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The Dirty Delusions: EPs and Singles

by The Dirty Delusions

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1.
Put your hands up Drop your weaponry Ok to panic But do it carefully The way's the will The will's not up to me If you close your eyes then things will work out But in the headlights You picked the wrong night Everything you knew was wrong is now right War with the truth War with reality If you join the ranks you're just a casualty Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left Like there's nothing left Paranoia Return to normalcy Ok to panic But do it carefully The way's the way The will's the will Fact or faction, oh I'm feeling ill Autocratic demagoguery Poisons my mind I hope you're happy I hope you're happy You took our freedom You took our freedom Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left to lose Everybody watch the city burning like there's nothing left Like there's nothing left Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody, everybody, everybody
2.
You say relax now But my heart's not in it Maybe it's crass how I'm such a hopeless cynic Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta hold on I don't see a reason For the things you're speaking of Acting like it's treason Slowly falling out of love Hope you're gone before the break of day Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now I got a trash can With your letters in it None of them open Still in the shape you sent it Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta hold on You don't even know me You envision the myth and not the man I know what you're wanting But if I give it things will hit the fan Hope you're gone before the break of day Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now Well I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer No I don't need an answer now
3.
Consumption 03:03
Tequila sunrise Cocaine eyes Where we're headed girl is really no surprise You're self-destructive I am too Wish I'd never got so close to you Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We're gonna get consumed If we try to stay here Passport to Europe Bali Highs Each drag a crackle sending wisps into the sky Passport to Europe Missed our flight We'll be lucky if we make it through the night Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We're gonna get consumed If we try to stay here Don't know what went wrong Somewhere in Virginia We were coming on too strong Vodka, wine, and Sudafed Had me feeling cold as death Yearning for the west coast sun Now we gotta run Public access radio Prairie Home Companion all the way back to Modesto No time for sleeping There's no time We'll be lucky if we ever cross the line Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We're gonna get consumed If we try to stay here
4.
Dynamite 02:33
I'm dynamite in your arms baby An oversight you've come to love I'll blow your mind, I don't mean maybe Self-destruction from above Incendiary attraction Fall out from your one true love Incendiary attraction Watch out girl you better run It's too late for counteraction It's too late to not get burned Danger is the true attraction You're past the point of no return Incendiary attraction Fall out from your one true love Incendiary attraction Watch out girl you better run It's an urgent situation Now who do you love Oh who do you love Come on, who do you love Better dial your police station Better dial your FBI Dynamite is coming at you It's gonna blow you a mile sky-high Incendiary attraction Watch out for a bomb to blow Incendiary attraction Watch out girl you better run It's an urgent situation
5.
Don't you know I'm not buying all your sycophantic freakness I can see it in your eyes you could kill me in your sleep, yes I keep an eye open all the time You make me feel so anxious when I'm by your side Dangerous Persuasion makes me want to die You're a feral wolf and you feed on disposition Even though you're the cause of my current situation You never put me in harm's way But with your volatile nature it could happen any day Dangerous Persuasion makes me want to die Dangerous Persuasion has me running wild Don't you know I'm not buying all your sycophantic freakness I can see it in your eyes you could kill me in my sleep, yes I keep an eye open all the time You make me feel so anxious when I'm by your side Dangerous Persuasion makes me want to die Dangerous Persuasion makes me want to die Dangerous Persuasion has me running wild Dangerous Persuasion makes me want to die
6.
Progress 04:54
