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This song is in Spanish - the English translation is under the Spanish lyrics

Music, lyrics and all instruments except drums: Ed
Drums: Mariano Mendez

Quiero Ser Libre (I Want to Be Free)

Quiero ser libre
para sentir, amar, vivir
quiero ser libre
para reir y compartir

Quiero volver
quiero volver
a tocar el cielo con las manos

Dejame estar
dejame estar contigo
vamos a ser amigos

Quiero sentir
quiero vivir
quiero ser libre

Todas esas veces
que me siento atrapado
si me hubiera dado cuenta
que siempre fui libre
siempre fui libre

Si me hubiera dado cuenta
de que nada me detiene
nada me detiene, nada
nada me detiene
nada me detiene, nada

Quiero ser libre
para sentir, amar, vivir
quiero ser libre
para reir y compartir

Quiero volver
quiero volver
a tocar el cielo con las manos 

Quiero salir
quiero seguir
quiero ser libre

Quiero sentir
quiero vivir
quiero ser libre

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

I want to be free
to feel, love, live
I want to be free
to laugh and share

I want to go back
I wanna go back
to touch the sky with my hands

Let me be
let me be with you
we're going to be friends

I want to feel
I want to live
I want to be free

All those times
when I feel trapped
if I would have realized
that I've always been free
I've always been free

If I'd had realized
that nothing stops me
nothing stops me, nothing
nothing stops me
nothing stops me, nothing

I want to be free
to feel, love, live
I wanna be free
to laugh and share

I want to go back
I wanna go back
to touch the sky with my hands

I want to get out
I want to go on
I wanna be free

I want to feel
I want to live
I wanna be free

8/29/2021

Quiero Ser Libre

Composers: Gibbs / Mendez
Mixed & Mastered By https://soundcloud.com/constrictedfreedom?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Elastic

Guilty and innocent 
Of everything and nothing x3
Stretched too far!!

Nailed to the cross
Hung from a tree
You can make me a martar
Sacrifice ain't free
Lost in the sauce 
Success at all cost 
Come join me in my misery

Smoke n mirrors 
Distort my fears
Reflections of insanity 
Sticks n stones
Nuclear attack drones 
Destruction of humanity

Guilty and innocent 
Of everything and nothing x3
Stretched too far!!

Nailed to the cross
Hung from a tree
You can make me a martyr
Sacrifice ain't free
Lost in the sauce 
Success at all cost 
Come join me in my misery

Smoke n mirrors 
Distort my fears
Reflections of insanity 
Sticks n stones
Nuclear attack drones 
Destruction of humanity

Epidemic

Elastic

Composers: Gibbs/Mendez
Mixed & Mastered By https://soundcloud.com/constrictedfreedom?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Anti Truth

If pain is the crucible from which we survive
And in plain sight we do hide
Will you find me and get right behind
I am the sightless that leads the blind
The devil that lives under my bed
Agrees with the voices in my head
Like a million hands pulling me down
Better hold your breath or else you drown

The angel of death sits apon every word
Gaze upon that which frightens you
Does hell follow you to the afterlife...?
Tyrants use compulsion to control you

THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED!
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 

We pay the price for rolling them dice
Reap and sow we collect what is earned
You can't fall laid out on the floor
Keep playing with fire and wonder how we got burned

THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED!
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 
THE DEVIL LIVES UNDER MY BED! 

Under my bed....
Under my...
Bed....

Apple Seed

Anti Truth

Composers : Gibbs/Mendez
Mixed & Mastered By https://soundcloud.com/constrictedfreedom?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Adam's Atoms

Abandoned to my own devices
I sank into my cups
Like a ship sinking fast 
To the bottom my lungs erupt

If God Created man
And we split the atom
Who's fault is it
For the fucking cataclysm

Just like a run away train
We couldn't fucking stop
With a gun pointed at my head
And I am an expert shot

When that slippery serpent offered the apple 
With a chain reaction gone all wrong 
And just like Kane and Able 
In a second the Garden was gone
 
"...the splitting of the atom and the harnessing of subatomic energies, will ultimately bring all peoples into such close proximity in travel and communication, that humanity will have to reevaluate its attitudes. Either persistence in ignorant intolerance will spawn mass suffering, or an openness to the common spiritual link of souls will presage a global well-being of peace and amity."

I'm grinding my teeth while making a fist
When the time comes you're first on my list
With a bright flash of light and incredible heat
A pressure wave hits us knocking us off of our feet
You shouldn't have listened to me but now it's too late
You should have went with love but you gave into hate
I'm grinding my teeth while making a fist
We dropped the bomb, now no one exists...

