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KONGOS - Come with Me Now

KONGOS 2026-09-19 | KONGOS - Come with Me Now

If You Could - Live In Studio

KONGOS 2023-05-30 | A stripped down live in studio version of "If You Could" from "Egomaniac."
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If You Could

by Jesse Kongos

The day to day gets you feeling down
It's been a week since you went to town
It's getting late so why haven't you called your friends
Why haven't you made amends

It's not the way that you saw your life
The one you love, she's not your wife
You only wanted to make your father proud
And buy your mom a new house

If you could do it again
How would you do it
Would you go back
And do what you never got round to

But you know, yeah you know that's not how it works

If you could be someone else
Would you do it
If you could choose from a shelf
Would you take a new self

But you know, yeah you know that's not how it works

You want to start it all over again, but yeah
You know that's not how it works

You could have been a contender, man
You would have gathered a million fans
You might have taken a rocket to outer space
Had in your pocket the human race

I guess depends on what you expect
But either way you must accept
It's hard to stand by and see it all go so fast
Not easy watching the Heropass

KONGOS - Lets Run Away (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2023-05-26 | Let's Run Away
by Johnny Kongos

A long year, time was racing
Lost at sea, thousands of faces
The days are different but always the same
And time is just a song that’s driving me insane
From Warsaw to Maine to Arkansas
I’ve never missed you more… no never missed you more

Something is lost, it’s a game of telephone
And when you call, reminds me I’m never home
My words don’t often work and only for so long
All these days alone I never wrote a song
The first time I saw you I never thought
I could ever need you more… but I’ve never missed you more

Let’s run away, always something else to see
We’ll fade away, there is nothing I will leave
Let’s run away, ‘til there’s nowhere else that I could be

A long breath, so many wasted
Moments pass, sometimes I make it
My fears are different but always the same
And all this killing time is driving me insane
The first time we spoke you said no more
‘Cause silence was the road I’d never walked before

Another morning, another sleepless night
My thoughts are turning, but I just can’t decide
‘Cause I’m still mourning days that turn to night
And I‘m still holding all the times that passed us by

Western Fog (Stripped)

KONGOS 2023-05-23 | Trying out Western Fog way slower. I think it really works.

Were Almost Home (Stripped)

KONGOS 2023-05-16 | Trying out an acoustic version of We're Almost Home from 1929, Pt 2

Nothing Of My Own (Stripped)

KONGOS 2023-05-04 | Tried out this version of Nothing of my Own with Accordion and Mandolin.

A Day In The Life Cover (Stripped)

KONGOS 2023-04-26 | We've played this song so many different ways... what's one more?

As We Are (Stripped w/banjo)

KONGOS 2023-04-26 | We're trying out new versions of our songs - this week we broke out the banjo on As We Are off our album Lunatic

Fools - Live In Studio

KONGOS 2023-04-20 | This is from virtual concert we did a while back.
Song: Fools
Album: 1929, Pt. 2
Writer: Dylan Kongos

You’ve got no money right now
Got a feeling, a good feeling it’s coming somehow
Carry on your way with a strut in your step
Repping a name and a ring and a cigarette

Something’s hiding from you
Someone’s running from you
Crazy, they’re all crazy
They’re all

Fools you say
Like me, like them, like everyone
But you fool no one
Not me, not them, not anyone but you

I know something terrifies you
As you button your cuff and it tears you in two
What if nothing can cover up the fear that you feel
And nothing remains from the looks that you steal

Someone’s hiding from you
Crazy, they’re all crazy
They’re all

Fools you say
Like me, like them, like everyone
But you fool no one
Not me, not them, not anyone but
You fool no one
Not me, not them, not anyone but you

Something’s hiding from you
Someone’s running from you
Crazy, they’re all crazy
They’re all

Fools you say
Like me, like them, like everyone
But you fool no one
Not me, not them, not anyone but you

Going through our catalog and finding new ways of playing songs. Here’s a little bit of underground.

KONGOS 2023-04-17 | ...

