88rising's 'La Cienega' with Joji and Niki finds the morning after the music stops.
88rising's 'La Cienega' with Joji and Niki finds the morning after the music stops.
The lyric moves between the staged 'Glitz and glamour on cam' and the private silence where you can hear yourself think.
It's less about fame and more about the distance between the performance and the person left alone in a shrinking room.
88rising's 'La Cienega' with Joji and Niki finds the morning after the music stops.
Smile when they yell checkmate
The lyric moves between the staged 'Glitz and glamour on cam' and the private silence where you can hear yourself think. It's less about fame and more about the distance between the performance and the person left alone in a shrinking room.
The phrase 'Smile when they yell checkmate' carries a quiet resignation. It's not about winning or losing, but about keeping face when you know the game was rigged. There's a weariness in playing the pawn, used until boredom sets in, and the smile becomes its own kind of armor.
That forced smile holds everything the song doesn't say aloud, the compliance, the bitterness, the act of pretending you're still in on the joke.
The way 'Accidentally made a name' sits in the verse, almost shrugged off, lingers after the track ends.
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Empty bottles on the floor
Party's over, thank the Lord
Watchin' these four walls 'round me shrinking
It's so quiet, I can hear myself think
When?
Glitz and glamour on cam
Singin' in La La Land
Accidentally made a name
Pawn on every chessboard
Used 'till they get bored
Smile when they yell checkmate
Lately, I've been on my own (yeah on my own, yeah yeah)
I knew you having fun with me (with me, with me, oh no)
When I'm nearby you'll know, like oh no
And when will I see you, yeah yeah
Like when will I see you
Can you hear me loud and clear
Glitz and glamour on cam
Singin' in La La Land
Accidentally made a name
Pawn on every chessboard
Used till they get bored
Smile when they yell checkmate!
88rising's 'La Cienega' with Joji and Niki finds the morning after the music stops. The lyric moves between the staged 'Glitz and glamour on cam' and the private silence where you can hear yourself think. It's less about fame and more about the distance between the performance and the person left alone in a shrinking room.
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