S4E9: Frankenstein Donor Register

Episode 9 won't disappoint you like a Big Boy Yoda. We talk brushes with fame and our biggest bombs before both writing bangers

Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode.

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-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --

--Bug's Song--

Title: Just Because

Prompt Page: San Diego Comic-con --> San Diego Pride --> June Gloom

Lyrics:

There's no funeral, there's no wedding

it's just a random weekend in February

but the gang's all here and ready to hang out

This ain't sick leave, this ain't work-from-home

this is pure shit, uncut PTO

3 full days, no chores, no plans somehow

The kids grew up and all moved out but everyone's back in town...

Just Because! We put it on the Calendar

Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're

just some buds travellin to hang around Just Because...

And just because is as good as any reason

Because Just Because just makes it easy

Just believe it does, Just Because

It's not a diet, or a lifestyle

its just a little unexpected but I thought I'd try it

my friends are looking at me like they're shocked

It's not a burger, it's not nuggies

It's not either of the two foods you'd expect of me

Its a brand new side of the menu that I've unlocked

The kid's grown up his palette, I have just ordered a salad...

Just Because! I'm monchin' on a salad here

Just Because! I liked the way it sounds and we're

Just some buds taken on the salad bar Just Because

And just because is as good as any reason

Because Just Because just makes it easy

Just believe it does, Just Because

I can tell ya something if ya say I never told ya

The secret is the vinegar, your ears are baking soda

I need to keep it quiet if you lean a little closer

The only thing that's keepin ya from doin' what you're doin'

is often not enough to stop ya if you wanna do it

It doesn't take much to get the motivated movin'

you may have thought you hit your limit

but here's two words to fix it:

Just Because! we're having such a better year

Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're

just some buds finding out the power of Just Because

---- Matt's Song -----

Title: Criss-Cross Applesauce

Prompt Page: Rube Goldberg-> Boob McNutt -> Jester (via Buffoonish)

Lyrics:

you might be guided by the cards

or the full moon's gravity

pick a path by plotting stars

or the patterns in the leaves

add up numbers in the bible

til you land on sum you like

if you're really having trouble

ask your friends for some advice

feed a universe of data

to a planet-sized machine

maybe god will call back later

within 7 working weeks

baby throw yourself at anything

at anyone at all

to get the sense that this direction you are stumbling in's the one that leads you home

but if the cards are shuffled badly

and the moon pulls only tides

and the leaves clump all together

and the stars slip out of line

and the bible's numbers add up to

42069

and your friends suggestions get you guessing they're out of their minds

if the algorithm feeds you only ads and right wing news

if god's call center's automated

and no one puts you through

baby throw yourself a party

invite everyone you know

sit beside them criss-cross applesauce, this chaos is the closest thing to home

grab yourself a cushion make yourself as comfortable

as the uncarpeted kitchen floor allows

friends, i love you endlessly but you would never know

cause I never say that sort of thing out loud

above us see the sky fissures and rends itself apart

while beneath us magma boils at the core

and in between this room of us, the circle will break only once

the last of us has fallen to the sword