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the future is SQUARE (2024 Remaster)

by SLAVE to the SQUAREwave

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Strike Out 03:24
You’re a tail shagged creature, once ya turn twenty six And you said Hey baby, hey baby don’t you dare to stop me You’ll never No never I wouldn’t even bother You wear your glass jared slippers and some rented lingerie Well it’s a little too cozy And that’s bad news to me Then I said Hey honey, hey honey, don’t you dare to stop me You’ll never, no never, I wouldn’t be your sucker Ooh yeh Strike out Going round in circles from one end to the end Everybody loves your hurricane No one left to borrow No one left to steal Your blacked out on the burner baby Is all you feel, feel, feel You said, Hey baby, hey baby Don’t you dare to stop me You’ll never, no never I wouldn’t even bother
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No second chances, that ain’t what’s offered. My confidence is all but shattered No fancy thing, it doesn’t matter Cause if its worse, it don’t get better Why can’t I feel the same as yesterday I’ve figured out the deal but its meaningless to say I cant imagine how I got so serious Someone can you stop me from Trippin’ over my feet. Twice in a lifetime, Twice in a lifetime Say no more say no less Save me ‘fore they throw me away Delirious is what’s become, Forget the loss, its what your learning Just count to ten, too late for reason Its safe to say, my bridge is burning Why cant I seem to sink it in my head I’ve figured out the deal but I’m soaking in my sweat I cant imagine how it got so serious Someone can you stop me from slipping’ out of my skin. Go, stop, move, stuck, job, love, shell, shock, Twice in a lifetime, Twice in a lifetime Say no more say no less Save me ‘fore they throw me away Twice in a lifetime, Twice in a lifetime Say no more say no less Save me ‘fore they throw me away
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SHE’S MY LATTE AT A STARBUCK AUX NATURAL, A LITTLE STAR STRUCK WITH HER BIG POUTY MOUTH AND SOME BIG PUSSY HAIR SHE’LL KNOCK YOU DOWN WITH HER HIP HUGGIN’ STARE SHE’S GONE DYLAN AND FATALISTIC, PARIAH, CHARMED AND EGOTISTIC TALKIN’ TOO GOOD FOR THE SIMPLE MAN BUT HER TWO LEFT FEET CAN’T MAKE HER DANCE BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED SHE DON’T LO-FI, SHE DON’T TECHNO SHE’S A THROWBACK COMMIE LOVED REJECTO SHE SAYS THIS “E” GONE TO MY HEAD DON’T LIKE YOU ‘CAUSE YOUR DISCO’S DEAD SHE’S MY ADDICTION, A CONTRADICTION I HATE MR. DYLAN WITH A PASSION TALKIN’ TOO GOOD FOR THE SIMPLE MAN BETCHA HIS TWO FEET CAN’T MAKE HIM DANCE BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED A CHICK BIZARRE, A RETRO CURIOSITY FIFTH YEAR IN COLLEGE AND STILL NO DEGREE NO MODERN LADY IT’S NOT IN HER SCENE I DIG MY BABY AND THAT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED
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JP6 00:31
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Satellite 04:16
SAID GOODBYE TO EARTH AND DISAPPEARED INTO OBLIVION A HIGH CHANDELIER WHERE AM I LOVE FOR THE NIGHT SO CRYSTAL CLEAR PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE THAT I CRASHED TODAY HOW I LONG TO SEE YOUR PRETTY FACE KISS ME BACK TO LIFE, LOVE BRING ME HOME TO YOU I’M A SATELITTE , LOVE CRASHING DOWN TO YOU SO LONG TO THE HIGHS SO LONG IS THIS FIGHT I’M A SATELITE, LOVE AND I’M BURNING OUT FOR YOU NO MORE SPINNING ‘ROUND IN ETERNITY NO MORE FALLOUT OF MY PAST DEBRIS I’M SO TIRED MY LOVE TIRED OF BEING ME TOO MANY YEARS IV’E FLOATED HAVE COME AND GONE AND FROM THE CLOUDS THAT I AM BURNING DOWN NO MORE PILOT LIFE, LOVE I’VE JOURNEYED HOME FOR GOOD I’M A SATELLITE, LOVE BURNING OUT FOR YOU SO LONG TO THE STAR SO LONG TO THESE SCARS I’M A SATELITE LOVE I’LL COME CRASHING DOWN FOR YOU
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Polaroid 04:30
