Second set of tracks which will be the basis of the second albums material, bit more of a schitzophrenic mix of genres than Dystopia

INCOGNITO

Let’s Get The Party Started (feat. Bring Me The Horizon)

Kill Or Be Killed

Meteora

Don't Stay

Time For Annihilation: On the Record & On the Road

Burn

Papercuts

Faint

LYRICS
I exist
In between the spaces
In between my stasis
In between the places
That I've been
In between the moments
Of everything I've seen
Everything I've tasted
Everything I've wasted

Here we can live
Not just exist
In the spaces
in between
The places
In between
Our Stasis
Where we float
As just a mote
In the space
In between

Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up

In the middle of a dream
Falling like a feather
Soon it starts to seem
You are falling forever
Floating ever gently down
Not afraid but at peace
In the air and all around
Life waiting for release

Sleep now
Sleep now

Now life gently slumber
As the storm appears
And with a toll of thunder
Washes away the years
Returning our youth
From the distant past
In spite of the truth
When the die was cast

Here we can live
Not just exist
In the spaces
in between
The places
In between
Our Stasis
Where we float
As just a mote
In the space
In between

When life starts to stir
And Death nestles down
The future is still a blur
The paths not been found
Infinite moments do exist
In this cosmic tapestry
And though eons drift
We live in memory
For all of eternity

We are mere motes
We're frame
We are mere motes
We're a frame
In the spaces
In between
The places
inbetween
Spaces

Dystopia

Spaces

LYRICS

Ahhhh yeahhh
The sun is in my face
My boots pound the dirt
This ain't no race
In a world full of hurt
So I'm takin' it easy
It's not hard to please me
Coz you know

I've been beaten down by life so many times
I've tried to find out the reason why
It's not like I've lived a life of crime
To be better each day I'll always try
Even so I've givin' up on winnin'
You know, on account of all my sinnin'

This is all I need
So life decreed
Ohhh this long road carries me home
And home is wherever I roam
Each step followed by the next
No need for me to ever rest
It's a hard road
A hard road to follow
But I'll stay on it
Until the sun comes up tomorrow

In case you haven't seen
I left a message
Just to say i'd already been
So hey I'm already gone
Yeah I left this place alone
I'm gonna find somewhere else to call my home
There's no other way to say this
I'm pretty sure I won't be missed

For now that place is the road
I don't mind carrying this load
Battle scarred and hard
Baked by the burning sun
Been buckled and marred
Into the distance I watch it run
The deserted highway is my home
And I'm happy to travel it alone
The stars at night are my only light
And our silent sentinel the moon
Roaming the rest of my life I just might
Which I think may come too soon

This is all I need
So life decreed
Ohhh this long road carries me home
And home is wherever I roam
Each step followed by the next
No need for me to ever rest
It's a hard road
A hard road to follow
But I'll stay on it
Until the sun comes up tomorrow..............woahhhh

I walk alone upon this road
A knapsack is my only load
I don't have a heavy heart
Or any of life's burdens to cart
The road and my feet
Every second meet
And remain friends
Until they meet again

This is all I need
So life decreed
Ohhh this long road carries me home
And home is wherever I roam
Each step followed by the next
No need for me to ever rest
It's a hard road
A hard road to follow
But I'll stay on it
Until the sun comes up tomorrow

Hard Road To Follow

Backstory to this track- was with my daughter driving somewhere and we were talking about addiction (id just finished rehab) and i mentioned how much chocolate id been eating since id finished rehab. I jokingly suggested id swapped one addiction for another, and the seed was sown for this song.
Itried to get a DMZ garage punk band feel to the track and got close i hope with reverb on the vocals in particular.

