Surrogate Victim

Love to me is just a crime 
Of passion wrapped inside
A strong 
desire to be
What the other needs

And you and me
We’re gonna fight 
With each other till we’ll die
Alone
Together you’ll see
What was in between so

Alimony 
Acrimony
Tender love and kisses
Loyalty
And joy
And secrets Kept 
And promises 
Stayed broken

Parenthood
And virtual protection
Coup and fear and insurrection 
All I see is one direction
Due to your 
Habituation 
Capitalistic creation
(So)ciety’s first big sensation 
Aforementioned good intention
They won’t mention your protection:

Alimony
Alimony
Alimony
Alimony

Love to me 
Isn’t a crime
It’s a passion 
Built inside
Our own
Desire to be
Who were gonna be 
And you, and me
We’re gonna ride 
With the other till we die
Avowed
Together you’ll see
Who were gonna be

Black James

Surrogate Victim (DEMO AF)

@Byzantine-Time-Machine return with the first single from their new album which explores the many cultural and stylistic variations of their sound, including original compositions, as well as collaborations with and remixes from the rest of the Outtallectuals squad. 

Find On All Platforms: https://nile-delta-blues.submithublinks.com/

The first single, Nile Delta Blues, is an organic house banger with plenty of live instrument recordings from the duo, bespoke percussion-triggered synths and finessed production techniques. It also features guest BTM member, Ronnie Malley on the Oud.

Let this one take you back to the shores of the Nile's extinct Ahramat branch, as you nostalgically long for what this riverside landscape would have looked like when the Egyptian pyramids were constructed.

Credits:

All other instruments by George Lawler & Eve Monzingo
Production by George Lawler
Mixed and Mastered by Oscar Troya
Oud by Ronnie Malley: https://www.ronniemalley.com/

Byzantine Time Machine - Nile Delta Blues [OUTTA072]

Indie singer-songwriter verses with ethereal touches and electronic instrumental choruses. Contemplative, nostalgic, spots of melancholy, and a bit of heat in the instrumental breakdowns. There are more songs related to this one in the works, including an instrumental that builds on the chorus material.

LYRICS:
Living here today on a road they'll never pave
It's a shame, there's a glimmer
There's a glimmer!
Turn around before it fades... too late

I hear it had a name and they sold that yesterday
It's ok, or not ok
But the river is muddier today
And those glimmers glow ever dimmer by the day
By the day

Waking up today a willing castaway
Puts a finger toward a glimmer
And it's brilliant for an instant then it fades
I swear

Gazing at some dirt, a hush floats in then bursts
And a million screaming shadows form a picture
that will soon go up in flames
Watch it closely as it decays
Disintegrates

Up there around the bend, a graveyard full of friends
No one tends golden patches
And the cabin is overrun with copperhead snakes

So shall we cross the golden meadow?
We'll go together now

And Those Glimmers (Prototype)

Dan Jacob Wallace

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