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Mall Fantasy

by 2:00AM Wake Up Call

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ericswaggyswooper fully convinced this album was made for me specifically Favorite track: Y2K.
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mistersubstitute yeah, this album has become important to me now. this is probably the 10th time I've come back to it for comfort and it makes me cry every time. I love it so much.
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1.
I was in a hotel room, I was leaving soon but I'm here It was time to start my life when I saw my eyes in the mirror I couldn't tell who they belonged to, maybe I was onto what I couldn't find I looked away and it lost me, do you think about your body think about your mind Do you think about your mind Do you think about your mind Do you think about your mind Do you think about your mind Who did I think I would be in two thousand three did I know I couldn't imagine twenty three couldn't imagine next week that long ago but Something's been off for a long time and, the stars have lost their shine and, I'm floating In the breeze I miss when everything was easy, and it felt good to be me, so please, I'm begging you Please I want you to be I want you to be I want you to be My mall fantasy Well I'm sorry to bother it's been a long day And I don't want you to take this the wrong way But I can't forget, you said when you saw me And I don't know your intentions for when the dawn breaks It's past time for questions, I admit they are late But I wanna be sure before I get on stage It's a live event, I only get one take I just pray to god that it'll be ok And I won't self destruct when I see you That I'm kinda broken is something that we knew All this time inside forced me to read through And I found someone, but don't mine her she's new Forget about that you'll catch it on the review And if you're confused well guess what me too I just think sometimes I wanna be you But I hope you can see through that 'cause I want you to be I want you to be I want you to be My mall Fantasy
2.
I want you to be my Mall Fantasy I want you to be my, my Mall Fantasy I want you I want you I want you to be my Mall Fantasy I want you to be my Mall Fantasy I want you to be my Mall, my Mall Fantasy I want, I want you to be my Mall Fantasy I want you
3.
No Nostalgia 03:22
I'm swallowing my pride I'm looking for a place to hide I'm running on my own I'm struggling to pick up the phone, I got Memories of sunlit trees Do you still remember me I'm still here for all to see I didn't say a word, but We're still living And we're still here Unforgiving lifetimes Are worth much more than fear No nostalgia No nostalgia I had the longest nights Sometimes I couldn't put up a fight And you can't run so far To get away from the man you are, I Remember every detail, every scene Every emotion of the places that I've been And I couldn't for the life of me tell you what it means 'Cause I'm falling apart at the seams, ah but We're still living And we're still here Unforgiving lifetimes Are worth much more than fear, ah No nostalgia, on my mind No nostalgia, not this time No nostalgia No nostalgia
4.
Youtube dot com best fails of 2010 compilation Youtube dot com best pop culture moments 2015 Youtube dot com when did my own mind finally betray me Youtube dot com won't you tell me what it all means Uh huh Uh huh When it's 1:00AM and I'm staring at the ceiling 2:00 AM and I'm undressing in the dark So take me back to when I thought that life had meaning I hate this part Youtube dot com won't somebody please help me Youtube dot com won't somebody help me please Youtube dot com I don't know what to believe anymore Youtube dot com won't you tell me what it all means
5.
Monosyllabic 02:22
Baby you've gotten so monosyllabic You may have come from heaven but you kept the tablets Yeah you keep your heart so close to your open chest I'm a lottery winner but I can't cash in Baby what you're thinking I can only imagine But I'm just tryna hold on til the clock resets But why are you so cold to me, controlled to me Why aren't you yourself with me I selflessly Give all of my soul to you you asked me to And then you disappear Baby I can't hold up a conversation These one word replies do nothing but hasten My worries and fears that you'll leave me behind You told me that you were just busy and I trust you but my brain's more hesitant So please tell me that this is all in my mind But why are you so good to me, you shouldn't be And why do you take care of me, I'm scared to be Left out in the rain alone, in the unknown So please don't leave me here
6.
Y2K 03:20
Yeah I never saw it coming it just hit me like a freight train to my chest As I fell backwards to the floor I wanted to sink into it, to fade away and disappear Or shut my eyes and scramble to the door But as I sat and thought about it all My ghost lives out the door and down the hall What if everything you've ever done has been in service of a lie It was just like Y2K I thought there was a better way But they told me that this was just the way things work There was nothing I could say My voice already stripped away So I just sat back down and watched it crumble into dirt Broken glass surrounded me, my hands and knees were bloodied blistered Fractured into horizontal lines And all my hopes and dreams were there, I clambered to my feet and stumbled Towards the red fluorescent exit sign But when I put my hand upon the door A siren started tearing through the store I needed to escape this gilded cage of my own making and fly It was just like Y2K I thought there was a better way But they told me that this was just the way things work There was nothing I could say My voice already stripped away So I just sat back down and watched it crumble into dirt Yeah
