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Vertigo

by Four Dollar Piece

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1.
Slow Motion Every Day 03:04
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push me down, suffocate me in your sympathy force me out, you can’t find me in your imagery now I can’t think straight, drowning deeper in my head gasping for air with this weight, sinking towards the bottom til i’m dead i built a wall around myself to stay in hiding from the world and i’ll ignore the calls for help cause it feels like slow motion every day melt me down in your plastic sunlight portrait view throw me out with the box of things you never used I spin in circles, now i’ve lost control of everything it seems to me the damage has been done, please cut off all my strings i built a wall around myself to stay in hiding from the world and i’ll ignore the calls for help cause it feels like slow motion every day feels like slow motion feels like slow motion feels like slow motion feels like slow motion (i built a wall around myself to stay in hiding from the world and i’ll ignore the calls for help cause it feels) feels like slow motion
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Chasing Shadows 03:01
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i’m a mess, mess, mess, always stuck in my head let it end, roll the credits to my tragedy anxious energy tearing up my brain into shreds go to bed, rinse repeat and start it over again spinning out like a merry go round and every day i just fall deeper down i lost the light above, seconds from giving up aimlessly i fall until my feet hit the ground well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head still a mess, mess, mess, as the darkness descends let it end, feel the tightness in my chest again always feeling like i’m needing to just repeat myself never heard, hit the dirt and watch the cycle cement a thousand thorns getting stuck in my side i’m feeling sick from chewing on your lies is all this permanent, or should i get a grip hard to tell the difference with no ending in sight well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head well i’ve been busy chasing shadows following the fragments of your ghost well i’ve been busy chasing shadows following the fragments of your ghost well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head well i’ve been busy chasing shadows and cutting ties so that my thoughts leave me alone when yesterday feels like tomorrow i guess i’ll lay in bed and stay lost in my head i’m a mess, mess, mess, always stuck in my head let it end, roll the credits to my tragedy still a mess, mess, mess, as the darkness descends let it end, let it end, let it end
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Black Mold 03:11
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paint you a picture but get trapped in the frame thrown in the mixture but get stuck with the blame spin til it’s all blurred, sugar coated with your shame fed by your whispers, only a pawn in your game so i come to terms with your impossible words so i feel your burn; i’ll throw it back, we’re taking turns holding the doors closed, leave it behind center stage numb from your own cold, stare off into outer space linger like black mold, shutter when hearing your name waiting till I fold, only a pawn in your game so i come to terms with your impossible words so i feel your burn; i’ll throw it back, we’re taking turns so i come to terms with your impossible words so i feel your burn; i’ll throw it back, we’re taking turns feed me to your worms; i’ll hold my ground, i’m unconcerned so i feel your burn; i’ll throw it back, we’re taking turns i am just your pawn and we’re just taking turns i am just your pawn and we’re just taking turns i am just your pawn and we’re just taking turns i am just your pawn and we’re just taking turns
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Kaleidoscope 03:24
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push me away, i never wanted to stay in your kaleidoscope seeing the grey, watching my colors fade in cycles till i choke and i found the difference between purpose and pain when i saw the distance that you and i maintain are you feeling numb or just indifferent? you look right through me with your empty eyes and two clenched fists is this hard for you or has this come routine? your cold shoulder lies and I have seen enough of this tell me the truth: are you amused or has this gone too far for you? stuck in your glue, watching the words you chew in tunnel vision gloom and i found the difference between anger and insane when you burned the bridges that you and i maintained are you feeling numb or just indifferent? you look right through me with your empty eyes and two clenched fists is this hard for you or has this come routine? your cold shoulder lies and I have seen enough of this throw me out, hold me down chew me out, i have seen enough of this (and i found the difference between purpose and pain when i saw the distance that you and i maintain)
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Another Puppet 03:52
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strung out on sickness you’ve spun in my mind held onto hope made to break by design drove through your desert to end your mirage but you left the scene once you got your applause burn me bright white and drown me in gold while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve been freezing in the cold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve broken from your stranglehold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control harbor your hate, let it ache like a bruise suffer your shame from the actions you choose go make your mark on the side of the page smudge it and stain just to purge all the pain burn me bright white and drown me in gold shut your mouth tight and do what you’re told while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve been freezing in the cold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve broken from your stranglehold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control pull my strings and tie them into a knot throw your stones back, i wanna see your best shot pull my strings and tie them into a knot you’re full of hot air, try to do more than talk but you’re still stuck in the summer while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve been freezing in the cold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control while you’re still stuck in the summer, i’ve broken from your stranglehold you swapped me out for another puppet you can control strung out on sickness you’ve spun in my mind held onto hope made to break by design drove through your desert to end your mirage but you left the scene once you got your applause
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Vertigo 04:22
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i’ve been drowning in your deep end with your weight tied to my feet close our eyes and playing pretend, as we’re wrapped between the sheets try to slip between your fingers and get stuck in the concrete but when you’re as warm as winter, all i want is summer heat so what am I supposed to do? try and run away from all your pain? or fall into your ocean blue, just to start this cycle again? holding on to something more, you drag your heels across the floor chalk it up to bitterness, but will it make a difference? let me know if i should go feeling slow in your vertigo the tidal waves are pulling us apart and i can barely see the shore finding fragments of our broken hearts wedged in the gap under your door so how do i feel comfortable when your warmth has turned to stone? and i can’t even stoke your coals; become a stranger in my home so what am I supposed to do? try and run away from all your pain? or fall into your ocean blue, just to start this cycle again? holding on to something more, you drag your heels across the floor chalk it up to bitterness, but will it make a difference? let me know if i should go feeling slow in your vertigo let me know if i should go feeling slow in your vertigo let me know if i should go feeling slow in your vertigo let me know if i should go feeling slow in your vertigo

