Hedonist is an electronic pop exploration into the moment before the roller coaster leaves the ground; the hormones hanging in the air just before an illicit kiss. It tackles morality, fickleness, ownership of action, the limitations of heteronormativity and the irrepressible heat of sexual tension.
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lyrics
I'm a hedonist on a precipice
Taking existential elevenses
Should I get back on this ride?
I can't decide
Ahead of this, where the pleasure is
(All the dressed up bestial revelry)
And all conscience left denied...
It's a slippery slide
Do you you feel the air thickening?
You're breathing differently
When you're here I don't care, I'm a fickle thing
I'm breathing differently
I know I am
We could f**k
This up
We could really really f**k this up
Or we could suck
It up
It's up to us it's up to us
I can handle this, you're a catalyst
For chaos but I can battle this
If we just ignore the signs
Then we'll be fine
The tricky bit will be to stick to it
If I slip with this I'm a hypocrite
If we both just tow the line
I'm sure this will be fine
Do you you feel the air prickling?
You're breathing differently
When you're near me I don't care, it's sickening
I'm breathing differently
I know I am
We could f**k
This up
We could really really f**k this up
Or we could suck
It up
It's up to us it's up to us
Leave please, I'm not doing this
Wait, stay! I'm not through with this
(Get your sh*t together, I'm begging ya -
This is ridiculous - sick with this fickleness
Get, get...get a grip on this)
Go! Go! we should ruminate
Don't go! I'm not thinking straight
(Get your sh*t together, it's wrecking ya -
Show some resilience - ditch all this fickleness
Get, get...get a grip on this)
We could f**k
This up
We could really really f**k this up
Or we could suck
It up
It's up to us it's up to us
credits
from Hedonist,
track released August 13, 2021
written by GLYSK
produced by GLYSK, Brain Rays and James Stewart
mastered by Matt Colton
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