S3E2: Socks Around My Ankles

We're just trying to make a difference over here in the Jam McCabin, so grab some Popcorn and get ready to be ComplimentedJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "One (K)night's difference"----Bug's Song-----Title: Fix ItselfAdditional Challenge: A complimentLyrics:I said "I dunno, doc" as I sat up on the tablemy shirt off, thankful just my socks around my anklesI've had no luck with proper diagnosismy internet doctor just sent some shrug emojisand so she jots down a note, this'll do the trickget back to your old self quickBut I'm stubborn and a skepticbut this doctor won't accept itShe says "Take This and Call me in the morning"so I shake it and I say I can't afford itbut she insists and writes me a prescriptionso I throw it in the cabinet with the other dozen pillsthat I've ignored and sorta hope that it'll magically fix itselfnow its been 6 months so I come in for a check-upShe asks about my regimen and so I have to fess upThe bottle is still intactand my motivation's weaker than a childproof capThis calls for a higher dose, you're so easy to diagnoseYou're just stubborn and a skepticand this doctor won't accept itTake This and Call me in the morningI make a play to ask about the side-effects and warningsshe evades this and writes me a prescriptionand walks me to the pharmacy and watches as I pay and leaveand wonders if I still believe that this'll all fix itselfSo I'm standing in the bathroom, bottle on the windowsillhyping up myself 'cause I've never liked taking pillsI pop the top and to my surprisethere's nothing but a note insideIt says: Take this, and call me in the morningI love you and you're handsome and importantand I want you to feel like you're acceptedso I wrote you my love as a prescriptionSo I take it, and call you in the morningmy heart aching from the way that you support meand sometimes I get down, and afraid to ask for helpBut I know it won't fix itself---- Matt's Song -----Title: The Other BoysAdditional Challenge: Must use the word "POPCORN"Lyrics:PopcornNow I have your attention I got a two minute pitch and I'd like you to listenSo you've been putting up with suitors for a week now andThese losers can't do any of the cool shit I canI don't have money, I don't have fameOr blue blood flowing in my veinsBut excuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boysDragonYeah that was me in the yardDrove a 12 foot polearm through it's burning heartYou probably couldn't tell with my helmet askew But as the beast fell baby I was winking at youAnd the wizard in the hills who was raising the deadI cut him a deal before I cut off his headA hundred strong choir of your bloodline pastSinging love songs at your windowI don't have land, or military mightI don't have anyone to hold in the nightExcuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boysThey might have it all but you've still got a choicePower and blood, connections and coinOr me and whatever I've got going onI don't want to scare you by coming on strongBut I'd love you better than any of themNo plot of the devil or creation of menCould touch you when I am there at your sideAnd I don't have money, I don't have fameOr blue blood flowing through my veinsBut excuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boys