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Songs For Edgy Kids

by kqa

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1.
*soundcheck* 01:11
WHOS FUCKIN READY FOR THIS NEW KQA ALBUM??? LESS GET SUM HYPE IN HEREEEeEEEeEEEEE!!!!!!! yEah! wOo yeaH,,, anyone?? nOTHING?? NO ONE???? COME ON- ONE PERSON!! YEAH!! WOO!! I APPRECIATE YOU!! THANK YOU!! YEAH, THANK YOU!! wOo,, nice.
2.
Abstract Art 03:22
look i know its hard to find someone new someone who will always stick by you oooh,,, how do we look where it began? when it never ended and it never started youve been dealt a confusing hand like youre looking at some abstract art ITS ONE THAT PERPLEXES ALL OF YOU AND YOUR MIND WITHOUT A DOUBT IT REALLY JUST AINT YOUR KIND SO WHATS THE HOLD UP? GET YOURSELF AND GO FIX ALL YOUR PROBLEMS CAUSE I NEED THIS BUT YOU DONT NEED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE <solo> </solo> not hard to see youve just about had it finally fed up with all of their shit (heh) give enough time theyll be after you so kick back and vibe, and enjoy the time you have THERES NEVER ENOUGH PROBLEMS TO GO PILE ON YOUR SHOULDERS THOSE FUCKERSLL BRING YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOUR SOUL ONLY GROW COLDER SO WHATS THE HOLD UP? GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND LETS GO MAKE IT TO THE END CAUSE I NEED THIS BUT YOU NEVER LET ME BE CAUSE I NEED THIS BUT YOU DONT NEED ME duh-dut, duh-dut, duh-dut, duh-dut
3.
Tap Idea #23 03:13
time keeps moving on and im getting left behind these old memories need not stay here longer so LET GO of THE PAST cause IT DONT NEED YOU ANYMOREEE take YOUR TIME ill STAND BY cause YOU DONT NEED TO GO ALONEEEEEEE TIME IS JUST A ONE LANE ROAD ANYWAYS wOO!!!! yeeEEAAAHHHH???!?!???!? and days keep passin by and im still singing along and i just cant see how i mixed this all up so damn wrong its been another year since i asked if youre alright IM GLAD TO SEE YOURE FINE BUT JUST HOLD ON, I NEED SOME TIME WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY? IVE GIVEN ALL THE HELP THAT I COULD GIVE. (,,,i dont know, maybe?? eh) <solo> </solo> IVE GIVEN ALL THE HELP THAT I COULD GIVE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOH, OOH OOH OOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOH, OOH OOH OOOOOOH WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?????? OOH OOH OOHHHHH,,, (yuh. whaa?? YOOOOO i dont fuckin know aye yuh) CAUSE IVE GIVEN ALL THE HELP THAT I CAN GIVE IVE SAID ALL THE RIGHT WORDS BUT YOU THINK I DIDNT. (i dont even know what the FUCK is going on.)
4.
Unavailable 03:33
are you tired of me yet?? cause i just wanna make sure im not stuck in your head cause im just tryna let you just have a lil space so you can be with your friends, so im not always in your face cause i know that never ends well i know the story youll tell will blame me blame meee so take me unavailable i just wont show up when you wanna be alone oooh,,, and i should realize when youre annoyed so you dont have to say it to my face oooh,,, CAUSE I, I NEED A BREAK ILL JUST LIE ON THE FLOOR AND TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO FIND MY THOUGHTS AGAIN START ONCE MORE AND REALIZE THIS AINT WORTH CRYIN OVER <solo> oooh,,, oooh,,, </solo> am i awake enough to comprehend the differing signals that keep me awake in bed?? one second im your best friend pass a minute you want me dead and i know this aint your day but its never mine anyways but you blame me you blame meeeee so take me unavailable i just wont show up when you wanna be alone oooh,,, and i should realize when youre annoyed so you dont have to SAY IT TO MY FACE!! oooh,,, CAUSE I, IM FEELIN FAKE ILL JUST LIE ON THE FLOOR AND SHAKE MY HEAD TRYNA FIND MY THOUGHTS AGAIN START ONCE MORE AND REALIZE THIS AINT WORTH CRYIN OVER AND REALIZE THIS AINT WORTH CRYIN OVER oooh,,, oooh,,, do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do do do
5.
Patience 03:44
