1. |
Signals in the Noise
03:39
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Who have I become?
The world has come undone
Never see the sun
Skin has gotten numb
Here we are again in the same place
I look at you, but you look down, a smile on your face
Is this the only feed that fills you anymore?
Is this the only game, the only way, for you to play alone?
And what does that mean for us, beyond our circuit boards?
Look what we have done
Ties that we’ve unspun
Traded light for plugs
Soft, inhuman buzz
If you can hear this voice … you still have a choice
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2. |
Low Battery Days
03:37
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Not sure what I did today,
cause every day feels just the same,
wired like I’m only half alive.
This purposeless monotony,
robs me of my energy.
The data tell me I’m the one to blame.
Time …
to say goodbye
to this shell of myself
I’ve been living inside.
Time …
to say goodbye
to these low-battery days
I’ve been calling my life.
Ego is the enemy,
this get ahead mentality,
trapped inside my head with no escape.
Is this who I thought I would be,
electrical anxiety,
buzzing from my fingers to my brain?
I’ve given everything,
it’s not enough,
so shut me down
and put me back among your stuff.
The west is burning.
The east is next.
Don’t leave me here with
only engines in my head.
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3. |
Mainframe Life
03:53
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Work, work, repeat.
Is this really me?
Will I ever feel again?
Will I ever taste of dreams?
The bars behind my mind,
I pace on pointless feet,
no escape, no one to find me.
I’d like to find me.
I’m just not sure who I am,
a man or a machine,
looking outward from these eyes,
unrecognizable.
Can I step back in time to a moment
worth resisting?
Sleep, sleep, repeat,
my only true relief.
Time to recharge again,
to power disbelief.
In my hands, these empty plans
steal inside me like a thief
but I am frozen, so beholden
to this mainframe life.
This is mine, my divine isolation,
metallic hesitation,
of a mind that can’t decide
of optics, of circuits that will never see
what’s right in front of me.
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4. |
Electric Sleep
03:27
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Unclean, unworthy, unbeknownst to me
Please wake me, I’m not myself anymore.
The humans emerge from the darkness,
a sparkle in their eyes,
but they can’t see.
Electric sleep in a dream factory
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5. |
Victim of the Thrill
03:36
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Late night, a screen
I’m wrapped in blue light
I hold, a phone
Never quite alone
Head tilt, eyes wilt,
Still can’t turn away
Soft skin, hands low
Do I have to go there?
These moments that I fill
Are a lot like standing still
I’m a victim of the thrill
I’m a victim of the thrill
If you, just knew
the content of my head
—they do, searching—
You might not be here
Hidden, bedroom
Beneath the blankets
Monstrous pleasure,
so stimulating
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6. |
Fragile Machine
04:44
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Push my buttons, I’ll come running
‘Cause that’s the way you made me
… your fragile machine
I need out exactly because you programmed me to obey
And I’ll do it, every day
Exactly because you built me to your specifications
Anxious twists, change of directions
I know it’s killing me, but I can’t turn away.
I fell down exactly because I wasn’t meant to be this way
And I knew it, every day
Exactly because I cannot sleep, the restless patter
Leads me to consider if I’m shattered
Broken beyond repair, and if I’ve let it happen
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7. |
Fog Lights
03:52
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Two boys from broken homes
One truck, nowhere to go
These roads lead everywhere
Except where we’re from
Music on, music low
Two boys, nowhere to go
Is the night long enough
To hide the things we know
We drive … into the night
We drive … leave the world behind
We drive … into the night
We drive … move or you will die
Two men with different lives
Two paths, two different minds
The road back to this place
Miles spin like time
Voices on, voices low
Two men who still don’t know
Each time people get close
Their feet long for the road
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8. |
Hand-Me-Down Brain
03:59
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Lift me up
Take me away
From this place
From these gray walls
Cracks in the ceiling
Splintered feelings
These floorboards that I walk
Pacing across the room
Tracing memory
Aside from you
It’s over
And over
Spinning down
You lift me up
On broken hands
Fingers spread wide
Can’t hold anything
I wear these
Braces on my neck
Empty politics
They just pull me down
I turn my head
I lift my chin to the clouds
Never proud
But never enlightened
Lightning strikes … twice
This hand-me-down brain
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9. |
Power Down
03:53
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Part 1:
Flicker lights
Power down
I know you are here
Part 2:
If there is only darkness, where there once was light
If there is only sadness, where there once was happiness
Part 3:
Don’t hold me...
Part 4:
I hear you every time I exercise my voice
Part 5:
I can fail as well as anyone
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Year of the Fall San Francisco, California
Year of the Fall is a synthwave/retrowave band inspired by the music and movies of the 1980s. The duo features German musician Philipp Kappestein and American songwriter Dan Vaccaro. Their debut album, Fragile Machine, blends the airy pop culture sound of their formative years with a hint of melancholy for the imminent loss of our collective humanity. ... more
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