Love Minus 80, by Bunny X (2024)

1.

I sense you calling out softly Out there in the darkness I know you’re runningback to meAnd it’s all coming down againThat familiar feeling whenJust like a long lost old friendIs on their way home Let’s take the milky way down Long past these broken sidewalksLet’s run into the nightI don’t care to return And once I find you We’ll build an empire Together we’ll make it workWe’ll build an empire Love is an empireLove is an empireAh ah ahLove is an empire Just like a forgotten dreamNothing seemed clear to me But now you’re coming Back into viewWe could get on the highway Race onto the interstate We’ll chase the feeling down And see where it goes And once I find you We’ll build an empire Together we’ll make it workWe’ll build an empire Love is an empireLove is an empireAh ah ahLove is an empire (Empire…)Love is an empire Empire…)Love is an empire

2.

You can let them come to meI’ll control your fearThis time you can count on meWhen the war is nearI’ll protect you through the centuries I swore I wouldJust hold me in your memories We’ll keep them good We’ll keep them good We’ve traveled so many lifetimes That home means nothing anymoreBut our sun hasn't set yet - it’s not too lateMeet me at the 5th planet out from MizarI don’t care how long it takes I don’t care how long it takes You can let them come to meI’ll control your fearThis time you can count on meWhen the war is nearI’ll protect you through the centuries I swore I would Just hold me in your memories We’ll keep them good We’ll keep them good In your eyes I’m forever frozen in the past But with time dilation We can find a way to make it lastIn your eyes I’m forever frozen in the past But with time dilation We can find a way to make it lastOh make it last

3.

You weren’t what I was expectingEven a little bitAnd when I first met you, you drove me crazyHow did we end up here like this Everyone was after me, including you But I see now you were only trying to help You knew the bridge was coming downBut we could break away I think we shouldLet’s get outta this placeI know we could Rush back to the interstateBefore the getting’s goodTomorrow is another dayWant it to be with you And all the years of running Didn’t get me anywhere I just end up coming back to you again Just when the world’s gone up in fire But we could break away I think we shouldLet’s get outta this placeI know we could Rush back to the interstateBefore the getting’s goodTomorrow is another dayWant it to be with you Want it to be with you Want it to be with you

4.

So your mind is swimming and I know you’re thinkingYou’re so tired of the way things seem to goWell I have something to say And I hope that you will listen There’s just a little thing you ought to know Your love is like a dreamDaydreamingWhen I think of you and meIt’s like I’m daydreaming Your love is like a dreamDaydreamingWhen I think of you and meIt’s like I’m daydreaming When I see you running All night into the morning Thinking that you gotta get through it all aloneWell I’ve been calling your nameWishing you would let me inCuz there’s a hole in my heart everytime you goIt’s just like a dreamWhen I think of you and meYour love is like a dreamDaydreamingWhen I think of you and meIt’s like I’m daydreaming When we’re all alone I can’t hide this feelingYour love is like a dreamDaydreamingYour love is like a dreamYour love is like a dreamYour love is like a dreamYour love is like a dream

5.

Tried so hard to keep you close But it looks we failedFloating blind in the darknessAnd just falling without end 10 long years since you’ve been home Beheld the face of a friendBut I will never give upAnd when I get you back I won’t Won’t let them take you away againOh noWon’t let them take you awayYou’ll always run free my friendNo I won’t Won’t let them take you awayClose your eyes and count to zeroAnd you’ll see my faceYes I know you’ve been waiting In the darkest place But I swear I won’t Won’t let them take you away againOh noWon’t let them take you awayYou’ll always run free my friendNo I won’t Won’t let them take you awayYou fought so hard Now I need to bring you home Lost in a world A galaxy that’s still unknownI’ll pay any pricePromise I won’t let you goWon’t fall for the lieI swear this time we’re getting closeWon’t let them take you away again(You fought so hard Now I need to bring you home) Oh noWon’t let them take you away(Lost in a world A galaxy that’s still unknown)You’ll always run free my friend(I’ll pay any pricePromise I won’t let you go)No I won’t Won’t let them take you away(Won’t fall for the lieI swear this time we’re getting close)

6.