im just sayin, im runnin outta patience the bottles bottled up and you aint ever gonna take it no, i got these emotions figured out i could put it to words, but then youd think that id faked it-it-it oooh, oooh, oooh ba-da-ba bum bum YEAH!? OH I COULD LET OUT ALL THIS ANGER AND IM SAYIN NOTHINS STOPPIN ME BUT IN REALITY?? IM MORTIFIED FOR YOUR REACTION A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE READY TO EXPLODE IM ALMOST OUT OF APATHY i think it really shows Jealousy. A Quality I Fail To Not Lack In Trapped In My Own Mind, AND THEN I END UP SLACKIN OH THERES A BIG STORM COMIN WITH MY NAME WRITTEN ALL OVER IT BUT I THINK YOU GET THE DRILL I COULD GIVE LESS OF A SHIT im just sayin, im runnin outta patience the bottles bottled up and you aint ever gonna take it (ever gonna take it, yeah) no, i got these emotions figured out i could put it to words, but then youd think that id faked it (woah, but then youd think that id faked ITTT, YUH!) SOMEDAY SOMEWHERE i could be myself, right? SOMEDAY SOMEHOW i dont needa hear your SHIIIT im fuckin SICK of all the CRAAAP YOU THROOOW MY WAAAY (YUH, YUH, BRRT!) CAN YOU ZIP YOUR MOUTH?? ILL BUST UR FUCKIN CAP RIGHT NOW (WOAHHH!!) I SAY WHAT I SAY, THE PEOPLE I LIKE CAN TAKE WHAT I LAY DOWN SHUT THE FUCK UP!! imma be myself, right? PLEASE JUST SHUT UP!! imma just ignore your shit im narcissistic i dont CAAARE WHATS THROOOWN MY WAAAY <solo> YEAH, YEAH, OOOH OOOH, WOAH </solo> im just sayin, im runnin outta patience the bottles bottled up and you aint ever gonna take it no, i got these emotions figured out i could put it to words, but then youd think that id faked it im just sayin, im runnin outta patience (im runnin outta PATIEEENCE, YEAAHH, YEAAHH) the bottles bottled up and you aint ever gonna take it no, i got these emotions figured out (GOT THESE EMOTIONS, YEAAHH) i could put it to words, but then youd think that id faked it-it-it (fUCK) id like to think that i dont break easily but right now, im runnin out of patience (BUT RIGHT NOW IM RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE!! DYAHHHHH!! dehehahaha, Fuck.)
6.
Phony 03:18
if you could do me a favor id truly be blessed, if i could be when ive felt so phony remember when wed hang outside in the bosque? wed ride bikes to the store back then, it wasnt a chore cause now we are stuck behind blue light and i can find myself, looking back but memories are not perfect back then my mind was broken so right now im fine ill survive <solo> </solo> years keep adding up but i cannot recall when this made me feel closer to an adult responsibility so close to haunt me when im stuck in between and EVERYONES TAUNTING CAUSE NOW WE ARE STUCK BEHIND BLUE LIGHT AND I CAN FIND MYSELF, LOOKING BACK BUT MEMORIES ARE NOT PERFECT BACK THEN MY MIND WAS BROKEN SO RIGHT NOW IM FINE ILL SURVIVE WILL I LOOK FAR ENOUGH FROM THE PAST TO FIND MYSELF? IN THE PRESENT WHERE I BELONG I TRY NOT TO DWELL ON THE PAST BUT IT ALL COMES SO FAST AND I CANT GO FAR RUNNING CAUSE NOW WE ARE STUCK BEHIND BLUE LIGHT AND I CAN FIND MYSELF, LOOKING BACK BUT MEMORIES ARE NOT PERFECT BACK THEN MY MIND WAS BROKEN SO RIGHT NOW IM FINE ILL SURVIVE ILL SURVIVE ILL SURVIVE ILL SURVIVE
7.
*repetition* 03:39
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm... oooh, oooh,,, oooh, oooh,,, oooh... repetition, repetition repetition, repetition i could not tell you if i am healing cause these feelings pull both ways i can aim for self-improvement but most likely ill stay the same repetition, repetition took the meaning outta me repetition, repetition somehow the one that sets me free <solo> uso mucha repetición en mis canciones porque ayuda a transmitir cosas que nunca pude y eso me ha ayudado tantísimo así que,,,gracias, repetición,,,sim oooh, oooh oooh, oooh </solo> its never been enough with you (even though that wasnt perfect, i think i wanna keep that one) (nice.)
8.
Uneven 02:58
give me a reason for me to tell you what im feelin the balance is uneven fire your shot it might be the only one you ever got dont let it miss, dont let it rot learn the truth before its taken away sacrifice only the parts of you you dont want to stay <solo> </solo> thats all i want to hear thats all i want to hear. youre ALL I WANT TO BE... YOURE ALL I WANT TO BEEEEE!!!!
9.
