Epic love song set in an NSA bunker in the future. Regular people trade in their clone once they get sick of it and all its perfection but not the persona here; he is not like the rest; he will stick with his clone until the very end.
lyrics
... and I know that you want so much more than this
can we be eternal? ourselves projected
the future flowing like a river, we swim upstream
like a salmon not knowing why but driven to the top of the mountain,
to the source, to it's end, when it gets there.
your optimism will get us where we need to go but I'm scared that you'll be let down when we don't get anywhere, no explosions, bright lights or anything of that kind it is all in the mind, and the way we relate to ourselves, each other, the rest of the world, in decline but it feels like ...
we will be just fine, i will sing it all the time, all the time, I sing it, you hear me crying out but you won't listen, you run and hide, it won't register 'til it comes from the inside
my dark visions of what's to come, everything comes undone, back to the origin, withstanding being overrun by animals, you see we never got gurnsey into heaven or a CIA bunker. Sounds like a quality brand, sounds fun ... will our children want to come?
but we'll be just fine i want to **** (woo!) all the time, it's the way it's meant to be, me for you, you for me. i will put up with you, and you put up with me, just to see you happy and so you know, i won't abandon you, like the father you never had, you won't let me in though, a compromise, you can't let go of but you'll be fine
deep, deep breathes, won't let you rest, it could be dangerous but i guess its high risk, high return, why won't anyone make a big stand? all the polls tell us people won't change, we're set in our ways, a big shift will come… or gradual over time or nothing will happen at all and we’ll be just fine, and i will cry, i will cry that we'll be just fine.
we will be just fine, i will sing it all the time, all the time, I will sing it, you can hear me crying out but won't listen, you’ll run and hide, (which makes me smile) it won't register until it comes from the inside,
credits
from Ode to a Clone,
released April 29, 2015
piano, organ, rhodes, backing vox - David Dower
backing vox - Elliot Frost
programming, vox - Stuart Orchard
produced - Mark Reeder & Micha Adam
sound engineering, guidance, whip - Damian Giambazi
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