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Vertigo is a semi-concept EP about the push and pull between yourself and something or someone you eventually realize is eating away at you. This could be a partner, a friend, a job, a vice, or anything else you might fill that blank in with. For every five bad parts, there's still one good thing keeping you hanging on to this.

Over these six songs, we take you on a journey from despondent and desperate as this person or thing destroys you slowly, to vilified and victorious in getting away from this toxic element of your life. It will come as no surprise to the listener that the lyrics and themes were inspired by the events that took place in 2020, as the concepts of self-isolation, fear and people showing their true colors in a global pandemic became crucial to the loose story we've told.

We hope everyone enjoys Vertigo, we poured so much of ourselves into this EP and we promise you won't have to wait very long for more new material from the two of us.

-Paul and Pete

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released November 19, 2021

All songs written by Paul MacMichael, Peter Koza, and Tyler Thompson
Recorded between October 2019 and December 2020 in Los Angeles, CA, Rockaway, NJ, Randolph, NJ and Denville, NJ
Produced by Tyler Thompson and Four Dollar Piece
Engineered by Paul MacMichael, Tyler Thompson and Peter Koza
Mixed and Mastered by Tyler Thompson

Four Dollar Piece is:
Paul MacMichael - vocals (all tracks), guitars (all tracks), keyboards (all tracks), programming (all tracks), bass (2, 3, 5), percussion (6)
Peter Koza - guitars (all tracks), keyboards (3, 5), programming (2, 5), bass (3), vocals (4)

Bass (1, 2, 4, 6), additional guitars (4, 6), percussion (4, 6) and vocals (3) performed by Tyler Thompson

Artwork by Jillian Cirincione

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Taking their name from an uncirculated American gold coin from 1879, Four Dollar Piece (Paul MacMichael and Peter Koza) combine elements of alternative and garage rock with distorted drum machines and synthesizers. The duo's mantra of "big riff energy" permeates through its poignant but heavy rock songs. ... more

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