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Well, there's lots to talk about,

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but I think I'm just going to play to start off.

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♫ When I wake up ♫

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♫ in the morning ♫

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♫ I pour the coffee ♫

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♫ I read the paper ♫

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♫ And then I slowly ♫

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♫ and so softly ♫

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♫ do the dishes ♫

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♫ So feed the fishes ♫

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♫ You sing me happy birthday ♫

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♫ Like it's gonna be ♫

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♫ your last day ♫

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♫ here on Earth ♫

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All right.

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So, I wanted to do something special today.

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I want to debut a new song that I've been working on

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in the last five or six months.

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And there's few things more thrilling

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than playing a song

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for the first time in front of an audience,

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especially when it's half-finished.

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(Laughter)

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I'm kind of hoping some conversations here

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might help me finish it.

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Because it gets into all sorts

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of crazy realms.

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And so this is basically a song

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about loops,

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but not the kind of loops that I make up here.

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They're feedback loops.

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And in the audio world

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that's when the microphone gets too close

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to its sound source,

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and then it gets in this self-destructive loop

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that creates a very unpleasant sound.

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And I'm going to demonstrate for you.

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(Laughter)

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I'm not going to hurt you. Don't worry.

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

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♫ This is a -- (Feedback)

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All right. I don't know if that was necessary to demonstrate --

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(Laughter)

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-- but my point is it's the sound of self-destruction.

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And I've been thinking about

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how that applies across a whole spectrum of realms,

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from, say, the ecological, okay.

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There seems to be a rule in nature

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that if you get too close to where you came from,

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it gets ugly.

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So like, you can't feed cows their own brains

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or you get mad cow disease,

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and inbreeding and incest

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and, let's see,

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what's the other one?

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Biological -- there's autoimmune diseases,

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where the body attacks itself

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a little too overzealously

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and destroys the host,

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or the person.

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And then -- okay, this is where we get to the song --

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kind of bridges the gap to the emotional.

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Because although I've used scientific terms

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in songs,

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it's very difficult sometimes to make them lyrical.

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And there's some things

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you just don't need to have in songs.

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So I'm trying to bridge this gap

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between this idea and this melody.

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And so, I don't know if you've ever had this,

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but when I close my eyes sometimes

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and try to sleep,

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I can't stop thinking about my own eyes.

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And it's like your eyes

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start straining to see themselves.

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That's what it feels like to me.

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It's not pleasant.

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I'm sorry if I put that idea in your head.

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(Laughter)

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It's impossible, of course, for your eyes to see themselves,

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but they seem to be trying.

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So that's getting a little more closer to a personal experience.

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Or ears being able to hear themselves --

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it's just impossible.

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That's the thing.

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So, I've been working on this song

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that mentions these things

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and then also imagines

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a person who's been so successful

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at defending themselves from heartbreak

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that they're left to do the deed themselves,

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if that's possible.

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And that's what the song is asking.

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All right.

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It doesn't have a name yet.

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♫ Go ahead and congratulate yourself ♫

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♫ Give yourself a hand, the hand is your hand ♫

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♫ And the eye that eyes itself is your eye ♫

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♫ And the ear that hears itself is near ♫

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♫ 'Cause it's your ear, oh oh ♫

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♫ You've done the impossible now ♫

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♫ Took yourself apart ♫

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♫ You made yourself invulnerable ♫

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♫ No one can break your heart ♫

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♫ So you wear it out ♫

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♫ And you wring it out ♫

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♫ And you wear it out ♫

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♫ And you break it yourself ♫

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♫ Breaking your own, break it yourself ♫

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♫ Breaking your own, break it yourself ♫

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♫ Breaking your own ♫

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Thanks.

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All right.

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It's kind of cool. Songwriters can sort of get away with murder.

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You can throw out crazy theories

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and not have to back it up with data

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or graphs or research.

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But, you know, I think reckless curiosity

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would be what the world needs now,

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just a little bit.

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I'm going to finish up with a song of mine

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called "Weather Systems."

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♫ Quiet ♫

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♫ Quiet down, she said ♫

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♫ Speak into the back of his head ♫

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♫ On the edge of the bed, I can see your blood flow ♫

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♫ I can see your ♫

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♫ cells grow ♫

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♫ Hold still awhile ♫

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♫ Don't spill the wine ♫

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♫ I can see it all from here ♫

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♫ I can see ♫

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♫ oh, I ♫

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♫ I can see ♫

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♫ weather systems ♫

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♫ of the world ♫

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♫ Weather systems ♫

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♫ of the world ♫

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♫ Some things you say ♫

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♫ are not for sale ♫

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♫ I would hold it where ♫

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♫ our free agents of some substance are ♫

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♫ scared ♫

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♫ Hold still a while ♫

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♫ Don't spill the wine ♫

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♫ I can see it all from here ♫

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♫ I can see ♫

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♫ oh, I ♫

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♫ I can see ♫

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♫ weather systems of the world ♫

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♫ Weather systems ♫

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♫ of the world ♫

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Thanks.

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