Look towards the future Better drive your hammer to the stone Prime location Priced your friends out weeks ago Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Spend your life now Looking for a better place to stay You want culture You can taste it but you've got to pay Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Give me soul, God give me life But everybody's been gentrified And time is money, money's made Taking pictures at the hall of fame And whiskey running down Division street Nobody cares how the people think And we want something to take home Sixty-thousand tore out my soul Made your mind up Gonna get to finally live your dream But passion's profit Ravages hope like a libertine Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Stab wounds and B&Es You can have these things for free And we're all drinking from a cup Overflowing with the city's blood I want some, God let's be real Nobody cares how the people feel On Grand, on Broad, on Fifth, on Eighth A city sinking under its own weight
7.
Quasi-kamikaze with one foot in the grave With a head full of ideas way too vein to be saved Got not disillusion though it comes with a cost Social prostitution in the land of the lost Don't ask me what I sell for Go sell yourself Cuts deep, it hits hard Bad for your health I'm a believer So what are you You're just a liar who can't handle the truth Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined Fighting for exposure in the digital age A millennial dystopia - there's nothing for the brave Got no resolution though it comes with a cost Passive self-destruction like an atom bomb Don't ask me my condition If you can't tell War of attrition And war is hell Give us our freedom Unlock these chains We might be prisoners but resolution still remains Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined Go sell yourself Premiums are running high Go sell yourself The price you set can't be defined
8.
Son November was substantial Now December carries weight Thirty years of feeling special Thirty years of running late Thirty years of running late No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes Well you used to be a dancer I used to sit and read you books We've lived so long they’ve made us villains Impoverished broken lambs and crooks Impoverished broken lambs and crooks No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes No need to apologize I saw it through your father's eyes Oh oh oh Ohhhhh
9.
Dark Eyes 04:36
Even though days go by And I can't find the time I'm looking for another Ease my worried mind I've seen the good times If you know me You know I'm looking for another Bless my soul Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Living month to month Is not the dream I know and love We help one another Bad days come and go I've seen the good times If you know me You know I'm looking for another My dreams are bones Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device
10.
Right Now 03:37
Got a fever I got a fever of 105 Gotta leave her Got California on my mind When I'm with you When I'm with you She's a keeper But I still won't spend the night I'm a dreamer I didn't know it could get so high When I'm with you When I'm with you I'm saying right now, honey Hold my breath I'm coming through say Right now Do just what you want me to There's just no winning when you play this game Don't you know the devil goes by many names I'm a loser I guess I finally found my stride I can choose her But I'm glad she's by my side When I'm with you When I'm with you I'm saying right now, honey Hold my breath I'm coming through say Right now Do just what you want me to There's just no winning when you play this game Don't you know the devil goes by many names I'm saying right now, honey Hold my breath I'm coming through say Right now, sugar Do just what you want me to There's just no winning when you play this game Don't you know the devil goes by many names Ohhhhhhh
11.
I Want Out 03:16
Look around you all you see Things that make you want to flee Voices shouting me, me, me I want out Can't get in this social scene Close minded bourgeoise Using sex as a currency I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out Look around, love to deny Pretend to identify You say you're right but you've got not fight I want out Can't get in this social scene Voices shouting me, me, me No accountability I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out Thank you for your suggestion But you're not speaking too loud Now I want out Why won't you listen to reason The truth's not shrouded in doubt Now I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out I want out Thank you for your suggestion But you're not speaking too loud Now I want out Why won't you listen to reason The truth's not shrouded in doubt Now I want out Now I want out Now I want out
12.
I Am No One 05:21
Can't stop us You can try We're trouble You and I I keep fighting I get along No difference Who's wrong Love me like we got no shelter Love me like we got no life You're toxic I'm fine Symbiotic Lookin' fly Such a nihilist You're such a tease Doesn't matter Who we please Living like we we've got no color Loving like we're out of time Blood in the water Well there's blood in your eye We're all just asleep When we wake up we'll die We're not hopeless believers But we don't have a creed Finding peace as we're burning Making love as we bleed We've all got to devices, baby I got mine Brush off your shoulder, let's go live out this lie Ask me the question, well I know who am I Well I am no one and I don't want to die I am no one and I don't want to die I am no one and I don't want to die I am no one and I don't want to die I am no one and I don't want to die