A MID-WEEK KARMA TUESDAY A NO-NAME DINNER FOR TWO A PEPSI ON MY TV TRAY THERE IS FIGHTING ON THE TALK SHOW AND FIGHTING DOWN THE HALL I WISH THAT THEY WOULD STOP THE SMELL OF GOODWILL IN MY FURNITURE AND GOODWILL IN MY CLOTHES THESE OLD SHIRTS NEVER LOOKED SO COOL I LIKE THE NICOTINE ON MY CEILING THE RETRO IN MY RUG MY BARE FEET’S NEVER FELT SO GOOD IT’S BEEN YEARS SINCE I’VE BEEN HAPPY IT’S BEEN A CHANGE FROM ONE EXTREME INCASE YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERING HERE’S A POLAROID OF ME VIRGIN MARY COMES TO ME AS A STAIN ON A BATHROOM TILE I HOPE SHE PLANS ON STAYING LONG ‘CAUSE THAT THIRD FLOOR MUFFLED STEREO PUMPING THROUGH THE WALLS I PRAY SHE’D SHUT IT OFF THERE ARE CRACKS THROUGHOUT MY WINDOW PANE AND BURNOUT ON MY STOVE COINCIDENTALLY APRA-PEAUX BUT I’M COMFORTABLY CASUAL AND ELEGANTLY BROKE MY SOLE IS FAR FROM BEING POOR I HOPE THAT YOU’VE BEEN HAPPY WITH A CHANGE IN EVERYTHING WELL HERE’S A PERSONALIZED POSTCARD BABY, HERE’S A POLAROID OF ME, A POLAROID OF ME SAY HI TO YOUR MOTHER AND HOW IS YOUR DAD THOUGH THINGS AIN’T BEEN TOO EASY IT’S REALLY NOT THAT BAD I MAY NOT LOOK RESPECTABLE AND I MAY NOT LOOK TOO CLEAN BUT IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS THEN BABY HERE’S A THOUSAND WORDS OF ME A THOUSAND WORDS OF ME A POLAROID OF ME
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Kickin’ up the concrete highlife Turfin up the dirt from Soho to the east end Boots from New York City Always lookin’ real pretty Even when they gottin’ gritty from the pavement Boots yeah New York City fever Dizzy cool dizzy dreamers Must be the asphalt in the blood And on the skin yeah In my weathered leather stompers Walking calm walking proper Don’t be messin’ near my boots From New York City Not worn in London Paris Nor even Rome Manhattan style sky-scraping Balls to the bone My mid cut leather highs from NYC Don’t messin’ don’t messin’ near me! Don’t give me Nike sneakers Or cheap Adidas slippers Go bounce your sporty ass back to the mainland Cause everyone’s a looker From the rich down to the beggar As long as in their leathers from the Island
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Catapulting 03:50
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Panic 03:08
TROUBLE IN THE HEAD, FRIG OUTA LUCK AIN’T NOBODY GONNA SAVE ME PILL TO THE BRICK, SEE IF IT CAN STICK SOMEBODY’S GONNA BREAK ME FLIP OF THE COIN, CLICK OF THE FINGER TRICKY LITTLE TRICKSTER HOT HEADED FLASH, NO LITTLE JOKE ONE MOMENT THEN IT’S OVER I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE A STAND FOR A FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT ILLOGICAL OVER MISFORTUNES LEFT ME RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK PANIC ON THE LEFT, PANIC ON THE RIGHT HAS STOPPED MY LUNGS FROM BREATHING ONE MINUTE MORE, TWO MINUTES LESS THE DAY THAT I WENT MISSING JITTER IN THE BRAIN, JOLT TO THE SOUL IS BOUNCING’ THROUGH MY BODY THREE MINUTES MORE, FOUR MINUTES LESS I’M SHOCKING BACK THE MONKEY I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN GROW THE GUTS FOR A FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT HAP HAZARD PSYCHO BABBLING SHRILL HAS LEFT ME RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK THE ANIMAL IS SHOWING IT’S BITE NO EASY WORD WILL TAME IT THIS TIME SOME DAYS IT’S BETTER, SOMETIMES HE’S LIKE THIS SOMETIMES I’M….. PANIC ON THE LEFT, PANIC ON THE RIGHT JITTERED IN THE BRAIN, JOLTING’ THROUGH MY SPINE A LAPSE OF LOGIC, NO LOBE CONTROL ANXIATAION, MAKE SENSE? NO! I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE A STAND FOR A FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT ILLOGICAL OVER MISFORTUNES LEFT ME RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT THE ANIMAL IS SHOWING IT’S BITE NO EASY WORD WILL TAME IT THIS TIME SOME DAYS IT’S BETTER, SOMETIMES HE’S LIKE THIS SOMETIMES I’M….. OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, OUTA LUCK, I’M OUTA LUCK, WAY OUTA LUCK, SHIT OUTA LUCK
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T.M.I 04:16
