Late Fees for Existing Front Cover

Lyric

I Paid in Attention

Peren Dasko

My thumb kept moving

After I stopped wanting

Blue light on my face

Like a small rented sun

There was nothing urgent

Just another clip

Another face explaining

How to fix a life

I meant to look once

Then make some tea

But the kettle stayed empty

And the room lost heat

Nothing asked for money

Nothing showed a price

Still I left the evening

On the other side

I gave it my eyes

I gave it my night

I gave it the part of me

That used to decide

Now the clock looks different

Now the room feels thin

I was only checking

Then I disappeared in it

A woman sold silence

With a perfect voice

A man found meaning

In a morning choice

Someone made failure

Look clean and bright

Someone packed loneliness

Into thirty seconds right

I saved three habits

I will not begin

Closed one window

And opened it again

Free was the doorway

Free was the lie

Nothing took cash

But something took time

I gave it my eyes

I gave it my night

I gave it the quiet

I was saving inside

Now the sink stays full

Now the laundry wins

I was only resting

Then I disappeared in it

I Paid in Attention

Not all at once

Not in a way

That looked like damage

A minute here

A thought there

A half-made plan

Left open somewhere

No receipt

No warning

No locked door

Just one more thing

After one more thing

After one more thing

I did not choose

I gave it my eyes

I gave it my night

I gave it the small clear voice

That says enough

Now morning is closer

Now my hands feel strange

I was only looking

Then I gave it my name

  • Lyricist

    Peren Dasko

  • Composer

    Peren Dasko, Nolan Veyr

  • Producer

    Malric Dey

  • Vocals

    Peren Dasko

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    Too Tired to Be Interesting

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    Subscription to a Better Self

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    Low Balance, High Expectations

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    Existing Needs a Reason

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    Notifications Found Me Anyway

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    My Face Became a Login

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    Worth Must Be Updated

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    Late Fees for Existing

    Peren Dasko

Peren Dasko's debut album Late Fees for Existing is a minimal rap-pop / spoken alternative record about being charged simply for existing

Rent, notifications, social platforms, self-improvement, unread messages, low balances
Nothing dramatic happens, but everything quietly drains him

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