Echoes of Endurance is a conceptual Americana album inspired by the 2025 U.S. government shutdown's impacts on everyday American. The album highlights frustration with political gridlock, empathy for unpaid workers, and aspirations for resolution, while acknowledging partisan divides but leaning toward shared human experiences.

Unpaid Hours

Un Mondo per Noi (Synth-Pop)

Gentle Sabotage rides a retro-future funk groove—sleek bass, glassy keys, and a midnight wink. It’s flirtation as controlled damage: lipstick, barcodes, double-meanings. Turn it up, keep it cool, and let the slow-motion trouble do its work.

Lyrics

You look like a rumor in a crowded room,
Lip gloss maps and a midnight bloom.
We talk in detours, signals under breath,
Red light halo, green light death.

I keep my calm in a coat of chrome,
Heartbeat ticking like a metronome.
You move like a tell only liars know,
I feel the pull when you let it show.

Gentle sabotage—break me with a smile,
Slow-motion damage, mile after mile.
You sweeten the blade, I follow the trace,
Ruin me softly, right to my face.

Your fingers choreograph the rim of a glass,
Neon reflections writing over the past.
We bargain with glances, receipts in the dark,
Every little bargain leaves a barcode mark.

I hold my posture like a runway rule,
You bend the angle, make a genius look foolish.
You say “be honest,” I say “define,”
We both sign under invisible lines.

Gentle sabotage—break me with a smile,
Slow-motion damage, mile after mile.
You sweeten the blade, I follow the trace,
Ruin me softly, right to my face.

Put the pin in the map, then pull it out,
Leave the hole where the doubt leaks out.
You touch the wire, I take the shock,
Time slows down on the factory clock.

Gentle sabotage—break me with a smile,
Slow-motion damage, mile after mile.
You sweeten the blade, I follow the trace,
Ruin me softly, right to my face.

Say it like a secret, wear it like a badge,
I’ll meet you by the door where the night un-latches.
Sabotage, gentle as a stolen kiss,
I knew it was a trap—and I asked for this.

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Land of Confusion (2007 Remaster)

Genesis