Distracted

by Olive Avenue

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written in 2018-2019
recorded in 2020-2021

lyrics

I try not to look
But I’m in, I’m out, I’m back in it again
Thumbs left and right
Tap dancing in the spotlight
Any thought that holds me
Any daydream dope is fine
Looking for outlets, take what I can find
When there’s no turning off my mind

I need to be distracted
Could never help me none
I need to be distracted
Look what we’ve done
I need to be distracted
Ay ya ya ya ya, could never help me none
Won’t you just look what we’ve done

We sleep off the day
Tick tick tick tick tick ticking till the night
With friends in our lives
We’re glowing in the spotlight
For just one precious moment
The worries gone and I’m all there
But everything ends and we all go to bed
Tucked in with our nightmares

I need to be distracted
Could never help me none
I need to be distracted
Look what we’ve done
We all need to be distracted
Ay ya ya ya ya, could never help me none
Can’t you just see what we’ve done

I’m stuck in the river
Drowning in the water

credits

released December 2, 2022
Songwriting by Ryan O'Toole and Max Miller

Ryan O'Toole - Vocals, Keys, Synths, Vocoder
Max Miller - Keys, Grand Piano
Jade Allen - Bass
Ryan Donlin - Electric Guitar
David Lopez - Drums, Percussion

Recorded with Andrew Humphrey at Palisade Studios
Additional recording at Ryan's apartment
Mixed by David Lopez
Mastered by Greg Obis

Cover Design by Leanne Kelly and Ryan O'Toole
Photography by Samantha Monendo

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Olive Avenue Chicago, Illinois

Olive Avenue’s songs are crafted as modern love letters to classic pop writing, where soaring melodies and complex harmonies melt into technicolor guitars. Chicago artist Ryan O’Toole explores themes of intimate friendship, late-stage capitalism, and growing beyond adolescence in a world somewhere between dreams and reality. ... more

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