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7​-​Day Songs Vol. 1

by Ben Visini

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1.
Hey there I know it's been a minute since we've hung out We all would get together in some car Go to some bar Where half of us would sit in silence It's so fun Unfortunately that will have to wait some time This isolation's gonna be quite rough But we are tough And if I'm honest, well there's a small small part of me That feels relieved A guaranteed get out of jail free card From those awful plans that weren't that fun, don't blame me The reason I can't hang out is the CDC It's the perfect excuse And it's the right thing to do We're staying healthy by avoiding giant crowds At least for the time being I'll never feel pressured No more social Obligations Yes, of course, I hate this situation And they say that no one should be going out Which works for me because I hate going out Before They'd give me so much shit for never partying "You've got to make it, everyone is here! Come grab a beer" I feel guilt And so I go out and regret it Like, near immediately wish that I'd just stayed home It's so expensive just to make a toast Keep my money close I'm socially distant But fiscally near Wait why are you Going outside, and not for work So you're insensitive, a jerk Ignoring facts At Disneyland, or the beach The dumbass of the year award's just out of reach It's the perfect excuse You have a chance to stay home And yet you choose to be in giant crowds At least for the time being I'll never feel pressured No more social Obligations Yes, of course, I hate this situation And they say that no one should be going out Which works for me because I hate going out (Try to look on On the bright side) No I shouldn't have to say this Not hard to not be racist Out of cash Can't wipe my ass We're being run by dopes If you're an introvert like me, it's how I cope It's the perfect excuse To stay inside if you can To take a break from being in giant crowds At least for the time being I'll never feel pressured No more social Obligations Yes, of course, I hate this situation And they say that no one should be going out Which works for me because I hate going out Which works for me because I hate going out
2.
SD Every now and then we make mistakes Yeah I might be up But part of me feels so weird So not right It's a sacrifice I'll gladly make Playing with my peers Our friendship is top tier Not messing with your mind It's partly for my pride But I know that you could do So much better Between the blows we deal Respect is always due That's precisely why I'd homie stock for you That's how much I care I'd homie stock for you (oh I'm so generous) A side-b off the stage, you're falling down Recovery was nowhere to be found This cannot be how I'm crowned the victor I wouldn't dare Not playing in tourney, not playing for cash I guess what I'm saying is I just wanna smash Some might give me backlash Say I threw away the game Well, I don't care I just want you to be happy To feel loved; I swear Even though you kinda suck But I will keep things fair And if you play Little Mac I'd homie stock the match 'Cause otherwise you'd never win A single game of Smash You wavedash off of ledge The timing wasn't tight I'm jumping off of Battlefield To make things right It might seem unnecessary But that's just what friends do Even if you camp I'd homie stock for you Even if you John I'd homie stock for you Even if you Wobble I'd - I'd - nah, screw that, fuck you You are my smash brother I'd homie stock for you
3.
VERSE 1 Uh Same old shit I wasn't too surprised when you said it Seen it in every movie Not a normal conversation Signifying the termination Of our relationship Cause if that's how you're initiating A part of you's hating this No go on, I insist, say the rest But if I had to guess This conversation can only go in one direction I don't know why you're masking your intentions for my protection It's pretty obvious given your inflection that it's an Instigation of an investigation Of our compatibility And our stability Analysis of the probability That you and me will be a thing tomorrow Maybe you say it cause you know I know what you mean Instead of cutting me off, you wean me Shoot me first, kill me later. Thanks. Oh, working with a timer Setting up the knockout with a primer Come to the audition prepped with the line It's just 4 words The worst I've ever heard So innocent but I know what's inferred it's Cliche, tried but true It's almost like a warning, a last gift from you To prepare me for the inevitable news that we are through CHORUS Why go for improv when you've got a script, yeah Can't you be personal when ending it, yeah Running to the finish line, you insist we walk Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk No! No! No, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fucking - fuck - Okay, I'm not fine, okay? It's just - I don't wanna have this conversation. I've seen every movie, I know exactly how this goes. I could just do the whole damn thing myself. But I don't wanna do it in 4/4, I need something unstable, like us! 7? VERSE 2 Yo I know it's been a minute since we've been intimate I been thinking of us and our future and what's in it I think we're finished, not you it's me I think as a couple we have trouble, the rubble that comes from destroying the foundation of our love Will show to you that space is really what we need Trying your best to