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brakence

teeth

Release date: 2nd December 2022

From hypochondriac
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About This Track

brakence navigates the wreckage of internet fame and a fragile ego on 'teeth', a track that finds him grinding through sleeplessness and self-sabotage. The song moves between confession and performance, tracing how rapid online attention has warped his sense of self. He oscillates between self-awareness (mixing self-expression with self-obsession) and the compulsion to keep producing, to keep feeding the cycle that exhausts him. The chorus crystallises the bind: restraint framed as fear-based art, ego as something that might rupture at any moment. There's a particular sting in the image of farming hatred like trading cards, the reduction of human connection to collectable metrics. Throughout, brakence circles the same wound without resolution, the song's structure mirroring the insomnia and repetition he describes. By the final verse, he's caught between certainty and delusion, convinced of his own importance whilst aware that conviction itself might be the trap.

"teeth" is a track by brakence, from the album hypochondriac, released 2nd December 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

brakence

brakence

Lyrics

teeth

[Intro]

Bloomtodea—

Tell me, dear lady, how will you navigate an uncertain future without the masters of the shadows?

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[Verse 1]

I've been tryin' to breathe

Stayin' up past five, grindin' my teeth

Uh, I made a couple of beats

Then the whole 'net started capturin' me

This shit so overwhelming

Mix self-expression with self-obsession

Hellbent, but that's somethin' I don't wanna tell them

Fightin' for my will like the ring is Elden, fuckin' hell, man

[Chorus]

Take a breath bеfore my ego pop

Play a set likе I'm a handmade prop

Put the clay in my oven, a petrified sufferer

Restrain it, that's fear-based art

Tainted flesh, it's why the photos cropped

I'm possessed the way I play my part

Farming hatred like gatherin' trading cards

Spirit degrading, that's fear-based art

[Verse 2]

I don't know why I can't sleep

Lurk 'til the birds chirp, sigh, and repeat

I hit control, alt, delete

And yet I can't stop manufacturing heat

It's the rapture of the beast, you can't grasp it in the least

Buying acid off the deep web

Blasting off for cheap

It's all my fault baby, I'm just too smart

And for that, I think I need to tear my brain apart, uh

[Chorus]

Take a breath before my ego pop

Play a set like I'm a handmade prop

Put the clay in my oven, and petrify sufferin'

Restrain it, that's fear-based art

Tainted flesh, that's why the photos cropped

I'm possessed the way I play my part

Farming hatred like gatherin' trading cards

Spirit degrading, that's fear-based art

[Bridge]

Shakin', I let it out, but I'm fakin'

How could I be so mistaken

To waste it on fear-based art? (Bloomto—)

Shakin', the power in me awakened

How could I be so mistaken

To waste it on fear-based art?

[Verse 3]

I'm guarded, they don't got my back

In my outlet, chargin' up a heart attack (Shakin')

With my head on a swivel, it give me muscle cramps (Breaking)

And I better not shrivel up, I'm a fuckin' man

It's so divine to judge

I started walkin' down that path beyond the winter months

I started flyin' to L.A. (Shakin') 'cause I could jitterbug

It drove me crazy (Breaking), now I'm certain I'm the chosen one, yeah

[Chorus]

Take a breath before my ego pop (Oh no)

Play a set like I'm a handmade prop

Put the clay in my oven, and petrify sufferin'

Stain it, that's fear-based art

Tainted flesh, it's why the photos cropped

I'm possessed the way I play my part

Farming hatred like gatherin' trading cards (Ah)

[Outro]

My lungs are caving

Spent eight weeks tweaking in the basement

Found a problem in her statement

Do I trust her when she say she wanna get acquainted?

She say she wanna be my best friend

But I can't hang around no yes-men

Shovel fake love out the hole that I stepped in

No time, I already lost my adolescence

You think you're better than me?

But offline, you're nowhere to be seen

You think I'm lying that I'm lettin' you breathe?

Hangin' off your banister by my crooked teeth

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2022
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  • —deepfake
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  • prozac
  • ginger tea
  • rosier (stripped down live)
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    brakence, Wyatt Otis
    Producer
    brakence, Wyatt Otis
    Mastering Engineer
    Joe LaPorta
    Mixing Engineer
    brakence
    Recording Engineer
    brakence
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