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8 of Something

from Relatively Accomplished Dreams by Otto Mann

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V. -A lot of '8 of' comes directly from the moment in high school that I quit football and decided to start a band and how I have never expected or really desired to make a living off of it. I didn't go into music with the mindset that I'm going to be a rock star or tour Europe, I just wanted to make music with my friends and wear ridiculous leather outfits (further details redacted). Music has always been cathartic for me and purely about creative expression. When I discovered punk, far later into my life than almost everyone I know, It also became about my friends. Friends who probably grew up in their bedrooms listening to Descendants while I was listening to Skid Row. So I wrote a song about this stupid thing called punk rock that I cling to. This thing that sucks up so much of my time, effort, money, and the only return I get from it is relief, friendship and happiness. I'm sure I could invest in stocks, start a small business or something else mature and responsible, but there's still that nostalgic childish part of me that does it just for the fuck of it, just to hold onto something that's mine before I completely grow up, loose my soul in a cubicle and start considering Applebees fine dining.

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You can give our cut to the next guys,
it was never part of the plan
to live out of anybody else's hands but our own.
Nobody ever warned us
that 'Pomp and Circumstance' would change
and be the soundtrack to the flash flood
to whip away the glory days.

And now my best memories are mold and water logged
the older I get, the further I get from the things I used to love.

You say 'grow up,'
I hear 'give in.'
You say you're growin up
I hear you're givin in.

Though we get lost or stumble
in the same spaces we've always been,
you are the lighthouse that guides me through the fog.
"So lean on me when you're not strong,
I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on."

You left me
To pick it up

You say 'grow up,'
I hear 'give in.'
You say you're growin up
I hear you're givin in.

You know I've got your back
with what little I have left,
but my fangs just haven't come in yet.

Hindsight is only for regrets,
in my eyes I wouldn't change a thing.

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from Relatively Accomplished Dreams, released April 13, 2018
Nic Campa
Vince Abbate
Dan Tinkler
Samuel Broom

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Otto Mann Chicago, Illinois

Vince - Vocals
Nic - Guitar
Tinkey - Drums
Samuel - Bass

What started as two acquaintances just coming together to play a house show, quickly turned into four dudes making music in a crowded dank basement in Chicago. Otto Mann is honest, open hearted, quick to temper and occasionally belligerently gushy. We write music for the kids we used to be and the idiots we've now become. ... more

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