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Stay Away

by Matt Frantz

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Original audio recording released as a standalone track inspired by isolation, estrangement, and a global pandemic. Currently offered as a free download (name your own price of $0 or add a tip). Further distribution or incorporation into other work is prohibited. Contact Matt Frantz for licensing requests.

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Come closer. I can not. I can hear you. It is not the same. I want to touch you. Staying away is not how it is meant to be. Staying six feet apart and six feet under should keep me safe. Is this how you like it? I can not come. I want you to come, come closer. Stay. Stay away from me. I hate the mask you wear. Are you afraid of what is behind the mask? Only afraid of everything for we are all going to die. So be it, amen! It’s not the end unless you want it to be. This cage will be my coffin. I need to feel proof that you are still real; to be convinced you exist beyond my thoughts. Look, but do not touch. Baptize me before I die. Stay alive, stay away. Come with me. I can not come. Can we not gather? The new normal; even better than the real thing. Imaginary friends need to be resurrected to replace you. Take control of your own life. Who can you trust? I will never trust you again. I won’t live in fear. I won’t act out this script. Come closer. Stay with me. I can’t come. Stay away. Strip your clothes, show me how to smile. You are not pure, your words are improper. Your words are borrowed, taken from those that lack a spine to stand. Unoriginal. False connections; broken or lonely or broken or lonely and broken and I can’t come this far to be left with an illusion. Give me something worth living for, let me inside. Get out of my house! Controlled by fear, censored by the impotent, governed by the incompetent, in a hostile atmosphere. Hunted. Haunted. Pressured. Surrounded by invisible enemies, but alone. Bullets cannot stop this, but a needle can. Inject me. Keep me high until the end. Keep me high until I die. No end in sight. No one lives forever. It was never about the wealth and I now forfeit my inheritance. Please quench my thirst. God or money, the worshippers are confused, clutching their guns and counting their coins. Weapons offer no salvation, save for self-deliverance. I love you. Take a, risk! Stay away forever.

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released July 23, 2020
Words and sound recording copyright 2020 by Matt Frantz, spoken by Bill Danner, Greg Mahan, Josie Mallette, Laurie McSwain, and nameless entities in isolation.

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Matt Frantz is a visual artist and designer that also produces instrumental soundscapes, spoken word, and concept albums. Most recordings fall into the category of experimental music with elements of dark ambient, electronic, industrial, and noise genres. ... more

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