Album
The Interstellar Tennis Chanpionship
Quirky, fun, quarantine project by Carter Vail. Following on the heels of his debut EP Red Eyes.
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- September 2020
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Carter Vail (ASCAP) 100%
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A story of a boy who spent his summers building science experiments and dreaming big instead of going after the girl he liked. BPM 160
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Rocket Guy
I spent the summer like an atom bomb
Cutting wires from the inside out
And when I put myself together again
I’m going to move out of my parents houseEvery summer it’s the same
And I know that I’m to blameI’m going to build myself a rocket ship
Out of shoelaces and Elmer’s glue
And in the middle of a thunder storm
I’m going to roll it down the avenue
If you miss me while I’m taking off
I’m going to call you while I’m on the moonIf you never hear my name
If you never see my face
Tell me everything’s OK
Well I hope you’re doing fine
Well I hope you’re doing fine -
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Carter Vail (ASCAP) 100%
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A quirky fictional story of Pinocchio. BPM 125
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Love-15
I can be your third man, doll
Just a symptom you’ve forgotten
You slip me in your pocket
Turn off the television now
Set me in the corner
Now in technicolor
Geppetto won’t you hear me out?
You’re painting on my features
I’m everything you needed
Don’t put me on the shelf, no
I’ll never find anotherDon’t ask me what my name means
I don’t believe in that
Conversations one sided
Pull my strings and watch me come apart for you
I don’t believe in that
Trouble speaking whenever you’re around
And tell me what you want to do
I don’t believe in that
Wooden pieces inside
You pull my strings
And watch me come apart for you
I don’t believe in that
I don’t believe in thatBienvenue à tous et a tout au championnat interstellaire de tennis
Pendant le match, veuillez ne pas utiliser d'appareils de téléportation
De transport cybernétique ou de photographie avec flash en la matcheI wonder what you dream about
You’re smoking out the window
Oh, darling Geppetto
I’m wishing on a star too
Grow legs and start talking
Walking right beside you
Cut off the strings and put me down
Tell me what I’m missing
Oh I never listen
To the crickets on my shoulderDon’t ask me what my name means
I don’t believe in that
Conversations one sided
Pull my strings and watch me come apart for you
I don’t believe in that
Trouble speaking whenever you’re around
And tell me what you want to do
I don’t believe in that
Wooden pieces inside
You pull my strings
And watch me come apart for you
I don’t believe in that
I don’t believe in thatDe la parte de tous vos amis à l'ITC, merci et bienvenue
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Carter Vail (ASCAP) 100%
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Fan fiction about Richie Tenenbaum. Carter's branding for this entire EP is an homage to The Royal Tenenbaums. BPM 126
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Computer Love Song
You’re still shaking
I’m barely moving at all
Green lines cut through
A black screen tells you I’m fineYou’re Gwyneth Paltrow
I’m Richie Tenenbaum
I cut my hair off
You like me either way
And every summer
It’s going to be the sameGoing back to Telluride
Riding round with nothing on
Staying at your parents’ house
Acting like there’s nothing wrong
Going back to Telluride
Sleeping with the TV on
Darling so coledified
Oh, I know it won’t be longPull my sutures
And climb in I’m warm inside
You’ll breath my lungs
I’m florescent and infrared
And I’m yoursSmoke out the window
Listen to CD Roms
You’re like a race car
You are a palindrome
And every summer
Will never be the sameGoing back to Telluride
Riding round with nothing on
Staying at your parents’ house
Acting like there’s nothing wrong
Going back to Telluride
Sleeping with the TV on
Darling so coledified
Oh, I know it won’t be long -
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Carter Vail (ASCAP) 100%
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A reflection on if the life you chose is really the one you want to be living. BPM 73
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Space is Lonely, That’s OK!
This isn’t like you, San Francisco
All of life’s a silent disco
That’s what they told you back in flight school
Before you learned to flyAnd later on in your compartment
You draw the shades and sit in darkness
Reading screens on aeronautics
Measure space and timeDon’t know where you’re going to land
In California or JapanWith your helmet on
And pens in your pocket
Think of the girl that you loved in college
She kept your shirt and you built a rocket
It wouldn’t fit you nowThe Falls been cold but space is freezing
Houston tells me how you’re feeling
These knobs and buttons have no meaning
They flicker on and offI won’t ever understand
If you’re a comet or a manIf the station close and the stars don’t glimmer
If you might want to come home for the Winter
The Teflon suits and polyester
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