501. Below the Baseboard

501. Below the Baseboard from lara's hype eng vol. AF. Web player, likes, and session sync: https://lare.m-d-r-n.com/play/501 Telegram post: https://telegram.me/lara_just_in_case/587 Lyrics: [Verse 1] Two constants that will floor me every time Small talk and a non-native accent on the line Brain starts processing the phonemes, processing the style What comes out is what came in — mirrored, word for word [Verse 2] Topics going nowhere, syllables gone strange Brain is burning through its budget, so it rearranges I can hear myself and something isn't right That's a mirror with an accent speaking for me tonight [Chorus] Below the baseboard Every language, below the baseboard Small talk plus a foreign accent — I go mute I cannot stand to hear myself in these moments [Verse 3] I had something I could say but the brain already quit It just mirrors back the input, doesn't care a bit Content, style, phonetics — all of it returns I'm in here somewhere, but the signal never turns [Chorus] Below the baseboard Every language, below the baseboard Small talk plus a foreign accent — I go mute I cannot stand to hear myself in these moments [Outro] Hear myself Cannot