KONGOSCatch the band on tour! http://www.kongos.com/shows "Egomaniac" now available iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac_Amzn Google: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac_GP
(C) 2016 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
The World Would Run Better
by Danny Kongos
We talked it over And I guess I thought I was all right A cup of coffee Makes even a heavy thing seem light
The world was spinning With the solutions in the palms of our hands And I made a list Of all the things that I wished to command
I said…
I think the ocean has too many waves There’s gotta be a way to make it behave The world would run better If it was run our way
Argentina is too far south They should move it closer to my house The world would run better If it was run our way
I said listen we’re almost unique, we’re one in a billion There are only seven of us who share this feeling Look how much we’ve already solved over the course of a drink I think the next step is to change all the seasons to spring
The World Would Run Better (Official Audio)KONGOS2016-06-10 | Catch the band on tour! http://www.kongos.com/shows "Egomaniac" now available iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac_Amzn Google: http://smarturl.it/Egomaniac_GP
(C) 2016 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
The World Would Run Better
by Danny Kongos
We talked it over And I guess I thought I was all right A cup of coffee Makes even a heavy thing seem light
The world was spinning With the solutions in the palms of our hands And I made a list Of all the things that I wished to command
I said…
I think the ocean has too many waves There’s gotta be a way to make it behave The world would run better If it was run our way
Argentina is too far south They should move it closer to my house The world would run better If it was run our way
I said listen we’re almost unique, we’re one in a billion There are only seven of us who share this feeling Look how much we’ve already solved over the course of a drink I think the next step is to change all the seasons to springIf You Could - Live In StudioKONGOS2023-05-30 | A stripped down live in studio version of "If You Could" from "Egomaniac." https://linktr.ee/kongos
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 HeropassKONGOS - Lets Run Away (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2023-05-26 | 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 byWestern Fog (Stripped)KONGOS2023-05-23 | Trying out Western Fog way slower. I think it really works.Were Almost Home (Stripped)KONGOS2023-05-16 | Trying out an acoustic version of We're Almost Home from 1929, Pt 2Nothing Of My Own (Stripped)KONGOS2023-05-04 | Tried out this version of Nothing of my Own with Accordion and Mandolin.A Day In The Life Cover (Stripped)KONGOS2023-04-26 | We've played this song so many different ways... what's one more?As We Are (Stripped w/banjo)KONGOS2023-04-26 | We're trying out new versions of our songs - this week we broke out the banjo on As We Are off our album LunaticFools - Live In StudioKONGOS2023-04-20 | 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 youGoing through our catalog and finding new ways of playing songs. Here’s a little bit of underground.KONGOS2023-04-17 | ...KONGOS - If You Build It - Official Lyric VideoKONGOS2023-04-14 | 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 seeDifferent take on our song “Stuck In Time”KONGOS2023-04-06 | ...Danny and Johnny messing around with a new version of “Where I Belong” from our album EgomaniacKONGOS2023-04-03 | ...One of our favorite Rolling Stones songs. #eleanorrigby #accordion #acousticcoverKONGOS2023-03-29 | ...Having a lot of fun playing these songs in different ways. #sexontheradioKONGOS2023-03-27 | ...Messing around with some different versions of old songs. “Take me back” from our album “Lunatic”KONGOS2023-03-08 | ...Take It From Me - Live In StudioKONGOS2023-02-23 | 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. #bobdylanKONGOS2023-02-21 | ...When Youre Here - Live PerformanceKONGOS2023-01-10 | 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 HEREKONGOS - This Time I Wont ForgetKONGOS2023-01-05 | "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 forgetKONGOS - Turn This Round (Official Lyric video)KONGOS2022-10-28 | Fins us elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/kongos
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 skinhey you, yeah youKONGOS2022-10-21 | ...KONGOS - Broken (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2022-06-11 | 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 sidesWhy we left #losangeles for #hillcountry #texas?KONGOS2022-05-17 | ...Interference (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2022-04-08 | kongos.com/discordKONGOS - Flash Flood (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2022-03-25 | Animation by Amber Denison - www.amberdenison.com