Lyrics

Sugar Is My Heroin

When I wake with that awful itch
I need to pay the sweetest bitch
I know what I need and I need it soon
So I rip through every single room

Hunting high and hunting low
A disaster zone everywhere I go
I need to find a bit more cash
So I steal from that hidden stash


Ohh it was meant to be
There for all the world to see
Sugar is my heroin baby

Its my only sin
Cant you see
Sugar is my heroin
I'll pay the fee
Once I begin
It wont end
Sugar is my heroin

Step aside as down the street I go
Headed to this place that I know
And I'll find that sweet patient bitch
Ready to scratch my sinful itch

Ohh she'll be waiting just for me
And she'll be happy guaranteed
At the end of the longest line
That I'm back
I swear

One last time

Its my only sin
Cant you see
Sugar is my heroin
I'll pay the fee
Once I begin
It wont end
Sugar is my heroin

Its my only sin
Cant you see
Sugar is my heroin
I'll pay the fee
Once I begin
It wont end
Sugar is my heroin

It wont ever end
Sugar is my heroin
Sugar is my heroin
Cant you see
Sugar is my heroin baby

Sugar Is My Heroin

Tongue in cheek swipe at people living their lives vicariously through Social Media and the Internet.

Lyrics

Gotta get outta here quick
And catch up with my clique
Haven't logged on all day
Life just got in the way
I've got my comments listed
So none of them get missed

Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhh

Gotta have that Social Media fix
Facebook, twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn
Tik Tok, Snapchat,, Pinterest, Instagram
Tumbler, Discord, WhatsApp, Messenger
What's new I really need to know
See how much my threads grow
Who's doing what, and who's not
And Who really wants what I've got

Our lives laid bare for all the world to see
An influencer is what id really like to be
And all from the comfort of my armchair
Organising all my comments, likes and shares

Come onnnñnn

Social media is my drug
I'm a social media thug
That's just the way I roll
Professional internet troll
Log in and check the clues
I'm on the hunt for fake news
Social media thug, it's a drug
Come.on friend, I'm the one
Social media thug, it's a drug
Post your thoughts it's fun

Yeah it is baby

Gotta have that Social Media fix
Facebook, twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn
Tik Tok, Snapchat,, Pinterest, Instagram
Tumbler, Discord, WhatsApp, Messenger
What's new I really need to know
See how much my threads grow
Who's doing what, and who's not
And who really wants what I've got

Social media thug, it's a drug
Come.on friend, I'm the one
Social media thug, it's a drug
Post your thoughts it's fun

Social media thug, it's a drug
Come.on friend, I'm the one
Social media thug, it's a drug
Post your thoughts it's fun

Incognito

Social Media Thug

Written in response to some of the Hysteria around the growth in AI tech and the threat to humanity creating super intelligence could give rise to when its pretty clear the most immediate threat to humanities survival is ourselves.

Lyrics

We are cogs in a vast machine
We are mere pawns in its scheme
For however long it's been
Our Hubris is our crime
Our broken eyes too blind to see
Our future lies on our knees
To fall to the tempting and the lies
Rise of the machine
Rise of the machine
We believe all the lies
Of the corporate machine

Who wrote the code
Who made the chips
Compiled the node
Summed the bits
Fuck the machine
Who built the board
Who had the dream
Who plugged the cord
Planned the scheme
Fuck the machine

Fuck the machine
It keeps us clean
And does what we need
Fuck the machine
It's not my dream
It's a product of our greed

The machine we fear is real
But is not circuits and steel
For now that its known
The machine is skin and bone
In our lust
We find that
The machine is us

Fuck the machine

Fuck the machine
It's really us
Fuck the machine
Who to trust
Fuck the machine
Can't you see
Fuck the machine
It's you and me

Fuck the machine
It's really us
Fuck the machine
Who to trust
Fuck the machine
Can't you see
Fuck the machine
It's you and me


Skin and Bone

Skin And Bone

I guess this is kinda an anti-war song. Started off i was just thinking about all the soldiers who'd died in foreign lands and never been repatriated home to be buried in the soil of their home. A bit grim so tried to fit the music to the mood to the lyrics.

