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]

Piano and vocal track. Retrospective, nostalgic, dreamy with touches of melancholy. I wrote this music in 1997 (I think), added lyrics in 2025.

LYRICS:
Darkness swells, both keys have failed
Blurry days with him
On ripples echo in
I wonder
When has my heart pounded more?
(through a door)

Camel ashes line the stairs
Follow them to the roof
The walls still reek of rain
Oh my God
Where did the afternoon go?
(endless woe)

Have you seen a witty scoundrel
Cocky stinker looking for me
Looking like me with lost eyes
Tell him I remember him

Coat of yellow curtain cloth
Swathed in wicker air
Living on turnip broth
Authentic
Denizen of Dog-Day Park's
(morning bars)

Unbending hallway
Every door an unending Sunday
Corridor: I’ll haunt you evermore
Tomorrow
There will be chandelier bulbs
(bursting boom)
(.... boom … boom….)

Wormhole of Love's Regret (Prototype)

Dan Jacob Wallace

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