make sure I don't cry At the same time make it clear as the sky You want me to be that guy Going in with the intent to give a hundred and ten percent Need to implement some sort of event with a romantic incentive The message was sent loud and clear I heard it the first time, no foul no crime I'm falling behind on the criteria for cheering ya up To the possibility for staying with me Guess you could've said I saw this coming Not just cause I'm ugly and you're stunning But your lack of communication until this Situation was the awakening that I really needed When a couple fights a demon we must defeat it not Back away, retreating, ignore it and concede to it Kinda conceded this is how we're deleted Maybe we could beat it if we both really try But I don't think you wanna, and neither do I CHORUS Why go for improv when you've got a script, yeah Can't you be personal when ending it, yeah Running to the finish line, you insist we walk Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk - oooh! Tell me why After weeks without a word We need to talk
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VERSE 1 Nothing happens anymore Without a little divine intervention That's how you think a genius thrives But most of the time you will be bored Inhibited by your ideal invention When all you want to do is thrive CHORUS But you will only fall to the occasion Paralyzed by lack of motivation You may hold out for some inspiration Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time No time at all VERSE 2 I thought that I would have some drive Instead I fell into old habits, of course, they didn't work The page is not the only thing full of empty space Those ways feel good to keep alive How can one love this if one has to force it One day a good idea might slap you in the face CHORUS But you will only fall to the occasion Paralyzed by lack of motivation You may hold out for some inspiration Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time No time at all BRIDGE Wasted potential, the best will come without even trying Woah-oh-oh A guarantee you'll never find what you've done satisfying Woah-oh-oh You fall in love with the artist you could be and wait for another day When you don't need to think so hard about what to say CHORUS But you will only fall to the occasion Paralyzed by lack of motivation You may hold out for some inspiration Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time No time at all
5.
VERSE 1 Ever since I was a little crustacean I've had a different set of views No explanation All alone in this deep blue Who would've thought that someone so nautical Could end up being so theological This song is in B 'Cause it's under the C CHORUS 1 Life is pretty sick Living as a Jewish lobster I've got a yarmulke I made out of a clam I don't eat ham I don't know what ham is I live underwater Don't mean to sound overzealous I'm just one proud Hebrew shellfish My existence is ironic And I love it VERSE 2 See? I'm not that different from you Jewmans at all I've got a tallit wrapped around my shell I'm also hundreds of feet tall I'm a kaiju as well (roar) And when I finally have my bar mitzvah I'll invite King Kong, and Mothra, and Godzilla And Clifford the Big Red Dog, I hope that he can Celebrate me becoming a man I mean, lobster CHORUS 2 It's a life Living as a kai-jewish lobster I think I might take a trip into the town Accidentally tearing buildings down Oh, sorry, oh crap, I'm Just looking for the rabbi Not a good first impression I just had a couple of questions He'll understand them They're about the Ten Clawmandments (eh? eh? Get it, it's like commandment but with claw-) BRIDGE Oy vey, I just wanna be With those who are like me Who can see that all I really need CHORUS 3 Oh, is to be accepted As a kai-jewish lobster I've got a yarmulke I made out of a clam (giant clam!) I don't eat ham I don't know what ham is I live underwater And if right now you're assumin' I'm not a lobster 'cause I look like a human That's because I- I have no budget
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Guitar Song 02:58
I take one look and I am mesmerized They pick you up and play It leaves me feeling insignificant Because I can't do the same Holding you in my hands Something's not right Picking up someone else's destiny With a tenacious grip so tight But I think you're beautiful Knocked off the ground But at the moment I can't make a sound I guess I could just learn and practice But I'm so lazy Put down by others around me who use you to your full potential I'd always feel worse No need to worry No need to fret No need to try to learn what makes you tick I'm not capo-ble of that I'm fine with listening While you're around But at the moment I can't make a sound (sick solo) Maybe it's jealousy You're a natural star You get to dance and move so endlessly While I watch from afar Wanting what I don't have To go out of bounds Turn it around What helps me sleep at night is I can do this voicing Try to makes that sound (yeah)
7.
