CannaBusTeD — writer at a worn desk in red glasses, lighthouse and harbor receding behind him

Musician · Writer · Storyteller

welcome to

My Fake Life

Step inside a strange little world of music, masks, memory, humour and hurt. My Fake Life is a 23-track concept album built from songs, videos, lyrics, artwork — and the odd uncomfortable truth.

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My Fake Life — double album banner: two figures, worn wall, scattered lyric fragments and stage curtains

The Album

Every version of me, moving through the bruise.

My Fake Life is a record about being caught — by mirrors, by memory, by the quieter things that watch when no one is supposed to be watching. It moves between the accusation and the apology, the laugh and the wound, the easy way and the hard way, until the mask slips and what is left is the song.

Recorded between rooms. Mixed by candle. Mastered for the late hour.

Tracks: 23
Artist: CannaBusTeD
Era: 2026

Signal Routing

The Tracklist

listen close, the room is listening back

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My Fake Life
Track 01
Where I Fit
Track 02
Break The Silence
Track 03
I Would Never Say That
Track 04
Quiet The Cruel
Track 05
Everyone Is A Critic
Track 06
Artificial Insignificance
Track 07
Am I The Problem
Track 08
Every Version Of Me
Track 09
Everybody Has Nobody
Track 10
My Fake Life II
Track 11
The Hard Way
Track 12
Hold Them Loose
Track 13
The Easy Way
Track 14
Too Many Times
Track 15
When Memories Break Your Heart
Track 16
Self Respect
Track 17
I'm Only A Song
Track 18
Strange Little Things
Track 19
My Light
Track 20
Here's The Joke
Track 21
Thoughtism
Track 22
The Legacy
Track 23

My Fake Life — tracklist hallway: framed Side A/B/C/D listings on worn wallpaper — The Descent · The Release — Sides A / B / C / D

Watch The Videos

The Gallery

every cover is a doorway

Where I Fit — cover art — Track 02
Where I Fit

Break The Silence — cover art — Track 03
Break The Silence

I Would Never Say That — cover art — Track 04
I Would Never Say That

Quiet The Cruel — cover art — Track 05
Quiet The Cruel

Everyone Is A Critic — cover art — Track 06
Everyone Is A Critic

Artificial Insignificance — cover art — Track 07
Artificial Insignificance

Am I The Problem — cover art — Track 08
Am I The Problem

Every Version Of Me — cover art — Track 09
Every Version Of Me

Everybody Has Nobody — cover art — Track 10
Everybody Has Nobody

My Fake Life II — cover art — Track 11
My Fake Life II

The Hard Way — cover art — Track 12
The Hard Way

Hold Them Loose — cover art — Track 13
Hold Them Loose

The Easy Way — cover art — Track 14
The Easy Way

Too Many Times — cover art — Track 15
Too Many Times

When Memories Break Your Heart — cover art — Track 16
When Memories Break Your Heart

Self Respect — cover art — Track 17
Self Respect

I'm Only A Song — cover art — Track 18
I'm Only A Song

Strange Little Things — cover art — Track 19
Strange Little Things

My Light — cover art — Track 20
My Light

Here's The Joke — cover art — Track 21
Here's The Joke

Thoughtism — cover art — Track 22
Thoughtism

The Legacy — cover art — Track 23
The Legacy

Secret bus route link to The Voice by CannaBusTeD

Unmarked Stop

Take The Voice Route

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My Fake Life — inner sleeve: a figure at a worn vanity mirror surrounded by handwritten lyric fragments — Inner Sleeve — the room behind the mirror

Inside The Album

My Fake Lyrics

turn the pages — the room turns with you

My Fake Lyrics — My Fake Lyrics introduction — introduction · 02 / 50

My Fake Life — My Fake Lyrics page one — page one · 03 / 50

My Fake Life — My Fake Lyrics page two — continued — page two — continued · 04 / 50

Where I Fit — My Fake Lyrics page three — page three · 05 / 50

Where I Fit — My Fake Lyrics page four — continued — page four — continued · 06 / 50

Break The Silence — My Fake Lyrics page five — page five · 07 / 50

Break The Silence — My Fake Lyrics page six — continued — page six — continued · 08 / 50

I Would Never Say That — My Fake Lyrics page seven — page seven · 09 / 50

I Would Never Say That — My Fake Lyrics page eight — continued — page eight — continued · 10 / 50

Quiet The Cruel — My Fake Lyrics page nine — page nine · 11 / 50

Quiet The Cruel — My Fake Lyrics page ten — continued — page ten — continued · 12 / 50

Everyone Is a Critic — My Fake Lyrics page eleven — page eleven · 13 / 50

Everyone Is a Critic — My Fake Lyrics page twelve — continued — page twelve — continued · 14 / 50

