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Virtual Reality Daze (Dredge)

from Help Yourself by Songs of Tom Smith

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This is also from the Techno Alien album. So chuffed to hear Matt Harris' (aka Dredge) Krautrock take on it.

I first met Matt playing gigs in Adelaide in the 90's when he was playing in his band Mobile. We've only really got to know each other well since I moved to Brisbane, ironically.

Now he has contributed to the 2013 recording project You Do It I Can't Be Bothered and played live with Songs of TS in Melbourne and Adelaide. Always such a generous collaborator and inventive musician, Matt has just resurrected another of his old bands, The American Public with longtime collaborator Ben de Hoedt.

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However far I roam you’re with me, in virtual space
If I’m late you know I’m busy, just a message away
Lonely at my table sitting, so many contacts to be tried
These r the days we’re keeping busy, a tribute to you that I find the time


I got the world at my fingertips, keep up the pace
I send a message, let it rip, just in case
I get stuck in deathly silences, face to face minimized
Count on a phone for interruptions, a tribute to you that I find the time

Chorus
I could live forever
Virtual reality daze
Killing time for pleasure
Without measure or trace
Killing time forever
Virtual reality daze

See it lighting up my dashboard, mesmerised
Beeps and colours, message flashes, time to fly
Through the wonder of technology, we’ll be in touch by and by
These are the days we’re keeping busy , a tribute to you that I find the time

Chorus

Bridge
I could live forever in a daze
I could live forever in a daze
I could live forever in a daze
Forever in virtual space

I don’t have to know you’re conscious, I could sense you there
If you programmed your responses, I wouldn’t care
I interact with your vision, keeps you alive
These are the days we’re keeping busy, a tribute to you that I find the time

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from Help Yourself, released April 23, 2021
Instruments: Italia Guitar, Squire bass, Emu XL-7 sequencer (programmed it on this and the drum kit)

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The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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