Name: Drowning With A Smile
Duration: P00H04M11S
Description: An homage to humanity's relentless collapse into our own conditioning. We see what we've seen before. We gleefully fall into our own traps. Such is life.

Drowning With A Smile

from Gone by UpdownUp

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An homage to humanity's relentless collapse into our own conditioning. We see what we've seen before. We gleefully fall into our own traps. Such is life.

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I walked in blind
Sitting across from you
In the yellow light
I was compromised
You were the best drug
I'd ever taken by surprise
And I trusted you
Before I knew your name
I listened to that feeling
Like the voice of a saint
The water level rising
Losing my footing

Gasping for air
Fall to the sirens
Captive in a cycle
Tossed like a stone in the ocean
But drowning with a smile

So, you like high?
Just play your part
And I'll play mine
Is this the good life?
I don't know, but it's safe
And almost warm enough inside

And I trusted you
Before I knew your name
I listened to that feeling
Like the voice of a saint
The water level rising
I'm losing my footing

Gasping for air
Fall to the sirens
Captive in a cycle
Tossed like a stone in the ocean
But drowning with a smile

Ohh, ohh

Gasping for, gasping for air
Fall to the sirens
Captive in a cycle
Tossed like a stone in the ocean
But drowning with a smile

credits

from Gone, released January 9, 2021
Written and performed by Richard Devletian & Jason Ryterband
Backing vocals by Neara Russell
Written and performed by Richard Devletian & Jason Ryterband
Mixed by John Cook at Century Sound
Mastered by James Krausse at Ruckus Music Studios

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UpdownUp Los Angeles, California

UpdownUp-the intertwining influences of a loop-loving, guitar-bowing multi-instrumentalist (Rich Devletian) and an ex- acapella group leader who's addicted to electronic music (Jason Ryterband). Their style combines lush harmonies and intricate soundscapes to form songs that bend genres. Listening is an uplifting journey through a world that is at once darkly nostalgic and hauntingly beautiful. ... more

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Gone

Jan 2021
Last Words

Nov 2014
A Little Map

Dec 2012

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