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 PARASITEKONGOS - Speak Free (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2022-03-11 | Streaming on TWITCH every week: twitch.tv/kongosmusic Join our DISCORD: discord.gg/BwS7WqUPKV https://linktr.ee/kongos
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 weaponizedThe Front Lounge - #004 RECAPKONGOS2022-02-17 | Follow us on Twitch and watch FULL EPISODES live: twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC If you want access to past streams, right now there are 3 ways to do this: 1. Subscribe on Twitch ($5/mo) twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC 2. Become Patreon member ($5/mo) patreon.com/KONGOS 3. Join our Discord and chat enough to reach "Lunatic" status (FREE - other than the time it takes to chat with other KONGOS fans:) https://KONGOS.com/discord Other links: https://linktr.ee/kongos RECAP Edited by @MichJagoSproatSong Breakdown - PUSH - RECAPKONGOS2022-02-15 | Follow us on Twitch and watch FULL EPISODES live: twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC If you want access to past streams, right now there are 3 ways to do this: 1. Subscribe on Twitch ($5/mo) twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC 2. Become Patreon member ($5/mo) patreon.com/KONGOS 3. Join our Discord and chat enough to reach "Lunatic" status (FREE - other than the time it takes to chat with other KONGOS fans:) https://KONGOS.com/discord Other links: https://linktr.ee/kongosStudio Session 2022-02-08 RECAPKONGOS2022-02-14 | Follow us on Twitch and watch FULL EPISODES live: twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC
If you want access to past streams, right now there are 3 ways to do this:
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Other links: https://linktr.ee/kongosThe Front Lounge - #003 RECAPKONGOS2022-02-12 | Follow us on Twitch and watch FULL EPISODES live: twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC If you want access to past streams, right now there are 3 ways to do this: 1. Subscribe on Twitch ($5/mo) twitch.tv/KONGOSMUSIC 2. Become Patreon member ($5/mo) patreon.com/KONGOS 3. Join our Discord and chat enough to reach "Lunatic" status (FREE - other than the time it takes to chat with other KONGOS fans:) https://KONGOS.com/discord Other links: https://linktr.ee/kongosRay Little - Never Give Up (Feat. KONGOS)KONGOS2021-05-21 | 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 loveRay Little - Coming Down (ft. KONGOS)KONGOS2021-03-19 | Music Video by Jonas Fisch
Coming Down Written by Ray Little and Ross Garren Produced by KONGOS Tokoloshe RecordsChevy Mustang ft. SNWBLL of PPL MVR - Wrong ThingsKONGOS2020-12-17 | 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 sidewaysKONGOS - Far Away (Official Lyric Video)KONGOS2020-11-27 | 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)KONGOS2020-11-20 | 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)KONGOS2020-11-13 | 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)KONGOS2020-11-06 | 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
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 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 terrifiedBillie Eilish on KONGOS - Im Only Joking (Behind The Song)KONGOS2020-08-17 | 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.
http://www.kongos.com IG: kongosmusic Twitter: @KONGOS http://www.facebook.com/KONGOSKONGOS - Autocorrect (Rock Remix Lyric Video)KONGOS2020-08-14 | 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.
(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 shortKONGOS | Behind The Song | FLYKONGOS2020-08-08 | 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 StudiosKONGOS2020-08-06 | Every Friday we do a livestream exclusively for patreon.com/kongos users. only $2/month. Join us!Heres what you missed..KONGOS2020-07-01 | Every Friday we do a livestream exclusively for patreon.com/kongos users. only $2/month. Join us!Full band Live Stream HighlightsKONGOS2020-06-23 | Had the full band together last week. Here's a bit of what you missed!
Join us every Friday on www.patreon.com/join/kongosLive Stream Highlights - JuneKONGOS2020-06-08 | 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 2020KONGOS2020-05-25 | 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 MeKONGOS2020-04-29 | 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
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