Yamatsu wanted a soundtrack for a Binding of Isaac/Enter the Gungeon-like, with intimate scenes, and with combat music reminiscent of Armored Core.

Game: Psycho Burst

For this track I was feeling incredibly dysphoric and I wanted folks in Song Fight! to try treating me in a feminine manner. So I came up with the <3 alter-ego.

Unfortunately people figured out it was me pretty quickly and thought I was just trolling them.

Lyrics: Lyrics: Safety in Numbers (2006)

See the little ants walking down the path They don’t know how to do anything, they’re bad at math But a little tiny queen can make some more One and one make two, two and two make four

And then what happens next is the worlds collide When a little tiny ant finds the world inside And the little worker ants can all pass the test They all work together to bring everything back to the nest

And when someone finds out it doesn’t matter The little tiny ants have made the queen get fatter So she can lay her eggs all day So it doesn’t matter when the people get the spray

There are so many ants that they cannot die For every ant that’s in the house there’s two outside All that we can do is let them be Learn to love each other for the world to see

I feel safe without you (without you) I feel safe when I’m with you (when I’m with you) I feel safe when I’m near you (when I’m near you) But I don’t think that I need you (that I need you)

You know what it is like when you are alone Walking in the dark, trying to get home Every little thing that can make a sound Scares you half to death and you look around

YOu cannot help but fear for your life What if somebody is there who has a knife But you know that in your heart you will be okay And that everything will let you live another day

When you get inside you look around Thousands of little black dots are on the ground They go on with life without a care Eating all the food that they find lying there

It is no matter what you do or say Nothing will make the ants ever go away The lesson that we learn is when the day is done The little tiny ants are the ones who have won

I feel safe without you (without you) I feel safe when I’m with you (when I’m with you) I feel safe when I’m near you (when I’m near you) But I don’t think that I need you (that I need you) (I need you) (I need you) (I need you) (I need you) (I need you) (I need you) (I need you)

Lyrics: Five Minutes [Song Fight!, 2004]

Just like in a picture show I know where I want to go This is not the place for me And I’m moving on

There are people that I know In the place I want to go I can be what I wanna be I hope I’m not wrong

I think it’s time for me to get my five minutes of fame When I get there everybody will be so glad that I came And it won’t be so long before everyone knows my name Without a doubt we’ll talk about the Things I never ever thought I’d Find someone to talk to about

Just like in a picture show I know where I’m gonna go It just seems so right for me Like I’m already gone

All the people that I know Tell me where I need to go In a day or two or three Nothing will be wrong

It’s about time to start again with a brand new life Leave behind some of a past that has been filled with strife Start a new family, two kids, a husband, and a wife I sold my car I’m going far to Start again beginning friendship With five minutes left to the end

Just like in a picture show I know where I’m gonna go This is not the place for me Goodbye, and so long

Sometimes I compose music just for the heck of it. This is one of those songs that just kinda popped into my head and I had to make it.

The composite soundtrack for Magnolia’s Early Morning Walk, a short game done for a game jam.

The different sections of this piece are the short looping motifs for the various scenes in the intended game, with different emotional variations on two overall themes that represent the protagonist’s state of mind.

Game: Magnolia’s Early Morning Walk

This was the 2011 Live Fight entry for Song Fight! Live! in New York City.

Lyrics: Isle Dauphine

My isle dauphine She’ll never come clean What does she mean She’ll never go clean Oh, isle dauphine

She walks down the aisle All of the while I’m thinking I’ll Walk single file Oh, isle dauphine

I heard what she said, and She’s turning all red Might as well be dead for Everything she said Oh, isle dauphine

She’s walking the border with everything in order and takes off the garter and Runs a bit harder Oh, isle dauphine

My isle dauphine She’ll never come clean What does she mean She’ll never go clean Oh, isle dauphine

A song about getting away from yourself for a bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OavIAgVHi-A

Lyrics: Change Is Coming

You don’t go places that you used to You don’t enjoy the stories that you’re used to You can’t stand anyone you’re introduced to Sitting home alone is what you’ve been reduced to

Something happened long ago inside you Now it’s back, your life won’t be the same All of the signposts that used to guide you Got pulled up by something, don’t know when it came

But change is coming It’s funny and it’s faint Yes change is coming With noses thumbing Oh, change it is coming The running refrain So humming and strange Our upcoming change

Your friends they act like they don’t recognize you And all these parts they say now that comprise you They preferred the skin that once disguised you So hard to shake the thought, that they all now despise you

But change is coming It’s funny and it’s faint Yes, change is coming With noses thumbing, oh Change it is coming The running refrain So humming and strange Our upcoming change

The you that you are now’s the only you you are You can’t go back to who you once were before Got no choice, you gotta be true to who you are Genie won’t go back inside that bottle any more

Yes change, change is coming It’s funny and still faint More change, change is coming So I’m succumbing to What you’re becoming like an Oncoming train It’s humming and strange This upcoming change

Video: Change Is Coming

A song done to celebrate the birthday of my friend Heather “moboid” Kelley.

Specific works referenced:

• Super Hypercube
• Kokoromi in general
• Lapis
• Body Heat
• Fez
• I Crave Rapport
• Let’s Talk About Me
• Joue le jeu / Play Along
• Our First Times
• 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness

Lyrics: Play That Game

What’s going on there is nothing to do Everything I have makes me think of you What’s on the TV please give me a clue Maybe I’ll try to play something that’s new So I try to play a game But they’re all just all the same

Throw me some blocks flying through outer space Wearing a helmet that’s strapped to my face Something artistic, something with grace Something experimental that takes place In a world I call my own Makes me feel at home

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

Experiment with all the feelings inside Help me to find something i can provide Give me ideas, try not to hide from the Animals concrete the organs implied (I wanna pet the rabbit) (please help me pet the rabbit)

Look around corners that no-one could see Making a difference so expressively Craving rapport as we drift to the sea What are we saying, let’s talk about me, ‘cause I’m Valid and I’m proud Quiet scream out loud

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

Falling down through space Make friends with a place Keeping a straight face Save the human race

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

I think that I’ve played that game I think that I’ve played that game

I think that I’ll play that game I think that I’ll play that game

I think that I’ll make a game I think that I’ll make a game

I didn’t know this song was about having undiagnosed ADHD when I wrote it, because it was not yet diagnosed.

I’ve been told this one’s super relatable, on that note.

Lyrics: Adding Up To Nothing

Your head is in the cloud You don’t know who you are Try to do everything you can Spread yourself too far

Everything that you want to know How to come undone Boiling over, time to kill In the frozen sun

Everything that we used to know Has a zero sum Ice cubes in the goldfish bowl Where we’ve come undone

Nerves of tissue, lung of steel Sleep until we’re dead Warm the soul with antifreeze A frozen mind instead