1. |
Meat Hologram
04:52
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Meat Hologram
Do you think you’re special?
Exception to the rule
A higher voice has spoken
Told me I’m a fool
Wisdom’s given me a token
Presented me the tools
I took it as an omen
Change is overdue
CH
Don’t push too hard too soon
You’ll give yourself a coronary
We’re all just crashing through
All the time that we have
Will fade into the past
Self-sacrifice is due
This life is far from ordinary
When we get to the moment of truth
All the doubts you have
Those too are gonna pass
You need to recognise a moment
And what it means to you
Transmission of emotion
Expression of the truth
Ask another question
If you don’t know what to do
You’re running in slow motion
Fading out of view
CH
Don’t push too hard too soon
You’ll give yourself a coronary
We’re all just crashing through
All the time that we have
Will fade into the past
Self-sacrifice is due
This life is far from ordinary
When we get to the moment of truth
All the doubts you have
Those too are gonna pass
(CH – Extension)
All the skin and the bone and things we own
All the living in hope and the feeling alone
When we get to the moment of truth
All the dreams that we have, will they now come to pass?
V3
Do I need forgiveness
For all the things I’ve done
I’m only being curious
I’m trying to have some fun
What can I take with me
When all is said and done
Playing it too serious
And then the game is done
I’m only being human
Trying to belong
A window of experience
And then I’m moving on
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2. |
Chop Chop
06:48
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Chop Chop
V1
One and a zero
A simple divide
Like you and me are
Opposites combined
Related, creative, persuasive
The same inside, when we close our eyes
My alter ego’s
Making a wish
Don’t self-deceive no
Go take a risk
Protected, frustrated, rejected
Into the abyss, give me one more kiss
CH
Chasing the void
Shaping the noise
All bound together
Play on forever
V2
I see the trouble in your midst
I can see your confidence is hit
Stand up, take it in your stride
How much comfort can you steal?
How much longer will you kneel?
Another dent is in your pride
Thinking it’s time to take a risk?
Go break a leg or break a wrist
Will you do it when it’s time?
Where is your wisdom taking this?
When you can fail and you can quit
At things that you don’t even like
CH
Chasing the void
Shaping the noise
One note at a time
One phrase on a line
V3
Trying to do the best that I can
But I’m still struggling with who I am
Don’t ask me for a five year plan
I can’t pretend to understand
I’ll find another way…
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3. |
Sanctuary
03:09
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It's an instrumental track...
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4. |
Battle Resistant
05:20
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Battle Resistant
Sun’s coming up
Surf’s gonna break
Earth’s coming up
Ground gonna shake
V1
I don’t want you to go
But I don’t want you to suffer anymore
We never said but we both know
We’re coming closer to the end of the road
V2
I know I know I know
Saying it over repeatedly
Losing the fight for self-control
No other choice but to let everything go
C1
There’s a beautiful sound
It’s playing off in the distance
Lifting our souls from the ground
No out of body resistance
V3
Above as so below
Will to survive is persistent
Several thousand feet below
We are the battle resistant
V4
It doesn’t seem so long ago
That all of this seemed very different
I’m not afraid to live in hope
To be true, to make do, to break through, to go it alone
Bridge 3
Call it a will to survive
It never changes inside
Never give up never die
For every moment in time
Sun’s coming up
Surf’s gonna break
Earth’s coming/moving up
Ground gonna shake
Things getting’ rough
Stuff’s gonna break
Gotta beam me up
How much can I take?
C2
There’s a beautiful sound
Playing off in the distance
Lifting our souls from the ground
No out of body resistance
There’s an ethereal sound
Playing off in the distance
Is this the here and the now?
Because I can’t tell the difference
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5. |
Whole Again
05:39
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Whole Again
Voices in my head I call my own
Acquiesce within their temporary home
Oceans of doubt become so tedious
Some of them are taking it so serious
Keep drifting apart, come back together
Resist as one divided from the start
Sleep under the stars, can’t dream forever
Happiness means suffering for art
Feeling like a child out on a roll again
No respect for grim realities
Building my house building my soul again
Breaking a smile making it whole again
Break out, break out, break in
Look out, look out, look in
Breathe out, breathe out, breathe in
Wake up, wake up, begin
Reach out, reach in
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Ox Edinburgh, UK
Ox is Edinburgh-based J.J.McGowan, a one-man band who records, produces and performs live using looper pedals and percussion. He is also drummer for fellow rockers The Future Us. Ox is inspired by a lifetime passion for music, contemplating the possibilities of inner and outer space through musical experiences. Hope you enjoy! ... more
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