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Fear of all Fools

by Strange Habits

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1.
Big Ominous 04:33
No rolling stone ever brought down a mountain No troubled water ever drowned the earth our setting sun has yet to set for good We’re running circles again The moment arrives balance breaks down the walls we made so high We’ll build again a castle of sand against the ocean Gone, to a place in the world where they don’t know THe pressure that grows Living under a light bulb The power that lives In the heart of a cell phone The war that fuels the fire and brings the sun a little closer I'll meet you there with anyone who wants to move on we'll build our lives in the sunlight in the place where truth survives I'll meet you there when balance comes and breaks us all down we'll build again a castle of sand against the ocean This is a call to arms to anyone who see’s the strings this is a fine line between the reality and the dream this is the front line from the streets to the prison cells we are the people they thought they pacified so well they made us all betray ourselves This is for the lost cause hidden by steel walls falling through trap doors and burning at the borders and every stone that rolls away adds itself to an avalanche those on top have all forgot that we're the ones that keep them up it’s coming like a perfect storm a river of blood and death within these troubled waters wash away the borders and everyone that walks away adds themselves to the avalanche those on top have all forgot that we're the ones that hold them up.
2.
Tell me, where have you been eternal blood connection I’ll walk inside your footsteps and be your souls reflection Come back to the fold you've been gone so long it’s starting to show starting to take ahold buggin’ out as you drift away from us tiny walls for sanity you found a wall to push yourself against and when you fall out of line back from where you came hear the old familiar sound complete the cycle once again (Chorus) cycle system give me this one straight to my death bed before we jump to cross the distance prove this existed given instincts that make me question this mass motivating degenerating race to the finish before we break free Tell me, where have you gone subject of my affection I’ll give you all that you want and be your self-destruction always keeping score building up the pressure on your mental architecture tiny walls for sanity you found a wall to push yourself against and when you fall out of line back from where you came you’ll be the cog in the machine complete the cycle once again (Chorus) cycle system give me this one straight to my death bed before we jump to cross the distance prove this existed given instincts that make me question this mass motivating degenerating race to the finish before we break free complete the cycle once again complete the cycle once again complete the cycle once again run for, cover suspect, each other stay in your shelter don't trust any other mother fucker come and. kill me, you know, where I sleep you chose, the right tool armed with the fear of all fools show me the fear of all fools (Chorus) cycle system give me this one straight to my next best before we jump to cross the distance prove this existed given instincts that make me question this mass motivating gyrating race to the finish before we break free complete the cycle once again complete the cycle once again complete the cycle once again
3.
Disconnect 01:14
From within it builds inside and fades never letting go of me now I know torment to resist your pull I'm hypnotized by misconception disconnection
4.
EMF 05:59
The greatest trick I ever played was making you forget your strings don't I move you in curious ways The only lie I ever told gave you everything you own but you belong to me The cycle is complete smoke screen will recede fear of emptiness is bursting at the seems a cataclysmic force just behind the scene shocks me from my sleep calls me in my dreams All my life has lead to this I found a frequency that does exist waiting for me deep within resonating everything (Chorus) All There is the fabric of reality covers what we don't see and twisted by an intention the universes foundation just crumbles away it just crumbles away crumbles away We believe only what we can see so how do we see god in this scientific paradigm One way journey to Mars leaves early get aboard the ship cause destinys a one way trip To migrate all the places we don't know still pretending we're alone when creation formulates life manifests the way it began in elemental form in elemental form (Chorus) All There is the fabric of reality covers what we don't see and twisted by an intention the universes foundation just crumbles away it just crumbles away
5.
Man of Wax 03:48
Build a man out of wax and relax cause’ he’s got your back and no one will pull a trigger on you the blood and sweat that you put in but won’t come out open the other door you’ll find another crowd but don’t forget that you have yet to include those next to you (Chorus) And those strange old things that you think won’t last so you never had to ask how they got this way and those strange old things that you think won’t last so you never had to ask Hey you livin’ like a sane fool sittin’ at the table with the hand that holds you and feeds your weakness it’s kinda hard to be impressed by a fortress of distress drowning in the excess but ya say that I’m mistaken I must be mistaken oh ya I, should have paid attention wanna pay attention hold myself ransom play dumb and stare at the sun kill a man with your hands cause’ ya know that you’re in command and no one will lay a finger on you you could succeed in all your corporate greed unless the wilful can unite and stand true (Chorus) And those strange old things that you think won’t last so you never had to ask how they got this way and those strange old things that you think won’t last so you never had to ask Hey you livin’ like an angel fallen from the steeple down upon the people you feed your bullshit it’s really hard to be impressed by a fortress of distress drowning in the excess but ya say that I’m mistaken I must be mistaken oh ya I, should have paid attention wanna pay attention hold myself ransom, play dumb and stare at the sun stare at the sun stare at the sun
6.
