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The Bet I Made

by Crush Limbo

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I was going to just make a quick demo to play for a drummer and bassist I know, so they can learn it and we can play it live. Yeah, well, you know how that goes. Before I know it I'm turning it into a whole ... production!

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[V1]
I called it my
Dionysian phase,
but who was I kidding
I just liked to get wasted.

Now I’m done;
I don’t want pity or praise.
I’m just glad
I’m not a mouse in a maze:

Searching for cheese
only finding dead ends;
falling through trap doors
start all over again.

[V2]
Now I’m learning,
incrementally:
look before you leap
into what you cannot see;

Beware the swaying hips
and the perfect pouty lips;
better to resist
the serpent tongue and kiss.

The crystal ball shows you
a future of bliss.
But run the other way
before you fall into abyss.

[CHOR]
I woke up sober
after so many days
of stumbling stupid
through a drunken haze.

You said: “It’s over!”
I was afraid;
now I’d sleep alone
in the bed I made.

[V3]
I wasn’t meant
to be a family man
I pine for something
I can’t quite understand

It was cruel of me
to make you withstand
My playing fast and loose
without a backup plan.

[CHOR]
I woke up sober
after so many days
of stumbling stupid
through a drunken haze.

You said: “It’s over!”
I was afraid;
now I’d sleep alone
In the bed I made.

Now I’d sleep alone
It was the bet I made

[BRIDGE]
Am I losing the bet I made?
I just wanted to be free
But freedom can be so lonely

Alone in the bed I made
Alone in the bed I made
That was the bet I made!
That was the bet I made!

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released September 28, 2019

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Crush Limbo North Bergen, New Jersey

Crush Limbo is the stage name of NY-NJ-based musician Colm Clark.

It's bedroom pop meets Tin Pan Alley -- a world where glam gets it on with André Popp, teasing midlife symphonies from tear-shaped guordalins.

And in the grand tradition of Sondheim, Wonder, Bowie, and the Beatles — melody is key, baby, and tunes are where it's at. ... more

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