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Rosewood Drive

A real band from 1992, restored rather than reinvented

Rosewood Drive is different from everything else on this site, and worth calling out plainly: it's a real band, from the early '90s, and I was part of it, not an AI composition. The songs on 1992 come from an old demo tape, recorded by an actual group of guys making an actual, if questionable, racket. What AI did here was restoration and completion, not invention: working through each track piece by piece to get as close as possible to what we actually sounded like, filling in what time and a cheap tape deck had worn away. I like to imagine this is what we would have sounded like if we'd had a little more talent, or tried a little harder at the time. The four songs were always meant to cover the wide range of our “sound” (for as much as the noise we made could be fairly called that) because coming out of the late '80s was a genuinely diverse moment for music, and we apparently couldn't commit to just one direction.

Being in a band in your early twenties feels like a rite of passage for a certain kind of young man, and I'm not sure I've entirely grown out of it, which is probably as honest an explanation as any for why this whole AI music experiment exists in the first place.

EP: 1992

March 3, 2026 Spotify

The song-by-song notes below are readings of the lyrics rather than the confirmed history behind each one — close enough to go with, rather than documented fact.

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A song about someone who spent years holding a brave face together while quietly falling apart underneath it.

She told me that she'd remain But she's flown away over the years She's covered over now with pain Day to day with those tears How they lied But she still tried She has to keep it all inside No matter what it takes She's gonna be the very best Until the day she breaks Rebecca Rebecca So full of joy when she was small And she never had a care I should have known that she would fall I only wish I had been there [repeat chorus]

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A moody song about a relationship built on assumptions instead of understanding, with a nod to the old folk standard “Oh! Susanna” in its refrain.

Susie thinks she has the answers Susie thinks that she has me Susie takes it all for granted Susie is a mystery If she only had the answers If our love was meant to be If she really cared about it She would mean much more to me Oh, oh Susanna Oh, oh Susie thinks she can impress me Susie thinks she's got it made Susie tries up on my patience Susie is never afraid If she really could impress me If the path was never strayed If she really cared about it I would change the choice I made [repeat chorus] Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me That won't get me through the night Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me That won't get me That won't get me through the night [repeat verses/chorus]

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Desire as transformation, the werewolf myth as a stand-in for wanting someone so badly it feels like losing control of yourself.

Losing shape Losing memory Taking strength from the moon Shutting down Ripping through my body All I want is you All I want is you Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Whoa-oh-oh-oh Can't resist Never free See the face in the moon Now the wolf Taking over me All I want is you All I want is you [repeat]

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A plea for honesty in a relationship on shaky ground, giving someone one more chance to just be straight with you.

Give me one more chance And then you can go away I know what you're going to say [whispered echo] I know what you're going to say Until you come again A part of the hallucination I know what I ought to say I know what I ought to say Save yourself the chance Take what has been given you All that you can see is true All that you can see is true Save yourself again Get back to your destination All you have to be is true All you have to be is true Say true Say true Say true Say true [repeat]