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You're Not Real

by Nate Todd

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"You're Note Real" is the second single from Nate Todd's album Empty City, inspired by film noir.

"Noir’s principal protagonists consist of the alienated, often psychologically disturbed anti-hero… Noir’s non-heroic protagonists are entrapped, often by mischance, in an alienating lonely world, usually the night-time city… The chaotic, random violence of this world gives rise to feelings of persecution and paranoia; a sense that life is absurd, meaningless, without order or purpose." - Andrew Spicer's Film Noir

“Like a noir narrator recounting their story after it’s already taken place, often from jail or beyond the grave, ‘You’re Not Real’ is ultimately about acceptance of one’s fate." - Nate Todd

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The words you say
Always float away
The footprints you made
Are only in my head

Friends think I’m crazed
When I describe your face
In intricate detail
And vivid imagery

Cause you’re not real
And I’m insane
You’re not real
And I’m insane
I try so hard to explain
But that’s what everyone keeps sayin’

So I spend my days
In a constant state
Of rapid heart rate
And brain activity

Ignore it they say
Can’t do anything
Anyway but I can’t stop
Yelling at the TV

And it’s driving
Me insane
And it’s driving
Me insane
I hope that You can relate
Some sympathy would go a long way

I might be crazy
But I know
I’m not alone
So don’t downplay me
Cause my mind
Is blown

Sit and watch the sun go down
Lights twinkle in
A lonely town
I get up and pace around my room

And when the sun comes up
I can’t seem
To get enough
And it starts all over again

Another day in a life insane
It’s so hard
To explain
Like trying to
dodge the pouring rain
I guess that’s all I have to say

credits

released December 12, 2023
Nate Todd: Organ, Piano, Bass, Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vox
Kevin D'Angelo: Drums

Written, Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Nate Todd
Additional Production & Mixing by Rick Todd

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Nate Todd Denver, Colorado

Denver-based indie artist Nate Todd co-founded the award-winning Colorado group Whiskey Tango in 2009. Nate began releasing solo material in 2020. His debut solo LP, Revolutionary Loser, arrived in October 2020. That same year, Nate joined rising Colorado-based jam-rockers Flash Mountain Flood. Now, Todd is set to continue his musical journey with “Empty City” and album of the same name. ... more

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