KONGOS - If You Build It - Official Lyric Video

KONGOS 2023-04-14 | by Jesse Kongos

It's time to mobilize the forces
For a leader to emerge
It’s time to harness the horses
Give direction to the young man's urge

Either it's all important
Or none of it is
Refine, reduce, distill the harvest
Give to each only what is his

Why is sleep so tiring?
Does anyone here understand the wiring?
I am bored with taking two steps and turning on the third
Let me jolt the wheel and make it more than words
Let me see something which so far I've only heard of

If you build it, will they come?
Do we really, do we all shine on?
What's the lifespan of the moon and the stars and the sun?
Does every acorn a tree become?

A lawful accidental unexpectedness
Breaks up the day
Let's me see straight, more or less
But is it enough to bake the clay?

Why is sleep so tiring?
Does anyone here understand the wiring?
I am bored with taking two steps and turning on the third
Let me jolt the wheel and make it more than words
Let me see something which so far I've only heard of

If you build it, will they come?
Do we really, do we all shine on?
What's the lifespan of the moon and the stars and the sun?
Does every acorn a tree become?

What can you guarantee?
What can you, what can you guarantee?

I don't know what I can guarantee
But I know that nothing’s free
I don't know what is awaiting me
But I guess I'll wait and see

I don't know what I can guarantee
But I know that nothing’s free
I don't know what is awaiting me
But I guess I'll wait and see

Different take on our song “Stuck In Time”

KONGOS 2023-04-06 | ...

Danny and Johnny messing around with a new version of “Where I Belong” from our album Egomaniac

KONGOS 2023-04-03 | ...

One of our favorite Rolling Stones songs. #eleanorrigby #accordion #acousticcover

KONGOS 2023-03-29 | ...

Having a lot of fun playing these songs in different ways. #sexontheradio

KONGOS 2023-03-27 | ...

Messing around with some different versions of old songs. “Take me back” from our album “Lunatic”

KONGOS 2023-03-08 | ...

Take It From Me - Live In Studio

KONGOS 2023-02-23 | Join our Discord: kongos.com/discord

This is from virtual concert we did a while back.
Song: Take It From Me
Album: Egomaniac
Writer: Jesse Kongos

I woke up
Don’t recognize the bed
Took me a minute
To clear my head

I try recalling
But the blanks won’t fill
Camera was rolling
But I forgot the film

Take it from me
When you start it's just a matter of time
Any minute you will cross that line
Take it from me
You never think about the price that you pay
It got a mind of it's own and it say
Take it from me
It got a mind of it's own and it say...

Nothing can stop me
Nothing holds me back
Think you can slow me down?
Knock me off my track?
Nothing can stop me
Nothing holds me back
Think you can slow me down?
There ain't no turning back

It don't take much
For the beast to bolt
A split second too late
To bring it to a halt

You're hypnotized
Your feet follow your shoes
It's kinda like
A cigarette smoking you

Take it from me...

Dylan covers Dylan. #bobdylan

KONGOS 2023-02-21 | ...

When Youre Here - Live Performance

KONGOS 2023-01-10 | This is from virtual concert we did a while back.
Song: When You're Here
Album: 1929, Pt. 1
Writer: Dylan Kongos

SLOW DOWN
DON’T MOVE, DON’T MAKE ANOTHER SOUND
A WAVE IS RISING UP
YOU GOTTA HOLD ON TO THE GROUND
BE GENTLE WITH YOUR TOUCH
IT MAY NOT COME BACK AROUND
SO I SAY HEY NOW
IS THERE SOME PLACE YOU NEED TO BE?

DO A DANCE IN THE RAIN
LIKE A CHILD PLAY A GAME
IT DON’T MATTER, IT’S ALL THE SAME
WHEN YOU’RE HERE
SO I SAY BE WILD OR BE TAME
FALL IN LOVE, FEEL SOME PAIN
IT DON’T MATTER IT’S ALL THE SAME
WHEN YOU’RE HERE

HOLD ON
DON’T RUN, DON’T CHASE ANOTHER DAWN
THE TIDE IS COMING IN
YOU’RE JUST GETTING PULLED ALONG
AND BY THE TIME THAT YOU BEGIN
ALL THOSE WAVES WILL HAVE COME AND GONE
SO I SAY HEY NOW
IS THERE SOME PLACE YOU’D RATHER BE?

