SolWave Vol. XIX - R E T R O W A V E II VISUALS

A spoken-word collage mixing 80s and 90s pop samples with original verses about love, homelessness, and paranoia. Characters like Rio drift through scenes of urban longing and dance-floor energy, building a fragmented emotional landscape that matches the retrowave visuals.
Chapters
It's real to me. There must be someone who's feeling for me. Holding behind what could be. Bring me a higher love. Bring me a higher love. Bring me a higher love. What's that? Higher love. I'm keeping it below. Bring me a higher love. Bring me a higher love. She calls out to the man on the street, sir, can you help me? It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep. There's somewhere you can tell me. He walks on, doesn't look back. He pretends he can't hear her. Starts to whistle as he crosses the street. Seems embarrassed to be there. Oh, think twice, 'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise. Oh, think twice. Cuz it's another day for you, you and me in paradise. Think about it. She calls out to the man on the street. He can see she's been She's got blisters on the soles of her feet. She can't walk, but she's trying. Oh, think twice, 'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise. Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in paradise. They didn't need to fight it out, not wild about it. Spare your seedy judgments. Who says that part of our lives? You want the money, you control the witness. I'll leave you lonely, don't mug you into business. You pay the prophets to justify your reasons. I heard you promise, but I don't believe it. That's why there is Grand notorious slam back! And who really gives a damn what Blakey Bandit did? Don't ask me to plead about it. I need this blood to survive. You own the money, you control the witness. I'll leave you lonely, I don't monkey with your business. Get down on it! Get down on it! How you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance? By standing on the wall. Get your back up off the wall. Tell me— how you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance by standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall. I heard all the people saying get down on it. Come on then, get down on it if you really want it. You gotta feel it. Get down on it. Get down on it. Get down on it. Come on in. Get down on it. Baby, baby. Get down on it. Get on it. Get down on it. I say, people. What? What you gonna do? You gotta get on the groove. If you want your body to move. Tell me, baby. How you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance? By standing on the wall. Get your back up off the wall. Tell me how you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance? By standing on the wall? Get your back up off, 'cause I heard all the people sayin', get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it when you're dancin'. Get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, get down on it, come on then, get down on it, baby, baby. Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby. Tell me your troubles and doubts. Give everything inside and out. Love is strange, surreal in the dark. Think of the tender things that we were working on. Slow change may pull us apart. Wanna let get in your heart, baby. Don't you forget about me. Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't you forget about me. Will you stand above me? Look my way? Will you ever love me? Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling down, down, down. Will you recognize me? Call my name or walk on by. Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling down, down, down, down. Hello! In my arms, words are very unnecessary. They can only do harm. Whatever wanted, whatever needed is here in my arms. Words are very unnecessary, they can only do one. Way too hard. Let's dance to the song they're playing on the radio. Let's sway while color lights up your face. Let's sway, sway through the crowd to a lift his face. If you say run, I'll run with you. If you say hide, we'll hide. Because my love for you would break my heart in two. If you should fall into my arms, tremble like a I'll run with you, and if you say hide, we'll hide. Because my love for you would break my heart into— if you should fall into my arms and tremble like a flower. Oh! Oh-oh-oh! Reaching out for something to hold looking for love when the climate is cold mighty moves drowsy dreams living in the middle between the two extremes smoking guns hot to the touch would cool down if we— I did use them so much, yeah. We're so alone, and so really matters to you too much. You're out of touch, I'm out of time, but I'm out of my head when you're not around. You're out of touch, I'm out of time, but I'm out of my head when you're not around. Oh! Oh! Oh! You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you. I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new. Now 5 years later on, you've got the world at your feet. Success has been so easy for you. But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now, and I can put you back down too. Don't, don't you want me? You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me. Don't, don't you want me? You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me. It's much too late to find. If you think you've changed your mind, you'd better change it back or we'll You will both be sorry. Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me? Oh, don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me? Oh, I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, that much is true. But even then I knew I'd find a much better place, either with a without you. The 5 years we've had have been such good times. I still love you, but now I think it's time I live my life on my own. I guess it's just what I must do. Don't, don't you want me? You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me go. Don't you want me? You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me. It's the shoelace to find. You think you've changed your mind? You better change it back or we will both be sorry. Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me? Oh, don't you want me, baby? of you. You know it's true. There's one thing, yes, one thing that turns this gray sky to blue. It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. When your girl has left you out on the Pavement. When your dreams fall apart at the seams, your reason for living's your reason for living. Don't ask me what it means. I don't know the answer to that question. If I knew, I would tell you. What's the look? Look for your information. There's one thing, the one thing that still holds true. What's that? It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. It's the look, it's the look, the look of love. If you judge a book by the COVID then you judge the look by the lover. Pump up the jam, pump it up. While your feet are stomping and the jam is pumping, look ahead, the crowd is jumping. Pump it up a little more, get the party going on the dance floor. See, 'cause that's where the party's at, and you'll find out if you do that. Aua! A place to chill. Stay, get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day. Oh, a place to stay, get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day, make my day, make my day, make my day, make my day. Yo, bump up the jam, bump it up while your feet are stomping And the jam is pumping. Look ahead, the crowd are jumping. Pump it up a little more. Get the party going on the dance floor. See, 'cause that's where the party's at, and you'll find out if you do that. Oh, what a place to stay. Get your booty on the floor tonight. You're making my day. Oh, what a place to stay. Get your booty on the floor tonight. Make my day! Make my day! Make ma— make ma— make— make my day! Make my daaayyuhh... Make my day! Make my— make my— make— make my day! Yo bump up the jam pump it up I pump it up yo Bump It Pump Up The Jam pump it up I pump it up yoh Bump It Pump Up Da Jam! Pump it up! I pump it up! Yo, bump it, pump up the jam! Bump it, pump it, pump it, pump it! Yeah! Pump up the jam! I pump up the jam! Pump up the jam! Pump it— Pump it up! Bump it bump it pump it bump— Up The Jam! Pomp-up-the-jam-pum-up-the-jam-bump-it-bump-it-pump-it-bump-it-pump! Pump it up while your feet are thumping and the jam is bumping. Look at it, the crowd is jumping. Pump it up a little more, get the party going on the dance floor. See, 'cause that's where the party's at and you'll find out if you do that. Aua! A place to stay. Get your booty on the floor tonight. Make my day. Aua! A place to stay. I just died in your arms tonight. I keep looking for something I can't get. Broken hearts are all around me, and I don't see an easy way to get Daddy sits by the bedside table, curtains closed, the cat's in a cradle. Who would have thought that a boy like me— I'm dying in your arms tonight. Most of I just died in your arms tonight. I just died in your arms tonight. Most of it's so kind of cute. I should have walked away. I should have walked away. Still found. It's no final mistake. She's loving by proxy. No give and all take. Desire fulfilled. A fantasy. One too many times. Oh, why, why? I can die in your arms tonight. You must have built something to stay. I can die in your arms tonight. Everybody wants you. Everybody wants your love. I'd just like to make you mine, all mine. Now, baby, give it up, give it up. Baby, give it up. I'm just an average man with an average life. I work from 9 to 5. Hey, hell, I pay the price. All I want is to be left alone in my average home. But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone? I always feel like somebody's watching me, and I have no privacy. Oh, I always I feel like somebody's watching me. Tell me, is it just a dream? When I come home at night, I lock the door real tight. People call me on the phone I'm trying to avoid. But can the people on TV see me, or am I just paranoid? When I'm in the shower, I'm afraid to wash my hair, 'cause I might open my eyes and find I'm the one standing there. People say I'm crazy, just a little touched, but maybe showers remind me of Psycho. That's why I always feel like somebody's watching me and I have no privacy. Oh, I always feel like somebody's watching me. Who's playing tricks on me? I don't know anymore. Are the neighbors watching me? Well, is the mailman watching me? And I don't feel safe anymore. Oh, what a mess. I wonder who's watching me now. Who? The IRS? I always feel like somebody's watching me, and I have no privacy. I always feel like somebody's watching me. Tell me, is it just a dream? I always feel like somebody's watching me and I have no privacy. I always feel like somebody's watching me. Who's playing tricks on me? I always feel Baby, I do admire her, and I just can't get enough. I just can't get enough. All the things she do to me and everything you said, I just can't get enough. I just can't get enough. We slip and slide and we fall in love, and I just can't seem to get enough. It's getting hotter, it's a burning love, and I just can't seem to get enough. I just can't seem to get enough. I said besides of you, I know no one else will do. And I, I've got to have my way now, baby. All I know is that's me. You look like you're having fun. Open up your loving arms. Watch out, here I come. You spin me right round, baby, right round like a record, baby, right round, round, round. You spin me right I want to love. To take everything she sees. And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her. She seems to have an invisible touch. She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart. She seems to have an invisible touch. It takes control and slowly tears you apart. Well, I don't really know how I only know her name, but she crawls under your skin. Can never quite say. And now I know she's got something you just can't trust, but it's something mysterious. And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her. She seems Invisible touch, she reaches in and grabs by holding your heart. She seems to have an invisible touch, it takes control. Storytells you apart, but she don't like losing. To her, it's still a game. And though she will mess up your life, you want her just the same. And now I know she has a built-in ability to take everything she sees. And now it seems I've fallen, fallen for her. She seems to have an invisible touch. She reaches in and finds what's holding your heart. She seems to have an invisible A bird of paradise. Cherry ice cream smile, I suppose it's very nice. With a step to the left and a flick to the right, you catch that mirror way out west. You know you're something special and you look like you're the best. <LYRICS>Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand. Just like that river twisting through dusty land. And when she shines, she really shows you all she can. Oh Rio, Rio, dance across the Rio Grande.</LYRICS> It means so much to me, like a birthday or a pretty view. But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you. Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand. Just like that river twisting through dusty land. And when she shines, she really shows you all she can. Oreo, Oreo dancer, cross the Rio Grande. It's hip to be square! So hip to be square! Turn up for it! Hip-hip-hooray everywhere! Hip-hip— so hip to be square! Hip-hip-hooray everywhere! I dream... With tears in my eyes... We drink, we drink, we drink to forget the common stuff. We love to the sound of our favorite song over and over. Dancing with tears in my eyes, believing I remember










