Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the keys and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Scenes from a Window

This Time with Feeling is the sister album to my upcoming album Peripheries. While Peripheries is an aggressive journey into the outer reaches, TTWF is about being present and peaceful in the here and now. I hope you enjoy and can listen in full as much as possible.

This Time with Feeling

Proud of these songs! I hope you can find some meaning and enjoyment in them.

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Falsework

My newest album, Recomposure - an ode to the piano and composition.

Recomposure

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

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Collapse / Expand

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Lyrics:
Hey, where are you headed
Can I hitch a ride
Wait, let me get this
I’m on your side
Please tell me your weakness
I’ll watch over it for you
There’s no need to check in later
I know you have things to attend to

A familiar scene, a hit and run
Count another one
It doesn’t use its given name
Changes where it comes from
It bites at the corners of
The people and the self you love
By the time you know and call it in
It’s already wheels up

Started out with something pure
But it slowly degraded to the state it’s in now
Look at me getting myself down
You'd think I’d have learned by now

A familiar scene, a hit and run
Count another one
It doesn’t use its given name
Changes where it comes from
It bites at the corners of
The people and the self I love
By the time you know and call it in
It’s already wheels up

I can’t get myself up from the chair
The fabric’s faded and the cushion’s bare
The place called home is somewhere else
It left behind its hollow shell
I know my mind plays tricks on me
Slowly learning about entropy
Bring me back to the ground
And hope I come around

It’s a familiar scene

Wheels Up

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Lyrics:
We've treaded here before, but never found a way through
Some might say we're long past the point of no return
Don't have the numbers, and one still wonders
How much do we have left to burn
 
The only way out now is to outsmart the enemy
We're all playing by the rules of modern engagement
There's blood on the line, but we're holding this time
The other end of this arrangement
 
Day will break, and clouds will form
The rain may fall, the ground stays firm
Hiding from silhouettes
Some future world's regret
Night will fall, and life will sleep
The nightmares come, the heart still beats
If you feel me slip away, shake me awake
 
Some might choose to stay, and some would rather leave
This moment may have two vastly different outcomes
It quickly coalesced, the hum of unrest
The world has come undone
 
I’ve been waiting for the train to leave the station
I'll take the next one and see you on the other side
Before we came to the message came through
Some things should be left to die
 
Day will break, and clouds will form
The rain may fall, the ground stays firm
Hiding from silhouettes
Some future world's regret
Night will fall, and life will sleep
The nightmares come, the heart still beats
If you feel me slip away, shake me awake

It’s easy to, it’s easy to get lost, get lost in this world
But as long as you, as long as you are here by my side, we can conquer it
It’s easy to, it’s easy to get lost, get lost in this world
But as long as you, as long as you are here by my side, we can conquer it

Silhouettes

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Lyrics:
One thing leads to another
Creating what comes after
The cause and effect of the moment
Haven’t yet been deciphered

Memorizing positions
Look there go traditions
Minute by minute it changes
Can't settle on one definition

Put all the cards on the damn table
Take it and run as soon as you’re able
Look around, nobody knows about
The coming fallout

Come celebrate the downfall
Blow it up no matter how small
A little too late for the backsees
We've already ruled it a fair ball

Put all the cards on the damn table
Take it and run as soon as you’re able
Look around, nobody knows about
The coming fallout

Fallout

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Lyrics:
Try to keep the area clear
But the wind keeps blowing in
Only have finite supply
Then the despondency sets in
Where does it evolve from here
Are we on a wide correction course
Maybe I could shape the tree
But first I need to identify the source
 
A rugged individualist working for the end of the day
Holding out for what he's worth while the world whittles away
Can you make the color green out of only red and blue
Get we get a recipe out of these values
I know I'm gonna figure it out, I don't need a way to get back
All I need to do is reroute, move into the second act
Charter what you want to achieve, and don't forget the lesson learned
When to feel it start to slip, better stay firm
 
It’s been since I just drove
And now I'm looking for a different thing
My sympathies don't lie here anymore
And I don't even feel the sting
Used to be scared I’d lose the feel
But that since has gone away
But I hardly noticed
I don't know how long it's been that way