Dizzied by the lingo, became stupid by the strain Body’s lost its temperature, earthquake shaking up the brain Stuck between some dead end rock and caught up in their rut Running on a one way street but its like running out on luck So I crammed into my sardine can, twisted up my face Lips have lost its way to smile, some B.S. stinking up my space Ran up to a brother, please tell me where I am? Where you are is where you’ll be and what you are is who I am T.M.I. in my head Losing all common sense It’s blowing up my mind It’s blowing up my mind No B in my libido, skull has gone too soft This mediocre fishbowl is liquidating up my thoughts Flung like a cigarette that’s still soaked in someone’s drool God hook me up and lift me high and save me from this drowning pool No reflection in the mirror as my nose began to bleed Crawled into the walk-in on bended back and bended knee Tell me doctor, tell me Tell me I’m no freak You’re 3 parts homosapien and 1 part human being T.M.I. in my head Losing all common sense It’s blowing up my mind It’s blowing up my mind Maybe I’m too trite or maybe I am irresponsible Its Funny how you become sanitized and analytical Or just the way you end up living over apathetical I cannot be the only, phony one
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Voodoo sex 03:35
YOU’RE MY CARNAL VOODOO OF LOVE PUT A LITTLE SPELL ON ME LOVE UNCONSCIOUS DIZZITIZED, BLINDED ‘TILL I JUST CAN’T SEE I’M BLESSED BY THE CURE OF YOUR SPOOKY CHARM YA SAVE ME WITH YOUR SIN AND GRACE YOUR VELVET TOUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH AS YOU LIFT ME TO A HIGHER PLACE YOU VOODOO ALL OF MY SENSES SPOOK ME OUT OF MY WORLD WITH ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SEX I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF HYPNOTIZED BY YOUR BIG BROWN EYES YOU SIMPLY LEAVE ME SHORT OF BREATH THERE’S A WILDCAT IN YOUR KARMA CHILD LEAVE ME IN A STATE OF CARESSES CHRISTEN MY LIPS WITH YOUR DEVIL KISS COME DRUG ME WITH YOUR ANIMAL LOVE POSSESSED, BAPTIZED AND PORNOFIED I JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH JUST WHEN THE CUP HAD RUNETH OVER YOU GOT A HOLD OF MY.. JUST WHEN I PRAYED THAT YOU HAD GONE YOU GOT A HOLD OF MY.. JUST WHEN I CROSSED YOU OUT OF DANGER YOU GOT A HOLD OF MY LOVE YOU GOT A HOLD OF MY LOVE YOU GOT A HOLD OF MY.. I WILL NEVER SEE THE SAME I WILL NEVER HEAR THE SAME I WILL NEVER SPEAK THE SAME I WILL NEVER FEEL THE SAME YOU VOODOO ALL MY SENSES SPOOK ME OUT OF MY WORLD WITH ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SEX I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF YOU VOODOO ALL MY SENSES SPOOK ME OUT OF MY WORLD I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF WITH ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SEX
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Le Chateau lepers posed wannabe tough gangstas Follow the dreams of the “Hopeless Believers” He’s cursed off and he’s cuss’s off the rules When it suits him unkind, Yeah buddy I’m not that blind Dress me in fake Tommy and I’ll tell ya that I love ya My girl digs my body and she drinks up my liquor Suburban Blue toss off she making’ me spill on the ground She’s better when she’s lying down I am the young and bored I have lost control I am the chosen one I am the lonely one. Pedestal me and dig my cool bad behavior. Its hard when your searching for a revolution savior So don’t fragile his youth or he will fracture your Peace loving’ smile, he’s sign of design Lock me up and throw away the key to my own future My girl digs my body and she drinks up my liquor Hey Generation X Y Z sell me a share of your time But I cant afford your price then maybe somehow the kids will be alright Give me cool without GAP Don’t market me no crap Cause I’m a middle class mistake just waiting to happen I am the young and bored I have lost control I am the chosen one I am the lonely one
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Great Escape 05:04
