“ALWAYS”
Recorded and released during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
All proceeds to benefit MKEBlack.org
Written and produced by Nick Woods
Performances and additional production by
– Devon Kay, Maura Weaver, Joram Zbichorski (Direct Hit)
– Alex Meylink, Nate Johnson (Telethon)
– Jon Lewis (Dopamines)
Mixed by Mike Kennerty
Art by Walker Dubois
Video by Walker Dubois and Ben Sargent
__Lyrics__
They came alive on the carpet of a jungle in a time past, present, or future – who’s to know? Standing at her side was her Partner, made of metal, staring through the plastic straight into skull, eyes permanently wide They’d awoke by the programmed will of The Prophets, long since buried and burned – like the future they’d promised And when you’re born without meaning, meant to know not but yourself, you find your purpose in just about anything – you find your purpose in primitive pulses So like always they felt anxious – but unlike ever they felt a pull somewhere in the distance And like always they walked toward horizon, and unlike ever their steps had purpose, and unlike ever their steps had purpose for once in their lives They’d never met a soul face-to-face on this scorched earth covered in mold – their only human touch was pushed through a screen, just characters in digital paintings But still they felt the tick-tick-tick get louder and louder as their sick tired mind got a little less crowded and the days turned into nights, while sunrises and sets blurred together They never wait til morning to keep walking, to wander deeper into that dark, hoping at least for some kind of mirage And like always the felt anxious – but unlike always there was somewhere to be, and unlike always they followed a signal Following the wind, can’t tell where they’re going Following the silence, separate from knowing Following the silhouette of something arisen and emerging from the post-prehistoric origin And then that tick-tick-tick-tick-tick stopped Towering tall out on the plane, it took their breath away And she felt the same thing they all felt when the long and awful story was finally over So like always, they kept walking, marching toward that thing they’d felt spinning in place like an orbiting atom When hope is at a climax it make the letdown too hard to handle Is it too much temptation to swallow? And is it worth it for choking when eating? But like always They kept walking And wandered deeper into that dark Toward the first thing they ever felt credits released July 10, 2020 license all rights reserved