RUN AWAY AND CHANGE YOUR NAME
LIKE A CHILD PLAY A GAME
IT DON’T MATTER, IT’S ALL THE SAME
WHEN YOU’RE HERE
SO I SAY BE WILD OR BE TAME
FALL IN LOVE, FEEL SOME PAIN
IT DON’T MATTER IT’S ALL THE SAME
WHEN YOU’RE HERE

KONGOS - This Time I Wont Forget

KONGOS 2023-01-05 | "This is a video our dad filmed in 1986 in London of Jesse and I with our mom and our dog Spensky, who like many German Shepherds got hip-dysplasia towards the end of his life. I don’t really think this is a “sad” video, nor is it “happy” - for me it hints at a transcendent emotion that exists, always, above the ever-oscillating swing of our typically transient emotional states.

I didn’t initially write this song about this particular memory, but in a mysterious way it seems I did… because when I came across this scene, scrolling through old home videos one day, it perfectly encapsulated the feeling that is at the core of “This Time I Won’t Forget”.

For me this is one of those special songs that I cannot take much credit for, because the “Me” that exists now only has a vague memory of the “I” that was able to somehow write this. I think that’s what is so important about it for me. For a few brief moments I did remember, and every now and then I taste that memory again and I’m inspired to try return to that place." -Johnny

Album: Lunatic
Song: This Time I Won’t Forget
Writer: Johnny Kongos

Oh, I will try
But I tell you it ain’t easy using only words
And so I’ll begin
But I’ll start at the end, the day I said so long my friend

I still remember well
His smile that would not die
And the tears begin to swell
Tears I dare not fight

Cause now I’m alive
I’m taking my first breath
Oh I’m alive
And this time I won’t forget

Now as I look back
Wish I’d known that someday soon he’d long be gone
So, I will try
To remember the end, the day I said so long my friend

They go by many names
Mother, father, brother, son
And the tears begin to swell
Tears I dare not fight

Cause now I’m alive
I’m taking my first breath
Oh I’m alive
And this time I won’t forget
Oh I’m alive
And this time I won’t forget

KONGOS - Turn This Round (Official Lyric video)

KONGOS 2022-10-28 | Fins us elsewhere:
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Turn This 'Round
by Jesse Kongos

Oh, oh, oh
We’re gon’ turn this ‘round

I said money
Money isn’t everything
And she said, honey
It isn’t even something

I been looking for a place to go
That'll let me in
But now I’m feeling kind of low
Out of place in my own skin

And I don’t get it
I don’t get it
No, I don’t get it
No, I don’t get it

We could be feeling
We could be dreaming

We should be feeling
We should be dreaming

Oh, oh, oh
We’re gon’ turn this ‘round

I been looking for a place to go
That'll let me in
But now I’m feeling kind of low
Out of place in my own skin

hey you, yeah you

KONGOS 2022-10-21 | ...

KONGOS - Broken (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2022-06-11 | Broken
by Johnny Kongos

Save ten
Kill ten
Save ten lives
So ten lives were traded for time
Will you toe the line for
Three minds?
For three signs
All of them prime, all of them mine
Say ten times
Say ten times you looked in my eyes
Held your breath watching them die
Say ten lies
Say ten lies while you sit on the roof
Under the moon, howling the truth
Save ten dimes
Just ten dimes
A dollar is right for Saturday night
But they’re outta time cause you’re outta wine
Save, save, kill ten lives
For your own pride
You took ten lives
Ten times
Gimme your eyes
End times
Gimme your eyes

I can not be broken
My eyes are still open
I will not be woken
Till my heart has broken
You hear me I’ve spoken
Your eyes are still open
You will not be woken
Till your heart has been broken

Save them
I cannot be broken
I cannot be broken
Kill them
I cannot be broken
I will not be broken

Love them
I can not be broken
I can not be broken
Hate them
I can not be broken
I will not be broken

Take no sides

Save ten
Save ten lives
So ten lives were traded for time
Will you toe the line for
Three minds?
For three signs
All of them prime, all of them mine
Say ten times
Say ten times you looked in my eyes
Held your breath watching them die
Say ten lies
Said ten lies while you sat on the roof
Under the moon, howling the truth
Save ten dimes
Just ten dimes
A dollar is right for Saturday night
But they’re outta time cause you’re outta wine
Save, save
Kill ten lives
For your own pride
You took ten lives

Save them
I cannot be broken
I cannot be broken
Kill them
I cannot be broken
I will not be broken

Love them
You hear me I’ve spoken
Your eyes are still open
You will not be woken
Till your heart has been broken
Hate them
I cannot be broken
I cannot be broken
I cannot be broken
I will not be broken

Take no sides

Why we left #losangeles for #hillcountry #texas?