hey, are you there?? i need someone to talk to today im bored can you talk to me? whoa, whoa oh oh oh oh whoa, whoa oh oh oh oh, oh cause theres 24 hours in a day and i spend 22 starin at a wall i wont specify if its sleep and im trapped in a room in a house the worlds a livin hell, you can tell but reality aint so bleak whoa, oh oh cause when the world looks down at you you might just find a way-ay out you take all that you can it wasnt all but you ran, but you ran and you never looked back dont think twice about the words you said the past is dead you gotta look on ahead i wish you could see the smile on my face im not a disgrace!! <solo> </solo> woke up on the wrong side of the bed and what do i see? ANOTHA FUCKIN DAY JUST FLEW RIGHT PAST ME IVE SEEN THIS SHIT BEFORE. its like im starin at a dot in the dark and all else disappears CAUSE THATS HOW I FEEL FREE!! whoa dont you agree? change can happen NEED I ASK MORE? cause when the world looks down at you you might just find a way-ay out you take all that you can it wasnt all but you ran, but you ran and you never looked back dont think twice about the words you said the past is dead you gotta look on ahead I WISH YOU COULD SEE THE SMILE ON MY FACE IM NOT A DISGRACE!! IM NOT A DISGRAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!! PUSH THOSE WORDS BACK TO THE FARTHEST CORNER OF YOUR HEAD DONT THINK TWICE ABOUT THE WORDS YOU SAID THE PAST IS DEAD.
10.
a staggered breathe in, followed by a sigh of relief
11.
Ecstasy 03:04
if i died, do you think ive done enough?- you tell me, i know im too rough cause i think i need to work every second never-endin, to have value thats just how my brain works you tell me i want serotonin ecstasy. waiting, it seems like nothin will change maybe im goin insane how do i know?? i cant even process my own emotions from last month if i wait, would you stay? i need confirmation lead the way. pocket me in the back of your mind ill be right by your side. <solo> oooh woah,,,,ohhh,,,, </solo> thats just how my brain works you tell me i want serotonin ecstasy thats just how my brain works im just me i want validation leave me be.
12.
could ya, just, hold the fuckin phone?? this is somethin that i wish id known a long time ago your reasoning to never tell me will only backfire more so you better open up before i shut the door on you im here to help, but i cant help if you wont let me make sure to hit my head six feet in the ground but youll be safe and sound (yeah) <solo> </solo> could you just break that promise where you said youd never spill a word to me, "itd be too damaging." howd ya think i got this healing skin? from the calluses, they let me breathe, when everything is breaking i wanna help, but you wont let me in your head!! you just wanna self-sabotage your thoughts instead yeah ill send out an sos ill BRING IT TO MY DYING BREATH AND ILL SCREAM SO LOUD IF YOULL BE SAFE AND SOUND,,,, SAFE AND SOOOOOOOUUUUUUND!! CAUSE THATS WHAT IM HERE FOR PUT AWAY THAT FORCE-FED NOSTALGIA BEFORE YOU GET KNOCKED OUT WITH KARMA DONT LET EM PUT YOU ON ANESTHESIA IT WONT HELP YOU UNLOCK MEMORIA UNLOCK MEMORIA!! UNLOCK MEMORIA!!!!
13.
yeah- ookay!!
14.
Patterns 02:51
wake up and its already afternoon twenty missed calls and theyre all from you been losin touch since may last year i think im seein a pattern here so hold your ground, ill come around!! because a pattern aint a pattern if it dont repeat itself <solo> ba bum, ba bum ba bum, ba bum ba bum, ba bum ba da bum bum (WOO!!) </solo> i lost my grip, im feelin so withdrawn disassociate and theyre all gone summers gone!! where did i go?- yeah, my patterns repeating itself, i know,,, so just wait, one more day!! and ill make an explanation and let me, set the stage!! so i can say my monologue... >>>>to my family? "yes?" >>>>and my friends?? "YEAH!?" welcome to the last youll be seeing of this!! because im STUCK inSIDE this PATTERN!! (stuck inside this pattern,) because im STUCK inSIDE this PATTERN!! (LET ME OUT!!) cause i was STUCK inSIDE this PATTERN, and im BREAAAAAAAAAKKIIIIIIIIIINNNNNG,,, FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

