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about
Written over a span of 3 years Video Game was refined through countless iterations resulting in a fully realized single with character and nuance. The final chorus was the most challenging part of the process, given new life by unexpected connection with Dutch cellist Ardie Son; The combination of authentic strings and dancing arpeggios became the perfect ending.
lyrics
Video Game
Like the end of an old teenage movie
Where the cast all go home to bed
And they lay down in their bedrooms
With the stars glowing above
It’s like a video game
A 90’s video game
A fuzzy memory dying over again
Before they sold the house and moved
You hid more letters inside the walls
You swore you’d never share your secrets
Oh if only walls could talk
It’s like a video game
A 90’s video game
A fuzzy memory dying over again
Fuzzy memory dying over and over again
Remember in the clearing darling
You dropped your lighter onto the grass
You lit that fire that kept burning brighter
And you ran and you ran
It’s like a video game
A 90’s video game
A fuzzy memory dying over again
credits
released January 22, 2021
Written by ICELANDIA
Cello by Ardie Son
Produced by Andrew Judah
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