Cast away the cross of what we bare Into the depths of our doomed overture Escape our destiny to no return Tell me baby just when will we learn The situation leaves us cold and thawed Just the price of love will hurt the heart Either way we’ve one hour to decide Just one day to live our lives We follow the laws of what we love, We can begin to worry now You hold my hand I hold your heart, To the day of our new start And even as we try to dream , Our love is all that has to speak We make the world just go away, Let us start our own escape Let’s breathe a breath back into you and me Before the fall of our soles casualty And as the world concludes its desperate song We can say our love has just begun We follow the laws of what we love, We can begin to worry now You hold my hand I hold your heart, To the day of our new start And even as we try to dream, Our love is all that has to speak We make the world just go away, Let us start our own escape Your love’s my great escape
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SHE’S MY LATTE AT A STARBUCK AUX NATURAL, A LITTLE STAR STRUCK WITH HER BIG POUTY MOUTH AND SOME BIG PUSSY HAIR SHE’LL KNOCK YOU DOWN WITH HER HIP HUGGIN’ STARE SHE’S GONE DYLAN AND FATALISTIC, PARIAH, CHARMED AND EGOTISTIC TALKIN’ TOO GOOD FOR THE SIMPLE MAN BUT HER TWO LEFT FEET CAN’T MAKE HER DANCE BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED SHE DON’T LO-FI, SHE DON’T TECHNO SHE’S A THROWBACK COMMIE LOVED REJECTO SHE SAYS THIS “E” GONE TO MY HEAD DON’T LIKE YOU ‘CAUSE YOUR DISCO’S DEAD SHE’S MY ADDICTION, A CONTRADICTION I HATE MR. DYLAN WITH A PASSION TALKIN’ TOO GOOD FOR THE SIMPLE MAN BETCHA HIS TWO FEET CAN’T MAKE HIM DANCE BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED A CHICK BIZARRE, A RETRO CURIOSITY FIFTH YEAR IN COLLEGE AND STILL NO DEGREE NO MODERN LADY IT’S NOT IN HER SCENE I DIG MY BABY AND THAT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME BABY DON’T LIKE THE DISCO, BABY DON’T LIKE NO RHYTHM IN HER HEAD BABY DON’T LIKE IT TOO SLOW, ‘CAUSE BABY DON’T LACK NO RHYTHM IN HER BED
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Cruel 04:10
Habitual and sensual, physical and chemical You must understand, what the hell makes me a man You’re so beautiful and natural but most of all sexual Don’t disagree whenever you want to, whenever you got to get to me I never was a man of violence Never ever do I think it’s cool But justified inside the evidence Baby, baby you may just have to call me cruel Hypnotized and mesmerized, tantalized and feminized You’ll say what you can but you can’t even try to stop me ‘cause, I’m the man Yeah, yeah, yeah Magnetized and sensitized, sexualized or otherwise I’ll never be the same So baby don’t ever deny you ever play that game I never was a man of violence Never ever do I think it’s cool But justified inside the evidence Baby, baby you may just have to call me cruel You’re so beautiful and natural but most of all sexual Now understand what the hell makes me a man I never was a man of violence Never ever do I think it’s cool But justified inside the evidence Baby, baby you may just have to call me cruel

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The sophomre release, 'the future is SQUARE' from SLAVE to the SQUAREwave originally released in 2003, previously unavailable on Bandcamp, is now here in it's original track order as found on the (out of print) CD. All tracks have been remastered by Rob Stuart.
This version excludes the cover of Rush's Tom Sawyer.

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released April 12, 2024

Rob Stuart - Composer, producer, engineer, mixer, remixer, mastering, synths, kybds, sampling
Colin Troy - Composer, singer, lyrics, drum programming, sampling
Andrew Starr - Electric guitar 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Don Williams - Drums 5,8,11,13,14,15, acoustic guitar 15
David Cunningham - Bass guitar 1,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
Coco Brown - Backing vocals on 4,15
Richard Heyfron - Guitar, synths, keys 17

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An experienced recording and live band that have played across Canada, the United States and Europe with 8 studio albums to their credit available worldwide.

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