A rugged individualist working for the end of the day
Holding out for what he's worth while the world whittles away
Can you make the color green out of only red and blue
Get we get a recipe out of these values
I know I'm gonna figure it out, I don't need a way to get back
All I need to do is reroute, move into the second act
Charter what you want to achieve, and don't forget the lesson learned
When to feel it start to slip, better stay firm

Keep it in your pocket
Always by your side
Keep it in that pocket
Don’t let it out of your sight
Sure, there’s other chances
But do you trust the dice
Keep it in your pocket
Always by your side
Keep it in your pocket
Don’t let it out of your sight
Sure, there’s other chances
But do you trust the dice

A rugged individualist working for the end of the day
Holding out for what he's worth while the world whittles away
Can you make the color green out of only red and blue
Get we get a recipe out of these values
I know I'm gonna figure it out
I don’t need a way to get back
All I need to do is reroute
And move on, move on to the second act

Second Act

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Latent

Fray

Written, produced, and performed by yours truly.

The album title, and a lot of the lyricism, drew from the experiences, emotions, and thought patterns I've had over the last year and a half. I have lots of anxieties about the world, but I'm grateful for the love and support of my friends and family.

Musically, the biggest inspiration for this album has been my Weber upright piano, which we bought second-hand shortly after moving to CT. It has a practice pedal, which plops a nice thick felt right down between the strings and the hammers. I'll sit down and doodle on it daily. In the end, I ended up recording it for every song on the album except the two instrumental songs, ironically enough. The last song on the album is a solo piano/vocal piece.

I hope you enjoy Scenes from a Window.

Lyrics:
This ain't the time to lose my mind
Sober decisions are needed
A mental break, resuscitate
The pressure has long been exceeded
I'm in too deep, been losing sleep
I show all the signs of obsession
I'm sure I'm right, I locked it tight
But somewhere along the way I lost them

Will the payoff in the end be greater than the spend of energy
Is this a bold ideal or is this closer to insanity
Drop anchor in the sand, and slip under the waves of bitterness
Waiting for the calm and trusting in the process

Try and maintain a steady gain
A tempo that pushes me forward
Look for the shapes, ways to relate
Parse out the chaos from order
I'm still alive, prob'ly been revived
I won't take another breath for granted
No choice to make, too much at stake
I won't leave the helm uncommanded 

Will the payoff in the end be greater than the spend of energy
Is this a bold ideal or is this closer to insanity
Drop anchor in the sand, and slip under the waves of bitterness
Waiting for the calm and trusting in the process

Drop Anchor

Written, produced, mixed and mastered by Adam Tell
Artwork by Maggie Dougals

Past the Hypothetical was 10 years ago. Damn.
 
Lyrics:
Say the words and let them be
Think a thought and set it free
Open up your castled heart
It only needs a jump start
 
Please play along, what can it hurt?
I'm ready for it, just throw it over
Look alive, one's coming your way
So what do you say?
 
You gotta run to the nearest exit
And buy a one-way ticket
Any longer here and you might fossilize
Take a chance on the deepest feeling
And show what you're concealing
Look in the mirror, and don't avert your eyes
 
A temporary place to rest
To forget about the permanence
Don't overstay your time in here
Move on the coast is clear
 
The things I said hang like a stone
And the things we feared are fully grown
You made it this far cross the sea
And you can still be happy
 
You gotta run to the nearest exit
And buy a one-way ticket
Any longer here and you might fossilize
Take a chance on the deepest feeling
And show what you're concealing
Look in the mirror, and don't avert your eyes
 
Stop standing in your own way
Let go of the backspace
Break out of your head now
Before it's too late
I'm here to catch you
Gonna help you pull through
I know that you want it
You're gonna get there soon
 
You gotta run to the nearest exit
And buy a one-way ticket
Any longer here and you might fossilize
Take a chance on the deepest feeling
And show what you're concealing
Look in the mirror

Fossilize

Written by Imogen Heap
Arranged, produced, mixed, and performed by Adam Tell
Mastered by Fox Stevenson

Where do we go from here?
How do we carry on?
I can't get beyond the questions

I'm clambering for the scraps
In the shatter of us, collapsed
It cuts me with every could-have-been

Pain on pain on pain, repeating
With a backup makeshift life in waiting

Everybody says that time heals everything
But what of the wretched hallow,
The endless in-between
Are we just going to wait it out?

