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Human Initiation

by Strange Chan

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Such a killer album! Favorite track: Visceral.
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1.
Into the world Out of the blue Spent the best years of my life wishing I were you Not a lot’s happened since you bought the farm Post adolescent limbo guess I thought I’d never live long ‘Cause I’ve been wishing you’d wake from the big dirt nap But the shadow you cast indicates you’re never coming back Now 30 years in That’s when I began To see the sea change No more secrets this year People soul searching, running, hiding from their deepest fears Now we're all left with no time to test No time to rest I'm not buying what they're selling me You and me could take a good look at the tide Find a good place to confide Find out what's compelling me to Take your place Or take a good look in the mirror Stop lagging in the human race Make your move Got something to prove Find out what you're made of But I'm not the only one, not the only one, I'm not the only one To burn their wings on the sun Earth mother can you heal what we’ve done? Can we still be your prodigal sons? 
2.
Pretty one
 Harlequin
 Charlatan
 Glow of the sun punctuates your skin Placates the grin on your face But does not replace
 The cold heart that lies in your ribcage 
 Movie star
 Shiny car
 Caviar
 You’re all slaves to your fancy things Blood diamond rings for the bride Still doesn’t hide The true price of pride’s ugly side 
 Someday we’ll pay
 If not in our lives
 Maybe your kid’s
 Think it’s safe to say
 That in the world today
 It pays to be well paid
 So take all you can take Because Carpe diem’s our way 
 Masochist
 Starved artist
 Cut his wrist
 He’ll never be what he sees on T.V. Because it’s all just a ruse He missed all the clues Now the blues got the best of him 
3.
Visceral 03:51
Beautiful fire feel the flame As you walk in the room Take away my breath with the view By the light of the moon Your smile disarmed me Like the wink of an eye That blitzkrieg heart attack On the back of my mind The Sirens sing a song in my head With a halo above Enough to make a tear trail down Enough to boil my blood Sail ‘round the world on a wave Like a prodigal son Gotta get a grip, get ahead Get my thrills while I’m young Something takes me over When you take me in How that short black skirt gets under my skin When you get your fill Will you have me back? I was born to give That's a natural fact
4.
Devil's Work 04:32
I once knew this girl She must taste like caramel I tried to pick her up But my lines don't work so well Looked through an old yearbook To see her photograph Sure'd love to fall in love But I'm not sure it would last (Chorus) She's so beautiful The work of an artist's hand No, no that's just the Devil's Work That's just the Devil's work I once knew this girl She must taste like caramel I tried to ask her out She said, "Man, you can go to hell" Looked through an old yearbook And burned her photograph Sure'd love to fall in love But I'm not sure it would last (Chorus) I once knew this girl She taste, taste just like petrol I went and took her out But my presence took it's toll I tried to forget her With another love affair The joke was lost on her But it wasn't lost on me (Chorus)
5.
Strangers 04:00
If you and I were lovers It would take the weight from my shoulders No more pushing boulders uphill Do with me what you will If you and I were lovers But you and I are strangers And I am stranger still In the gutter with the beggars and the traitors Grave danger looms at my windowsill ‘Cause you and I are strangers You drew me in ‘Til I was out of breath I could feel the warmth of yours on my neck And your chest pressed up against mine You were so kind Then you penetrate my heart and you left me exposed Now everyone knows that I need you Now you just taunt me O’ how you haunt me Why don’t you want me If you and I were killers You know we’d be the best You’d kill them with your kindness You kill me with caress If you and I were killers But you and I are losers I lost it long ago You lost it on my couch I lost it on the phone ‘Cause you and I are losers I cast out You take the bait My guard comes down straight out the gate Then you lower yours second date Our red wine lips meet I go in for the kill Someone will hurt tears will spill Only this time they won’t be mine
6.
No Fate 03:13
If you see the Devil tell ‘em I’m coming
 If you see the Angel tell her not to wait up for me
 If you see the prophet tell ‘em not to hold his breath Waiting in vain for better days When you hear the bombs you better start running
 When you see the dam burst you better brace for the worst When we finally see the light it’ll be far to late
 To pack up and make the great escape 
 And there’s nowhere left for us to run
 The guns won’t win the battle
 We’re fighting shadows of our selves What’s here today is gone tomorrow