13.
I Want To 04:29
I know exactly what I want to do And I want to But not with you I know exactly what I want to do And I want to But not with you I see you playing with your curls I see you toying with your eyes And though you make a fine argument We better part ways With no regret We better part ways With no regret Ohhhhh Ohhhhh I know exactly what I want to do And I want to But not with you I know exactly what I want to do And I want to But not with you I see you playing with your curls I see you toying with your eyes And though you make a fine argument We better part ways With no regret We better part ways With no regret Ohhhhh Ohhhhh I'm just a sinner Looking for a saint Oh yeah I'm just a sinner Looking for a saint Oh yeah I know exactly what I want to do And I want to But not with you I know exactly what I want to do And I want to Ohhhhh Ohhhhh I'm just a sinner Looking for a saint Oh yeah I'm just a sinner Looking for a saint Oh yeah We better part ways With no regret We better part ways With no regret We better part ways With no regret We better part ways With no regret We better better better better better better better better better better better better Part ways Ohh ohhh Ohh ohhh Ohhhhh
14.
I know you don't care about me I know you don't care about me The words you speak, patronizing I know you don't care about me About me About me About me You know I cease to breathe You know I cease to breathe Your burning masquerade smothering me Your burning masquerade burns within me Within me Within me Within me Know what you're here for Looking for another freak Maybe it seems selfish That's alright with me With me With me With me That's alright with me With me With me With me That's alright with me
15.
Tequila sunrise Cocaine eyes Where we're headed girl is really no surprise You're self-destructive I am too Wish I'd never learned that I was gonna trust you Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We’re gonna get consumed If we try to stay here Passport to Europe Bali Highs Each drag a crackle sending wisps into the sky Missed our connection We missed our flight We'll be lucky if we make it through the night Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We’re gonna get consumed If we try to stay here Don't know what went wrong Somewhere in Virginia We were coming on too strong Vodka, wine, and Sudafed Had me feeling cold as death Yearning for the west coast sun Now we gotta run Public access radio A Prairie Home Companion all the way back to Modesto No time for sleeping There's no time We'll be lucky if we ever cross the line Dawn is coming soon Skies of smoky blue We’re gonna get consumed If we try to stay here
16.
Even though days go by And I can't find the time I'm looking for another Ease my worried mind I've seen the good times If you know me You know I'm looking for another Bless my soul Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Living month to month Is not the dream I know and love We help one another Bad days come and go I've seen the good times If you know me You know I'm looking for another My dreams are bones Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Oooh You know the time is right Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Oooh I got that feeling alright Oooh It's not just in the night Oooh it hits me like a stone Sitting all alone A victim of my own device Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Like A Stone All Alone Own Device
17.
It’s systematic, doesn’t matter what I say or do The New Romantics getting frantic over me and you Always a critic doesn’t get it I don’t give a damn They just get frantic when my questions don't fit in their plan Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I’ve been observing all the scene kids making out tonight I counted twenty coked up nose jobs gonna start a fight Your tongue it tastes like bourbon, come on let me spend the night Give me an hour and I’ll break you down like dynamite Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I say Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said I love I love I love I love I love it a lot I said I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough When we were young we used to think we had the best of luck But then we got a little older, we just drink too much Your tongue it tastes like bourbon, come on let me spend the night Give me an hour and I'll ughh Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I say Ohhhh Oh Oh You know I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough I said I give I give I give I give I give it a lot I said I love what we’re doing and it’s not enough You're so fine, oh come here
