Hey Yah Hey is the prelude to Japan Soul's forthcoming LP, <em>Plastic Utopia</em>. If you've heard our two previous singles "Plastic Utopia" and "Transparent" you may have had some questions. Hey Yah Hey is a crucial piece to the enigma that is Japan Soul. Everything we're about is infused into the crevices of this song—euphoria, art, creativity, dance, style, transcendence, freedom, subversion...soul. 

Watch the Hey Yah Hey music video: http://youtu.be/K7-QTJ6jnSY

Synopsis: Three young artists ghost through the streets of Paris while being monitored by mysterious surveillance drones. The group cleverly finds ways to assert their creative identities and foil the spying drones. It plays like an 80s apocalypse scenario, but the reality it presents is, disturbingly, not fiction. 

Hey Yah Hey

sometimes
it almost feels
like the time away was never real
recall
the mountain trail
with the helicopters overhead

we spent a year dreamin up ways that we could disclocate
when we finally woke up we were gone and in a different place
it was a year when we moved so fast it felt like days
something's changed forever never I say..

Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)

rewind
we're right back here
with a fever to depart again
outside
on tiny islands
floating on the current miles and miles

we spent a year dreamin up ways that we could disclocate
when we finally woke up we were gone and in a different place
it was a year when we moved so fast it felt like days
something's changed forever never I say..

Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)

make some noises
raise your voice
lift your tired hands

some nights I lay awake and contemplate these times
oh these times
the state of things seems so precarious I should fight
well I might

with you by my side we
we can weather these storms
hold on to me tonight
we can push back this tide

we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love

we beg for peace but all they have to give us is war
well no more
they take their orders from spirits in books of old
well no more

but you 
you see right through
understanding alone
we realize the dark truth
build a fortress of home

we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love

screaming in a crowded room
nobody turns around
I think I'm falling
heaven won't help you now
when I knew that
she was for me

your inner peace humanist sanctuary of dreams
oh my dreams
fulfill your fantasy your freedom ride with me
to the see

for we 
we see right through
we can't help falling in love
we realize the dark truth
understanding alone

we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love

Fight With Love (with Kent Odessa)

she likes to party
she likes to run around
she's spinnin stories
she'll tell you up is down

it's transparent
transparent

he's your big brother
he entered willingly
they asked for secrets
he gave them all for free

it's transparent
transparent

if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies

she took some photos
they got all around town
she can't erase them
look what her mother found

it's transparent
transparent

he can't believe it
his identity stolen
became a virus
infected everyone

it's transparent
transparent

if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies

chasing the ego's vanity
they built
monopolies
pro-POP-aganda of the free
sold you
transparency

we've made enough mistakes
but there ain't no breaks
on this train
we're goin off the rails
a generation fails
transparent boys and girls

transparent boys and girls

Transparent

plastic utopia
social myopia
human touch replaced by avatars
getting older and I'm getting scared

I still want to believe
that you want to be with me
running circles on the wheel of life
we try to be bold 
'cause we wanna be free

(yeah, yeah, oh whaa ahh)

I try to listen
but I can't hear what the people say
can we all wake up
from a decade that's been taken away

don't understand why we throw words into the void 
we built an ancient civilization
with no artifacts
no artifacts

just want to feel alive
can you roll the windows down?
getting closer almost out of time
future's present lookin at the past

you can't run from the sun
but you hide from everyone
revolution says it's time to go
can you move fast will you change with the scene?

(ooh yeaheaheah, owha aaaah)

plastic utopia
resources running out
where you gonna be when the empire
comes crashin crashin crashin down?

I try to make it
but the system that they made was fake
just want to wake up
in a city with much lower stakes

rise up
rise up...
Rise up

Rise up

Rise up

Plastic Utopia

(you feelin that?)
god forsaken
(just show me your)
human nature
(they talkin bout)
condemnation
(we laughin at)
bad behavior
(listen to the sound)
we can't stop now
(I ain't judgin you)
we're just playin
(keep movin on)
transformation
(no lookin back)
from the beginning
yeah

and on and on and on it don't stop
now the fire's in the air
comet's crash
but the people last
in a day nobody cares
secret pop where the beat don't drop
silent rhythm we obey
people dream of a better scheme
where the night returns to day

yeah

and on and on it goes
the fear the fight the fall
and on and on it goes
the fear the fight
cause something's going on

god forsaken
human nature
condemnation
bad behavior
we can't stop now
we're just playin
transformation
from the beginning

yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on

and on and on it goes
the fear the fight...

yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on

just show me your...
they talkin bout...
we laughin at...
listen to the sound

Something's Going On

they try to get you to believe them
deceive and justify their means' end
they will manage your confusion
they want you selfish fat and foolin

while you were lookin for the reason
readin thinkin about leavin
you know the grass is always greener
but you stay and cry for freedom

they say defeated
we don't believe it
War

national crisis
the plebeian rises
War

they tried to tell you it was easy
they want you beggin on  your knees yeah
dialectic history yeah
take the money kill the people

out of time we need a vision
another lover on a mission
feel another revolution
here on the edge of evolution 

they say defeated
we don't believe it
war

national crisis
the plebeian rises
war

oh you're so high
following lights
what can you see?
do you still dream?

they say defeated
we don't believe it
war

national crisis
the plebeian rises
war

we were gazing at the starry sky
it was warm beneath the pale moonlight
seeing colors of a distant storm
breeze of tropic comfort song

strangers meet become lovers
chance encounter of the troubadour 
sharing knowledge understanding things
years of pleasure golden scenes

Nosara
Nosara

evening tides freshly contoured
in the jungle ocean paradise
under cover of the pure midnight
nature's spirits create dreams

the shore aglow with specs of fire
floating lanterns reach the sky
celebrate endings and new returns
traverse the night with naked eyes

Nosara
Nosara

clearest sunset on the crystal see
the vulture stares over canopy
your dress is so light and your eyes are so bright
two beautiful scenes as we begin the night

Nosara
Nosara...