First on my list...
First on my list...
First on my list...
First on my list...
First on my list...
First on my list...

Adam's Atoms

Composers : Gibbs/Mendez
Mixed & Mastered By https://soundcloud.com/constrictedfreedom?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Apple Seed

In the dark before the dawn
With cold in our bones
We cling to our dreams
Drown out by nightmarish growns

As we travel black waters 
In the calm before the storm 
We pray for safe passage
And for our dead we do mourn 

Watching you go isn't fun for me
Nor was the constant disagreement 
Torn in half on which direction to flee
Helpless in suffering torment

With each passing day
As you wasted away 
I drank myself into a stupor 
I was well aware you were in need of care
I guaranteed us no hope for a future

Did the seed create the apple?
Or did the apple make the seed?
Have we all created darkness?
Or was it always allowed to exist?
If we find the light inside of us
Will darkness cease to be?
If we learn to love each other
Will we realize we can all be free?

We can all be free!
We can all be free!
We can all be free!

Composers : Gibbs/Mendez
Mixed & Mastered By https://soundcloud.com/constrictedfreedom?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Axe Wound

1 2 3 4 

Blessed are the wicked 
Who are healed by my hand 
Impressive is the zeal 
Furious wrath of mortal man

Do you want revenge or justice?
Spilling blood upon the streets
Do you want contempt or mercy
With our foes beneath our feet?
Do you want war or peace 
The circle of life now complete
In your heart of hearts
Do you consent to defeat?

Blessed are the wicked
Who are healed by my hand 
Impressive is the zeal
Furious wrath of mortal man

Is there a snake in your heart?
And lies upon your tongue?
Only the dead know the end of war
As their bodies rot in the sun
Fighting for your freedom 
Repelling their attack
In your heart of hearts 
You know you're never coming back...

Axe Wound

Music and lyrics by Constricted Freedom

Ed: vox, guitars, bass and drums' programming 

This song is in Spanish - English translation is below

Somos De La Raza Humana

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
somos una cosa
que no comprendes

Vamos todos juntos
hacia algun lugar
una zona misteriosa
donde ya no hay mal

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que vez
tu y yo fuimos hechos
a la misma vez

Donde vamos a buscar?
donde vamos a encontrar?
dime para donde vas
no me dejes esperar

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
dime si no somos
a la misma vez

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
tu y yo somos
a la misma vez

Somos de la raza humana
somos de la misma piel
somos de la raza humana
que no tiene color
solo tiene sabor

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
dime si no somos
a la misma vez

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
tu y yo somos
a la misma vez

Somos de la raza humana
somos de la misma piel
somos de la raza humana
que no tiene color
solo tiene sabor

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
somos una cosa
que no comprendes

Vamos todos juntos
hacia algun lugar
una zona misteriosa
donde ya no hay mal

Donde vamos a buscar?
donde vamos a encontrar?
dime para donde vas
no me dejes esperar

Mirame a los ojos
dime lo que ves
somos una cosa
que no comprendes

Somos de la raza humana
somos de la misma piel
somos de la raza humana
que no tiene color
solo tiene sabor

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

We Are Of The Human Race

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
we are something
you don't comprehend

We all go together
to some place
a mysterious zone
where evil is no more

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
you and I were made
at the same time

Where will we look?
where will we find?
tell me where're you're going
don't let me wait

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
tell me if we're not
at the same time

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
you and I are
at the same time

We are of the human race
we are of the same skin
we are of the human race
which doesn't have color
it only has flavor

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
tell me if we're not
at the same time

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
you and I are
at the same time

We are of the human race
we are of the same skin
we are of the human race
which doesn't have color
it only has flavor

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
we are something
you don't comprehend

We all go together
to some place
a mysterious zone
where evil is no more

Where will we look?
where will we find?
tell me where're you're going
don't let me wait

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
we are something
you don't comprehend

We are of the human race
we are of the same skin
we are of the human race
which doesn't have color
it only has flavor

Somos de La Raza Humana

Somos De La Raza Humana (We Are Of The Human Race)

Music, guitars, bass, drums (thanks to the good people of Toontrack ✌🏼) and synths by Constricted Freedom.

Master & Disciple

Here goes a song of hope for this crazy world.

Music and all instruments: Ed/Constricted Freedom
Lyrics and vocals: Brother Junez and Ed

Hope For The Future

Duty heavier than a mountain 
Death lighter than a feather 
Time to see eye to eye
Or we will all fucking die together 
It's ok to take your time
But not ok to waste it
Throw down your arms
Feel God's love
And fucking embrace it 

From the river to the sea 
Children of earth
You vs me 
At one time we were brothers
Now it's a fucking killing spree 
Come now children of Adam 
Can't you fucking see
Turn the other cheek
And be set free!