(doot doots) Verse 1 Find the tools for the construction Only fools avoid instructions They think they'll do it by themselves And their world around them crumbles As it literally falls Underneath their breath they mumble: "END IT ALL!" Never felt so small CHORUS I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo) Until I'm finished (do do do doo) Go supersonic (do do do doo) That's all I want is to skip some steps Maybe work a little less Can't fast-forward life Boring's in real time (doot doots) Verse 2 Missing some essential pieces Hope of finishing decreases Then I find them all in front of me I must be defective I end up with Honest trusty monotony CHORUS I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo) Until I'm finished (do do do doo) Go supersonic (do do do doo) That's all I want is to skip some gaps Turn this all into a timelapse CHORUS I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo) Until I'm finished (do do do doo) Go supersonic (do do do doo) That's all I want is to skip some steps (also do do do doo) I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo) Until I'm finished (do do do doo) Go supersonic (do do do doo) That's all I want is to skip some steps Maybe work a little less Can't fast-forward life Boring's in real time (doot doots)
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-Mind- Hey mouth, it's me, your brain Let's take it from the top Should put a leash on you Cause you keep running off You talk before I know it I'm always a step behind All your fault yet they still ask me "Have you lost your mind?" Actions have consequences Did that thought occur to you? Oh wait, you can't think That's literally the main job that I do I write it all specifically And you just make the sound Though, at times I'd speak more clearly If you just weren't around You could really stand to take a breath No need to talk til there's no words left You know what they say: "think before you speak" That's the solution that I seek -Mouth- Look, I totally get it, where you're coming from But from my point of view, you're kinda dumb I just wanna say the things I wanna say I don't wanna think about a stupid brain getting in my way Who cares about the points I made as long as someone bought em Might be physically above me but you actin like a bottom You want someone to deliver your messages well you got him You don't like the words I'm using? Well you're the one that taught em to me Sorry man, but you're kinda stuck Kinda sucks, but I really don't give a fuck Ain't not getting rid of me, not even a replacement Everyone would be asking where the main part of your face went I will say whatever to stay ahead Even if it's random at least something was said Apple bottom Dark Souls, secondary flex A little bit of chronic, and Bionicle sex [Mata Nui!] -Mind- See what I mean? With sentences that dense None of what you just said makes any damn sense If you only took a second to wait What you said could've been gre- -Mouth- Wow, look at the big brain on my brain Knows exactly every sentence that I should be saying -Mind- Look, I'm not saying you're corrupt For starters, please try not to interru- -Mouth- And man, I don't understand why you're getting mad at me [Dude] Sorry I can't live under your monarchy; I'm speaking free Don't you know you can't stop my flow, it's a sonic boom I could change the time signature if I wanted to [wait, what?] Now we're in 5, whatchu gonna do about it, gonna cry? Sorry I can't live a life in closed quarters, too much order, I need to fly From the borders that you put around me that you implement like cement Well guess what? You can think what you think, but they'll hear what you meant Cause no matter what I said it still links back to a thought that you had It might've been subconscious but that doesn't excuse the rude or the bad Maybe I'm just saying what you're too afraid to say but I do it with ease Take responsibility for what you've done, now fuck it I'mma change the key
9.
Backlog 03:18
So easy to click On what I want to buy I feel like a dick Cause I - I - I Can't even commit to leisure I will fall into the hole That I dug into my soul and wallet A new one gets thrown onto the pile A new one gives a temporary smile It's a new one, well, don't worry about me I've got a life I put it in my backlog Can't miss this deal It's only 5 bucks I said a hundred paychecks ago-o-o Well, rent is for the wicked If I had a dime every time that I said that I'd complete these I might actually be able to afford these A new one gets thrown onto the pile A new one gives a temporary smile It's a new one, well, don't worry about me I've got a life I put it in my backlog Put it in my backlog Put it in my backlog Oh, the guilt from doing nothing Makes me do nothing even harder So I stall, how could I beat one If I can't beat them all? So I save it for a rainy day, but my Forecast reads bright sunny skies 'Til the day I die, it's A new one - why would anybody want this A new one, because what have I accomplished With a new one, well don't worry about me I've got a life I put it in my backlog New one - why would anybody want this A new one, because what have I accomplished With a new one, well don't worry about me I've got a life I put it in my backlog Put it in my backlog Put it in my backlog I put it in my backlog I put it in my backlog I-I put it in my backlog
