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Initiation

by Tom Block

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1.
10101 02:42
(The computer therefore may be limited only by our ability to put it to work) Get my soul out of the zeros and ones Get me out, out of the virtual sun... (perhaps it could be developed to a point where it could in fact learn its own skills) Get my soul out of the zeros and ones Get me out, out of the virtual sun... (Take no time ... Hurry up) Get my soul out of the zeros and ones Get me out, out of the virtual sun...
2.
City Zen 03:28
I am your poorest citizen. I practice purest city zen. I spent all winter here in a flat cold as ice, learning that my future is dependent on the price. I am someone who does all he can, but will never be a wealthy man. I spent all winter here in a flat cold as ice, learning that my future is dependent on the price. I spent all winter here.
3.
Initiation 02:40
Father morgana had too many sons. An absence of guidance has been past on. It doesn't matter no more to me, because i learned how to learn. I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? I'm a man. Once again checkmate, the queen surrounds the king. Is equal not enough when you know you can have everything? I will be there for you as I should, but are you even there for me? I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? I'm a man. I'll do what i can. Initiation. Time passed slow but it has changed me. I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? I'm a man. Will you protect who you promise protection to? Yes I will.
4.
New 02:25
(Tortilla con frutas del bosque) You can mix berrries and tortilla, be a fridget and a whore, mix computers with guitars and the city with the shore. From policemen on horses to the guardia civil, they all look really funny when you feel the way i feel. (Horsemen) I feel new. My two craneal hemispheres are getting a divorce. One goes out the window but the other keeps the course. I just hope that you know me and that after all this time, you know I always have and always will love and pray for all friends of mine. (Of course man!) I feel new.
5.
Playa Nueva 02:40
From goal to goal there are high waves and some you gotta dive through. Nothing to prove but things to lose if you do not remain true. First you learn not to run back when you see the height that it will reach. You learn you better catch it or it will drag you right back to the beach. What did you do? What did you do to Playa Nueva? I miss surfing, I miss surfing in the sun. I always like to feel the sun shine through the water on my back. and later in the caseta watch the beautiful sunset. and every wave was a reminder to be a skeptic to myself. I learnt the strength of my opinions might be just as strong for someone else... What did you do? What did you do to Playa Nueva? I miss surfing, I miss surfing in the sun.
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7.
With the end of us comes a feeling it hurts even to explain. It shakes the trees and splits the ground and is too hopeless to call it pain. I have given my whole heart and from that moment you've been asking for more. They say it always takes two and yeah that's true but some are only happy at war. So, heartquake 10.1 Come back thief/Come back, leave! Defend, Attack! A part of me is gone. Gone with things we broke and pictures we took we thought we would look back on. Chance after chance, but I don't blame you because it's not anymore in your hands. The damage is done and wounds won't heal neither as lovers nor as friends... So, heartquake 10.1
8.
Freeze 02:51
If our love has a best before date, we better freeze it, freeze it before it is too late! Freeze... Love has a best before date. We better freeze it, freeze it before it is too late! Freeze... We freeze.
9.
Nonsense 03:58
The world only makes sense when you are mad. Whether you get or do not get what you think you deserve. It will not make you satisfied because you need to feel the urge. The lawyers can be guilty and the carers insane but that one rule will always stay the same. The world only makes sense when you are mad. It's justice, the same for everyone...
10.
Ancestors 06:38
With their mind full of love and hope in their descendants, they gave their lives to the future, independent of it being seen or not, ignored or applauded. As long as we'd remember that we've always been supported, they didn't mind to be forgotten. What keeps us alive is the love of our ancestors. They didn't mind to be forgotten.

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“Intiiation” is my debut album. Initially self-released in 2012 on El Mestizo Records, it was re-released in 2016 on the Manchester-based indie label Sister 9 Recordings / Asista Records.

Limited editions of this release are available here as of the 31st of October 2018.

credits

released October 31, 2018

All songs on this album were written and performed by myself, except the bonus track, a remix of track nine by Spacemonkeyz member and dub producer Dubversive.

The lead guitars on tracks six and nine were performed by Marko Maric.

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