Name: Equality 7-2521
Duration: P00H04M40S
Description: This is the first guitar oriented song that I've done. I wanted something in even time with a slight odd time feel. This was a difficult song to record and mix for me. Hopefully I got it somewhat right. I didn't have anything specific in mind when writing the lyrics. I just wanted a somewhat industrial dystopian feel to them. The title is a small no to Ayn Rand.

Equality 7-2521

from Below the Surface by Jim Loughlin

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This is the first guitar oriented song that I've done. I wanted something in even time with a slight odd time feel. This was a difficult song to record and mix for me. Hopefully I got it somewhat right. I didn't have anything specific in mind when writing the lyrics. I just wanted a somewhat industrial dystopian feel to them. The title is a small no to Ayn Rand.

lyrics

It just won’t stop
Every time
I turn around
Just the same old thing
With a brand new name

The pressure builds
Soon we’ll see
What we can take
Time to think of
Where to put the blame

There’s no release
An ebbless tide
That’s coming in
If the levy breaks
Nothing stays the same

Say Goodbye to all you remember
Say goodbye to all that’s lost
Say goodbye to all that is special
Say goodbye to everything

What can I do
Now that I’m here
Among it all
Trying to keep myself
From getting swept away

How will I know
How to procede
Without penalty
I don’t know the rules
I don’t want to play

Is this what you want to be
Part of a machine
Without reason
A member of the hive
A shared collective mind
Just a number on a screen
One that doesn’t dream
About treason
A one for the all
Just another thrall

How does it feel
To have everything
In front of you
With no idea of
What to choose

How will it end
No way to know
What’s gonna be
Just wait and see
If we win or lose

Question why to all you remember
Question why to all that’s lost
Question why to all that is special
Question why to everything

This isn’t what I want to be
Part of a machine
Without reason
A member of the hive
A shared collective mind
Just a number on a screen
One that doesn’t dream
About treason
A one for the all
Just another thrall

Life without you
Would be the death of me
As I cease to see
Any reason to take
One more step

That thing you do
That gives breath to me
When I’m in need
And cannot see
What I must accept

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from Below the Surface, track released January 23, 2022
Written and recorded by Jim Loughlin. All instruments and programming by Jim Loughlin.

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