7.
The sun on my skin feels like a skillet on an old hot plate Not warm enough to cook until it's too late It's not too long before I go back inside my home To my dimly lit spare bedroom all alone Spending weeks inside makes life feel fake When I'm out here, it's the only time I'm awake Furiously writing notes to put in bottles to Finally reach somebody who can tell me what the hell to do Oh oh Oh oh Oh oh Oh oh
8.
What did we lose? When were we lost Why did we hide our faces, whatever the cost I walk down the hall, footfalling on tile I look at the skylight, it's been dark for a while Mannequin women, sit on the floor Velvet railings guide me towards the desolate door The empty parking lot, the vacant storefront What part of this world is something that someone could possibly want Everything changed, when the doors were opened Everything changed, when they slammed shut Everything was held together, now everything is falling apart The skylight shines down, illuminates ash The shelves are empty, the gates are shut, and the deadline is passed Everything's shifting. Everything's free Why do I sometimes look in the mirror and hate what I see Everything changed, when the doors were opened Everything changed, when they slammed shut Everything was held together, now everything is falling apart I wanted to tell you something but I forgot I wanted to tell you something but I forgot Remember those little coin operated rides That you put a quarter in and it kinda like Wiggles around or just spins around for a minute When was the last time you had that much fun, or Like when was the last time you were excited about something As simple as that and you let yourself be in it You let yourself be in it You let yourself be in it You let yourself be in it A gentle hand, upon your shoulder That you can feel slowly tightening as you get older What is this world, we made for ourselves Why did we tear it down once there was nothing to sell Empty rooms grow larger as the people leave Until all that remains is an infinity Empty rooms grow larger as the people leave Until all that remains is an infinity Is an infinity
9.
I'm running out of, all the things I love What happened to them, did I remove them Or were they taken? Will I awaken Tomorrow morning, without a warning Without a warning Will I Will I When was the list time that I was open? When was the last time that I had hopes and When did I give up upon myself The thorns and thistles they pierce my skin, I'll just watch the second hand In pain I bring forth my children, that's the only way I can I never thought it would come to this Come to this Oh but I know that you would wait for me, to walk me to my home As I look in your eyes, finally realizing That us; you and me, were never meant to be And the future died in my arms tonight With you Under dim fluorescent lights
10.
I left my home at seventeen, I had no choice, but the world was mean The promises of a broken land, fell on deaf ears, and empty hands I left my home, when I did not know, the pouring rain, and the falling snow Would close the roads, we were told to take, we were in the storm, we had no escape In all the movies of my youth, we were told that love didn't need no proof That a leap of faith, was all it took, until you're happy as a storybook Well I left my home at twenty-two, I left all my friends everyone I knew I drove back home, in the shotgun seat, thinking of the lies that were told to me
11.
I don't think that anyone's coming to save me I don't even know what saving is 'Cause I'm not lost at sea and I'm not drowning I just feel like I'm a stupid fucked up kid 'Cause I'm out here just looking for affection And I'm out here just looking for a job, oh I feel like there's a section that's been left out of my brain But I gave up looking for that, now it's gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone I go to work on every Monday morning And every day it's harder to ignore As I sit there at my desk for eight straight hours That this can't be all there is there must be more Woah, I look into the mirror and I see a hole Standing in the place where I should be I cannot help but feel like this is coming to an end But what if after all that's left is me And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone But I saw you across the room, you were brighter than the moon And I wanted to take your hand, but I don't know if I can Oh my heart was beating fast, a question I need to ask But I don't know what to do, when I'm still in love with you When I'm still in love with you

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This album means a whole hell of a lot to me. This album and me grew together during the two years between late 2019 and now, and I couldn't be more excited for you to hear it.

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released December 3, 2021

Mixing - Sylvie Jungheim
@jungheimmusic

Mastering - Heather Jones
@ther_ther_ther

Saxophone (on tracks 09 and 11) - Kenny Malloy
@KMoyPro

Guitars, Keys, Piano, Bass Guitar, Drums, Synth Programming, Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals, Background Vocals - Micah Leith
@2amwakeupcall

Album Artwork - Mikaela Jane
@mikaeladraws

Distributed by Solidarity Club Records
@solidarityclub1

Special Thanks to: The Broken Camera Records gang, Jungheim (again), The Knifepunch Records gang, Jhariah, Glass Beach, Car Seat Headrest, Everyone who believed in me and this project throughout the years, @plutohorror, and Viewers Like You. Thank You.

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2:00AM Wake Up Call is making indie-ish lo-fi-ish emo-ish folksy music in High Point, NC.

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