Crash & Burn [SINGLE] by Sprinklesong

I wrote this as a teenager, with lyrics about heartbreak that feel empty to me now. As I was writing this section of the album that was loosely intended to convey ideas of life and death, I realized that with some more appropriate lyrics this song felt like a perfect representation of the inevitability of death. Then, as I was writing the new lyrics, new ideas about the way we interact with each other in our darkest times started to manifest. I realized that I was actually writing a song about our need for emotional connection. We all want to be heard and understood. We want someone to care about what we care about. As much as we might fear death, loneliness is more terrifying. This also makes this song a perfect bookend to the first 'movement' of the OMNIVERSE album, starting with "Stardust", before moving on to the first interlude, "Main Sequence".

Tracklist

1.	Crash & Burn [SINGLE]	4:22

Lyrics

Life is tough
That cliche doesn’t do enough
To show how rough
Some people’s lives are
So hard

Every day
They live a struggle that you may
Not have a way
Of understanding
Feeling

And I know although you think you have
Experience to spare
What they need is not your intellect
But just someone to care
In a world of contradictions
You can’t help the things you learn
And so it all must crash and burn

Growing old
It happens gradually we’re told
But we’ve been sold
A load of nonsense
Falsehoods

Slow decay
A wrinkle or a touch of gray
And then one day
You can’t deny it
Ancient

And I know although you think you have
Vitality to spare
What you need is not your innocence
But just someone to care
In a world of contradictions
You can’t help the age you’ve earned
And so it all must crash and burn

必然的
Hitsuzen-teki

Facing death
That moment when your final breath
Will leave your chest
And you’ll expire
Retire

What comes next
The question always has perplexed
And even vexed
Those who have asked it
Mystic

And I know although you think you need
An answer or a prayer
What you need is not a deity
But just someone to care
In a world of contradictions
Can’t escape the final turn
And so we all must crash and burn

必然的
Hitsuzen-teki

Credits

released August 20, 2018
Composed, arranged & produced by Daphne Sprinkle
Mixed & Mastered by The Human @ Human Studios in Portland, OR
Guitar performed by The Human
Artwork by Spacerobinhood

Megurine Luka, © Crypton Future Media, Inc. 2009

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.