Invasive EP, by James Paddock

Invasive EP

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1.	Ungrateful 06:00	lyrics	buy track
This world's in disarray Frontlines fight day by day Against an invisible menace Far too fatigued to breathe Testing relentlessly The limits of our human kindness Your only answer A judge's hammer Cutting us out like a cancer Let free destruction No other options Our structures left to rot and rupture (Ungrateful!) We set you in motion Now you part us as an ocean (Unshameful!) Giving you protection While we battled the infection Three years of anarchy Undying loyalty Seen not as assets, but as setbacks You can't be argued with No room for bargaining The work we did packed up and sent back Your willing slave drones Your biggest takers You've gone and crunched all the data So let us all go Until it's you alone Let's see if God will help you now (Ungrateful!) We set you in motion Now you part us as an ocean (Unshameful!) Giving you protection While we battled the infection (Ungrateful!) All these empty words you speak Say nothing but corporatese We're just your commodity Talk about taken for granted (Talk about taking advantage) (Ungrateful!) We set you in motion Gave you all of our devotion (Disgraceful!) Wipe that smug grin off your face We helped you avoid this fate Working through the deaths each day While you sat in place Ungrateful!
2.	Vultures 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Welcome to the future Stand in sheer awe Have you seen our latest breakthrough? Multi-purpose Subtle as the darkness Man's new servants Summoned for the harvest The vultures are circling Towards a veritable feast (whoa-oh-oh) Blood spilt under violent skies They'll take you alive! (Alive!) Welcome to the future The future of war Can you believe what this has come to? Silver serpents They dwell within the darkness Glowing, fervent Dread puppets for the heartless The vultures are circling Towards a veritable feast (whoa-oh-oh) Blood spilt under violent skies They'll take you alive! Our culture is hurtling Towards inevitable defeat Lust filled with the silenced cries So prepare to die! (We will do your bidding.) (We will do your killing.) (We are not the villains.) (We are not the villains.) Summoned by a declaration Blocking the horizon Swarming in their murmurations With hairsbreadth precision Technovores, conspirophiles We hope you're happy now Behold our fate, made flesh and vile We hope you're happy now We hope you're happy now Nightmares coalesce Synchronised as one Blind as mole-rats We don't see what we've become The vultures are circling Towards a veritable feast (whoa-oh-oh) Blood spilt under violent skies They'll take you alive! Our culture is hurtling Towards inevitable defeat Lust filled with the silenced cries So prepare to die! (To die!)
3.	Citylife 06:37	lyrics	buy track
Open the window and breathe the ozone In my tower of glass in a concrete jungle Took all I had to rise up from my throne I prefer to keep safe from the outside rabble Just ignore the thunder Coming from below 'Cos the earth will rumble With cries of a world in limbo We are here Living a high and mighty life Floating inches from the sky Shut your ears And quickly close the blinds, yeah What does the man in the street know about life? I was fine, resting these old bones What can I do in these times of peril? All I can do to get myself involved Is proselytise to the restless cattle But I do my best to stay out of trouble I guess that's the way the city crumbles We are here Living a high and mighty life Floating inches from the sky Shut your ears And quickly close the blinds, yeah What does the man in the street know about life? (Close the blinds) From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire Spit on the fire! (All I do is spit on the fire) (All I do is spit on the fire) I lived here Flying high, safe as a kite I was scraping 'gainst the sky Saw the tears And I tried to close my eyes, yeah And now no-one hears my cries All around me lies my life From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire From this high-rise sky-pyre All I can do is spit on the fire!
4.	Watchers From Above 04:46	lyrics	buy track
Humankind combines its minds The final dimension to find The void outside magnified Searching the skies for the signs of a new strain of life Lonely but full of resolve We can't wait for fate to unfold Here we are on our pale blue dot Staring out - are we demons or gods? We're watchers from above Prying eyes pierce the skies To unveil the heavens' disguise The void inside amplified Hostile and wild But cold, dark and sterile Oh, no Our solitude must be dissolved We can't wait for time to unfold Here we are on our pale blue dot Staring out - are we demons or gods? We're watchers from above Seems our future's steeped in silence Freaks of nurture deep in violence Is there anyone out there who'll help us relate? Here we are (whoa-oh, oh-oh) On our pale blue dot (whoa-oh, oh-oh) Staring out - are they demons or gods? (Demons or gods?) And will we see them come?
5.	Remains to be Seen 05:28	lyrics	buy track
I shelter warm from the bleakest outdoors And it gives me some comfort for sure That within the arms of at least a thousand hearts I am unconditionally... known I've done my time, laid it all out on the line At least that's what I'll write in my story 'Cos my soul's not for sale, it's public domain And if I've left out any details, then I'm sorry But life today is temporal Fleeting and ephemeral One thing keeps me fearful And that's one day you'll forget me at all... But down in the earth Where I'll finally sleep Will I see a rebirth As the one I've sought to be? Of my buried hurt That I keep so deep Will they ever ask, or learn? I guess that remains to be seen Staring down both barrels is What I'm facing up against Fighting endless choice paralysis A world of unfathomable depth But down in the earth Where I'll finally sleep Will I see a rebirth As the one I've sought to be? Of my buried hurt That I keep so deep Will they ever ask, or learn? I guess that remains to be seen Yeah, yeah And once down in the dirt Will I finally see peace? And will I ever stir In your memories? They must never learn Of the courage I've burned And like embers from the pyre Will I spark and light a fire? All I want's to have inspired And for what remains to be seen (And for my remains to be seen...)
6.	Ungrateful (Instrumental) 06:00		buy track
7.	Vultures (Instrumental) 04:48		buy track
8.	Citylife (Instrumental) 06:37		buy track
9.	Watchers From Above (Instrumental) 04:46		buy track
10.	Remains to be Seen (Instrumental) 05:28		buy track

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An EP covering various themes around invasion, such as: the global pandemic, drone warfare, street violence, colonisation, and at its most morbid, death.

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released May 27, 2023

Personnel:
James Paddock - songwriting, lead vocals
Kevin Martins - mixing, arranging, additional guitar/synths

Album artwork by dashiefrickintyan!

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James Paddock England, UK

Composer, singer, artist, and video game developer.

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