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Jam Mechanics · Apr 28, 2025 · 33 min

S3E6: That's Petty Theft!

On the 6th episode of season 3, Matt and Bug talk Hydras and Heists with two new songs to jam to on your Monday morning Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "Love Song to a Body Part" ----Bug's Song----- Title: The Hydra Additional Challenge: Rule of 3 Lyrics: I admit I was pissed when you chopped off my head and Hercules, you looked pleased (or rather relieved?) that I was dead but from the stump of my neck I grew two more (I swear this has never happened before) but I'm back and better off than I was then (and now they're singing) Do you think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen? Or was he surprised as everyone of us? Decapitate me once, shame on you, that ain't enough Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up? The first dozen times were the hardest but now I believe before this battle started I was hopelessly naive but now this one's a fighter, and this one's a biter and that one's determined, and this one knows German and one knows Karate, we call that one "choppy" but don't talk to this one 'till he's had his coffee we're offering all of these skills you can chop off our heads but you can never kill we'll just get bigger and better and stronger together I've tethered the best parts of me so now whether You think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen or if he's surprised as everyone of us Decapitate me twice, shame on you, it's still not nice Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up? Now Hercules is screaming: "this is not how this one goes" but you've mixed up mythology for history, my foe cause history is what happened, mythology is imagined now I'm rewriting this myself to be the hero of this battle Hercules, your turn to leave your trial subscription to life is complete I've got many mouths to feed so I'll start with non-believers cuz I think I always knew that this would happen That I'd surprise the world with what I've got Decapitate me thrice, I can do this all damn night I think I always knew I'd get back up I think I always knew I'd get back up ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Central Occipital Nervousness Additional Challenge: Must be a CON song Lyrics: i know you i know you're my oldest friend before we learned how to talk there we were, lying there hand in hand i know you're trying to help i know you're trying but there ain't no helping me i know you're trying but sometimes the trying just causes more pain that it needs i know this We've done this a million times It was our first party trick Everyone Come watch me Flip my shit This baby can turn on a dime i know you're trying to help i know you're trying but there ain't no helping me i know you're trying but sometimes the trying just causes more pain that it needs And the worst part is that I agree This world is frightening thing But I'm going outside To see what I'll find And you can come with if you like

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On the 6th episode of season 3, Matt and Bug talk Hydras and Heists with two new songs to jam to on your Monday morning


Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode.

Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!

If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!

Our Music:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!

Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!


-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --

Prompt: "Love Song to a Body Part"

----Bug's Song-----

Title: The Hydra

Additional Challenge: Rule of 3

Lyrics:

 I admit I was pissed when you chopped off my head

and Hercules, you looked pleased (or rather relieved?) that I was dead

but from the stump of my neck I grew two more

(I swear this has never happened before)

but I'm back and better off than I was then

(and now they're singing)


Do you think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen?

Or was he surprised as everyone of us?

Decapitate me once, shame on you, that ain't enough

Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?


The first dozen times were the hardest but now I believe

before this battle started I was hopelessly naive

but now this one's a fighter, and this one's a biter

and that one's determined, and this one knows German

and one knows Karate, we call that one "choppy"

but don't talk to this one 'till he's had his coffee

we're offering all of these skills

you can chop off our heads but you can never kill

we'll just get bigger and better and stronger together

I've tethered the best parts of me so now whether


You think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen

or if he's surprised as everyone of us

Decapitate me twice, shame on you, it's still not nice

Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?


Now Hercules is screaming: "this is not how this one goes"

but you've mixed up mythology for history, my foe

cause history is what happened, mythology is imagined

now I'm rewriting this myself to be the hero of this battle

Hercules, your turn to leave

your trial subscription to life is complete

I've got many mouths to feed so I'll start with non-believers


cuz I think I always knew that this would happen

That I'd surprise the world with what I've got

Decapitate me thrice, I can do this all damn night

I think I always knew I'd get back up


I think I always knew I'd get back up



---- Matt's Song -----

Title: Central Occipital Nervousness

Additional Challenge: Must be a CON song

Lyrics:

i know you

i know you're my oldest friend

before we learned how to talk

there we were, lying there

hand in hand


i know you're trying to help

i know you're trying but

there ain't no helping me

i know you're trying but

sometimes the trying just

causes more pain that it needs


i know this

We've done this a million times

It was our first party trick

Everyone

Come watch me

Flip my shit

This baby can turn on a dime


i know you're trying to help

i know you're trying but

there ain't no helping me

i know you're trying but

sometimes the trying just

causes more pain that it needs

And the worst part is that I agree

This world is frightening thing

But I'm going outside

To see what I'll find

And you can come with if you like

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