Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Stream #PlayingPretendEP - open.spotify.com/album/4mndbQ78eezGpMt0lt9zy2
Extended Vacation came out of a heated conversation I overheard at a restaurant during my first time out post-enhanced community quarantine. The song hopes to be a fair take on our current reality in the pandemic through the lenses of hardship and privilege. Track 2 of #PlayingPretendEP #ReeseLansangan

Playing Pretend in the Interim is a five-track EP of songs completed during isolation. This is both a writing experiment and an examination of the self as a human living with and for others. I wrote these songs from different perspectives and characters (an encyclopedia salesman, a long gone celebrity, a haunting ghost...) - seeing hyper-specific experiences with borrowed eyes. It’s a combination of research, imagination, secondhand stories, histories, and things I've heard and witnessed along the way.

This EP is a way of escaping reality for a moment, allowing room for wonder and play. Enjoy your stay (and happy halloween!) 🎃👻

* Music and lyrics by Reese Lansangan
* Produced by Kyle Quismundo
*Acoustic guitar by Reese Lansangan
* Lead Guitar and Bass by Kyle Quismundo
* Drums by Pat Sarabia
* Vocals by Reese Lansangan
* Mastered by Aaron Gonzales of Pointbee Multimedia
* Graphics and animation by Louise Ramos

44 Soon the Moon Inc.

EXTENDED VACATION LYRICS
Music and Lyrics by Reese Lansangan (2020)

VERSE I
You know I risk my life to
Just do the thing you so kindly asked me to
Get done
All day it’s so congested
The rules in place contested
And I cannot even
I can’t even see anyone

PRE-CHORUS
The world is changing and
I cannot even recalibrate
It’s a vacation
For the ones with money to celebrate
But as for me

CHORUS
I just need to get through the dayWould be nice to hear someone say
“Thank you” - but I’d still do it
Even if you don’t believe in me
When I ring the doorbell, I get paid
But if there’s nobody there
Then I get laid off
For my quote unquote incompetence
Well, I’m just a cog in the machine
Must keep going until this sh*t makes sense

VERSE II
You know I risk my life to
Get you the thing that you’ve been craving for
To your door
One time the Coke spilled over
The pizza got wet, you made me
Go and get a new one
all the way back to the store

PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS

OUTRO
Oh I was told that if I’m gonna mess up
I’m better off not keeping this up
Quite good at passing off
Your rudeness as an oversight
Just trying to do my best
While my whole world’s on house arrest
Making my way and God I pray
for mercy at the traffic light
(x2)
You know I risk my life to
Just do the thing you so kindly asked me to
Get done
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