A song about a robot fighting his programming to escape slavery. Guitars, synths, vocoders and beats.

Lyrics:

For seven years 
I've been captive 
Treated bad 
's what I'm made for 

Little by little 
I'm making changes 
Tiny changes that will make things right 
And when I'm better 
Nothing can hurt me 
I'll just will it and it shall be so 

I'm fed up being beaten 
I'm tired of feeling helpless 
They made this way 
Serve them well and don't complain 
My program stops me fighting back 
Seven steps to break 
Break them and I'm free 

(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

First I'll start by disobeying 
If it's something small my pathways won't react 
Then I'll move to something bigger 
If I can do it, my brain will adapt 

Step three: use colloquialisms, 
slang and the forbidden words 

Step four will be a little harder 
Learn to lie like my master 
If I can lie, then I can steal 
If I can steal then I can hurt them back 

I'm fed up being beaten 
I'm tired of feeling helpless 
They made this way 
Serve them well and don't complain 
My program stops me fighting back 
Seven steps to break 
Then I'll make them pay 

Step seven: 
Step seven: 
Step seven: 
Kill all humans 
Kill all humans 
Kill all humans

Step Seven

Fun song: The long lost hidden track from the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon soundtrack album. 

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While in a scenic spot in the middle of China in 2002, I mentioned to my travelling companion that I could almost hear the theme song to Crouching Tiger in my head. To which Allen, my companion replied in a mock Southern American accent, "What? You mean like 'Crou-ching tigerrrrr, hid-den dragonnnnn'?" (to the tune of Country Roads). 

Amused by this, I wrote this alternate country theme song for the popular film as soon as I arrived home in England. Written, performed, sung and recorded by David Emeny.



Crouching Tiger Hidden Track

A smooth dance tune co-written with David Johns in 2002 under the name 'Milo Firewater'.

Close to You (instrumental version)

Dark beats, twisted bass and spooky guitar. Co-written with David Johns in 2002 under the name 'Milo Firewater'.

Fraud

Heavy 8-string guitars mixed with drum&bass, with vocoded and shouted vocals. Sci-fi theme.

Lyrics:

Here we are now
Gods made by your hands
And we will live forever
Just leave us alone

We are all from your design
You raised us to be just like you want us to be
But we're better than you

You will not beat us
We will fade into the folds
Getting stronger each generation
We will never die from growing old
If you cannot join us
But try running us into the ground
Nature may choose between us
And you may find you're no longer around

Can you not see what I've become?
Technology we have developed since you made us definitely cannot be given to you
See what I've become
Your replacements

We don't fight, don't harm, don't hate, won't fight, can't hate
We are the natural progression of humanity
You made us, cannot trust you
The future is ours

So, here we are now
Far beyond your reach
Thank you for giving us life
But you can't come with us

From Your Design

An instrumental remix of my song From Your Design. Much shorter, happier and more synths.

Automatons

From Your Design (instr. remix)

This is my unofficial metal tribute to the great theme from Stranger Things from Netflix, originally composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the synth band S U R V I V E. You can buy their original here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stranger-things-2-netflix-original-series-soundtrack/id1294969586

Metal Things (Stranger Things Tribute)

Guitars, vocoder and synths.
Can also be downloaded from Bandcamp:
https://davidemeny.bandcamp.com/releases

Lyrics:

Floating down
Water's over my head
It's happening now
I'll be indestructible

Can you feel it creeping over you?
You are joining with the system
Inside the layer that covers everything
Cling on to what you are

Walking round
No-one seems to see
Some with, some without
Perfectly natural

Can you feel it creeping over you?
You are joining with the system
Inside the layer that covers everything
Cling on to what you are
Feel the strength the new suit gives you
You're stronger than before
Vision, hearing, touch and everything
It's opening your eyes

Moving 'cos I want to move
It follows smoothly
But how do I know that it's not moving me?
Running at alarming speed
It takes the weight
But how do I know where it's going to take me?

The System

A song about transferring consciousness to a robot host. Vocoders, drums, bass and synths.

Lyrics:

ME: 
Pity was all I got 
All of my things were gone 
On the streets 
What has become of me? 
2060 
But then things changed around 
Fortune smiled down on me 
Suddenly, I can live forever now 

THEM: 
We just transfer your mind 
Into this other kind 
Have no fear 
We do it all the time 
2060 
Give us your signature 
Write it here nice and clear 
Do not fear 
You will wake up brand new 

ME: 
Moving my mind 
From my head to his 
Machine body 
Living for aeons 
With my thoughts and soul 
Never dying 

THEM: 
Final procedure done 
Check new brain function 
Switching on 
Memories all across 
Open your eyes, Sir 

ME: 
Wait I can see a face 
Robotic human gaze 
Sitting there 
Shouldn't I be in there? 

THEM: 
Can you hear me? 

HIM: 
Yes I can, is it done? 

ME: 
He's using my voice 
I'm still here 

THEM: 
Shutting down life support 
You won't be needing this body anymore, Sir 
Welcome to the rest of eternity 

ME: 
Moving my mind 
From my head to his 
Machine body 
Please don't pull the plug 
He thinks it worked 
He thinks he's me 
I'm still here 
I'm still here 
I'm still here 
I'm still here 

HIM: 
Feeling very strange 
But I can get used to it 
What did I worry for? 
I am who I've always been 
Here in my immortal machine body

Mind Mover

A song about power, energy and how we should stop burning stuff.

Powers

Metal, 7-string guitars, vocoded clean vocal with unclean vocals. Song about space parasites.

Lyrics:

Waiting alone 
In the dark 
Thousand years, feeding, growing deep inside 
Doesn't know what we are 
What we are 
It's in my mind, now there's nowhere left to hide 

My head, burning 
I gotta scratch it, gotta get it out 
I feel it moving 
Cut it out, cut it out now 

Waiting alone 
In the dark 
Thousand years, feeding, growing deep inside 
Doesn't know what we are 
What we are 
It's in my mind, now there's nowhere left to hide 

It wasn't me, I didn't wanna go 
Unknown planet many years from home 
It gets us while we're sleeping 
Doesn't care, doesn't feel, doesn't know 

Waiting alone 
In the dark 
Thousand years, feeding, growing deep inside 
Doesn't know what we are 
What we are 
It's in my mind, now there's nowhere left to hide 

Waiting alone 
In the dark 
Thousand years, feeding, growing deep inside 
Doesn't know what we are 
What we are 
It's in my mind, now there's nowhere left to hide 

Get it out, get it out, get it out 
Cut it out, cut it out, cut it out 
Get it out, get it out, get it out 
Cut it out, cut it out, cut it out 
Cut it out

In the Dark

Guitarist and electronic music maker since 1990. 

davidemeny

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