KONGOS 2022-05-17 | ...

Interference (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2022-04-08 | kongos.com/discord

KONGOS - Flash Flood (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2022-03-25 | Animation by Amber Denison - www.amberdenison.com

Weekly Live Streams: twitch.tv/kongosmusic
DISCORD: kongos.com/discord

FLASH FLOOD
By Dylan Kongos

IT FEELS LIKE
INFLATION THE COSMOS
FROM THE SUNS TO THE MICROBES
IT’S TROUBLE, A BUBBLE OF STAGGERING PROPORTIONS
HYSTERIA AND MASS PSYCHOSIS
ANOTHER BREATH AND HE’LL DESTROY US
4 BILLION YEARS IN A FLASH FLOOD
YOU SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
IT’S COLD BLOODED
EXPERIMENTING IN SOME TOUGH LOVE

IT FEELS LIKE
WE’RE JUST ANOTHER APPARATUS
MAKING SLUDGE FROM THE STARDUST
WE’RE TROUBLE, A BUBBLE WITH CHILLING INCLINATIONS
FOR DESTROYING ALL CREATIONS
A BLOODLUST FOR REVELATIONS
4 BILLION YEARS IN A FLASH FLOOD
YOU SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
IT’S COLD BLOODED
EXPERIMENTING IN SOME TOUGH LOVE
ANOTHER WORD AND THEN GOES OUT THE LIGHT
A FEW MILLION YEARS OF STANDING UPRIGHT
YOU SAY IT'S NOT FAIR IT'S NOT RIGHT
BUT WHAT TO DO WITH A PARASITE

WHEN THE TIME IS GETTING CLOSER
AND WE’VE GOT NOWHERE TO GO
NO CAUSES WE CAN STAND FOR
NO GETTING ‘ROUND WHAT WE NOW KNOW

WILL YOU MAKE ANOTHER PROMISE
THAT YOU KNOW YOU’LL NEVER KEEP?
WILL YOU LONG FOR MORE POSSESSIONS
THAT YOU KNOW YOU’LL NEVER NEED?

OH CUZ IT FEELS LIKE
WE’RE ALWAYS RUNNING ROUND IN CIRCLES
FROM OUR FEET AND TO OUR BRAIN CELLS
OH IT’S TROUBLE, A BUBBLE THAT’S ‘BOUT TO BURST WIDE OPEN
NOT MUCH TO DO WE GOT THE SHORT END
BUT JUST IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD’VE BEEN
4 BILLION YEARS IN A FLASH FLOOD
YOU SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
IT’S COLD BLOODED
EXPERIMENTING IN SOME TOUGH LOVE
ANOTHER WORD AND THEN GOES OUT THE LIGHT
A FEW MILLION YEARS OF STANDING UPRIGHT
YOU SAY IT'S NOT FAIR IT'S NOT RIGHT
BUT WHAT TO DO WITH A PARASITE

KONGOS - Speak Free (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2022-03-11 | Streaming on TWITCH every week: twitch.tv/kongosmusic
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Speak Free
by Jesse Kongos

Speak free, speak free
Be free, be free
But only if it’s good what you’re making me feel
Only if it’s good what you’re making me feel

No I don’t know what you been told
You can keep your paper, I’ll take gold
Your sleight of hand is pretty slick
But I know you know I know it’s nothing but a magic trick

Your lips tell a very good story
But your eyes tell it differently
That’s a big flame you got there cooking those books
Careful now, before the people know they been took

Speak free, speak free
Only if it’s good what you’re saying to me
Be free, be free
But only if it’s good what you’re making me feel
Only if it’s good what you’re making me feel