18.
Night is rampant with disorder I know you wanna, what are you waiting for I'll knock the chip down off your shoulder A little drama, and then you hit the floor You've been in my line of sight Talking to my girl all night Air is thick, the time is right You're about to start a fight Better find some strength within you I know you wanna, what are you waiting for Won't have a clue what hit you A little drama, and then you hit the floor Know your type, you're all the same Always do your hair so lame Pretty soon you'll know my name Only have yourself to blame What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for Run your mouth, all I hear now You wear me out Run you mouth, running hot now I'll break you down What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting What you waiting what you waiting what you wait What are you waiting for What are you waiting for What are you waiting for Run your mouth, all I hear now You wear me out Run you mouth, running hot now I'll break you down Run your mouth, running hot now You wear me out Run you mouth, all I hear now I'll break you down
19.
I'm just a modern metaphysical man There's not a road map charting a centrifugal plan What's the purpose of it all, what makes us be We breath the same air, we're all the same species Nothing divine About destroying our minds We've been evolving for a thousand years Nothing much has changed, we still hold the same fears But we've lost our connection to what is real Slave to devices - we forgot how to feel Nothing divine We live and we die Well I'm not a machine, no you're not a machine Gotta set yourself free and face the music No I'm not a machine, you gotta set yourself free No I'm not a machine, no you're not a machine Gotta set yourself free and face the music No I'm not a machine, you gotta set yourself free I'm just a modern metaphorical duke There's not a roadmap charting our centrifugal fluke What's the purpose of it all, what makes us be We breath the same air, we're all the same species Nothing divine We're all gonna die No I'm not a machine, no you're not a machine Gotta set yourself free and face the music No I'm not a machine, you gotta set yourself free No I'm not a machine, no you're not a machine Gotta set yourself free and face the music No I'm not a machine, you gotta set yourself free No I'm not a machine, no I'm not a machine, no I'm not a machine No I'm not a machine, no I'm not a machine
20.
Go, be gone Life can be lonely, it makes me feel so much less withdrawn Shadows on the breeze Fleeting reflections on mortality Letting go is not as easy as I thought it'd be I'll see you in my Heart is broke and I don't want to cope with everything I'll see you in my dreams I lost control Ashes to ashes of dark days I've yet to forego Thrown to the whispering walls Ashes to ashes of a soul that feels so wrong Letting go is not as easy as I thought it'd be I'll see you in my Heart is broke and I don't want to cope with everything I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I think you're still here Wake up in darkness only your face in the mirror Dreams only last until dawn Wake up in darkness and you've reached the dawn Letting go is not as easy as I thought it'd be I'll see you in my Heart is broke and I don't want to cope with everything I'll see you in my dreams
21.
You got the mettle hey hey Endless potential hey hey Be accidental, transcendental, shrug your worries away I once was famous hey hey That didn't last long hey hey Everything you do can turn into a prison someday And then confusion sets in Why am I not famous yet hey Just drunk and blameless with a checkbook full of unpaid tabs Notice to vacate hey hey Defaulted loans it's too late I was never good with money, funny how it's such a drag Life's A Con sometimes Never argue with the concept of time Share the weight and look it in the eye I got a message hey hey For all my brothers hey hey Think with your mind, not your dick and you will be ok That goes for all of you Who do you answer to We've all got hearts and minds let's use them, try to change the mind Your ciggy's going out You're filled with waves of doubt Endless sobbing, misanthropic, now you're all alone We need each other That's by design Embrace your neighbor, you can't argue with the ties that bind Life's A Con sometimes Never argue with the concept of time Share the weight and look it in the eye Life's A Con sometimes Never argue with the concept of time Share the weight and look it in the eye Life's A Con sometimes Never argue with the concept of time Share the weight and look it in the eye Life's A Con sometimes Never argue with the concept of time Share the weight and look it in the eye
22.
