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Fake Plastic Trees

by Semi Athletic

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To be honest, I forgot that "Fake Plastic Trees" was being released today. It's a quarantine-birthed Radiohead cover.

I shouldn't be taking up space on the internet right now. This release isn't important. What's important is the fight for dignity. To change our society built on systemic racism, foster an educated understanding, and love in solidarity.

Bandcamp is waiving fees (June 5) and that means all $ goes to the artist. In this case, all proceeds will be donated to Project Say Something, Black Lives Matter (BLM), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Email groovyschmoovy@gmail.com to receive donation confirmation.

Much love, respect, and support.

"Project Say Something's mission is to confront racial injustice through black history by using non-violent communication, education, and community empowerment to reconcile the past with the present."
www.projectsaysomething.org
www.facebook.com/Project-Say-Something-1585843721638338/

BLM's "mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."
blacklivesmatter.com


"The mission of NAACP is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
www.naacp.org

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A green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
Wears him out

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time

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released May 6, 2020

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Semi Athletic Vancouver, British Columbia

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Semi Athletic, a pseudonym for Mark Allan Falk (AKA me), reaches you through the magic of the internet via Prague (CZ), Florence (AL), and Vancouver (BC). I write songs, record them, and play them on a stage once in a while. Thanks for listening to the tunes - you're nothing short of the best.

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