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Hyperbole

by Wilko Wilkes

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Hyperbole is the fun result of making a metal tune with my old pal Connor and taking lyrics suggestions on social media, being lumbered with all the most difficult words people could think of.

I've always loved metal and have wanted to make something like this for a long time, but I didn't have the technical skill in music production, and also wasn't able to record guitars directly into my DAW. Now I have navigated these two more challenges I'm delighted with the final result and the progression I am seeing.

I love a challenge and very much enjoyed putting the lyrics together under the theme of making hyperbolic claims.

lyrics

Yeah
Alright
Wilko Wilkes
J O’C

I learned Latin in a day and I invented picnics
Won a platinum medal in tiddlywinks at the Olympics
I’m the psychedelic game that you see on your shelf
I was forged in flames by the devil himself
I’m an anachronism like an Egyptian electrician
Spent ninety years in high security prison
Broke out, moved house, what a blooming kerfuffle
Now I squeal like a seal when I’m sniffing for truffle
I’ve got a higher IQ than Stephen Fry
I got 222 and made him leave QI
At night when I’m sleeping I’m making a chicken pie
With a watermelon crust and an octopus inside
A bit of taramasalata then it’s glazed and barbecued
The billionth recipe that I’ve misconstrued
I had a bloviating dialogue with Brigglyboo
He said my stories have a semblance of some verisimilitude

Yeah
Hyperbole
You’ve never heard of me
You can’t turn on me
So just turn to me for hyperbole
You can’t besmirch me,
You’re absurd to me,
You’ve never heard of me
You’re gonna murder me with hyperbo-
Leeeeeeeeee

Magic in the mouth and melancholic in the head
Imagination and pronouncing were the comics that I read
Encyclopedia Brittanica from front to back
The National Trust found out and they gave me a blue plaque
I’m your marra from town, the jewel in the crown
I put the ‘umble into mumble I’m the flower on a clown
The world’s my stage and I’m dishing out verbal
Breaking out of my cage like I’m a six foot gerbil
I’ve lost 80 stone, I’m losing my belly next
Won a million pounds at Bamboozle on Teletext
I’m hip hop, pop, rock, metal and indie
I’m running from combustion cos I know it’s within me
Had to lock in my legacy before it was too late
In a real ruddy radical twist of fate
I tried to alienate the world and got ubiquitous envy
Stopped the Notre Dame from burning
And I’ve still got the smell on me

Yeah
Hyperbole
You never heard of me
Well I’ve been turning green
While I’m learning Greek in a burning tree
You can’t besmirch me
You never heard of me
But I’ve been churning mead
Like The Virgin Queen since the age of three

Cos Fatima Whitbread’s got nothing on me

Oh yeah
Hyperbole
You’ve never heard of me
Oh yeah
You can’t turn on me so just turn to me for hyperbole
That’s right
You can’t besmirch me
You’re absurd to me
Oh yeah
You’ve never heard of me
You’re gonna murder me with hyperbo

credits

released October 14, 2023
Written, produced, mixed and mastered by Wilko Wilkes
Guitars by James O'Connor

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Wilko Wilkes is an alternative rapper, writer, lyricist, singer, MC & storyteller from West Yorkshire, UK.

From a musical background, he takes inspiration from a wide variety of genres and styles, resulting in an alternative style of rap music which is truly unique.

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