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I Wrote This Song in High School (412 Mark Miley Demo - 12​/​21​/​00) *NERDTOWN EXCLUSIVE*

from You Feel Like Home / I Wrote This Song In High School - Single by Michael's Existential Crisis

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This is one of the first songs I ever wrote. The first time I demoed this song was in 2000. I wrote the lyrics in Mr Murphy's US History class in 9th grade to avoid falling asleep and went down to Virginia with a few friends to record this demo with producer Mark Miley that December. There was a blizzard, Seal almost swung by to sing gang vocals for some reason, we had to stop recording several times due to sounds of sirens and gunshots outside... It was a bizarre weekend to say the least. It was also the weekend we decided to change the name to This Good Robot. Explaining "Usses" was a huge pain in the ass.

Not sure if you can tell, but I was listening to a shit ton of Conor Oberst at the time.
lil pitchy, dawg.

Performing on the demo:
Michael Ragosta
Jennalise Vescovo
Gabe Fox
Gina Ragosta
Derrick Upchurch
Mark Miley

lyrics

Play us a new beat
something catchy and fast
Play something quick so we can meet girls and dance
and this club we can finally tip our hats to.
Farewell

and toast,
"Here's to our new friendship
An alliance I'll always cherish
They're gonna love
They're gonna hate
But they're gonna know it"

Now you walk into a room filled with "I love you"s and "I love you too"s
and the ground is covered with fake fog
Just like a prom from that old tv show
when the last scene's song is always slow
and from the ceiling a thousand balloons will fall
You make it happen
when I thought no, none of this could be real
You make it happen
when I thought no, none of this could be real

and sang,
"Here's to our new friendship
An alliance I'll always cherish
They're gonna love
They're gonna hate
But they're gonna know it"

She loves me and she loves me not
She loves me and she loves me not
try again when you're in a better mood
The 8-balls - they've all turned their backs
look away, pretend there is no attack
but at least I can always rely on you

and sang,
"Here's to our new friendship
An alliance I'll always cherish
They're gonna love
They're gonna hate
But they're gonna know it"

If Richmond is calling
I'm staying by the phone
to be delivered a new message I can't wait to learn
but who would I be if you were here right now?
what can I do to make you see what you mean to me

It's all been done before

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from You Feel Like Home / I Wrote This Song In High School - Single, released January 5, 2018

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Michael's Existential Crisis New York, New York

Michael's Existential Crisis is the newest project by Michael Ragosta (This Good Robot / Patent Pending). The goal is one song a month! Songs are exclusive to this site for the first 2 months. Listen to Michael's Podcast: "A Means to an End" on iTunes & Soundcloud Featuring special episodes specifically about each of these songs including demos and behind the scenes content! SEND QUESTIONS!
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