If I could see the way it is
Then I would be, be more than this

Now I know I know it’s a little taboo
And I’m likely to step on a toe or two
We’re about a minute too late to recognize
That the sound that our mouth makes has been weaponized

The Front Lounge - #004 RECAP

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RECAP Edited by @MichJagoSproat

Song Breakdown - PUSH - RECAP

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Studio Session 2022-02-08 RECAP

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The Front Lounge - #003 RECAP

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Ray Little - Never Give Up (Feat. KONGOS)

KONGOS 2021-05-21 | Directed by Jonas Fisch
Co-starring Chelsey Cope
Songwriters: Ray Little + Ross Garren + KONGOS
Produced by KONGOS
Mastered by Danny Kalb
Tokoloshe Records

Drunk off the cup, contracted into love
I know you're happy but it doesn't suit your melody
You got me on my guard, why do you make it so hard
I can see your heart, beating off the mark
And in the dark you can

Never give up, never give up
Never give up, never give up
Never give up, never give up
Never give up, never give up

Swollen belly crawl, living for the long-haul
Gamble with your life, melancholy housewife
But when you danced on bars, healing all our scars
You are made of stars, and I know who you are
I know it's hard but you never give up

Never give up never give up
Never give up never give up
Never give up never give up
You don't get to sing anymore
You don't get to be anymore
You get to be in love, you get to be in love
You get to be in love, you get to be in love
You get to be in love, you get to be in love

When you danced on bars, you forgot your scars
And we know what you are, you are made of stars
I know it's hard but you never give up

Never give up never give up
Never give up never give up
Never give up never give up
You don't get to sing anymore, you don't get to be anymore
You don't get to sing anymore, you don't get to be anymore
You don't get to sing anymore, you don't get to be anymore
You get to be in love, you get to be in love

It's waiting for you if you'd like
You get to be in love
Watch where you step or you'll fall into love
You get to be in love
Watch where you step or you'll fall into love
It's waiting for you if you'd like
Watch where you step or you'll fall into love

Ray Little - Coming Down (ft. KONGOS)

KONGOS 2021-03-19 | Music Video by Jonas Fisch

Coming Down
Written by Ray Little and Ross Garren
Produced by KONGOS
Tokoloshe Records

Chevy Mustang ft. SNWBLL of PPL MVR - Wrong Things

KONGOS 2020-12-17 | songwhip.com/chevy-mustang/wrong-things

Wrong Things - Chevy Mustang

in the middle of a crisis
A little bit of good with a little minus
My shyness, have a bad sinus
Vulnerable to this vrus
Understand my genius
Papa roach approach, uh
Put me in a Tesla
Play a game of chess, love
Touch me on the breasts, uh
Take me on a date
We don’t have to wait
Crona is a clean slate
Open up the highways
Show me all the biways
Doing everything Wrong
On the right days

I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways

I make square things circle
Business personal
Drink tea one second after pouring
Finding interesting things boring
I go on runs through cop town
Tape my little cck down
Pull socks down on school days
Do things dif-a-rent, my way
Paul Anka what a wnka
Did you know he only wrote the lyrics to that song?
Pupils call me Chevy
I like a heavy set clt bean, hyena
Wide open space
Where I can put my weena
If it wasn’t clear
I like a big vageena
Not the inside, It scratches
Light a box of matches
Just to smell the sulphur
Lucifer appears
When I summon up a dvil
Several deities
Sitting at my table
Later I convince them
To maybe try anl

I like to
I like to
I like to
I like to

I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways

Alright, here’s a question for you
Is objective morality true?
Or is there only really pleasure (pleasure)
And pain? (and pain)
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure (pleasure)
And pain (and pain)
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain
Pleasure and pain

I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways
I like to do wrong things on the right days
Do straight things a little sideways

KONGOS - Far Away (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-11-27 | Join our Discord: discord.gg/aGeu6dc87h

Far Away
Tokoloshe Records
by Dylan Kongos

You hear that?
There’s a song to make you feel alright
It’s calling me, and calling you
So won’t you sing all afternoon
Loud and carelessly

You hear that?
There’s a song to fill the empty space
It’ll take you back to better times
A summer track you’ll recognize
That brightens up your day

