They found The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. It's a song titled "Subways of Your Mind" by the German band FEX from one of their old tapes (thank goodness it's not from a porno flick like this year's other big lostwave find). All the evidence finally lines up, we got confirmation from the band themselves, and everything just feels right.
Man, hearing it in high quality almost makes me cry. I've been holding onto my low-quality radio rips for so long that it feels uncanny to actually be able to make out the lyrics. Keep in mind, this is the end of a five-year search for the song involving possibly hundreds of dead leads, including an elaborate hoax by a real 80s German pop band to take credit, and one person claiming to have written it while being subjected to psychological torture in the MKUltra project. Having closure on this is beautiful.
And it's, forgive the language, a damn good song, too. Absolute bop with an oddly haunting melody. I can't deny that the hazy lo-fi radio recording brought out a unique vibe that possibly makes it the superior version, but to hear it like this...it just fills my soul. I love it so much.
It's almost enough to make me forget about tomorrow and what could be coming.
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