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Misfit Children

by I-Taki Maki

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1.
Your Wings 02:30
Is there anyone, over there? Just a shape at the window waiting for something at the end of the world. I can hear your voice, the voice of trees and their leaves, of the owl, staring at me, of the stars shining in the dark, the clouds blown by the wind. Shall we try to move on? Even though we don’t know if the path leads to the ocean or somewhere else. I can hear your voice, the voice of seas and their waves. Don’t forget to wear your wings.
2.
Superheroes 03:21
Bite the bullet but don’t forget me, when the sun's gone the night can make you starve, while the rain was falling we broke the wheel like superheroes, you’re a blossom in my mouth please don’t hide. Don’t worry we’ll survive superheroes will never die. While the train was coming through we broke the oath of superheroes, you’re a leak in our creepy boat please don’t lie.
3.
We are waiting for the storm, we will cry over our miseries, we are waiting for a new world and we will dance on our own ashes. We are waiting for the end of time, we will sing our funeral song, one day we will be men and as all men do we’ll also fail. We are misfit children.
4.
They will knock at your door and you’ll tell ’em that something’s wrong, but they’ll kill innocents and hearts ‘cause the truth hurts. We’ll step on dead bodies and then celebrate all tomorrow’s parties ‘cause soon it will be Christmas time and we’ll commemorate the day of Christ. We can’t live forever, we can’t just sit back and do nothing because sooner or later we’re going to need someone and that might be our loved ones. We’ll get past bad moments, it looks like we’re growing old, and what about all the things we’ve been through? Once we looked like kids.
5.
Mr. Moneybag 01:41
Hey you, Mr. Moneybag aren't you ashamed of where your money comes from? Do you know Mr. Moneybag I don't even have a mirror to look at myself? Myself is a car crash but I ain't no loser, I feel no pain I just embrace otherness. Have you ever heard, Mr. Moneybag about the self-struggle for authenticity? Have you ever thought, Mr. Moneybag about the excitement for what is coming next?
6.
The rain over us, everybody needs to follow someone. If you sow bad seeds they can never properly grow, I can’t find a cure, you can never be a good man. That dude is a junkie, everybody needs some dope, happiness is not a deal and the murderers among us. I’m the gamer, you’re my sunshine, my mother taught me not to take candy from a stranger. I will have died by the time you’ll be back, like marble stones we’d have liked to take risks.
7.
In a Word 02:37
No one can say anything in a word, don't try to say anything in a word, the meaning of important things is not in a word, don't try to say anything in a word. Someone will try to play your role, just try to not fall in that hole, the bleeding of the ruling kings is not the stroll, just try to win the battle and the war. That one was trying to teach you his rules, but you know you’re not going to abide, the drowning of the humble kids wasn’t their fault, not even if rape is a weapon of war.
8.
Fairytale 04:02
I still remember that day, I saw you sinking beneath the ground, I told you, 'Ask me whatever you want and I’ll dig it out for you'. You cried like hell and I knew I’d love you forever, you laugh like hell and I knew I’d follow you wherever. I still remember that night I saw you flying beyond the clouds, I told you, 'Ask me whatever you need and I’ll grab it for you'. Pretending to be part of your magical world I promised to do my best for you, I wonder if you knew that before we met if you saw me coming to you a thousand years ago.
9.
Bed Bugs 02:28
Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite, and flow with the wind, flow through your mind, and run away from bad mind games, and I know that it will be so. Over the rainbow, over the light, there will be an answer and even something more. The world’s like a bubble, a bulbous red-eye and you know that it will be so. The priest and the beast talk and lie and you say 'I want but I won’t'.

about

The album is made up of nine songs, rooted in the theme of growing up psychologically healthy, and of the complexity of being a child nowadays. One day children will be full-grown humans, and as all humans do, they'll probably have to deal with failure.

"Today's children are tomorrow's men.

Children will grow up and become men, eventually, and as all men do, they'll also fail.

How kids grow up is everybody's responsibility. But is it possible to do a good job as educators if we ourselves are nothing but misfit adults?

We have been fighting against the worst of the storms since our lungs have taken their first breath, we have been waiting for a new world to come for years, we have been crying over our miseries and dancing on our own ashes... we have been waiting for the end of time and sung our funeral song.
We are misfit adults.

We are misfit children."

credits

released March 23, 2020

I-Taki Maki are:
Mimmi | vocals, drums, melodica, chime bar.
strAw | vocals, guitars, loops, keyboards.

Hanna Roth | cello.

All songs written by I-Taki Maki.
Produced by la Valvola.
Recorded by strAw at Yattaman studioZ (Alatri), Pirate Studios (Berlin), The Minstrel’s Alley Studio (Cologne).
Artwork by strAw.

Special Thanks to: Hanna Roth, Wolfgang A. Noethen, Antonio Tortorello, Gianluigi Morisco, Lavinia Bottamedi & our families.

Dedicated to all the Misfit Children of the world.

Misfit Children | Official Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkeESmLumls

In a Word | Official Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqotpKydSbw

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I-Taki Maki Berlin, Germany

I-Taki Maki is an Italian alternative indie duo, formed in 2012, and based in Berlin since 2015. The band consists of Mimmi (drums, percussions, melodica, vocals) and strAw (guitar, vocals). Their music features a melding of alternative rock, slowcore, and blues influences, typified by minimalist arrangement and composition, warm voices, and deep emotional sound. ... more

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