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Suspending Belief

by Null Device

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On cool nights like these With sunlight gone from sight I'm striking out on my own Feel the pulse inside ignite This town's on fire With shimmering beams of light Falling up and soaring down We'll be floating here all night Fake Don't let it show The air is all aglow And everyone you know Is looking on tonight Anyone who's anyone And everywhere you know Everyone below Is bathed in neon light Hours start slipping by Empty prayers I recite Huddled up and left alone Alive in words that we incite We drift off course Searching for the way tonight Floating down and soaring up Trapped and sinking with the light Fallen See the ground below Jagged and aglow And everyone you know Faces hard and white Anyone who's anyone And everywhere you know Disappear below Here in neon light The dawning day breaks Soft lines traced in flight Empty now we return on home Retreat back to our concealed site Memories grow dim Inside these columns of light Falling up and soaring down We'll be out again tonight Everything's aglow And everyone you know And everywhere below Is bathed in neon light The air is all aglow Everyone you know And everyone below Will be out tonight
3.
I am looking for you In every word and every glance Searching for you Lost along every blade of grass The reasons that keep us around The ideas that are pulling you down Maybe they'll be revealed When quiet answers fall to the ground I am searching for you With every step and every dance Trying to find you Here among every pane of glass The seasons and the ages torn The notions that the fates adorn Maybe they'll be released When the shapes they hold once again are worn I am looking to you With every vow and each advance Calling to you From out among these blades of grass The regions that midnight holds down Shallow forms that we surround Maybe they'll be revealed When frozen chances once more are found I am searching for you In every breath and every chance Trying to find you Lost among all these blades of grass The reasons that sweep us aground The ideas that keep pulling you down Maybe they'll be released When all the answers once more sound.
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The nights hold their dreams And I hold at mine The lights strike me blind But I still see The tides pull us in I play my role The names used in vain But now I see Maybe there's a teapot Orbiting the sun Maybe he's waiting Maybe she's the one But it's so unlike me In the end to believe To me this seems to be So very unlikely The strings hold their seams And I pull at mine This earth suits me fine But still I see Tides pull us out I know them cold The loves lost in pain But now I see Maybe there's a teapot Out among the stars Maybe they're waiting Watching from afar But it's so unlike me To believe in the end To me this seems to be So very unlikely Spirits shine their beams And I take on mine Torches leave me blind But still I see The tides pull me on But I stole the fire It falls like the rain But now I see
5.
Pollai morphai tôn daimoniôn, Polla d' aelptôs krainousi theoi: Kai ta dokêthent' ouk etelesthê, Tôn d' adokêtôn poron hêure theos. Toiond' apebê tode pragma.
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Waterproof 03:56
Even in the shallows It's easy to drown Waves wash over my head And I'm going down Never deterred Just saturated To contemplate Is too complicated I keep on breathing And the tide keeps rising As I push on towards the horizon I'm waterproof Only soaked to the skin The pressure is rising But it's not getting in The current can pull me But it cannot divide The dam is collapsing No holding it back Didn't take so much at all Just a tiny crack I'm not sinking But my head is spinning I wonder if These depths are winning I stay here living As the night keeps dying As I push on towards the horizon Blood in the water And sharks to the scent One small sailor fights Then makes his ascent Wholly submerged But baptized in fire To want it all Is to know the desire I keep on breathing And the tide keeps rising As I push on towards the horizon
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When I'm falling Silence holds me down When all's faded Darkness takes me 'round I breathe you in Just a tiny drag Bathing in your glow And then I know You're the perfect one This night is breathing fine You're the perfect one This heart silently mine You're the only one The light I have to find You're the only one The port that stays behind When we're broken Sadness keeps me bound When I'm jaded When hope is beaten down I pull you in Find a little sigh Stealing from my soul And then I know You're the perfect one Midnight is fading lines You're the perfect one This heart becoming mine You're the only one The light I long to find You're the only one The port that stays behind When I'm dreaming Still's the only sound Night traps baited On twilight's azure mound I breathe you in Just a tiny drag Fading with you slow And then I know You're the perfect one The light is rising fine You're the perfect one The heart silently mine You're the only one The height I long to climb You're the only one The port that stays behind
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The still of silence breathes The quiet of this night lives Moving on through the air The rush Holding up the clouds And I wonder where this will go And I wonder if I should sleep If not here, if not there This touch Fading in the warm air Looking over the rim's edge Everything falls from the map Disappear into the hills Sink into the dark valleys No ending here with me I cross I twist I fold Color all my stripes black Change all my spots back Again The still of this life shakes Exquisite thriving heartaches Moving fast like the air The wind Pressing on my dreams And I wonder where this will end And I wonder if I should land If not here, if not there The view Echoes in the warm air Hanging over the rim's edge Everything fades from view Disappear like sudden winds That carve into the high mountains No falling anymore I spill I twist I mold Spin all my colors black Change all my faces back Again The silent cold release Thrives in quiet heartache Moving on like the push The air Holding up the clouds And I wonder where this will go And I wonder if I should sleep If not here, if not there This touch Fades like whispers
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Blow My Mind 03:22
A hunter knows its prey Like a river makes its way Down the mountain slopes The cold edges into play Make me a promise Tell no more lies Say you'll be the one If something's to be done Come on read the signs Weary we're running blind Dead and gone But first I need you to blow my mind Just a little off the top Make my heart stop Else I'm never gonna drop And we will never stop A lion sees the trend As the jungle feels its end Out along these roads No stranger is a friend Take me by surprise See through my disguise Say you'll be there when The fade to black's begun Go on claim your find Hidden and long-maligned I am lost But I know you can blow my mind Bull in your china shop My defenses dropped Take a little off the top Or I will never stop The desert pulls away Like a soldier makes his play On this lonely road My aim begins to stray Make me a promise Look me in the eyes Swear you'll be the one If something's to be done Little left to mind Overtaken from behind Dead to rights But I want you to blow my mind Just a little off the top Make my heart stop Else I'm never gonna drop And this will never stop
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Inkblots 04:54
In black and white Small print dotting the lines Ink trails that pool Right between the eyes These facts and follies Are blurred grey and mottled Like liquid flowing They read like lies (Each street The first grey brick In a grand downfall) Tried to press the pieces together When I want to put them away These misshapen fragments They return to close the day I wanted to live my own way As I tried to change it all The mystery is etched in chrome Inkblots moving closer to home See blues and reds Faded with the years Vapour trails that float Off along the sky These shots and volleys Return home to follow With lifeblood flowing The end is nigh (Each street The stopwatch tick In the night's last call) Tried to hold these thoughts together As I want to push them away From misshapen fragments They shatter to end the day I wanted to live my own way Smooth ideas etched in stone All these stolen pieces Bringing old glories to atone A fiction so outstanding I worked to keep it small A fiction so demanding I hoped to change it all Here in our crash landing I meant to heed the call The mystery is etched in chrome Inkblots falling back to home

