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This one requires a slightly less comfortable kind of nostalgia. The original anthem treated making something at all as almost interchangeable with making something good, wrapped bedroom production in unconditional encouragement, and skipped the part where leaving that bedroom can hurt. Render_Anyway.mcor kept the permission to finish imperfect work, but eventually learned the harder half of the lesson: criticism matters, growth stings, and some early renders really are bad. Render it anyway. Then listen to what happened.<br>The 2018 Archives: Old masters, questionable masters, and several ideas that somehow survived both. Archival criticism is permitted; dancing remains mandatory.
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Lyrics – “Render It Anyway”
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One mic on the desk, one sock on the floor Pizza box tower, still making you more Cable like spaghetti, mouse in a tangle You hit that wrong note and smile at the scramble Half-baked idea, full-throttle heart You don't need perfect, you just need to start If it shakes, let it shake If it cracks, let it crack Turn the knob up, baby, don't look back Hands in the air from your little room One more wild try and the whole thing blooms Render it anyway Render it anyway Clumsy and loud But you made it stay Render it anyway Render it anyway Messy is magic When it finds its way Render it anyway Render it anyway Render it anyway Late night glow on the wall, coffee gone cold You keep every rough edge like a story untold Offbeat clap in the take, laugh when it lands wrong That's how the brave ones turn chaos to song Neighbors can hear it, let them hear through Big dreams fit best in a room made for you If it shakes, let it shake If it cracks, let it crack Turn the knob up, baby, don't look back Hands in the air from your little room One more wild try and the whole thing blooms Render it anyway Render it anyway Clumsy and loud But you made it stay Render it anyway Render it anyway Messy is magic When it finds its way Render it anyway Render it anyway Render it anyway Hey, if the timing slips, if the take runs hot You're still the one who gave it a shot No need to hide what your hands can do The rough little truth is the best of you Render it anyway Render it anyway Clumsy and loud But you made it stay Render it anyway Render it anyway Messy is magic When it finds its way Render it anyway Render it anyway Render it anyway Yeah, render it anyway