You told me, told me in the morning when you woke up from a daze
That lately, lately you’ve been hiding that you choke up
‘Cause everyone you love is far away
Don’t want to be far away
Don’t want to be far away no more
Far away
Don’t want to be far away
Don’t want to be far away no more

You feel that?
There’s a weight that can’t escape the room
It’s underneath the skin and bones
It settles deep and sets like stone
With every restless sleep

You told me, told me in the morning when you woke up from a daze
That lately, lately you’ve been hiding that you choke up
When everybody goes….
Home is, home is where you’d like to see the sunset, from a roof
Not roaming, ‘cause Rome is even lonely in a new bed
When everyone you love is
Holding, barely holding on when they wake up from a daze
And maybe, maybe they’ve been hiding that they choke up
‘Cause everyone they love is far away
Don’t want to be far away
Don’t want to be far away no more.
Far away
Don’t want to be far away
Don’t want to be far away no more.

KONGOS - Small Talk (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-11-20 | Small Talk
Tokoloshe Records
Dylan Kongos

You say God is great
And then you comment on the weather
You say this line is straight
But there’s nothing for you to measure
And it’s always like

You’ve got some big ideas
But your small talk’s even bigger
From crown to lips
This bottleneck is not considered
Why’s it always like...

You gotta say something
‘Cause I’m hearing nothing
You gotta say something
‘Cause I’m hearing nothing
You gotta say something

You can brush aside a heart as you try to weigh the sun
But the letters on your tongue get lighter and lighter
But who isn’t lonely some nights?
And who isn’t fighting some fight?

You gotta say something
‘Cause I’m hearing nothing
You gotta say something
‘Cause I’m hearing nothing

You feel a great big cloud
And somehow attach it to a dollar
You talk from both sides of your mouth
As the galaxy gets smaller
And it’s always like…

Ray Little - Friction (ft. KONGOS)

KONGOS 2020-11-13 | The first collaboration between Ray Little (Songwriter/Artist) and KONGOS (Producer). Music Video directed by Jonas Fisch.

My friends
Say I like friction
Say I drink a lot
Too much attention

Everything runs on ritalin
Even the line you’re standing in

I like The wrong kind
Will have me itchin
To find a sad ear
To pour words in there

How could you be so shallow
Paddle out to the deeper end

Fire fire fire keeps me turned on
Cold cold cold feelings when I did wrong
Love love love love will wait for no one
Love will wait for me because
I am no one.

it’s too late for a conviction
I got the safety on to my addiction
The light is stuck in the undertow
And you’re easier than an runnin yolk

I like the strong stuff It goes down slow
But I stay up until the sun shows
There is only one man alive
Haunting every body till the day we die

Fire fire fire keeps me turned on
Cold cold cold feelings when I did wrong
Love love love love will wait for no one
Love will wait for me because
I am no one.

KONGOS - Lord of the Flies (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-11-06 | songwhip.com/kongos/lord-of-the-flies

by Jesse Kongos

You know, he's a dark motherfucker
Black magic
And she's a cunning little looker
She'll backstab ya
And the one in the middle gotta choose a side
Or we'll never move an inch, let alone a mile

It's a world on the verge
Its madness
Like an electrical surge
Full of badness
And if the sun and moon keep shining their light
Then before too soon might will take its right

Will the aliens please reveal themselves
Before this species goes and offs itself
‘Cause it's lord of the flies out here
It’s lord of the flies out here

Will the aliens please reveal themselves
Before this species goes and offs itself
‘Cause it's lord of the flies out here
It’s lord of the flies out here
Out here

You know
You know
You know

You know, it's funny how it starts as laughter
And turns to sadness
You meet a girl eaten up by disaster
Full of gladness
And so it comes in a flash, takes ahold of your chest
It’s like whiplash, such a sudden arrest

It's better than money
When possessed
You can keep your milk and honey
It’s too late to confess
And when you crack door just to sneak a peak
The terror of it all makes a flood of a leak

Will the aliens please reveal themselves
Before this species goes and offs itself
‘Cause it's lord of the flies out here
It’s lord of the flies out here

Will the aliens please reveal themselves
Before this species goes and offs itself
‘Cause it's lord of the flies out here
It’s lord of the flies out here
It’s lord of the flies out here
Out here

