Live Wire - Moselle - Tiny Desk Contest 2026

live wire is about being a scared, frustrated human in 2026 and wondering if maybe it would be easier to just give up and be a cog, or a computer, or anything other than empathetic in a cruel world

Lyrics:
asking for things that I think I will need
trying to go when I think I should leave
I wanna know like there's code I just read
telling me

spend half my day looking deep in a screen
letting it shape who I think I could be
seems like the man has become his machine
watching me

fake it
fight it
whatever makes it quiet

I'll let it spread
right over my head

like ivy, like water, like fire
baptize me and bring a live wire

watching the copters drop all the false rain
apocalyptic thoughts flooding my brain
watch cartoon like a child
dstracts for a while
worked then but now it's not the same

maybe I just need an update
take the edge and the stress off my plate
if it's empty at least i'll lose weight

til i'm nothing at all
like a fly on the wall
watching dominoes fall
just like fate

fake it
fight it
whatever makes it quiet

I'll let it spread
right over my head

like ivy, like water, like fire
baptize me and bring a live

like ivy, like water, like fire
baptize me and bring a live wire

like ivy, like water, like fire
baptize me and bring a live wire


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