Artwork for Binary Emotions — Lise SterlingTrack 11

Lise Sterling · VIRTUAL ARTIST

Expiration Date

Binary Emotions · 3:42 · Electronic

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WITHIN THE ALBUM

Feelings that refuse the instructions.

Binary Emotions imagines an inner life described in the language of everyday technology and commerce. Weather Report for My Heart, Assembly Instructions, and Return Policy become labels for a world where we sometimes wish we knew how a feeling works.

Lise, the label’s virtual character, explores the gap between these instruction manuals and what escapes them. Muscle Memory, Midnight Math, and Constellation Prize suggest other ways of counting, remembering, and staying close. This chapter prepares the ground for the traces and absences of Phantom Signals.

Weather Report for My Heart opens the album. Continue in order to explore the fourteen objects of this imaginary diary.

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Original lyrics

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You came with a warning label I ignored
"Best before" was written on your heart
I thought love could beat the odds
But everything falls apart
Milk goes sour, bread gets stale
Even diamonds lose their shine
Should've known you had an expiration date
Just like mine

Expiration date, expiration date
Some things aren't meant to last
Check the label on your love
Before you eat too fast
Expiration date, expiration date
Now I'm throwing you away
Should've read the fine print
On your heart that day

Found you clearance in the bargain bin
Marked down for quick sale
Half-price romance, damaged goods
But I bought the fairy tale
Now you're sitting in my fridge
Growing mold and turning green
Lesson learned about love on discount
It's never what it seems

Expiration date, expiration date
Some things aren't meant to last
Check the label on your love
Before you eat too fast
Expiration date, expiration date
Now I'm throwing you away
Should've read the fine print
On your heart that day

Next time I'm shopping for a heart
I'll check the sell-by date
Won't fall for pretty packaging
When the inside's second-rate

Expiration date, expiration date
I've learned to read the signs
Fresh love only from now on
No more past-their-prime
Expiration date, expiration date
I'm done with love that's stale
Time to find someone organic
Who will never fail

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