips me open
As life becomes a dream
Just a picture on your screen
The end is beginning

So come a come a come on
Come a come a
Come a come a come a come on
Come a come a
Come a come a
Come a come on
Come a come on
Come a come on
Come on in
What's it, what's it gonna be?
What's it, what's it gonna be?
When you can see
Without eyes
What's it what's it gonna
What's, what's it gonna be?
When you see
What's it, what's it gonna be?

Person-Pet
Earth-Object
Welcome walk into the net
Yes, are you happy yet?
Piece by piece
Peeling in a dream
And what's it gonna be?
When you can see
Without Eyes

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from This Is An Advertisement, track released October 31, 2021
Written & Arranged by Steven DeLair, Bradley Clevinger, Karlee Reiss, and Collin McCarthy
Bass parts written by Jeremy Buethe & James Fleege
Bass parts performed by James Fleege
Recorded by James Fleege at Silver Street in Ashland, NE
Produced by usr/friendly and James Fleege
Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE

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usr/friendly Olympia, Washington

Usr/friendly is the new iteration of Oketo – a creative collective consisting of longtime friends and creative partners Steven DeLair, Bradley Clevinger, and Karlee Reiss.

Currently residing in Olympia, WA, usr/friendly continues to shape-shift as they live and work together communally and creatively. ... more

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