Limited to 240 copies, the 180gm 12" vinyl version of the album is being produced with colors at random. There are one of any 21 possible colors you may receive and no one will know, not even us as to which color yours will be.
**Note: This means your copy will be a **single** color opaque/semi-transparent, chosen at random (i.e. there aren't any "rainbow colored" copies).**
'Plastic Sleep' explores the hardship of anxiety, depression, and relays transparent opinions about the pharmaceutical industry. It's premise is based on my experience being a general practitioner's guinea pig in 2014 dealing with the breakup of my life as well as other circumstantial life occurrences. If you have ever been a temporary tattoo artist or nay-sayer like I was at that time, please know that you are not alone. Know that there is a way to climb out of that rut. You have the power and hell, the internet to explore the right treatment for you. So use it and be weary of the fact that some of the medications you take may not be what's best for you.
lyrics
Temporary tattoo artist, Groundhog’s Day naysayer
Non-returners of calls until about a day later
Off-kilter, off-set, caught in the fog freighter
Running off-course with a cargo of prayers
Same alarm, different day, same fall down the stairs
Same position, arms spread, same cause for the craters
Same condition without the existence of a blonde head
Anxiety-stricken thoughts supposedly left for dead
Woken up again by the same complex
Better to get to calling that provider of small meds
When the feelings aren't right, he’s the go-to best
At patching the hull and beefing up defense
The goal to obtain a straight and narrow keel vector
Needing a quick fix, not some water wheeled lecture
Staying afloat, placing trust in a mentor
Prescribing pseudo-feelings of real pleasure
The Monoamine Oxidates lift current states
Curbing bad moods for good measure
Knowing when’s too much to take from stomach aches
Loss of weight and increases in blood pressure
Selective Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors
Reinvigorate, making great listeners
Not knowing how much to take is exactly how money’s made
By pharmaceutical company investors
It goes, one, two, thirty milligrams of Celexa
Four, five, sixty more of Effexor
Counting plastic sheep until nighty-night from Trazadone
How could we get a full night’s sleep without having those?
Melatonin gives the worst nightmares
Claustrophobic, loss of focus, blind stares
Naturopathic paths have negative sides too
At the break of dawn comes the night terrors
Sleep is never really sleep REM-wise
Despite Ambien and Remeron taken every time
Waking’s a chore for a slow, sedated mind
Facing the floor with capillary blazing eyes
The scariest experience, wide awake and furious
Sweat drenched, un-slept, brain caked with delirium
Upset from unrest unless attempts are made
To book an hour with a so-called, therapist
This inner-changed proves a new and improved catalog
Once behooved to drop two blue Adderall
Side effects clash like new shoes
Competitive moods glued to a friendly game of racquetball
Wow, this is all so great and gravy
For the immediate moment, despair is unfurled
More elated than lazy lately
Going straight from feeling something awful to top of the world
Forget about insides degrading
Laser beam speed's what we demand and it’s damn quicker
Patching neurotransmitters
Than reinstating solid states, regulating transistors
It goes, one, two, thirty milligrams of Celexa
Four, five, sixty more of Effexor
Counting plastic sheep until nighty-night from Trazadone
How could we get a full night’s sleep without having those?
credits
from Visceral Candy Feat. Tim Stiles,
released November 22, 2016
Written by Tim Stiles
Vocals by Tim Stiles, Seth Swift & Ian Hernandez
Produced by Jay Battle & Seth Swift
Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered by Jay Battle @ The Battlefield
Seattle, WA
Tim Stiles is an independent hip-hop artist historically known as the lead vocalist/rapper of the satirical hip hop band,
Passion Party. Tim is no one trick pony. He’s a clever, crafty wordsmith in his own right with an ability to adapt to just about any concept or genre....more