Be set free!
Be set free!

Now don't go telling me that there's no
Hope for the future
Hope for the future
Don't go telling me that there's no
Hope for the future
Hope for the future

Why can't we share the planet
Like one happy family
Can't we love each other?
And stop the violent hating spree?
Let's not keep pretending
What about some honesty?
Why can't we trust each other
And cultivate some sanity?

If we keep going down this path
Of bloody self-destruction
We might as well resign ourselves
To the fruits of our actions
If we can't find the light in us
Our lives will be wasted
Let's look within
Feel God's love
And be set free!

Be set free!
Be set free!

Now don't go telling me that there's no
Hope for the future
Hope for the future
Don't go telling me that there's no
Hope for the future
Hope for the future

The skies turn black
And the seas boil
While the streets run red with blood
Of the non....
Believers, believers, believers
Believers, believers, believers

Hope For The Future

Hope For The Future (with Junez on voxs)

NOTE FROM FRAENK (@https://soundcloud.com/frankdarko): I wrote this song seven years ago and recorded a demo version. Now I we can finally give you a full band version thanks to my friend and partner in crime Ed (@ Constricted Freedom). Thanks so much dude! :-)

And well, to make that clear: I am a philanthropist and from a humanistic point of view I try to see the good in people. On the other hand: Let's be honest. Sometimes it is so hard to stand the human narcissistic desire to show off. Behaviours of self-elevation, devaluation of others, invalidation, a lack of compassion and empathy, often antisocial or even sadistic conduct cause so much damage in fellow human beings. It's just sad and unfair. I can relate and and that's what this song is about. It really is a weltschmerz or world-weariness problem for me.

Seven years ago I wrote these lyrics in solidarity and compassion with those who were hurt by narcissistic human beings, and I
still feel that way and feel connected with the victims. "To all the
dudes and dudettes out there that experienced devaluation by
narcissistic dickheads. Being treated bad by bad people is always a sign of a good hit". You're not the problem, it's not your fault. With this in mind: Love, peace and empathy, F.D.

NOTE FROM ED: Amen to that!!

LYRICS:

You told them 
I'm wrong
Have to say
You'r brilliant
We know

You told them 
I'm dumb
have to see
You'r smart
We know
 
You told them 
I'm wrong
You'r brilliant
We know

You told them 
I'm dumb
You're a smart ass
We know

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

Narcissist retard
fuck off
your cheap heart

Antisocial retard
fuck off
back to the restart

You'r an unempathic pain in the ass for society

Show off
Show off
Off

You showed that
I'm gross
have to see
You'r handsome
We know

You told them 
I'm inapt
have to see
You'r able
We know

You showed them 
I'm gross
You'r handsome
We know

You told them 
I'm inapt
You'r awesome
We groan

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

Narcissist retard
fuck off
your cheap heart

Antisocial retard
fuck off
back to the restart 

People rolling eyes while your talking
that's not a coincidence

Show off
Show off
Off

I showed them
your'r wrong
have to say
You'r ugly
like me

I show them
you're fake
have to say
You'r minor
like us

I see what you do
You'r depending on us

We see what you are
attention whore

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

You tell me
I'm wrong
have to see
You tell me
I'm wrong

Narcissist retard
fuck off
your cheap heart

Antisocial retard
fuck off
back to the restart

Narcissist retard
fuck off
your cheap heart

Antisocial retard
fuck off
back to the restart

Show off
Show off
Off

To all the dudes and dudettes out there that experienced devaluation by narcissistic dickheads
Being treated bad by bad people is always a sign of a good hit

Show Off

Show Off (Fraenk Darko & Constricted Freedom)

When The Fire Burns Us

Joy To The World

Army of Me, from Björk's album "Post" - written by Björk, and Graham Massey

Instrumentation and vocals: Constricted Freedom

Army of Me (Björk cover)

Army Of Me (Björk cover)

Lyrics & vocals: Ralski @chris-r-amesquita
Music: Constricted Freedom

Pulling Down

Woven across myself
a captured break in time
Nothing all
ever was mine

Catastrophe cannot lie
And the freedom will not fly
In a world alone
we already died

Illusion is oh so pure
When you look into the obscure
locked, my body aches
mentally erased.

Illusion is oh so pure
When you look into the obscure
locked inside my cell
locked inside my hell

Comin’ and a goin’ and a…
Comin’ and a goin’ and a…

Well I feel it!
Can y’all feel it?
And I feel it…

Pulling down.
Pulling down.
Pulling down.
Pulling down.

