1. |
hold onto my soul
11:05
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Don't enable me
Otherwise
We'll waste time
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
...
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
I'm being fed
One after, another
At unrecognisable speed
It's almost impossible
To, reveal your, self
Unless, you let yourself
But this rabbit hole I've fallen
Into's looped through
Or at least
It might if I think it through
Purple people see tree ahead
See through me, is what thee said
What is it that you might see?
Before whatever I might be
Might not be
I'm not sure, what it is
Either
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
(o-ah)
I don't really like to be perceived
as being singular in my way
I am, much happier to float between
that which motivates me
So perceive without my lips attached
The core essence
Of what we perceive
As true & true reality
Has been homogenised
Faced with a mental war
Every day
Backed into, the corner
I'd fight if it were only fair
Faced with a mental war
Backed into the corner
Rise up, rise up
This is the now
...
Faced with a mental war
Every day
Backed into, the corner
I'd fight if it were only fair
Faced with a mental war
Backed into the corner
Rise up, rise up
This is the now
But this rabbit hole I've fallen
Into's looped through
Or at least
It might if I think it through
Purple people see tree ahead
See through me, is what thee said
What is it that you might see?
Before whatever I might be
Might not be
I'm not sure, what it is
Either
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
All I have to do is change
Never be the same,
Paintings, not frames
Contrast helps
But polar shifts
Do some shit.
There’s no more games
Once you’ve made your play
Im not in this to fade away
Don’t ask me for help
If you’re just gonna use me anyway
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2. |
by the river
06:46
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Fear's holding on to my lungs
& I can't breathe
The void's got my tongue
I'm sat by the river
Down where the river end
There's a child, by himself
& Fear's binding
But he won't mind,
Will he
Fear 'sbinding
I don't like to
We don't like
To like to talk
& fear's binding
But he won't mind
Will he
Fear 'sbinding
I don't like to
We don't like
To like to talk
So what am I
To do
With all these
Things, to, do
Now I sit in my room
Avoiding everything
Now I'm just empty
There's this startling sensation that its
been like this for a while
Fear's holding on to my lungs
& I can't breathe
The void's got my tongue
I'm sat by the river
& Fear's binding
But he won't mind,
Will he
Fear 'sbinding
I don't like to
We don't like
To like to talk
There's a change
In the wind
I can't
I lost it
Reprogram
Re pro, gram
Bu Du, Du Du, Bu Du, Du
Du Du, Bu Du, Du Du, Du
Du Du, Du Du, Bu Du, Du Bu Du
Du Du, Du Du,
Du Bu, Du Bu, Du Du, Du Du
Du Du, Du Du, Du Du
Du Du, Du Du, Du Du Du
Na m ne ba ba
nm ne ma mo dap dap
dop dop stop dop
stop stop
Bu Du, Du Du, Bu Du, Du
Du Du, Bu Du, Du Du, Du
Du Du, Du Du, Bu Du, Du Bu Du
Du Du, Du Du,
Du Bu, Du Bu, Du Du, Du Du
Du Du, Du Du, Du Du
Du Du, Du Du, Du Du Du
Na m ne ba ba
nm ne ma mo dap dap
dop dop stop dop
stop stop
stop stop
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3. |
mirror
05:07
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can’t cope with these copiates
star ing at the mirror
I lost my self
in hope less ness
In hope less ness
Somebody flicked on a switch
Off the lights went off
When did it all start to glitch
Off the lights went off
Somebody flicked the switch
Off the lights off
can’t cope with these copiates
star ing at the mirror
I lost my self
I’m not the reflection
Somehow I’m fine with it
Somehow I’m still hidin
Somehow I’m fine with it
I’ve lost it again
can’t cope with these copiates
star ing at the mirror
I lost my self
in hope less ness
I can’t see myself
I need a breath
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4. |
contiguous
06:18
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I dawdled slowly through the cityscape, deep grooves carve through the insipid pavement at my feet. The soft tug of wind in my hair drew me to explore this colossal metropolis. Broad rays of warm sunlight seeped casually over those immovable structures, the fatigued sun resonating off the architecture, establishing a clear distinction between light and dark. To my left resided a quiet side-street. Abruptly overcome by the urge to explore, I loosened my tie.
Upon entering the quaint backstreet, a sudden stillness hit me like a stone wall. The landscape was saturated with inspiration; deep grooves jutting in and out of worn pavers, walls plastered with posters and paraphernalia, a mess of colour, a placid mosaic.
Stretching my gaze down the lane an old man sat mirthfully by a stained window pane, his relaxed demeanour and cheerful gaze, unmoved by the amplitude of his surroundings.
Across from the old man, a lively group of characters dwelled, sitting upon makeshift chairs made of retired milk crates. Cigarette smoke swelling above them, diffusing in an unusually sedative breeze. I was allured by their scent, as if I was being drawn in to their conversation. Overcome with curiosity, I contemplated walking over. Was I acting foolishly? Would they welcome me or would toss me aside? Nevertheless, I proceeded forward becoming enveloped in their fumes. I felt my structured disposition loosen. They tossed me a crate, welcoming me by asking for my name. I repeated it back and was offered a cigarette, a gesture confirming my acceptance.