When we would walk in the silver haze Was it all make believe Was there truth in the lies you told me Just give me something, more than nothing to believe in tonight I can’t feel one thing, no not one thing, not a thing at allJust give me something to rely on Just give me something to rely on Just give me something, more than nothing to believe in tonight I can’t feel one thing, no not one thing, not a thing at allJust give me something to rely on You could put your trust in me Just give me something to rely on I’ll give you what you need I need something to rely on Something to rely on I can’t remember the last time You’d give what you’d take All the dreams you denied Take me to a twisted placeJust give me something, more than nothing to believe in tonight I can’t feel one thing, no not one thing, not a thing at allJust give me something to rely on You could put your trust in me Just give me something to rely on I’ll give you what you need I need something to rely on Something to rely on

7.

You said we’d be fineAnd I believed youJust make up your mindPlease help me get through Never said it’d be easyWe must not forgetThat it’s a timeless experiment Never-ending romance Every time you’re awaySeconds go on for daysJust give me one last chancePromise I can bring you back Oh I’d bend time just to have you nearHere in my armsI know you’re waiting patientlyPromise I will set you free Even if it takes a hundred yearsTo see you againIt’s been such a long timeSince I’ve seen you Laying there in the iceYou were so confusedLiving life deep in shadowTrying to pay my debtCuz it’s a timeless experiment Never-ending romance I don’t care what they sayI know I’ll find a wayJust give me one last chancePromise I can bring you back Oh I’d bend time just to have you nearHere in my armsI know you’re waiting patientlyPromise I will set you free Even if it takes a hundred yearsTo see you again

8.

Back in the early days When my heart was on fire It was a sweet escape But as time drifted onYou grew so cold, so cold and I Can’t hang on much longerIt’s good love gone bad It’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone badStill think of you now and thenOn warm nights like thisWe were such good friends But with barely a wordYou turned the sky so black and weCan’t go any further It’s good love gone bad It’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone baduh huh I spent all night dreaming of youuh huh I spent all night dreaming of youuh huh I spent all night dreaming of youMmm hmmI spent all night dreaming of youIt’s good love gone bad It’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone badIt’s good love gone bad(Thought I knew youThought I knew youBut after I’ve won this war I’ll still be your fool)

9.

Oooooh HmmmmmmmWhen the hustle’s got you downYou know I’ll come aroundUh huhOoh Chiba City bluesWhen the hustle’s got you downBut you’ve learned so well from your mistakesOoh Night City’s calling youGet jacked into the ice and let’s seeIf you’ve got what it takes Ooh Chiba City bluesOooooh AhhhhWhen the hustle’s got you downYou know I’ll come aroundUh huhOoh Chiba City bluesWhen the hustle’s got you downBut you’ve learned so well from your mistakesOoh Night City’s calling youGet jacked into the ice and let’s seeIf you’ve got what it takes

Bunny X, based in New York City, are inspired by the music, film and culture of the 1980s. In contrast to their 80s retropop-leaning and John Hughes’ inspired debut album, Young & In Love, released in October 2021 with Aztec Records, their sophom*ore record, Love Minus 80, explores a darker and more introspective side of Bunny X. Love Minus 80 is a concept-driven collection of songs that were inspired by a number of science fiction/fantasy novels, films and television shows, many of which were published or released in the 1970s and 1980s.

On Love Minus 80, Bunny X has again collaborated with synthwave genre heavyweights SelloRekt / LA Dreams on two tracks - “Chiba City Blues” and “Breaking Away (Song for Chevette & Rydell) - and with Don Dellpiero on “Love is an Empire.” Bunny X has also joined forces with fellow labelmates Thought Beings on the title track “Love Minus 80.” And, after the successful collaboration on their debut album, Bunny X has reunited with NYC-based Billboard #1 charting producer Gosteffects on Love Minus 80.

Bunny X has long had a passionate interest in and affinity for the sci-fi/fantasy genre and, following the success of their retrowave track “Unknown Places,” about an interstellar romance, released independently in 2018, they decided to delve deeper into similar territory on Love Minus 80.

released May 26, 2023

Written by A. Gordon, J. Bourke, K. Montgomery, D. Petterson
Produced by Gosteffects, Bunny X, SelloRekt/LA Dreams & Don Dellpiero
Artwork by Poul Norton
Photography by Andrea C. Netherwood
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