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Pretty Hard (Bradley's Version)

from Gay in Insanity by Bradley Voorhees

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I wrote a song called "Pretty Hard" and sent the unfinished demo to Nick Lopez asking that he write additional lyrics and contribute vocals to it. There were literally just 8 bars or so in what I call the bridge section that he could have filled, but he went about a thousand times further than that by basically reproducing the song from scratch. In his head he must have heard it as more of a piano ballad than the keyboard-pop song that it was at that point. He asked me for all of my keyboard stems individually, which I sent him. He then played some piano, and mixed his piano up with my original music stems, and sent back a demo with his own vocals on it, and asked that I re-record my vocals to more align with his than what my original vocals were, and send the stems of my newly recorded vocals back, which I did, and the song "Pretty Hard (Nick Lopez Version) is the outcome. Talk about a major collaboration! This particular track, however, includes 2 songs (1 is hidden, yay!) The first song is the original demo I sent him, thus, the bridge is vocal-less, and the second (hidden) song is his demo back to me when he asked me to "do it like" him. His version was far too good to not be heard as its own entity!

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Verse 1:
I’d like to say that I hate you (hate you) but I don’t
I’d like to say I don’t miss you (miss you) but I do
I think it’s clear you still captivate me (…vate me)
I’d like to say I’m over you (over you) but I’m not

Hook:
Want to move beyond the love in you I never had

Chorus:
It’s getting pretty hard to hold you
It’s getting pretty hard to fake you
I wish that I could just forget you
I wish that I had never met you

Verse 2:
I wanna go but I’m stuck here (with you on my mind)
forgetting you is one of my fears (my fears) what the fuck
I have to think what you put me through (me through) all that hell
I have to say I saw through you (through you) you’re such a dick

Hook:
Want to move beyond the love in you I never had

Chorus:
It’s getting pretty hard to hold you
It’s getting pretty hard to fake you
I wish that I could just forget you
I wish that I had never met you

Chorus:
It’s getting pretty hard to hold you
It’s getting pretty hard to fake you
I wish that I could just forget you
I wish that I had never met you

credits

from Gay in Insanity, released October 31, 2011
Hidden Song: piano played by Nick Lopez. Track mixed and mastered by Nick Lopez. NL vocals recorded, mixed, and mastered by NL. Lyrics co-written with NL.

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Bradley Voorhees East Syracuse, New York

Who doesn't enjoy an interesting indie artist? Am I good, am I bad? Who knows. Guess we'll all have to wait and see. Yes, "we" 'cause not even I know myself anymore. I think that really comes out in the tunes though. Who knows, perhaps it may be you who can help solve a mystery? Yeah, I like a lot of retro television :D But I'll be there for you, if you're there for me too! Ha ... more

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