My father and and my mother 
They never had a son 
A dummy on display instead 
For Christmas parties and whatnot 

They loved me as such, this I can tell
But everything else about me was lies 
On the very top of the shit cherry tart 
That I’ll bake for grandchildren 
I’m afraid I’ll never have 

And then you go out there 
It’s hard to survive 
Even harder still to keep a straight walk 
And believe in yourself 
When there’s nothing straight about you 
When there’s nothing straight about you 
Nothing straight about you 
Straight about you 

Your best friend’s gone 
And then two more 
It’s not the tumor, it’s just the way it goes 
And you’re still on 
In this old-fashioned tv show 
Struggling through 
But everybody’s in their iPhones 
And me too 

And then you go out there 
It’s hard to survive 
Even harder still to keep a straight walk 
And believe in yourself 
When there’s nothing straight about you 
When there’s nothing straight about you 
Nothing straight about you 
Straight about you

Bogolepov – ‘Nothing Straight’ (listen/buy here)

Release date: 21.12.2021

Label: Chariot Music

Performed by:

Gene Bogolepov – vocals, synths, programming, percussion

Written by Gene Bogolepov (music & lyrics)

Produced, mixed & mastered by Gene Bogolepov at ​​Ensō Studios (Berlin, 2021)

Cover photo – Melancholia Graphic

Design – Daniil Vasilyev 

Video credits:

Bogolepov – music, concept, production

Elia Felisati – production, lights, set design

Alice Ferrara – production, camera, set design

Scout Hansen – titles

Vladyhell – make-up

Melancholia Graphic = Inspiration

©(r) 2021 Chariot Music / Gennadii Bogolepov