There's nothing to see here now
Turning the sign around
We're closed to the Earth 'till further notice

Stumbling cliché case
Crumpled and puffy-faced
Dead in the stare of a thousand miles

All I want is only one street-level miracle
I'll be an out-and-out, born again from none more cynical

Everybody says that time heals everything
But what of the wretched hallow
The endless in-between
Are we just going to wait it out?

And sit here cold
We will be long gone by then and lackluster
In dust, we lay around old magazines
Florescent lighting sets the scene
For all we could and should be being
In the one life that we've got...

Everybody says that time heals everything
But what of the wretched hallow
The endless in-between
Are we just going to wait it out
And sit here, just going to wait it out
And sit here cold, just going to sweat it out
Wait it out

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Wait It Out

Written, arranged, produced, mixed, and performed by Adam Tell
Mastered by Fox Stevenson

Lyrics:

We kept our intentions in the dark
and separated the tinder from the spark
I’m sure it’s obvious to them
that we’ve been selling ourselves as just good friends
It doesn’t matter how we plead
You’re wearing my name, I’ve got your fingerprints on me
Sure, it’s been fun to play the game
But it’s time we called this by its real name 

Don’t overthink the way we feel
Anticipate the slow reveal
We’ve engineered the perfect tale
We only need to part the veil
To see what’s been there all along
See the truth behind the song
The preparations have been made
For the welcoming parade

Let’s take a walk and talk this through
Relay the messages of love we hid from view
We should be clear about one thing
There’s gonna be kisses flying all around the ring
Don’t be afraid to lose control
Sit back, relax, and watch the fireworks show
The idea’s always been the same
But it’s time we called it by its real name

Don’t overthink the way we feel
Anticipate the slow reveal
We’ve engineered the perfect tale
We only need to part the veil
To see what’s been there all along
See the truth behind the song
The preparations have been made
For the welcoming parade

Slow Reveal

New album, Peripheries, out June 20th

I've wanted to make a pure dance electronica album for a looooong time, and I finally got around to doing it. I made the album using mostly hardware synths (my newfound addiction), and this bassline was all from my Erica Synths LXR-02, which markets itself as a drum machine, but it's got some mean distortion that makes for some great basses and leads.

Anyways, hope you enjoy! Much more music to come this spring and summer.

Artwork by Danny https://cocomidori.com/welcome

Transfer Orbit

Second song off the new album, Peripheries. Had fun with the chaos on this one.

Like Transfer Orbit, I made most of this one by layering sequences from the LXR-02 (sequenced by the Oxi One) recording as I was tweaking it. It has a great internal distortion, and I also ran it through the Soma Lyra's distortion.

Hope you dig it!

Full album out June 20th.

Scramble to the Bottom

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Drawn

A Day In May

There, Then Gone

Sun Shower

The Clearing

Touch Moonlight

Pause Forever

Dyadic is the third single from my upcoming electronica album Peripheries. This one is all about the bass.

The name comes from the fact that 80% of the song was made with the Fors Dyad VST, which is a dual monosynth with a built in sequencer, very similar to Elektron devices. I programmed the basslines and percussion, and then recorded the audio output as I tweaked it. Then mangle it to all hell. This was the last song I wrote for the album, which was originally 11 songs. This was also the fasted song completed from conception to mix.

Full album out on June 20th!

Dyadic

Last single from my upcoming album Peripheries, which comes out in two weeks, June 20th! So excited to share the complete record.

Never Far

Best Not To Know

Unfixed Position

Chaos In the Cockpit

Just Out of Frame

Centrifugal

Burn on Reentry

Lights Beneath the Water

Lyra

This thing has been through unrecognizable changes over the past two years, and here is the final version! Thank you, Emily for working with me every step of the way.

