Digital Program
Original music inspired by Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle
presents
Original Music Inspired by
Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown
May 9, 2026
at Hugo House
Hosted by Drea Marilyn
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Featuring Musical Performances from
(Click name for primary link, * = first Bushwick appearance, ^ = lyrics included below)
Rights to all song lyrics ©/℗ the individual artists, reprinted here with permission
Tara Chugh
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Lauren Fernandez^
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Jess Pillay
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Char Easter*^
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Brittany Danielle
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Trash Panda Go Kart*
Instagram Bandcamp
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Original music inspired by
Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown
PERFORMER-PROVIDED LYRICS
Rights to all song lyrics ©/℗ the individual artists, reprinted here—exactly as submitted—with permission
Standing in the back of the room
Watching you shine from afar
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The light cant help but follow
So I’ll be waiting in the dark
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You’ve watched me die
A thousand times
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So I’ll put on my clothes
They’re brand new
Hoping I’ll get real close
To being you
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I’m reborn
Into another life
And I’ll try
To make it out this time
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Now the light caresses my face
Somehow still feel out of place
Didnt think I’d take it this far
Just so I could win the part
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You’ve watched me die
Another time
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So I’ll put on my clothes
They’re brand new
Hoping I’ll get real close
To be with you
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I’m reborn
Into another life
And I’ll try
To make it up this time
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Touch me now
Touch me touch me
Touch me on your screen
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I am an imitation
Nothing you see is true
A digital simulation
Tell me what to do
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We will fade to white
In exploding light
Into the human void
A patten deployed
Into magic dust
The I is now Us
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I am erased
A server in space
Scrolling alone
In my comfort zone
Naomi Adele Smith
Kiss the Hamster Dog
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Silent henchman
Dragon lady
Climb my ladder to the sky
Bring anything you can pull through an eye
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Little brother
Sad mother
Blow yourselves out with a sigh
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Unshame the face
Erase the impression
Uncook the egg, send it home
Kiss the hamster dog as it dreams us
My castle is your palace, you’ll never be alone
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I will sell it to you for no money
Move you to stillness
When we run out of breath, I’ll build a bridge to the air
We’ll spend a hundred years in one moment
Teaching a star to read
Filling our cups with proof of the Every Bear
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Quiet shouter
Get you outta there
Cash your check and say goodbye
Or linger and die and die and die
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Unshame the face
Erase the impression
Uncook the egg, send it home
Kiss the hamster dog as it dreams us
My castle is your palace, you’ll never be alone
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I will sell it to you for no money
Drag you to freedom
When we run out of breath we’ll build a bridge to the air
We’ll make a thousand worlds from a lie
Nobody knows us there
No one to tell us not to even try
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