You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know
You know

KONGOS - Mad Man (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-10-19 | Stream here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kongos/mad-man

In quiet moments I hear the noise
Mad man’s been here since I was a boy
Mindless thoughts keep humming along
Somebody’s singing that endless song
Keep looking for peace, but peace brings war
Maybe it’s war that I’m looking for
I got no need for an enemy
This mad man is a friend to me

Step aside as I hear a voice
Do not move if you have any choice
I see no rope but I’m being pulled
Caught in-between the king and the fool
Held so tight that I lost control
He used to say I never had it all
If clarity is the enemy
Why does it always look clear to me?

I see a mad man...

I am a mad man...
I am a mad mad man...

I could not understand
I have a mad mad plan
If only I had patience for love
I would have seen I’d always had enough
I never had much patience for love
I should have seen I’d always had enough

But I am a mad man...

Find myself at the end of a day
Lone man walking an endless parade
And every one that passes me by
Keeps me up if I look in their eye
Each one I’ve held and loved before
They never have what I’m looking for
If I call you all my enemies
I’ll never know who’s a friend to me

I see a mad man...

I am a mad man...
I am a mad mad man...
I am

KONGOS - Terrified (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-10-13 | songwhip.com/kongos/terrified

Ohh…

I went to sleep on a Friday night
Saturday came at the speed of light
The floor was spinning and my head wasn’t right
What I remembered gave me such a fright
I said hey now, what’s my name
I’ve only got myself today
I’ve been 20, 30 years on this earth
A quarter century of breath
Since my birth

Ohh…

I find myself alive, yes
Thank you I’m doing fine
I don’t want to sleep or even take five
I find myself alive, yes
Thank you I’m just fine
I don’t need to sleep or even take five

I know it looks like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified
I know it seems like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified

I had my legs genetically modified
Now my old jeans can fit my thighs
I got a new walk a new kind of stride
I find it goes along with my disguise
I said hey now, if it’s all the same
I think I’ll start again and change my name
You only live once or twice what a shame
Somebody fucked up when designing this game

Ohh…

I find myself alive, yes
Thank you I’m doing fine
I don’t want to sleep or even take five
I find myself alive, yes
Thank you I’m just fine
I don’t need to sleep or even take five

I know it looks like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified
I know it seems like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified

I know it looks like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified
I know it seems like I’m doing fine
Lately I’ve been terrified

Billie Eilish on KONGOS - Im Only Joking (Behind The Song)

KONGOS 2020-08-17 | Very cool to hear Billie Eilish talk about 'I'm Only Joking' on her 'Me and Dad Radio' show. Jesse talks about how the song came about and some of the influences including the drummers of Burundi.

songwhip.com/kongos/imonlyjoking

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KONGOS - Autocorrect (Rock Remix Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-08-14 | This is an alternate mix of 'Autocorrect' from 'Egomaniac' (2016). We recently rediscovered it and decided to put it out (2020) because it's cool and suits the crazy times.

songwhip.com/kongos/autocorrect-rock-remix

(C) 2016 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Autocorrect

by Jesse Kongos

In the future
Will I need my mind?
Or will Google
Take over this grind?

I’m so tired
Of using my head
Just wanna be wired
Directly into this grid

I wanna get fucked up
And then hit undo
Get my head hooked up
To download some kung fu

I wanna be free
Of all responsibility
I wanna TV
Right on my retina please

And if it looks like shit's about to go down
I don't think twice, it's alright
And if, and if it looks like I’m about to hit the ground
I know that I won't pay the price
I don't care, I don't care if trouble feels like coming around
Cause I got Autocorrect (for life)
Autocorrect for life

So in the future
Will my attention span
Hey, in the future
Think we'll still do it by hand?

What is happening
To the length of my thought?
What is that crackling?
I think my brain's about to short

KONGOS | Behind The Song | FLY

KONGOS 2020-08-08 | Jesse talks a little about how the song came to be. The first track off upcoming album: "Phoenix (1929 Pt.3)"

Friday Hangout at Tokoloshe Studios

KONGOS 2020-08-06 | Every Friday we do a livestream exclusively for patreon.com/kongos users. only $2/month. Join us!