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Lyrics:

Far out at sea, alone with what she said to me,
("Please don't be this way, don't wanna fight for a shade of gray")
No final word on what we are from who we were
(Maybe time will tell if we need to be something else)

Created from nothing
Vacated two somethings

Reclaim, restore identies we had before
(It's hard to trace - I don't know the man to recreate)
We've lost the crown - the keys have all been melted down
(I don't know which flag to fly - the one we made hangs low tonight)

We're fated for nothing
We traded two somethings
We gave it everything
We made it mean something

We're fated for nothing
We traded two somethings
We gave it everything
We made it mean something

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Two Somethings (feat. Emily Solo)

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A Taste Of Purpose

Who's Inside

Plant The Beginning

New Equation

written and performed by @bennymox & @adam-tell
produced, mixed, and mastered by @adam-tell

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For all the accountants out there.

Lyrics:
Misunderstood's an understatement
And by the way, I think your cost of goods is understated

Why yes, I can do your taxes
I test controls, man I'm best at those
And if you need help with your net cash flows then I got you
Not to mention, I got partners and clients that are all up on me for my talents
Ah man, I'm not complaining, but sometimes it's hard to balance

But if I audit your cash, best believe that I'm gonna bring change
MVA, the Most Valuable Asset, chillin on a balance sheet with other prepaids
Man your criticism won't stick
See this suit, it's made of teflon
It's like I am the SEC and the rest of the rap game's Enron.

Why don't we try to converge
Close the gap between GAAP and IFRS
Why don't we try to unite
In this together, accountants-for-lifers

What's gain if you never know loss
What's gross if you never know cost
What's debt if you never know profit
and what's NASDAQ if you never own stock
What's staff if you never know boss
Deserve a little credit, no swaps
We're in your interest, this is our business and it never stops

Mitigating risk right here
Coming to collect when the checks don't clear
It's time that you all understand what we do
and you recognize what we accrue
Are you getting these puns?
Excelling at worksheets, calling it a formula one, that's racing
If money talks, all I gotta say is this is an income statement

Why don't we try to converge
Close the gap between GAAP and IFRS
Why don't we try to unite
In this together, accountants-for-lifers

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Adam Tell & Benny Mox - Close the GAAP

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Lyrics:
Big voices on the radio
Hushed whispers on the telephone
Thin walls, open airwaves
A cold case becomes a hot zone

There’s always an agenda
Only white knights and renegades
Pushing out a prejudice
And calling it “Lemonade”

They’ll always try to buy stars above
They’ll always lie about who they love
You’ve heard the names
Fake numbers get ahead in the game so
When’s push gonna come shove?

Don’t feed me tall tales
I’ll spit ‘em right back at you
You don’t know anything that nobody didn’t tell you
So don’t blame the skeptics
For thinking out loud
In the battle of headroom, it’s a fight for the foreground

It takes a crowd to change a scene
No more readers to write the magazines
Betting we won’t recognize
That they decide when the rules don’t apply

Don’t feed me tall tales
I’ll spit ‘em right back at you
You don’t know anything that nobody didn’t tell you
So don’t blame the skeptics
For thinking out loud
In the battle of headroom, it’s a fight for the foreground

I know I’m not alone
In using a microphone to say
What I think should be said
I’m running it in the red

Don’t feed me tall tales
I’ll spit ‘em right back at you
You don’t know anything that nobody didn’t tell you

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Foreground

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Lyrics:
I’m sick of living with this cloud inside my head
An echo chamber of the worst things that I’ve said
One-sided conversations getting me nowhere
I’m wasting time sinking in my chair
External stimuli are few and far between
I’ve extracted all the kicks I can from caffeine
I need someone who’s not afraid to call the shots
Someone who can connect the missing dots

First take
Let’s try a new progression no one else could make
It might not come together, babe, but just in case
Let’s run it from the top and roll the tape
Later on tonight
When you go on your way and I go on mine
I’ll play it back and see if any moments shine
I hope this one grows in time

I’ll keep my head down I’ve been burned this way before
That sparkle always dies down till it bores me
As time goes by, I keep expecting it fade
But her name keeps jumping off the page
Noticing subtleties that used to be washed out
Enjoy the silences that used to fill with doubt
I might concede if I’d been properly prepared
But I gotta say, I thought I’d be more scared

First take
Let’s try a new progression no one else could make
It might not come together, babe, but just in case
Let’s run it from the top and roll the tape
Later on tonight
When you go on your way and I go on mine
I’ll play it back and see if any moments shine
I hope this one grows in time