about

"Spoiler alert: the songs aren't even that edgy."

Oh, if only I knew what I was saying as I worked on these songs more and more. There was triumph and sadness, collaboration and loneliness, musical bliss and complete silence.

But it was done. Welcome to Songs For Edgy Kids.

Every single collaboration here tells a story - some of learning, some of practice, some impromptu, some coupled with months - years - of hardship getting to that point. With songs as old as 2019 worked and re-worked time and time again, and my first collaborative effort not just with recording, but as well as mixing and mastering, I present my (current) magnum opus.

And I couldn't be any happier. Enjoy. \.o./

credits

released May 18, 2022

Everything recorded by Nicole Di Bisceglie (kqa) unless specified otherwise.
Collaborations recorded at Baer Studio, as well as all over the world in a complete celebration of all the friends I've made. <3

Mixed by Jerrick Crites
twitter.com/JerrickCrites
Mastered by Laz of Lazer Burn Audio
lazsynth.bandcamp.com
lazerburnaudio.com/artists/laz

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Recorded collaborations, in alphabetical order:

Alex Marki - Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
alexmarki.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Unavailable>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Group Vocals

Aster Renee - Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
[links n/a]
>>>>Abstract Art>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Group Vocals

Belleville Tweed - Bass, Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
bellevilletweed.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals (Performed by V.)
>>>>Unavailable>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals (Performed by S.)
>>>>Phony>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lead Vocals (Performed by V.)
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Group Vocals (Performed by V.)
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Bass (Performed by V.)

Brick - Drums, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
doortonow-here.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Unavailable>>>>>>>>>>>Drums, Harmony Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Group Vocals

Cam Dueck (Impasaurus) - Additional Composition, Clarinet, First Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Venova, Synthesizers, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
impasaurus.bandcamp.com
>>>>Uneven>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>*contemplation, pt i*>>>>Additional Composition, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Venova
>>>>Safe and Sound>>>>>>>Synthesizers
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Additional Composition, First Clarinet

cudsys - Additional Composition, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
cudsys.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Safe and Sound>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Additional Composition
>>>>Patterns>>>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals

Daid R. Gallegos - Drums, Group Vocals
[links n/a]
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>Drums, Group Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>Group Vocals

Elliot Doke - Vibraphone
[links n/a]
>>>>Patience

Frank Sanchez - Harmony Vocals, Alto Saxophone
[links n/a]
>>>>American Badminton

Green Guy - Additional Composition, French Horn, Trumpet, Mellophone, Upright Piano, Grand Piano, Vuvuzela, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
greenboi.bandcamp.com
>>>>*soundcheck*>>>>>>>>>Vuvuzela
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Uneven>>>>>>>>>>>>>Additional Composition, French Horn, Trumpet
>>>>*contemplation, pt i*>>>>French Horn
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>French Horn, Grand Piano
>>>>Patterns>>>>>>>>>>>>>Trumpet, French Horn, Mellophone, Upright Piano, Harmony Vocals

Jerrick Crites - Electric Guitar
twitter.com/JerrickCrites
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*

Juice_Polydot - Lead Vocals, Solo Acoustic Guitar
twitter.com/Juice_Polydot
>>>>Tap Idea #23

