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[Lyrics: Norris, Child]
I. Stasis (2:00) - Instrumental
II. Eden (6:35)
Life is never as it seems · Cut loose, I'm drifting in a world serene and formless · Blind hunger, seeking to be filled · This is my existence - all I've ever known.
An impulse surges far below · within the deeps are potentialities, becoming · My blood is pumping in my ears · Senses enraptured - I dive again!
Just see what's been created · An immersive world - everything I need · Who are you to tell me we’ll never be free?
Transmit the signal - a live feed into my brain · Collective willing from a Hive of minds in Stasis · Elsewhere, my body is sustained · About every dreamer - A protective Veil.
At last, Man has claimed · the right to realise his concept of Eden · Conceits of division erased · For a time men suffered - but never again!
Just see what's been created · An immersive world - everything I see · Who are you to tell me we’ll never be free?
Incoming electrical stimuli · Generating patterns in my mind · Just another implication / suggestion / motivation · An action / a reaction to a world I think is here.
I will continual bombardment of sensation · Enduring sensory overload · I’ve found the Fountainhead again · Providing all I could ever want or need to find.
[Solo: Norris]
Just see what's been created · An immersive world - everything I need · Who are you to tell me we’ll never be free?
[Solo: Norris]
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All That You Ever Wanted
06:45
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[Lyrics: Child]
I can’t tear my eyes away · They’re glued to the screen · The images - the promises to me · It’s so easy to have it my way · To just lie back - have everything come to me · All that I could ever need to satisfy · My every indulgence and desire is right here.
All That You Ever Wanted is right in front of you - just a click away · All you’re ever gonna need is available electronically.
Why can’t I have it? · Why can’t I have it right now? · Everybody else has got one · Why not me as well? · I want to be so very happy · Just like the people I see every day on my T.V. screen · They will show me the way · Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and...
All That You Ever Wanted is right in front of you - just a click away · All you’re ever gonna need is attainable electronically
All That You Ever Wanted is right in front of you - just a tap away · All you’ll ever wanna feel is attainable vicariously.
[Solo: Wild]
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Don't Run
05:57
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[Lyrics: Child]
Don’t Run · Don’t think · Don’t Worry · Just drink · Stay inside · Stay quiet · Keep your back to the fire · Consume · Conform ·
Reproduce · Obey · The hidden orders on the screen · You’re just a slave to the machine.
Don’t Run · Just sleep
Don’t hear · Don’t see · Don’t act · Don’t speak · Eyes front · Keep in time · Don’t you step out of fucking line · Don’t move · Don’t speak · Don’t question what you see · The system will acculturate · We are the masters of your fate.
Don’t Run · Just sleep
[Solo: Norris]
Don’t run · Don’t shout · Don’t look · keep out · Plug your ears · close your eyes · Feel desensitised · No truth · No hope · Chastised and doped · Full of nothing · Rest your head · Don’t even try, just stay in bed · Stay still · Stay safe · Stay numb · Decay · Don’t fear · Don’t stray · Just waste away.
[Solo: Norris]
We are the good people · We’re the ones who know what’s right · We’ll lead you to Utopia · Stand and question · Stand and protest · Break your chains · Embrace the unrest · Come with us and you will see · March with us and you’ll be free · Now we all must stand and fight · Marching out of time!
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Exhibitions
04:22
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[Lyrics: Sawkins, Child, Groves, Norris]
The international maxforce engine · A new auto in the crosshairs · Installing defeat devices in their cars · Others built for speed · Driving like a lunatic · Scrape me up before you go slow.
Public exhibitions · A fruit feast fit for a beast · Standing on the sidelines · Must be kicking himself for rejecting the deal · Fed through a tube connected to a mini balloon · I was living on morphine · building and demolishing a structure in the playground.
Farewell to Hollywood’s spaced out princess · An icy end to the year · How could they let this happen? · Refusal to sanitise nature’s brutality · A Modern day odyssey · We don't cut corners · Must listen to the king.
It’s the bomb driver! · Three years going great gunners · Open the door · Puff! Over · Home in coma after fall · Botched eggs created in lab · Absolutely Rotten – ungovernable · Going global for the long term · Accept your imitations for fertility · Hope powers on · We’re in this zoo corner with killings out of respect.
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Chiaroscuro Bristol, UK
Progressive Rock/Metal.
'Hyper-Real' is under construction.
Our first three releases ('In The Name of God'; '2017 demo'; 'All That You Ever Wanted EP') are available for free.
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