Pin-point the satellite
Rewet the appetite
Stay up until the sun runs off into the night
Wake up the daydreams
Call off the search team
I think you’re already deep into my bloodstream

First take
Let’s try a new progression no one else could make
It might not come together, babe, but just in case
Let’s run it from the top and roll the tape
Later on tonight
When you go on your way and I go on mine
I’ll play it back and see if any moments shine

Roll The Tape

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Lyrics:
Calendar is open, the furniture’s dated
If I go out tonight, don’t wanna be persuaded
Running out of faces, it’s a failing structure
Go back to square one, and start with a whisper

Saved until it’s remade
Received but no relay
It was nothing but a first draft
It didn’t have an ounce of contrast
Another short-term getaway
A still frame in a time lapse

It served its purpose, moments of focus
I saw the future slip by unnoticed
It lives in the falsework and stays undercover
I hope my current state can hold the weight until it wants to be heard

Tip-toe over bridges that haven’t had upkeep
It might spell disaster to bet it all on black sheep
Every great idea has a long history
And every tower gets swallowed in the sea

Nail on nail, steel on steel
Construct myself in piecemeal
Skeletal and faceless
Unfinished empty spaces

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Lyrics:
Brick walls
Stumbling on a windfall
The bench is split, I’m losing it
Letting off steam
Stretching out the seams
The tension’s gone, I’m moving on

Dry land
Working with a fresh hand
The river flips, I’m jumping ship
Flooded ground
But I know I won’t drown
Head high, take to the sky

The path in front of me might make turns in sharp degrees
Lower the center of gravity
Don’t rub shoulders with a wave until it breaks
Move on and make some headway

Neck deep
Standing on two feet
A runner’s lift, a wanderer’s drift
Break the skin
And mend it back again
A falling scar, a hard restart

Good fortune makes a fickle friend
Don’t get too familiar with rising trends
Stay the course, ride out the storm
And come out of the water reborn

Headway

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Lyrics:
When did we turn up our voices so loud
We don’t see eye to eye on anything now
Loosing words over the lines that we drew
We’ve got some work to do to get to the root

Clean out the attic
Cut the feedback
It can get dramatic
When opposites attack

Two territories getting smashed into one
A war of attrition has already begun
Who says we can’t make a truce for one night
Maybe negotiate by candlelight

I’ve left my weak side exposed
And left the burner on the stove
For the safety of our lives
On three, let’s both apologize

Opposites Attack!

#2. Full album, Recomposure, out 10/18/18!

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Safe Up Here

Trails

Last Look

For A Time

Behind You

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

Lyrics:
Is anything out of place
Is anything wrong
Why do you I have a feeling
that this was a close call

My days are in order
Keeping track of time
I'm losing myself
in checkout lines

I've been getting light sleep, cold feet
So far away from the morning
I need to tune out the sound of me
Growing dependent on noise machines

Repeat conversation
until it fades away
Tangled in opinions
I can't think straight

Turned round on my directions
I'm always undecided
A quiet apprehension
that I never invited

I've been getting light sleep, cold feet
So far away from the morning
I need to tune out the sound of me
Growing dependent on noise machines

I've sunken in for far too long
I've let this noise drown out the song
I'll quantify the time that's passed
Lace up my shoes, run twice as fast

Happiness comes from within the mind
It needs constant care, it takes some time
It's possible but you need to try

Noise Machines

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

Lyrics:

Common composure is walking on thin ice
And everyone knows why
Under the surface, a market of swindlers
reselling alibis

What breaks the cycle? kindness or exile?
I don't have the answers
Flipping a mindset leaves behind bruises
Sometimes the truth hurts

When the problems become pressing
calm and collected begins undressing
Our comprehension is clearly lacking
How can we find out if we're not asking?
It's time to put down the pen and paper
Deal with it right now instead of later
Watching a blowout from the bleachers
We can't afford to keep feeding the meter

Basic assumptions get called into question
Trust but verify
Ration the bloodflow for things not essential
This all can't survive

I don't need progress, I just need movement
Something's gotta change
So can you feel it now as certain as the sun
shining through a summer rain

When the problems become pressing
calm and collected begins undressing
Our comprehension is clearly lacking
How can we find out if we're not asking?
It's time to put down the pen and paper
Deal with it right now instead of later
Watching a blowout from the bleachers
We can't afford to keep feeding the meter