Hello, welcome back Behind the scenes: Panic Attack I know it's wrong but what is right Please don't judge me, I never learned to fight Ohhhh no no no no A new moon has arrived Bent the knee, no compromise It's a view to a kill Anxiety and self doubt, I never could've fell out Ohhhh no no no no I said ohhhh no no no no Ohhhh, what if's and could be's Drowning in obscurity Hello, welcome home Surround myself with people but I still feel all alone It's my normal, it's my mind I'm not equipped for feeling sorry All I ask is you be kind Ohhhh no no no no I said ohhhh no no no no Ohhhh, what if's and could be's Drowning in obscurity I know that I fell out Never should've held out
23.
Alone 04:18
I'm searching I stand alone There's something Holding me to what I've always known I'm feeding My own ego It's better If you leave me where you found me because All of our friends are misfits No one really cares about tomorrow because All we want to do is forget All we want to do is Be Alone So Alone Be Alone So Alone So stupid Fitting in so well It's lonely Following the masses into hell I digress Who am I to judge We're obsessed Descending into madness one for All of our friends are misfits Stabbing at our hearts with a wretched, rusty blade Wasn't paying attention All we've ever been is So Alone So Alone So Alone I'm Alone
24.
She found love in Minnesota at a lakeside bar and grill In a girl from Oklahoma running from her family's will And it's fate or just by chance they found their spirits did align They chose not to overthink it and they took it as a sign They said don't look back Don't look back At a truck stop in Milwaukee oh they thought they lost their way Boo thing thought about her family and the judgment games they play Then she stared into the ocean of her naive lover's eyes And remembered what she told her as they crossed the county line She said don't look back Don't look back Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh In the deserts of Nevada their car struck a shipping crate That had fallen off a tractor trailer that was running late As they stared into the vacuum of the cold dark void of death Taking comfort in the warm embrace of each other's caress And in their final moments whispered in her lover's ears The words that reassured her she had nothing left to fear They said don't look back Don't look back Don't look back Don't look back
25.
Sunken eyes and neon colors 3:15 in the A.M. Wish I could but probably won't I just got off, lump in my throat Truth be told the scene's horrendous Witness everyone's dark sides In the shadows lurk slave traders Cocaine dealers in plain sight Ahhhhhh Witness to de-evolution Tourism feeds the pig Relive spring break in your 40's Buy some molly, storm the pit In this town we make illusion Selling hope to mom and dad Junior's tired and won't stop crying Dad is drunk and mom's with Chad Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Her rejection, his aggression 3:15 in the A.M. Shouting matches, drunk confessions City digs in hooks and jabs Music city tells a story Rebel cowboys, cutoff sleeves River rats run through our sewers Public housing's on its knees On its knees Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Can I have have a cigarette Just let me have your short I'm barely out of prison I just got a divorce Give me something, talk to me Sanctuary (sanctuary) Hit you with the party favors I need company Give me something close to you I really am in need I'm living in my car It's a tragic life to lead The server at the bar lent me rent to get my clothes out I wish I could just opt out I'm focused but I fell out Hey In my mind the crowd is thinning In my mind I'm still 19 Shallow waters, early warnings Haven't capsized, so serene So serene

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Thank you for some of the best years of our lives, the great memories, and the loyal support.

This album consists of tracks from the following:
The Dirty Delusions EP [2017]
Sell Yourself [2018]
The Quarantine EP [2020]
Live Streaming Performances [2021]
Single Releases [2021-2022]

Thank you again. From the bottom of our hearts. - Aaron, Jake, Charley, & Hux.

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released February 2, 2023

The Dirty Delusions are:
Aaron Billiot - Guitar/Vocals
Hux Rittman - Guitar/Vocals
Charley Smotherman - Bass/Vocals
Jake Smith - Drums/Percussion

Cover Art Work: Drew Hensley

Thanks to the following for the ways they helped create the music on this album:
Christian Rigdon
Kyle Hershman
Drew Carroll
Cole Michael
Jared Corder
Andrija Tokic
The 5 Spot
UMC Nashville
Helping Our Music Evolve

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The Dirty Delusions formed in the summer heat of an East Nashville storage unit. Jacob and Aaron's vision for a rock 'n' roll band solidified with the addition of Charley, and The Dirty Delusions began writing as quickly as possible, perfecting their high energy garage rock. Now with 2 EPs out and a Full Length on the way, they are making their mark as a force in Nashville's rock scene. ... more

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