Lyrics

Aaaaahhhhh here
Here amongst the dead and dying
Here with all the widows crying
Etched upon all their headstones
Romantic Poetry that bemoans
The truth of their short existence
Having not lasted the distance
Lies concocted for the shell
As if purgatory is better than hell
How
How can you tell

Blood
Ash
And dust
Medals
Turned to rust

Read the lines
Engraved in stone
See the grave markers
Standing all alone
Watch the grass grow
Watch it as they mow
Watch the flowers wilt and die
Watch grieving families cry
Here among the dead we stand
Bones and ash buried in the land
Etched in stones
Just our bones
In god we trust
If we must
Rest in peace
Until it's time
To renew the lease
Etched in stone
Home sweet home

Count these here having all the luck
Not those who forever are stuck
Over in countries where they landed
Their bodies lost and graves untended
No names or poems etched in stone
Just their corpses in fields all alone
They'll never
Be coming home

Blood
Ash
And dust
Medals
Turned to rust

Read the lines
Engraved in stone
See the grave markers
Standing all alone
Watch the grass grow
Watch it as they mow
Watch the flowers wilt and die
Watch grieving families cry
Here among the dead we stand
Bones and ash buried in the land
Etched in stones
Just our bones
In god we trust
If we must
Rest in peace
Until it's time
To renew the lease
Etched in stone
Home sweet home

Read the lines
Engraved in stone
See the grave markers
Standing all alone
Watch the grass grow
Watch it as they mow
Watch the flowers wilt and die
Watch grieving families cry
Here among the dead we stand
Bones and ash buried in the land
Etched in stones
Just our bones
In god we trust
If we must
Rest in peace
Until it's time
To renew the lease
Etched in stone
Home sweet home

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home (Etched in Stone)

The Only Hope for Me Is You

Say You'll Haunt Me

sugar honey ice & tea

CREDITS:
Mark Saunders © 2025
Album & other Art all created by Madeleine Saunders © 2025 (https://www.instagram.com/inkyb_aby)

A huge Thank You and so much gratitude I owe to my friend Matt Cahill of PRS Records for guidance, advice and all your time and expertise you gave me and for mastering some of the Tracks, thanks Bro.

Thanks to Christos Kouzinos for all your help with the drums, drum patterns and beats.

Thanks to Don Naley for all your much needed guidance and help with Guitar, Samples and Loops, Chord Progressions, Synthesizer and a load of other shit too numerous to mention.

Thanks Greg Hamlin (Legend) for bailing me out and providing vocals (both Lead and Backing) on a load of tracks as well as some Guitar stuff.

All of the The TAU Project tracks were created using a mixture of DAW’s and a multitude of Plugins (Reason, Audacity, Waveform, MeldaProduction, Cakewalk, Reaper, Voicemod, Overloud, Graillion, AVS Audio Converter, Surge XT and Vital) as well as real time electric guitar, drums, keyboard/synth, various royalty free samples and loops. Some AI was also used in the pre and post production and creation of these tracks, in particular with synthesizer and some sound layering.
Last but not least thank you to the Four Angels that provide me with Love, Support, Inspiration and Encouragement every single day, Lauren, Madeleine, Mackenzie and Ruby.

The Tau Project was really just a bit of fun to begin with but has wound up being a bit more than that, it’s also been very cathartic, and to be honest a hell of a long time in the making. Some of the lyrics to these tracks were written when I was in my late teen’s right up until present. 
There is a mixture of styles and genres so that it may seem a bit schizophrenic but it was deliberate. I was attempting to pay homage and respect to my musical influences throughout the years from the 70’s and 80’s NWOBHM, The Hair Metal years, Hard Rock and Rock influences, Punk, Hardcore, Nu Metal, Grunge, Blues and probably some other influences in there I’ve missed. Hopefully it isn’t too disheveled and crappy and seen for what it is.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I have, and if not don’t complain to me I didn’t force you to listen.
ALL METAL ALL THE TIME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE

Hard Road To Follow

The Tau Project

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