written by Poets on Prozac 1998

improvised version with sequencer 2011

Panic Hardware

written by Poets on Prozac 1996
recorded at Midfloor Studios Alkmaar 1997
additional vocals by E.Lankester

FRAGMENTS

All I ever understood
were the surfaced parts I knew
All I see when I glance behind
are frozen fragments of my youth

The more you try to live your life
the more you are disgusted
The more you dare to share yourself
the more you are abused

I stand before a looking-glass
that was bashed to smithereens
I can't believe that that was me
I can't see what it means

Memories of times long since gone
crawl up in my sleep
Haunting me in transformed shapes
staring from the deep

Hold me under - these dreams subside
Haul me under - to the past enslaved
Hold me under - into chaos we slide
Haul me under - these dreams cannot be saved

I never hoped to sacrifice
the person that I outgrew
Now I'm left here to dissect
these feelings I have for you

Hold me under - these dreams subside
Haul me under - beneath the surface we lie
Hold me under - into chaos we slide
Haul me under - just close your eyes


Poets on Prozac - Fragments

written by Poets on Prozac
recorded at Midfloor Studios, Alkmaar 1997
additional vocals by E.Lankester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28xHIPjiBGg


DISSONANCE

Am I only dreaming this I'm not so sure I want to leave
Moving through the cellular haze all I wanted was heaps of valium

There are only eerie things when you're alone above
When you see only scary things don't give in to worry

Two eyes above a lonely sea above a mental ocean we created and hated
Choose your distance from the sun -- higher spheres won't get you close to heaven

There are only eerie things when you're alone above
When you see only scary things don't drown in worry

Falling doll only a sigh in which remember to fight
When you're drawn toward the edge cyanide is not the only taste you can feel
Nothing 's lost yet nothing gained
If He only could erase the mourning

When I'm in sight of the sea dying to be again
When the waves come crashing in could you seal the moans?

There are only eerie things when you're alone above
When you see only scary things don't drown in worry

Poets on Prozac - Dissonance

written by Poets on Prozac
recorded at Daisy Bell 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P6ETKs5CYw


STAY ONLINE

Called you up in the middle of the night
Thought you might be alone
With your demons and neuroses
File me under warning sign
Thought you don't believe it's true;
I would run away from you

Mass- hysteria is at hand
And it's coming our way
You said 'when it comes to war within me,
I'll be on the other side'
Thought you don't believe it's true
I would run away from you

Keep calling - keep calling
All the lines are busy now
Keep calling - when the lines are open
I'll be on the ground
Keep calling - when the lines are down
Try the Lost & Found
Keep calling - when the lines are open
I'll be on the ground

You're so phoney - I'm so real
I'm so phoney - You're so real
You're so phoney - I'm surreal
Only part of you is fake and
Only part of me is real

Called you up, middle of the night
Re-connected the phone
Turned into a conversation frenzy
File me under warning sign
Thought you don't believe it's true
I would run away with you

Poets on Prozac - Stay Online

written by Poets on Prozac 1998
recorded at Daisy Bell Haarlem 1999
title by Captain Picard

Poets on Prozac - Almost Human

Reminder (instrumental version)
written and performed by Poets on Prozac 1998.
Recorded at rehearsals.

Reminder

written and performed by Poets on Prozac 1996 - recorded at rehearsals.  (ron Añejo records)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5g2GC07eiA

named after a 1987 Australian film which you can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pb4IFaP2V4

this tune spoke for itself, none of us could come up with a decent enough vocal melody to accompany it, Only been played a handful of times

The Year My Voice Broke

written by Poets On Prozac 1996
performed live at Obsessie, Bussum 1999.

Line of Vision

Buried in junk we won't ever need
reaching for all we can see
we're facing mental poverty
going down in malady

Entering my line of vision
are shields that will never fall
Your empathy's not valid here
so build your own prison walls

Our aimless trip through nothingness
made us face enough to see
that we're undermined by everything
undefined for everyone

Looming in my line of vision
are hours of waste ahead
This world is too big for us
to ever meet again

Misery is calling
Misery is falling
Misery is gone for today

(the chorus was a placeholder one of the guitarists came up with that we couldn't seem to shake or replace - suggestions, misheard lyrics  or spoofs are welcome)

Line of Vision(live 1999)

Intro during the last few gigs we did in 1999

written by Poets on Prozac 1999 - recorded during rehearsals. Never recorded flawlessly since it was rather new. Eric came up with the beautiful chord progression

One evening only this track had vocals, and a deluge of lyrics..
No recording of that version were made, and none of the words were written down or recollected..  (they went the way of the One ring)
a few hours earlier, at a large round table in the back of a cafe in town before rehearsals we had decided to break up the band yet play our two last planned gigs, the last on  1 december 1999 in the 'Grote Zaal' of Daisy Bell where we had our regular rehearsals on sundays.

The Vanguard

written and performed by Poets on Prozac 1996
early instrumental version - recorded at rehearsals

Treatment EP 1996

Alterlife (demo)

written and performed by Poets on Prozac
our first song - recorded at rehearsals

1996 ron Añejo records.  Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKcsqZZGlo
And the video's audio and better performance https://soundcloud.com/poets-on-prozac/poets-on-prozac-treatment


TREATMENT

Give me a reason to open the door
To gather my hopes that were strewn on the floor
I know what's out there
I've seen it before
About a million times

Just close the shutters - close the shutters

You showed me the world isn't always unfair
But where can I find anyone who's aware
Every mind a mystery - most of them can keep
their slithering emotions - most of them asleep

Give me a reason to open the door
The weather this season I just can't adore
Spare me all the boring conversations and your eversmiling faces
Stop boring me - don't tread on me - don't spoil me

Just try another - try another - try another year

Give me a reason to open the door
I need some treatment
I can't think anymore
It's all lost in grey - nothing's meant to get out
We're not built that way

Just have another - have another

Released by:
    ron Añejo records

Treatment

written and performed by Poets on Prozac
recorded at rehearsals 1996

The Observer (rehearsal mayhem version)

written and performed by Poets on Prozac - live recording 1999
at Opsessie, Bussum

Jazzed Soul (live 1999)

80's Alternative music fom the gloomy 90's

Studio recordings down below or in albums folder

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