Nosara

young lions of the world
the kings of the absurd
we once worshipped the sun
but fell and couldn't run

we travel in a dream
to end all history
across a broken land
we're back where we began

one more night
one more night
one more night

one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past

against the setting sun
we hide from everyone
the dawning of the age
your thrilling lighted face

swept away in waves
we hope for future days
ideas that move to fast
these dreams are meant to last

one more night
one more night
one more night

one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past

one more night to be with you
we journey to our rendezvous
to find our place

we are running through the night
hand in hand through space and time 
we find our way

one more night
one more night
one more night

one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past

we cannot repeat the past

One More Night

brother's and sisters
do you care about each other?
walking across black sand
are you misled do you pretend?

senseless and suffering
in a prison of the mind
looking for promised land
but there's no one 
holding your hand

but I cannot pull myself away
ghost of summer's day
no I cannot pull myself away
from this cloudy haze

we stood atop the sand dunes
we promised we would cross the shining sea
we made a play for freedom
like two lovers in a dream

we hide in shanghai
last stand on the island of blinding lights
we hide
in shanghai
give me a reason to stay

alley's of broken dreams
wounded spirits lost in time
underneath new buildings souls forgotten
millions past

reveling through the night
we are bathed in neon lights
running where history creeps 
when the ancient city sleeps

but I cannot pull myself away
ghost of summer's day
no I cannot pull myself away
from this cloudy haze

we stood atop the sand dunes
we promised we would cross the shining sea
we made a play for freedom
like two lovers in a dream

we hide in shanghai
last stand on the island of blinding lights
we hide
in shanghai
give me a reason to stay

Shanghai

soldiers
marchin off to war
what are they fighting for?
all the bickering at home?

freedom
reduced to a word
to buy and sell you
for political games

from the fields of Afghanistan
to the halls of the Vatican
they are tryin to control women
tentacles of millenium

abuse of privilege 
the communal mirage
they embrace an ancient faith
they afraid of the rational truth

tell me 
it's over
lalala, lalalaland
tell me it's over

culture
war across the land
but I don't understand
what's fair and true seems clear

timing
the writing's on the wall
the old guard will fall
incendiary scrawl

disguised as gentlemen
immune to poison
we formed a battalion 
of the lost generation

we fought 'till all was lost
they tallied up the cost
fortress of indifference
empire on a house of cards

tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland

living in lalalaland
we don't understand
we don't understand
living in lalalaland
of self deception
self deception
living in lalalaland
shake off your chains
shake off your chains

tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland

Lalalaland

written by Japan Soul, produced by Matt McMurry

Jason Paul - vox, guitar
DaVe Lipp - bass
Matt McMurry - keyboards
Tyler Graham - drums

Lyrics:
some guy is hissin next to you
(chica chica chica chica)
it's disrespect you see right through
(chica chica)

are you supposed to just take it
while he pictures you naked?

they call you chica
but your love is so much
got to earn your trust to feel your touch
they call you chica
girl show your style
you're so high above the skyline

his talk is inappropriate
(chica chica chica chica)
it's anything but innocent
(chica chica chica chica)
just keep on going don't look back
(chica chica chica chica)
don't give that creep the satisfaction
(chica chica)

do you up with this daily
not every man is that shady?

they call you chica
but your love is so much
got to earn your trust to feel your touch
they call you chica
girl show your style
you're so high above the skyline

beautiful girl
all you have to do is walk
come into my world
where your kiss inspires a million songs

Chica

WDYCOT

Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?
Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?

I just wanna touch you I can 
I can play the fool too
Anything you say I’ll do

Dirty or romantic
Gentle or pornographic
I’m a love chameleon too

Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?
Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?

Love Chameleon
Love Chameleon

Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?
Feelin how you feelin what you feelin are you feelin alright?

I just wanna touch you I can 
I can play the fool too
Anything you say I’ll do

Dirty or romantic
Gentle or pornographic
I’m a love chameleon too

Remember how you said
The day we first met?
You didn’t hold back.
You said,
“No need to pretend
Cause you and I were meant to
Have a love that lasts.”

Love Chameleon
Love Chameleon
Love Chameleon
Love Chameleon

Written by Japan Soul
Jason Paul - Vox, Guitar
Matt McMurry - Producer, Synth and Keyboards, Background Vox
DaVe Lipp - Bass Guitar
Tyler Graham - Drums

Love Chameleon

Jason Paul is a songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm player whose music career spans three decades—from punkish early bands to indie soul collectives to intimate solo recordings. A lifelong explorer of sound and story, his current work reinterprets public domain standards and unearths forgotten originals, weaving personal history with musical heritage. Formerly the voice behind Japan Soul, Jason now releases music under his own name, bringing a raw, lived-in approach to timeless songs.

Jason Paul (fka Japan Soul)

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