Control

from Star by Sasha Chimaera

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Do I control them or are they controlling me?
If I control them, it means that I am free
When I leave my house, I've got someplace to be
Do I do it for them or do I be it for me?

(Giddy up!)

If I'm just like them then they must be just like me
If I talk to you do you listen to me?
If you're listening now the question's plain to see -
Do I control them do they control me?

I've got someplace to be
I gotta go take a look at this tree
The branches and the leaves
All I want is to know what they mean

I'm dancing to the beat
I don't know I don't care yeah beats me
And I've got someplace to be
Yeah I've got someplace to be

cow

Do I control them or do they control me?
All I need is an answer the question's changing rapidly
Soon now then it's them changing me
Am I alien or am I a weird sheep?

Should I be like them? Opportunity
And try to make friends? All my friends are eluding me
When time and space bend I fold into the truth in me
So when this trip ends I stop thinking delusionally

I'm standing at the tree
I'm exactly where I need to be
And I know just what it means
But I can't tell you just what it means

If they're controlling me
I'm gonna need to see the receipts
If I'm controlling them
I'm controlling them controlling me

I'm controlling them controlling me

credits

from Star, released June 17, 2022
Max Bennett-Parker - piano, keys, various synth, brass, strings, and virtual guitar
Sasha Suraski - music, lyrics, vocals, various synth, sounds, beats

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Sasha Chimaera Brooklyn, New York

Space cowboy who likes to laugh and have fun

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