 They say there is no fate but what we make This is our fate make no mistake If you take the train will you take me with you? If you make a break do you mind if I tag along? If the sky begins to cry will I build a wall?
 Will lady grace embrace the damage done? If I died tonight would it even matter?
 If I left tomorrow would you even care if I’ve gone? If I lived a lonely life could I rest a spell
 And maybe later hang my hat in Hell?
7.
Modern Man 05:00
Shots heard ‘round the world today Forty more bodies on the floor of a dorm Another sick bastard blew a fuse
 And refuse to be taken down without a storm These events are cause to query Just where we all went wrong What kind of crazy creature Solves their problems with a gun? Modern mother lost her mind Blindly threw her babies off a bridge Without a care for consequence
 I guess she just got tired of her kids Or maybe she can’t stand to bare The future they’ll have to face
 Of course it’s just a cop out
 She can’t stand the human race 
 I am just a modern man
 Living in the world without a plan Just another modern man
 Waiting for the shit to hit the fan Modern man in a traffic jam
 Still can’t read the writing on the wall
 The more things change they stay the same
 The game’s called kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall
 And I’d hate to break the bad news The U.S. will be no less ‘Cause fear’s the latest fashion Primal passion at its best I am just a modern man
 Living in a world without a plan Just another modern man
 Waiting for the shit to hit the fan Just run and run and run around the treadmill Like a rabbit in a cage 
8.
The Future 06:02
The Earth keeps spinning ‘round And the sky keeps falling Mom and Dad are dying Can you hear the future call? When we were kids We lived under clear skies
 Clean water was free Our hearts were so alive 
 One day it goes away And the darkness rolls in
 We focus on the pain And drift apart from our friends The ones that didn’t die Are different people now
 It’s funny how things change Am I different somehow? 
 If there is a God I think we’d find it laughing Dancing undecided making love with this world Is this strange place Some cosmic coincidence And if it’s the case is it the only one? The future isn’t set; It hasn’t happened
 If we stick together We’ll have a fighting chance When the weather changes I’ll keep you from the cold The future is uncertain for the young Not for the old
9.
10.
There’s an itch
 I can’t scratch
 A taste in my mouth
 I just can’t seem to get out So I claw at my face
 And scratch at my skin
 When it all heals up I began again I get nowhere Fast Been doing it since I was a teen Putting out fires with gasoline A fool no one could keep
 I felt like such a freak I lost control Now I fixate on the flaws When the anxiety calls
 I’ll obsess all I like Does that strike you as odd at all? What would Sigmund think of the condition my condition has been in?
 Would Nietzsche say, “Embrace Dionysus and you’ll feel like a God”? What didn’t kill me made me stronger but it also made me a little stranger And feeling just like Sisyphus 
 There’s a girl
 Makes me sweat
 So sensational
 I pined for her the moment we met But I made a mistake
 I broke protocol
 Overwhelmed her with advances ‘Til I watched the sky begin to fall I’d been building her up in my head Lip synching all the words that I probably should not have said The scene plays in repeat I always play the creep I never skip a beat The last thing I saw
 An image etched in my brain Her eyes looking into to mine While the rival dragged her away 
 Did I reek of desperation? Did the scent cut through your Nat Sherman cigarettes?
 Did your friend think I was sorry When I apologized profusely like a dog?
 And when your date gave me daggers Did he know I never heard a word about him?
 I guess I should have asked you first 
 I’m in love
 With myself
 My suspicions abound
 I share nothing with anyone else ‘Cause we live for ourselves
 In these obsessive times
 You can see it in the eyes Of all the poor souls caged in their cars I’ve been dying just to feel alive Been doing it now since 1995 When I was just nineteen I watched my best friend die Now I feel the neglect
 Still coming on strong
 Still starving for affection
 Still life goes on and on and on and on and on and on Did I squander my relations
 With self gratification as alternative?
 Did rejection take it’s toll? Should I sell my soul back to the Devil? If I could do it all again would I dare do anything differently? Or will my scars just scare you off again? ‘Cause you could be the nail in my coffin

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released January 10, 2016

James Chan- Vocalist, Songwriter, Co-Producer, Guitarist, Keyboards, Sequencer, and Harmonica
Riley Geare- Producer, Engineer, Percussionist, Bassist, Synth-Lead, Electric Guitar on "Strangers"
Scott Wray- Executive Producer, Sequencer, Songwriter, Art Design
Mastered By Sean Flora

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