Heres what you missed..

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Full band Live Stream Highlights

KONGOS 2020-06-23 | Had the full band together last week. Here's a bit of what you missed!

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Live Stream Highlights - June

KONGOS 2020-06-08 | Every Friday at 2:30pm PST, we do a Live Stream exclusively for Patreon users. We answer questions, play songs (including covers), show exclusive content like BTS footage, tutorials, deleted Bus Call scenes etc. It only costs $2/month. Go to www.Patreon.com/Kongos to sign up!

Live Stream Highlights - May 2020

KONGOS 2020-05-25 | Every Friday at 2:30pm PST, we do a Live Stream exclusively for Patreon users. We answer questions, play songs (including covers), show exclusive content like BTS footage, tutorials, deleted Bus Call scenes etc. It only costs $2/month. Go to www.Patreon.com/Kongos to sign up!

KONGOS | Behind The Song | I Am Not Me

KONGOS 2020-04-29 | A look into the making of I Am Not Me from the album 1929, Pt.1

Filmed by Logan Hall
Edited by Logan and Sarah Hall

Available on all digital outlets here.
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KONGOS - Fly (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2020-04-27 | songwhip.com/song/kongos/fly

by Jesse Kongos

You’ve got that look in your eye
Like you came out of the ashes
You’ve been up in the sky
Looking for some matches

So you say you want a pyramid
You’re gonna need some stones for that
Because in Babylon
Everyone becomes one for stepping on
When you’re trying to get to the headstone

Fly

Can I tell you a secret
I think you were a friend of mine
You took the rest that you needed
But you came back in the nick of time

Can I tell you a secret
I think you were a friend of mine
You’ve got the eyes of a Phoenix
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side

If you want it to fly
You gotta put some wings on it
If you want it it to burn
You gotta put some fire on it

If you want it to fly
You gotta put some wings on it
You got that look in your eye
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side

Fly, fly, fly

Since the beginning of time
I’ve wondered who I am
You made a loop of a straight line
Now I got no sense of the timespan

So I said I want a pyramid
I’m gonna need some help with that
Because in Babylon
Anyone can talk another
Into seeing light coming off of the headstone

Can I tell you a secret
I think you were a friend of mine
You took the rest that you needed
But you came back in the nick of time
But you came back in the nick of time

If you want it to fly
You gotta put some wings on it
If you want it it to burn
You gotta put some fire on it

If you want it to fly
You gotta put some wings on it
You got that look in your eye
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side

You got that look in your eye
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side
I’ll see you on the other side

Fly, fly, fly, fly

KONGOS - In My Chest (Official Lyric Video)

KONGOS 2019-10-21 | 1929 Pt. 2 - songwhip.com/album/kongos/1929-pt-2

In My Chest
by Jesse Kongos

I’ve been living in my head
Using thirty three percent
It’s been as though, as if, I’m dead
Don’t know where the rest of me went

I’ve built this shell around me
Like the armor of a knight
It stops the arrows of an army
But won’t let in or out any light

I want to feel it in my chest
Feel it in my chest
I want to feel it in my
Feel it in my chest

Living in my head - living
I’ve been living in my head - living
I’ve been living in my head - living
I’ve been living in my head - living
I’ve been

I want to feel it in my chest
Right where the ribs meet
I’ve been having cardiac unrest
There’s tension in every beat

I wanna leave my head
I don’t think it’s as clever as they said
I said give me wine don’t give me bread
I’ve been mislead is my blood even red

I want to feel it in my chest
Feel it in my chest
I want to feel it in my
Feel it in my chest

Living in my head, living
I’ve been living in my head, living
I’ve been living in my head, living

I want to feel it in my chest
Feel it in my chest
I want to feel it in my
Feel it in my chest

I feel it in my, feel it in my
Feel it in my, feel it in my

I wanna leave my head

I’ve been living in my head, living
I’ve been living in my head

I wanna leave my head
I don’t think it’s as clever as they said
I said give me wine don’t give me bread
I’ve been mislead is my blood even red

I want to feel it in my, feel it in my
I want to feel it in my, feel it in my

I want to feel it in my chest
Feel it in my chest
I want to feel it in my
Feel it in my chest