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Null Device's 4th full-length album, featuring more of their experiments hybridizing various electronic musical styles with classical traditions from around the world.

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released June 25, 2010

© 2010 Null Device
Null Device is
Eric Oehler : Vocals, Studio Geekery, Strings, Percussion
Eric Goedken : Lyrics, Additional Vocals
Jill Sheridan : Backing Vocals, Keys
Elizabeth Scheef : Dumbek, Cello
Chuck McKenzie : Bass

With assistance from
Raya Wolfsun : Arabic and Classical Greek Vocals
Dan Clark : Backing Vocals
Lane Burns : Backing Vocals

Recorded and Mastered at Submersible Studios, Madison. Additional engineering by Nori Schmoldt www.submersiblestudios.com

All songs © 2010 Oehler/Goedken except "Many Forms" (Oehler/Merenkov), "Blades of Grass" (Oehler/Goedken/Merenkov) and "Fearful Symmetry" (Oehler). All songs published by Null Device Media Industries (ASCAP). Produced by Null Device.

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Null Device makes electronic pop music. Never ones to stand still, Null Device is constantly experimenting and evolving their sound. They’ve drawn on a wide variety of influences, passionately fusing everything from bhangra to post-punk to pop to ambient rock into their music. Null Device is always pushing the boundaries of synthpop. ... more

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