Julian Moritz - Drums, Xylophone, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals, Background Vocals
www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJ1P3vPu3wxYhbtOhZwgWQ
>>>>*soundcheck*>>>>>>Xylophone
>>>>Abstract Art>>>>>>>>Drums, Harmony Vocals
>>>>*repetition*>>>>>>>>Background Vocals
>>>>Safe and Sound>>>>Drums, Group Vocals

Kaya V. - Drums
harieiv.bandcamp.com
>>>>*soundcheck*
>>>>Patterns

Laz - Harmony Vocals, Synthesizers, Auxiliary Percussion, Second Clarinet
lazsynth.bandcamp.com
>>>>Unavailable>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals, Synthesizers
>>>>*contemplation, pt i*>>>>Auxiliary Percussion, Synthesizers
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Second Clarinet, Auxiliary Percussion, Synthesizers

Lil Blue - Harmony Vocals
[links n/a]
>>>>Phony

meanings - Drums, Harmony Vocals
meaningsband.bandcamp.com
>>>>Ecstasy

Niomi - Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
niomiautemn.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lead Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Harmony Vocals

phoesics - Violin
twitter.com/alouvrr
>>>>Phony

Phxntxmlxrd - Drums
www.twitch.tv/metalking666
>>>>Uneven

Reed Wade - Bass, Harmony Vocals
[links n/a]
>>>>Safe and Sound

Samantha - Tenor Ukulele, Group Vocals
twitter.com/DecisionsJazz
>>>>American Badminton

Samuel Morrison (Samwow) - Harmony Vocals
samwow.bandcamp.com
>>>>Phony
>>>>Patterns

Santiago Rael - Harmony Vocals
soundcloud.com/santiagorael/
>>>>Phony

sasha - Viola
[links n/a]
>>>>Phony

sleepshopper - Drums, Harmony Vocals
sleepshopper.bandcamp.com
>>>>Uneven>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>American Badminton>>>>Drums
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Drums

Theepicosity - Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
theepicosity.bandcamp.com
>>>>Patience

Thom S. (big lumby) - Acoustic Bass, Ukulele Bass, Electric Guitar, Cajón, Group Vocals
biglumby.bandcamp.com
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>>>>Acoustic Bass
>>>>Uneven>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ukulele Bass, Group Vocals
>>>>*contemplation, pt i*>>>>Electric Guitar
>>>>*contemplation, pt ii*>>>>Cajón

Tyler Baer (The Great Guitar Dude) - Bass, Drums, Snare Drum, Ending Electric Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
thegreatguitardude.bandcamp.com
>>>>Abstract Art>>>>>>>Bass, Harmony Vocals
>>>>Tap Idea #23>>>>>>Group Vocals
>>>>Patience>>>>>>>>>Drums, Harmony Vocals, Group Vocals
>>>>Phony>>>>>>>>>>>Harmony Vocals
>>>>*repetition*>>>>>>>>Snare Drum
>>>>Safe and Sound>>>>Ending Electric Guitar

vibrantshroom - Harmony Vocals
[links n/a]
>>>>*repetition*

As well as my real mom, dad, and older brother, and every collaborator in the album (plus my friends Kate, Sara, and Crow, and V. from BVT's friend TitoStrums), for the "yes? yeah!?" in Patterns. <3

Additional Composition credits are given to those who helped change my own parts in the song's composition - a lot of my collaborators wrote their own solos and parts and I'm extremely happy with the results!!

[6/9/22 Update: How could I forget? Another big thank you to Scott Sweeny of Sweeny Brass and Baum's Music in Albuquerque, New Mexico for fixing up my tuba, baritone, and trombone to be recorded for the album. Hell yeah!!]
[6/12/22 Update: Minor lyric fix on Tap Idea #23.]
[6/14/22 Update: Minor lyric fix on Abstract Art and Patience.]
[6/18/22 Update: Minor lyric fix on *repetition*.]
[6/21/22 Update: Minor album credits fix.]
[10/30/22 Update: Minor album credits fix.]

Collaboration knows no bounds. There will always be a way to work with someone.

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kqa Albuquerque, New Mexico

kqa /ˈkeɪkə/
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pasta lady venting through jazz chords

previously known as Quirby64
/kwɚbi ˈsɪksti fɔɹ/

enjoy your stay! \.o./

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