The undergrowth of the city accentuates its foreground, without it metropolis would be bland and uninteresting. It was at this point, I realised I had been consumed by the bright lights of the city. I had only seen the foreground forgoing divulging deeper to appreciate the beauty and depth that lie behind. My disposition had kept me uninterested, uninspired, unhappy. I yanked at my flimsy tie, driving it to the floor. Coming apart at the knot as it made contact.
This growth, contiguous with the towering flat-faced figures that be. Wallowing in the long shadow of their immaculate bodies, colossal in their entirety. They sit, unmoved by the encompassing flood of rustling entities, blind to the mural of life at their feet.
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5. |
stuck in a moment
05:45
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Moment to moment
Always the same
Moment to moment
Always the same
A struggle to
do with the
repeats in
the lines
I thought to think
To interlink
My mouth & my mind
I’ll break this loop
Once it’s a habit
You’ll eventually see
You’re not paying attention
You’re just listening
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
Repeat
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
What you say to someone,
Directly impacts their perception of the world; a child knows only what to say, either by it being said, or bein’ asked
How do
I change
The way
I change
The way
I feel
I took it personally,
Before you made it personal
I’m lost in anecdotes
The room shifting
The walls are closing in
I dissociated again
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
Repeat
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a
Stuck in a
moment to moments a haze,
why’s it always the same
Stuck in a hallway,
Stuck in a hallway
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6. |
an odea
01:32
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Happy [day of the week], glad you stuck around for that last track & that you’re here with us. Hope the next track helps you get on with whatever you’re getting up to.
not done, neurodivergent son
but my ego left the building
now I could be anyone
I can read your signs
but not my language
the feel of my feed’s
fractured yet I see;
inverted, phase flipped
I’m upside down so all my belonging’s
fallen out
An ode, is an idea, is a work of art
Coming up next we've got a lovely tune, dunno what it's about, why it's about or where it's about. So I guess its up to you to work out, what it is. 'Cos there are many endings in the hall of meaning.
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7. |
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blank space like a blank canvas
Never the same,
Compressing air in space
It always changes
Always changing places
Face the flame
Let the rest
Fade away
Ashes locked away
in the cupboard
Of my brain
Top shelf
By the beans
& the black hole in my dreams
Trees make green
I don’t think we could breathe
With out the
Trees are dying
Trees are dying
Trees are dying
Plant to sow the seed
Trees are dying
Trees are dying
Trees are dying
Pen comin off the page
Ink blot in the flames
Everything you do
Changes the room
Every word on the page
Burns like fire
In the light of the rain
It always changes
It always changes
It always changes places
It always changes
It always changes
It always changes places
Always changing faces
It is as it is not
It is not as it is;
& yet it is
We choose in the time we place
It always changes
Face the flame
Let the rest
Fade away
Ashes locked away
in the cupboard
Of my brain
Cupboard to the left
Top shelf
By the beans
& the black hole in my dreams
I don’t come home
To not be given the space
To wear my own face
‘Cos I can shift the waves of my lips
But I need you to know what it means as a consequence
A prequel to the end
Played at the start
Not quite the end
Endless
Dream
Nightmare
Dream
Nightmare
Dream
Nightmare
Dream
Fuck
It always changes
It always changes
It always changes place
Changing face
It is as it is not
It is as as it not;
& yet it is
No sleep
The trees are dying
The trees are dying
The trees are dying
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8. |
hold onto your soul
08:25
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Inside is where it
begins
there’s a rhythm in my head
it’s just
hard to start again
inside is where it
begins
there’s a rhythm in my head
again
blue light
keeps me
up
at night
Is my phone
In control o me
I’ve got a live feed
of human suffering
That plays on my screen
Constant hoodwink
But theres a live stream
dictated to you & me
on what to think
why doublethink
Black mirror
think for me
‘cos i need an escape
Black mirror
you’re escaping me
I think I learned to talk
I’ve got a live feed of human suffering
That’s plays on my screen
On repeat
I’ve got a live stream of human suffering
that plays in my head
on repeat
blue light
keeps me
up
at night
blue light
keeps me
inside my mind
What am I to believe
What I’m told or what I see
What I feel seems to escape me
i worry we’re led to believe
in a figment of imagination
isolated from each other
translating meaning from a screen
Our kids
Aren’t
Prepared for this
‘Cos it seems
It makes its mind up
For me
& I don’t like that
They’re live streaming
Human suffering
Whatever happened to make believe
Our kids
Aren’t
Prepared for this
I don’t
Want them to feel
That they can’t speak what they
think
I’ve got live feed
Of human suffering
It’s playing on my screen
‘Til I go to sleep
what we look at
determines our
capacity to think
& what we think
determines how we speak
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dilated SA, Australia
i triplet inward;
hope i find some
self-sembled,
sense of self
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