Time's up, tick tock
No more small talk

Feeding The Meter

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

Lyrics:
Tracing the lines on my hand
Repair the holes in my vision
Are these misfires in my head
The human condition 

Been wading in standing water
Likely exposed for too long
My body is unresponsive
My god just tell me what's wrong

Don't know if this state is a threat
Can't fight with no wall on my back
Where's all of the flashing lights
Helping me stay on track

Follow the heart, follow the head
both screaming out, pick me instead
Wish I could out this to bed

Lately I'm leaving
Half empty handed
My company is telling me that we've disbanded
Can't say I blame 'em
I've been an asshole
I'd try to salvage it
buy it's not worth the hassle
I'm stuck in idle
Can't start engine
Slowly accepting
I can't hold my own attention
It might be too late
To save the embers 
I killed the passion
when tried to kill the temper

A civilized moment to think
Try not to spend it alone
Do anything in my power
To keep me off my phone

These 28 years have taught me
Secrets about myself
No longer can justify
throwing away my health

I am repeat behavior
slave to my tendencies
Waiting for system failure
To put me on my knees

This foregone conclusion
It's too predictable
One of these days will be fatal

Lately I'm leaving
Half empty handed
My company is telling me that we've disbanded
Can't say I blame 'em
I've been an asshole
I'd try to salvage it
buy it's not worth the hassle
I'm stuck in idle
Can't start engine
Slowly accepting
I can't hold my own attention
It might be too late
To save the embers 
I killed the passion
when tried to kill the temper


Leave while you have time
Before I change my mind
You should save yourself while you still have time
Before I change my mind

Temper

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

Lyrics:
Make another pivot
I'm right within reach
Not certain I can get it
It won't be easy

Screaming at the thunder
till the voice hurts
Some days I wonder
just what it's all worth

Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the water long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
I think it's time we step it up

Life's moving fast for all the right reasons
Narrow window to hit the peak season
Now's the time to play our cards
Listen to our restless hearts

Another cold winter
Another wet spring
Another dry July with memories lingering

Soon it'll be autumn
when the lights die down
We're gonna be louder when the new year rolls around

Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the water long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
I think it's time to step it up

Life's moving fast for all the right reasons
Narrow window to hit the peak season
Now's the time to play our cards
Listen to our restless hearts

Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the waters long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
No I'm not giving up

Peak Season

Collapse / Expand isn't a concept EP, but it is aptly named. Each of these songs survived multiple, heavy reworks and they landed where they are now. The title also comes from the fact that a lot of things seem to be ending or beginning or growing.

No lyrics! :)

Lapse

I wrote these lyrics in 2019, I swear.

Lyrics:
I heard a call beyond the hill and then it faded.
A little bird that flew away.
A loose belief in what I've used for motivation
is falling out of phase
Wear the mask and climb aboard, but keep your mouth shut.
'Cause there's no room left at the top.
All of us here are well aware of the illusion,
but no one wants to stop.

What is it worth?
What does it say?
Passing on designs intended to break.
We can fight about who's to blame,
But I fear my friend that we're dead weight.
No writing off this size of expense.
There's no diffusing this thick of incense.
So here's last call, grab it and go.
Soon the collective overthrows.

Turn around back through the breach in search of safety,
beyond the blighted ground.
Shatter the screen, and cut the vine that keeps it breathing.
At least we'll slow it down.
Conformity will be a tool that's used against us.
You'll think you're all alone.
But when that comes get on your feet and square your shoulders.
You're stronger than you know.

What is it worth? What does it say?
Passing on designs intended to break.
We can fight about who's to blame,
But I fear my friend that we're dead weight.
No writing off this size of expense.
There's no diffusing this thick of incense.
So here's last call, grab it and go.
Soon the collective overthrows.

Take your places, wave the signal.
I'll be waiting 'till it all folds.
Braveheart, you little rebel.
Pour it all out before the settle.

What is it worth? What does it say?
Passing on designs intended to break.
We can fight about who's to blame,
But I fear my friend...

What does it worth? What does it say?
We've been developing things we know will break.
We can fight about it, and pass around the blame,
But I fear my friend that we're now too late.

Adam Tell

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