Truth beneath my skin
Buried deep within
Scarring heals another begins

Shattering silent screams
like a ghost inside a dream
nothing more is all what it seems

7/12/2025

Pulling Down (Ralski & Constricted Freedom)

Which Way?

Army of Me, from Björk's album "Post" - written by Björk, and Graham Massey

Instrumentation: Constricted Freedom
Vocals: Ralski @chris-r-amesquita

Army Of Me (Björk Cover)

Here goes a swingy funky rock tune 😎🤟 Rock on!

Swingarock

Metal instrumental, with some santoor (Indian hammered dulcimer).

Past Life

Relentless Advance

Lyrics and vocals by Fraenk Darko https://soundcloud.com/frankdarko
Music by Constricted Freedom

SWAMP WITCH

you want to trip lake placid
you want it find out
your not the lure
I am asking
choose my swamp oh yeah

you want a piece of life
you want this come on
vacation in my black woods
come on step in
I am not trapping

you say 
so wooly
just say
you choose my swamp oh yeah

her territory
her stomatch's rumbling 
growl and growl oh yeah

save your life 
rustling in the bushes
your life
eyes in the moor shine
your life
unwilling but you gonna 
run aground for life

*************
CHORUS
your hope is dying
your hope is crying
her hope means death
she's no longer asleep
*************

you want to scream don't mask it
you want to hide get out
you've got soul she's asking
choose my swamp oh yeah

your life
oh she's in bloodlust
your life
a mutilated swamp witch

swamp witch
will rise
she's hungry 
everyone dies

the cult 
the flies 
hail the witch
everyone dies

*************
CHORUS
your hope is dying
your hope is crying
her hope means death
she's no longer asleep
*************

you want to spit black acid
voodoo crap turned out 
you fought the witch
I am laughing
chose her swamp oh yeah

you want a piece of life
you wanted this come on
damnation in my black woods
come on step in I'am not trapping

your life
soul trapped in mud now
your life
covens in the moon fog

swamp witch
will rise
she's hungry 
everyone dies

the cult 
the flies 
hail the witch
cause
everyone dies

*************
CHORUS
your hope is dying
your hope is crying
her hope means death
she's no longer asleep
*************

your life
your life
soul trapped in mud now

Swamp Witch

Swamp Witch (Fraenk Darko & Constricted Freedom) [remixed and remastered]

Easy Goes

Words & music by Constricted Freedom

Sticky Desire

Desire...
You make me think you're good
I keep falling for you
I keep biting into you
I keep falling for you
I keep buying what you sell
I'll be damned...

Every time
That I think of you
Every time
That I fall for you
Every time
That you lead me into your trap
I'm such a fool...

Desire
You get the hell away from me
Desire
All your promises get broken
Every thing goes up in smoke

Sticky desire
Feeding my fire
Sticky desire
Feeding my fire
You're such a lier

Desire
You sweet talker
You sweet lier
Desire
You sure know'how to stoke my fire
Desire

Every time
That I think of you
Every time
That I fall for you
Every time
That you lead me into your trap
It can't be true...

How can this be?
Why do I listen to you?
I'm so deceived
This is insane
Where is your brain
Allways in vain
Falling all over all over
again for you

Desire
My worst enemy
Desire
Get the hell away from me 
You're like a rabbid dog, with a bone...

Stop
No more
Stop
No more
Stop
No more
Stop...!

Sticky desire
Feeding my fire
Sticky desire
You're such a lier

Desire
Stocking my fire
Desire
You're such a lier

Escape Route

Sticky Desire

Instrumental track. The drum is a ghatam, which is a clay pot drum from southern India that I have been playing for some time. Then there is a santoor, which is a  hammered dulcimer, also from India (that is sampled, I don't have a santoor although I would love to), acoustic guitar for some rhythm and arrangements, and electric guitar for the leads (a Stratocaster). Then of course there is the bass, and some synth.

The cover art is by my friend Mar Ambroj, a great artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina:

https://www.flickr.com/people/enmicro/

Most Uncertain Uncertainty

Rammstein cover

Fraenk Darko: vocals https://soundcloud.com/frankdarko
Constricted Freedom: music

Feuer Frei!

Feuer Frei! (Fraenk Darko & Constricted Freedom) [Rammstein cover]

Here's a tale of love, hate, and yoga meditation.

Love Or Hate?

Words and music by Constricted Freedom
Cover art by Mar Ambroj

Welcome to planet earth
one of the best shows in the universe
excuse the mess
we'll clean it up...

