[ the
[ sound of strings, distorted, notes alternate ]
[ the sound again ]
[ the beat, like a wooden chair ]
♪♪ how are you ♪♪
♪♪ my weakness ♪♪
♪♪ i want you to know my name ♪♪
♪♪ across the sea of japan ♪♪
[ bells in the atmosphere ]
♪♪ i’ll sit next to you ♪♪
♪♪ you take the exit ♪♪
♪♪ i know you don’t mean it ♪♪
♪♪ we all do the best we can ♪♪
[ the sound of a thousand dressers shoved across the floor ]
♪♪ i don’t wanna be a good person ♪♪
[ again ]
♪♪ i just wanna be your dog ♪♪
[ a thousand dressers ]
♪♪ i just wanna lay down ♪♪
♪♪ and look at my phone ♪♪
[ again ]
♪♪ and shut off my internal monologue ♪♪
[ strings distorted, a gurgling baby, the beat of a wooden chair ]
[ over the cacophony, a voice rises ]
[ singing, projected from every angle like shards scattering out ]
[ a thousand dressers, shoved ]
♪♪ i don’t wanna be a good person ♪♪
[ again ]
♪♪ i just wanna be your dog ♪♪
[ and again ]
♪♪ i just wanna lay down ♪♪
[ and again ]
♪♪ and shut off my internal monologue ♪♪
[ a final shove. then one string appears, high and clear, a melody ]
[ and slowly dissolves toward silence ]
"DOG" / BASTARDGEIST
RAMI GEORGE / ARIEL ZETINA
2020 / 2021
[ a voice spirals out of its nest ]
[ the flap of a wing, isolated, appears and reappears ]
[ a current of electricity joins, a synth vibrates ]
[ the voice, struggling to keep form, echoes and distorts ]
♪♪ i think about my body ♪♪
♪♪ i don’t know what is happening ♪♪
[ warm drums join the warble before fading away ]