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I Won't Let the World Become a Prison

by Signal-to-Noise

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1.
Firebox 02:27
Coal into steam. Steal to the rail Pressure is the same as the firebox on a train Burning coal. Always alight Burning coal. Work to ignite You're wiping the sweat from your eyes And trying your best to keep it alive Under pressure. Lead astray From the firebox in your brain Burning coal. No slowing down Burning coal. Turning the wheels around Ten thousand tons beat across the ground Taking our motives to town
2.
Lights flash out in the rain. Stay home today Take the time to get sane. See through the grey If I can't make this alone I'll get lost in the world If you got something to say Thoughts don't make up your mind. Stay whole, aligned Take the rest of your life. Research and refine And turn your self into none. Go get lost in the world If you got something to say just try If you got something to say don't make it a lie I know you're wanting to feel alive What's the harm in a soul's not so substantial What's the harm? Just pull off the weight of the world If you got something to say Start anywhere, anytime Start on your own. Realign
3.
Rivals 04:41
Babe's running away with himself Makes all of him family disconcerted Babe's running away with himself Takes more than a dream to be deserving And now that he's an animal let's Now that he's an animal let's hurt him Your soul won't understand its own design For as long as you've got rivals in your mind If it's not enough you're better off alone If it's not enough you better make some more Now what's all of this talk about the World bringing you down? You know you rule it And what's all of this talk about the Rules keeping you out? You've been excluded Well now that you're an animal just Now that you're an animal just do it Cause you're running the world from inside of a video Babe's just a TV show What's the point in fear? When time's just a rhythm and life just a vision A dream we've commandeered
4.
Avenall 03:20
There's no greater seraph to all than Avenall There's no danger. No fear at all with Avenall He's says we all got orders and mouths to feed So take a drink every night But if you want to start over we can make a deal I'll trade a dream for your life So play sober and take a moment to make up your mind. The center's design is much older than a canon to keep us in line And it says we all got orders and mouths to feed So take a drink every night But if you want to start over we can make a deal I'll trade a dream for your life Avenall. I'm starting to worry you you're unreal Avenall. I'm starting to worry you you're fading away And I know you don't want to wait. Yes I know you don't want to wait So take me once and for all
5.
Biologic 03:43
Sunless weather, barricaded sky Numbing pressure keeping us inside Like the planet's tourniquet holding back a hemorrhage Winter weather, paint the rooftops white Tired fever furnaces ignite Like an airborne ambien pulling us to sleep again Caroline don't worry. Time is medicine And I'm taking it If the sun stays buried every day she's only saying to embrace the grey This time alone is therapeutic. Thoughts are running visions to create Realize your suffering is the dose to end your pain Caroline don't worry. Time is medicine. And I'm taking it
6.
Night Owl 04:07
Watch as I absorb hundreds of lives. Too many doors to look behind Stalk, research, and shop all through the night. Always awake, always alive With digital eyes ‘Cause your life's been simplified. Turned into bits and modernized Watch as I inform and organize. Watch as I resort to borderline thoughts Shop, research, and stalk: a normal night. Eyes bloodshot and wide. A real night owl With digital eyes ‘Cause your life's been compromised. Turned into bits and monetized We all take the bait, trade our souls for a digital/cortical lie Give them back to me
7.
Vacant Lot 03:36
It's alright left alone, vulnerable. Just relax It's alright on your own. Disabled. Just relax Seems this pathological irresponsible man Deserves nothing less It's alright carrying that much weight on your back It’s alright left alone and afraid. Just don't ask It's a biological and economical plan: Take what you can get It’s apocryphal set of amorals, an impossible plan: Forgive and forget
8.
Just an old house on a odd street in a neighborhood Just a cold pipe in the basement. Wouldn't take look Just a broken set of speakers. Something out of place Just a candle burning slowly near a picture frame Just a shadow. Just the AC. You're just paranoid Now don't worry what it might be. It's just understood That all we're told is all there is So don't get careless. It's a deamon. Not a game of cards Always restless. Always eager to inherit scars Just an old house on a odd street. Don't go in the woods Just a cold pipe in the basement. Wouldn't take look There's no way out. There is no place to go So what's the harm in taking a look You're taking the road down to all that you can't return You're taking the road down to all that you can't return Instead of avoiding your daemons you feed the worst Instead of avoiding your daemons you pray for more
9.
You’ve gotta riot for access. It won’t come easy. You’ve gotta cry out and insist you won’t go away Until you’re born No. I won’t stay asleep. I won’t let the world become a prison But don’t get mad or distracted. The soul it can feed upon itself. Just take the moment as it is. You learn to forget about your cell No. I’m not a machine I won’t let the world become a prison
10.
Universal 03:46
Can shadows lie? What do I know But what your looking for lies in the shadows Now somehow we are all the same as one And somehow we are always on our own I never been here before is a universal thought It’s all I need to rise. The only thought that's right It feels like there's something else in here It’s like the emotion you call fear It feels like there's someone else in here It feels like there's someone else in here Can shadows lie? What do I know Can man prevail left in the shadows? Well there's only one way to know The only universal
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Presque Vu 04:19
I got a nine-to-five to put me on the clock again I got a car to drive, important meetings to attend A bottle out of sight. Yeah everything is just alright There's riots in the streets, but they don't bother me I got a restless mind that only sees what might have been I got walk-in closet full of nettled skeletons They'll never come to light but always keep me up at night And when I fall asleep they rattle up the world that I dream There's something in my head too dark to see There must be more to life than waiting for the day to end So how about tonight we take a moment to pretend That all the world is but a virtual experience Just something to believe until we die and become everything It’s turning purple and I'm too far gone to comprehend The subtle way the world becomes whatever what we intend Now all these tapes and books they've got me on my back again And when I fall asleep they redefine the world as I dream There's something in my head too dark to see What does and what don't kill me can only take me to the light What hurts can only heal me. What does emotion signify? That all your life's a moment in disguise and all this time's avail to realize

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released March 31, 2015

Written and Produced by Michael Downing
Graphic Design by Brigita Zabulionyte
Cover Photography by Kyle Wilcox

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Signal-to-Noise Chicago, Illinois

Signal-to-Noise is an electro-acoustic experimental music producer based in Chicago. Featuring soothing melodic vocals, intricate harmonies, and rich ambient textures, Signal-to-Noise draws influence from a diverse range of cerebral rockers (Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, and Supertramp just to name a few) to create powerful and inspirational music exploring the complexities of human existence. ... more

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