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Verse 1: Woke up in the morning, what a shame I'm still the same person, I'll try again tomorrow To become a man whose sense of social cues is built in, not something that's borrowed Spend my whole night guessin' Your facial expression Says a thousand words but I don't know a single one Chorus 1: No I'm not the best at knowing What exactly people mean When their words and their faces Are in two different places So come on, what's the deal? How do you feel? What's my appeal? I'll break the seal stopping my brain From reading what you're really saying Verse 2: Everything's the same, not a thing has changed, means nothing and everything together All the pages in a foreign language, anguish, say it again, I'm not too clever Then you give a smile, and I smile back, but in my head it's always been That a smile going towards me's either not for me, or it's not genuine Quickly turn neurotic I become robotic Racing through, crash in your captcha Chorus 2: No I'm not the best at knowing What exactly people mean When their words and their faces Are in two different places So come on, what's the deal? How do you feel? What's my appeal? Is this real Verse 3: Can you say that one more time, I didn't get it No I heard you, I just don't believe you said it Different book, different page, they don't even look the same They're just next to each other I could use improvement Seeing every movement Got a long long way to go Chorus 3: No I'm not the best at knowing What exactly people mean When their words and their faces Are in two different places So come on, what's the deal? How do you feel? What's my appeal? Is this real, so come on, what's the deal? How do you feel? What's my appeal? Is this real, so come on, what's the deal? How do you feel? What's my appeal? I'll break the seal stopping my brain From reading what you're really saying
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Para11el 01:51
Hey, I see you every time I fantasize about what life could be A version of me that aims to please Only seems to come out spontaneously At a party, in a crowd, part of me that gets loud But I know that you're not real I jump into this character to live up to the mass appeal Yeah, I've been thinking bout it lately Don't want anybody to hate me I'm changing who I am so maybe someone will date me Greatly influenced to be equal to the vision that they have My personality is split in half The part that no one wants and the part that makes them laugh I can't last, the pressure is approaching me so fast I've reached an impasse The task is slowly breaking me down with everybody around I'm living up to an image in my head - their head Instead of what's in my heart I start to act genuine but I end up regretting it Does it stop? (×4) You can choose to live up to their expectations But what your own? Shouldn't that come first What they want's not possible without all this frustration Let it go; you'll become your worst enemy You'll be fine, you are fine You'll be fine, you are fine You'll be fine, you are fine You'll be fine
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June 13th 05:58
Verse 1 This is the story of a show you Probably couldn't go to But I know you Had other stuff going on and you got busy, yeah, no worries, you'll make it next time for sure I spread the word to pull a crowd To a night where the music's bumping and loud Where everyone is proud To be right where we are right now You see, it'd mean so much to me Cause I've got a set I'm playing I hope you come through Chorus 1 To my my next big gig I just can't shut up about it And I hope that anyone who wants can make it out to June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go) You can have a drink, use my ticket at the bar Friends and family coming from afar to June 13th, June 13th Verse 2 I feel part of a community Immunity from the couch-ridden slobs Saying "Get a real job" I might not but at least I've got real friends We'll have the best time of our lives My last show we tried to light up the night Not a person in sight Can you turn down the lights, I can't see anyone Oh, no one's here - cool And if you know that you can't go Don't take a flyer I have a limited number of these (please, they're more expensive than you think) Chorus 2 That promote the night that the scene would come together A random show remembered forever June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go) And if you have a show but want to use this song to promote it Just change the date we're singing, instead of June 13th, just *insert date* They say the scene already died This is the day the scene was The scene was reborn Chorus 3 And it all revolves on a special little date That really shows just how the scene is great on June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go) When the soul is weak, and the spirit isn't strong We spread the love by playing a song on June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go) It's my next big gig, I just can't shut up about it And I hope that anyone who wants can make it out to June 13th, June 13th June 13th, June 13th

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7-Day Songs is a creative project I started to help fine-tune my songwriting process and help pass the time during lockdown, by writing an original song a week (mid-March 2020 to mid-June 2020).

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released July 1, 2020

Music, lyrics, vocals, piano/keys, synth, bass, drum programming, recording, and mixing by Ben Visini
Guitar by Gerard Cabarse (Don't Wait), and The Ringer (Reading)
All songs (except "Mind vs. Mouth" and "Attainable Equanimity") were mastered with Cloudbounce via CDBaby
Art by Ray Savord

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Comedy music from an unsuccessful musical theater participant-turned-pit musician-turned-man unsure of where hyphens are supposed to-go.

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