let me go to the wilderness where I can build my life with my hands take my freedom from that lie that bleeds me dry instead of stasis, mass migration from inside the confines of a system stacked to consume and destroy I’m barely alive barely alive the words to express tell me they don’t exist so I can learn to let go cause’ I want freedom from that mother of control ‘cause where she walks passion stops and it leaves us all in the dust just waking up writing haunting poetry echoes of eternity leaving us in the dust just waking up writing haunting poetry leaving sheer funk and misery just waking up writing haunting poetry echoes of eternity I'm barely alive I’m buried alive barely alive I’m buried alive
7.
check out and cash in at the door shadow government has the floor everybody here knows the score doesn’t matter as long as they as long as they as long as they want more violence is the currency blood is wine for the corporate leech and the veins are open on broken streets doesn’t matter don’t matter don’t matter don’t matter what you believe Always there’s a motive, at the heart and at the cente, of the game we’re forced to play murder all the messengers and tell the world exactly what you wanted them to say Accusations are deliberately absurd finally you’ve got a way to start a war. what with the profits set too high to let go a city skyline will be laid low all the swiss accounts are bound to explode and it’s over it’s over whenever whenever they say so silent ones will watch this unfold a story book memorized and retold victory written omitting what’s true they package produce it confuse it play it on the radio it’s deliberately absurd finally you’ve got a way to start a war Shut off the lights let the world sleep shut down the lights let them all sleep an idea we let grow wicked it may seem passive eyes harbor deeper schemes the list of names is longer than the monuments that stand overhead If you hear your number called find your place on the battlefield lying dead without a name is what you owe for the life you saved Tell me what’s it worth finally you’ve got a way to start a war accusations are everything you need doesn’t matter what they know just what they believe shut off the lights let the world sleep shut off the lights let the world you let the world sleep
8.
Sleepwalkers 03:03
It all started in a C.I.A building an agent spoke and his subordinates listened a nazi scientist was in the room with them acquit of his crimes for the sake of one mission but the subject of the project was somewhat of a mystery a brand new substance dubbed LSD They sought to turn the drug into a chemical weapon unleash new secrets of the minds manipulation now they operated, under the pretense of defense keep a close eye, on all these citizens but keep the methods, way deep under cover use propaganda, to spread paranoia and sweep the lane, so the abduction could begin blacklist that commie, nazi, fascist, hippy movement any name will do, they can’t suspect the truth we don’t risk exposure if they don’t have the proof (Chorus) When it goes down People will say This is the consequence of silent consent, forgive, forget All that we know is just a shadow on the wall It all started when ruthless men took position high up in the system driven by dreams of domination, infinite ambition product of the war machine generation drunk off the power gained amid the secrecy drenched in the blood of their enemies professional killers to the very core but the war from overseas just moved in next door they got to work, weeding out the spies crossing all the lines, the problem simplified some lives are expendable, with or without consent the loss is acceptable the order came from the top of the ladder even though it conflicted with moral standards it was carried out, to the letter the sheep will walk when whipped by the shepherd (Chorus) When it goes down People will say This is the consequence of silent consent, forgive, forget All that we know is just a shadow on the wall Meanwhile chilling in a cell on death row case number two dash three five six oh chosen, because he was soon to be erased a man with no name, and so it shall remain they picked him up, on the night of his execution sat him next lassie from the mental institution packed in a van, with street rats and outcasts and silence
9.
Dreamscape 04:38
And when it comes for us all (It overwhelms) leave your blindfolds at the door (It overwhelms) don’t be late (It overwhelms) this could be the last time (over) I see your face (it overwhelms) we never cared to know we never care ***The ending monologue is borrowed from the TV series "Adventure Time" presumably owned by Cartoon Network. Please don't sue us, we're broke musicians*** This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively but if sweetness can win and it can then ill still be here tomorrow to high five you yesterday my friend peace
10.
Directrix 06:40
Synthetic soul so mechanical the paper's toll is too deep a mark of a dead star lead us astray but nothing will stop me now The table you set so diligently with controlling force voice of authority come when we sit you've already judged me its all I fear and all my misery I'll break away from the confined condition Line up against the wall amend your right and you wont feel the injustice crash down around your home face it we're nothing but a slave race to the other cast that tells to watch the herd grow overwhelmed blame it on the drugs we take just how we feel the same the pages turn but never change Ill break away from the confined condition Ill break away from the confined condition Agents of absolution will chase impossible perfection image of our gods, mirror of ourselves I'll break away I'll break away

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"Fear of all Fools" is an introspective look at society & the human condition as a whole. This album exhibits recurring themes of fear & dissatisfaction, the culmination of which induces an intense urge to break away from social constructs.

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released March 11, 2014

Composed and Performed by Strange Habits

Strange Habits is:

Eric McGuire - Vocals
Sheel Doshi - Drums/Vocals
Eric McCauley - Guitar/Vocals
Brett Sparrey - Bass

Album Credits:

Guest Percussion on "Big Ominous" by Ricky Atallah
Guest Guitar Solo on "EMF" by Sean Johnson

Special thanks to Energy Plant Arts staff:
Senior Engineer - Blag Ivanov
Engineer - Nick Lemos
Assistant Engineer - Tyler Weber

Produced by Sheel Doshi
Mixed by Josh Benton
Mastered by Kris Crummett

Artwork by Jeremy Taylor

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