Every night
there I lay awake
thinking of the things that could be

Every day
dreaming of the things
I want to see

Living free
enjoying every breath
things could be better...
living free 

Stay calm
relax
everything is' gonna be alright
staying true
to myself
I won't do the things that most expect

Gaining force
in the right direction
we can do this if we want

Give me love
NOT that hate

Give me something to look forward

Every night
there I lay awake
thinking of the things that could be

Every day
dreaming of the things
that we could have

Living free
enjoying every breath
things could be better...

Living free
in every corner of my mind
there is no place
I can't go
 
I go
to that place 
that no one can disturb
I see
no reason
not to go again
every time I want

Gaining force
in the right direction
we can do this if we want
getting strong
every day is new
we can follow this path
until the end of time

Give me love
NOT that hate
Feel the love
Lose that hate

Truth will
in the end
prevail over all delusion's wake
why not
take control
we don't need to play the fool no more

Gaining force
in the right direction
we can change the world if we want

Give me love
NOT that hate
Feel the love
Feel the love

Living free
enjoying every breath
things could be better

Living free
I look inside my heart
to see what's there
love or hate?
to see what's there
love or hate?
to see what's there
love...

Love or Hate?

Love Or Hate?

Rammstein cover (from their Mutter album)

Music, production & some backing voxs by Constricted Freedom
Vocals and total awesomeness by Tyler Cressman https://soundcloud.com/thejustimagines

Sonne [Rammstein cover] w/Tyler Cressman on vocals [remixed & remastered]

TYPHON - Delusions of Reality

Released February 10, 2021
Remixed and remastered on March 1, 2025

Ralski - Vox/Drums https://soundcloud.com/chris-r-amesquita
Ed - Guitar
Justin - Bass

Words and music written by Ralski in the 90's, revisited, reproduced and mastered virtually during a global pandemic.

https://typhon2.bandcamp.com/album/delusions-of-reality
ralski.bigcartel.com
mhnhn.com

DELUSIONS OF REALITY

Another day another night 
no time to pray, no time to fight.
I lay amidst the pale moonlight 
as a vision comes into my sight.

A figure shining oh so bright 
with luminescent shades of white,
I thought to ask of what I write 
and now I know it wasn't right!

Inner feelings wretched fright 
I wondered if I'd be all right.
As I clenched my soul so tight 
I asked the shadow above
if he just might

spare me of my life tonight.
And so the vision with delight 
took me for an eerie flight 
as we disappeared
into the night.

Oh no, you can't fight it. 
It's plain to see, 
DECEPTION!
It's a delusion of your
reality!

Mentally my life is bound 
for now I can not hear a sound.
My heart hides beneath the ground 
by an evil that which HE has crowned.

Guarded by a demon hound,
thrice a head it's body wound. 
Now my eyes look all around 
for it's my soul I've not yet found.

I start to cry and ask him why 
when I rely on him to try,
He looks at my distressful eye 
with no reply, a solemn sigh.

And soon a high relief as I 
can feel the dry old thinning sky 
quickly pry this evil guy 
from my own lie and
watch him die!

Delusions of Reality

Delusions of Reality - TYPHON (Ralski, Justin Harrison & Ed)

Words and vocals: Tyler Cressman
Music: Constricted Freedom

Anapanasati

Unceasing motion ...how to be?
At this pace it's hard to see
The grand canvas scrawled by you and me
Lest we forget it is all a dream…..

The walls can crumble all around
The floor can drop out, plummeting down
The sky can fracture, fall apart. 
But remember …...just breathe

The life, the spirit the light inside you
The life, the spirit the light inside you

Speak Sati and Slow down time
Dharma vicay and analyze
Say Viriya, persist resist
Speak of Piti, energy it climbs
Whisper passadhi, calming of the mind

The walls can crumble all around
The floor can drop out, plummeting down
The sky can fracture, split apart
But remember …...just breathe

Now its samadhi focused eyes
Upekha closes we realize
Enjoy the beauty the breath, and life……..

Just breathe…..
The life, the spirit, the beauty in you…..
The life, the spirit, the beauty, in you…..

Just breathe….. just breathe...

Anapanasati!

2/20/2021

Anapanasati (Constricted Freedom & Tyler Cressman)

Hi there people 😎 Thank you for stopping by. Please like & repost if you enjoy the music, much appreciated 🙌🏼

Also check out DarkLight, with my brother Junez, we've done four albums.

Peace, love, mUsIC and harmony to the world and to to all ✌🏼

Cheers,
Ed

Email: constrictedfreedom@gmail.com

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