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Ticking the Telephone

Heartless Places

Heartless Places (feat. Nina Persson)

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This song is about the need to experience things for yourself instead of relying on hearsay and assumptions. And also, tigers.

I’ve been told this one is “classic Color Theory,” whatever that means.

WHERE TIGERS ARE SAID TO ROAM
©2024 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

They say that tigers roam free
In these lands
You wonder how that could be
When you’ve never seen one
Legends of mist-covered hills
Perilous thrills

The mighty roar
The savage gore
Rumors and idle folklore
Map out a route
Remove all doubt
Only one way to know for sure
Set out for the great unknown
Where tigers are said to roam

Don’t be content to rely
On hearsay
To confirm what you deny
Explore every region
Seek out the cat in its den
Time and again

It may be dangerous
Who knows what you might find
Embrace the wilderness
The courage to face
The nature of your own mind

You must do this on your own
Set out for the great unknown
Where tigers are said to roam

COLOR THEORY
@colortheory
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Where Tigers Are Said to Roam

Under the Water

Cutting the Stone

Brick Store

A song about 2005.
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Lost in the shadows of neon lights.
Haunted by memories of magestic nights.
We dance with ghosts of our old dreams.
Hiding in moments of flashing beams.

We chase illusions through twilight haze.
A world of wonder in this reckless maze.
Old times whisper in our ear so slow.
Echoes of a past we used to know.

Distant echoes calling out our names.
In the dark we watch forgotten frames.
Time stood still as we roamed the streets.
In the glow our hearts were free.

Fingers tracing on a broken screen.
Reflections of places we've been.
Old dusty tapes spin of tales untold.
Of the glow that's becoming old.

Could we reclaim what is lost to time.
Turn back the clocks just feels alright.
For hope and living in that midnight glow.
Old times burn slow, don't let them go.

Distant echoes calling out our names.
In the dark we watch forgotten frames.
Time stood still as we roamed the streets.
In the glow our hearts were free.
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Fragments

Distant Echoes

Bliss

Technophobia

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“The Rehearsal” is about compulsively practicing conversations in your head—what you’ll say, how you’ll say it, and replaying it until it all feels just right, even if you end up never saying a word.

THE REHEARSAL
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

I deal in daydreams
I traffic in text
Endless predictions of
What you’ll say next

I pick my battles
And I take my licks
At the rehearsal
I rewrite the script

There’s something I have to get off my chest
But I don’t know how to say it best

Tape decks chew on old cassettes
Restless pacing wears the floorboards
Grasp at smoke and call it home
Shape my thoughts like molten chrome

Stories aching to be told
Every silence must be broken
But I bottled the eclipse
From my umbra to your lips

It’s a compulsion
A cognitive trap
At the rehearsal
I polish my act

I’m the sole architect of each pause
I preach my gospel to empty halls

Why not let the words find their own flow?
I can make it all up as I go

Improvisation
Is the skillful way
Trust when the time comes
I’ll know what to say

Let go of scenes
That may never exist
Live in the moment
And welcome the risk

COLOR THEORY
@colortheory
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The Rehearsal

Creature

Space Again

Tech Noir Timelines

Tech Noir 2 (Sierra Veins Remix)

Day And Night

Shadowverse

Dakota

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Every time you do something, there’s a very real chance that you may never do it again. What would you do differently if you knew it was the last time?

THE LAST TIME
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

There must be a million things
I’ll never do again
Like sleeping beneath the stars
Holding my father’s hand

When our lives are enchanted
We take it for granted
Sipping on borrowed wine
We misplace our attention
And nobody mentions
It could be the last time

If I knew what would I do differently?
Would I start weeping uncontrollably?
This could be my last time and I wouldn’t even know

It wasn’t so long ago
I kissed my son goodnight
Then one night I let him be
Figured he’d be alright

We’re all dying in pieces
And deepening creases
Prisoners of our minds
Can’t afford to be reckless
With something so precious
It could be the last time

It may sound a bit morbid
Tasteless or sordid
Dwelling on cruel facts
But these moments define you
And serve to remind you
It could be your last act
You won’t get this day back

This could be my last song and I wouldn’t even know

COLOR THEORY
@colortheory
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