Artificial Insignificance — My Fake Lyrics page thirteen — page thirteen · 15 / 50

Artificial Insignificance — My Fake Lyrics page fourteen — continued — page fourteen — continued · 16 / 50

Am I The Problem — My Fake Lyrics page fifteen — page fifteen · 17 / 50

Am I The Problem — My Fake Lyrics page sixteen — continued — page sixteen — continued · 18 / 50

Every Version Of Me — My Fake Lyrics page seventeen — page seventeen · 19 / 50

Every Version Of Me — My Fake Lyrics page eighteen — continued — page eighteen — continued · 20 / 50

Everybody Has Nobody — My Fake Lyrics page nineteen — page nineteen · 21 / 50

Everybody Has Nobody — My Fake Lyrics page twenty — page twenty · 22 / 50

My Fake Life II — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-one — page twenty-one · 23 / 50

My Fake Life II — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-two — continued — page twenty-two — continued · 24 / 50

The Hard Way — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-three — page twenty-three · 25 / 50

The Hard Way — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-four — continued — page twenty-four — continued · 26 / 50

The Hard Way — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-five — continued — page twenty-five — continued · 27 / 50

Hold Them Loose — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-six — page twenty-six · 28 / 50

The Easy Way — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-seven — page twenty-seven · 29 / 50

The Easy Way — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-eight — continued — page twenty-eight — continued · 30 / 50

Too Many Times — My Fake Lyrics page twenty-nine — page twenty-nine · 31 / 50

Too Many Times — My Fake Lyrics page thirty — continued — page thirty — continued · 32 / 50

When Memories Break Your Heart — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-one — page thirty-one · 33 / 50

When Memories Break Your Heart — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-two — continued — page thirty-two — continued · 34 / 50

Self Respect — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-three — page thirty-three · 35 / 50

Self Respect — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-four — continued — page thirty-four — continued · 36 / 50

I’m Only A Song — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-five — page thirty-five · 37 / 50

I’m Only A Song — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-six — continued — page thirty-six — continued · 38 / 50

Strange Little Things — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-seven — page thirty-seven · 39 / 50

Strange Little Things — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-eight — continued — page thirty-eight — continued · 40 / 50

My Light — My Fake Lyrics page thirty-nine — page thirty-nine · 41 / 50

My Light — My Fake Lyrics page forty — continued — page forty — continued · 42 / 50

Here’s The Joke — My Fake Lyrics page forty-one — page forty-one · 43 / 50

Here’s The Joke — My Fake Lyrics page forty-two — continued — page forty-two — continued · 44 / 50

Thoughtism — My Fake Lyrics page forty-three — page forty-three · 45 / 50

Thoughtism — My Fake Lyrics page forty-four — continued — page forty-four — continued · 46 / 50

The Legacy — My Fake Lyrics page forty-five — page forty-five · 47 / 50

The Legacy — My Fake Lyrics page forty-six — continued — page forty-six — continued · 48 / 50

Goodbye For Now — My Fake Lyrics page forty-seven — encore — page forty-seven — encore · 49 / 50

then… — My Fake Lyrics back cover — back cover · 50 / 50

A worn door, slightly ajar, warm light spilling from inside — The Door · 51 / 50

swipe / scroll sideways · more pages added as the album unfolds

CannaBusTeD inside a signal room of dials, lanterns, typewriters and maps

The Bus is now boarding

Songs, Stories, Signals.

CannaBusTeD writes from the edge of a room nobody else bothered to turn the lamp on in. The songs arrive the way weather does — late, certain, smelling of where they have been.

He has spent most of his life noticing what passes for ordinary, and refusing to let it. The songs on My Fake Life were written across nights, journeys, kitchens and corridors — wherever a small honest sentence could be coaxed into staying still long enough to be sung.

The Bus is a way of travelling between them. It carries the signal. It boards anyone who is listening.

Route · UnlistedOne Way

still listening?

There's Another Door

An unlisted route · The Voice

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Ted on Tour — vintage tour bus destined for Hartlepool

From The Album

Quotable Lyric Tag Lines

lines that wouldn't leave the room

“So I smile like a forged signature, and the nasty little miracle is, I mean it.”

— My Fake Life I

“I was never hard to love. I was hard to counterfeit.”

— Where I Fit

“I lead with the worst of me, so the leaving feels chosen.”

— Everybody Has Nobody

“Hear them out, hold them loose. A voice can knock without becoming law.”

— Hold Them Loose

“The grave gets smaller once you've slept in it twice.”

— Died Too Many Times

“The only animal stupid enough to know it dies — and still shows up on Tuesday.”

— Here's The Joke

“The song disappears into what it disturbed — and the disturbance keeps singing.”

— The Legacy