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Elephants in the Room

by Outerrings

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1.
Alien 04:36
I come at dawn I come in peace I cower from you all I come in peace I come in peace I come in peace Come in peace I promise sir I'll fall in I promise sir I'll fall in line I'll follow your word I'll fall in line I'll fall in line I'll fall in line Fall in line I'll fall in line I'll fall in line Fall in line
2.
Reface 04:23
You never really did care You never really were fair I never really knew your face But definitely knew our place When we fall, we'll fall all the same When we fall, you'll fall just like the rest of us Reface all the undone tiles. Burn all the overarching files. It's happening in front of your eyes. Take it home and take it away now Not one second wasted on what's right It's all coming down come morning time It's all coming down come morning time We never really had faith, and we believed you, yet Open our eyes to a new page One where you lead this rage To ward us all, make us safe Sail us through into a new age To ward us all, make us safe Sail us through into a new age
3.
We don't mind To have you here To have you here You don't bother us. You don't bother us. Who'd speak out Against the might At midnight Who'd take a stand? Without a light At the end of the line About you here We don't care about you here You don't matter for us Don't bother us I'll pluck my eyes out. To please you To appease you I'll cut my face. To hear you To see you once more What more can I do? To make my screams come through What more could I say Every word moves you away Sluggish at birth I'm trying Rejected, no worth I'm hiding in
4.
Home 04:01
Drying of my tear ducts Throwing away all my life I wanted to be okay That's all Crying at my little box Knowing all there is to care about I am there, I am there Nowhere I am here, I wanted to be whole I am here, I'm Diseased I am born I am gone in an instant Without a warning I am here I am home I've been waiting for years For it all to end I've been here Waiting I am gasping at the brink of it all. I am here I am home
5.
Cornered 04:15
Pent up anger, grief Push away your dreams Put away your mind It's just a blip in time Pent up anger, rage Don't way into the dark Don't turn me your back You know you've left your mark But if all these other people are around What do you need me for Scale the hills you dread There's no shame in being afraid But your inaction calls for a prize An eternal surprise But if all these other creatures are around I'm stowed away in a box But if all these other creatures are around I'm stowed away in a rush Wake up all alone. You need to change your tone Foaming at the teeth Can't see what you've done wrong But if all my life leads to this moment Is this my last stand-off But if all my life leads to this moment Is this where I get off Dull your senses, find yourself a lover Suit yourself and move yourself to cover Grab a flag, douse it, let it smoulder You're cornered
6.
Cactus Field 04:16
In the poor face In the apartments It's the cornerstone of This tenseness I cannot keep I cannot keep away from it Sprinkle it with evidence And to follow would be backwards. Or to go forward with madness We do not slip We cannot slip away from this Horse-drawn carriage Overcome these snow-capped mountains. Neatly drawn, tightly built for us And to be sure, just to be sure Who were the culprits Who were the reason All the figures are appointed. All the envy flowing through vineyards Root them out now Root them all out So we can make way For our new poison We found out We found out We ignored it and then we counted it out Because it feels good 'Cause it feels good I know it feels Just like it should Filtering out all that you've said And we'll dance upon the ruins of what we've left To the blue horizon, look at the horizon The sun will rise, and Warm us up ahead You're a nuisance to our prisms. And our way of life through our schisms Lashing out at yourself, inconsistent You're the face I saw in the distance I found out I found out I ignored you and then I scraped you off Because it felt good 'Cause it felt good "I know you'd feel just like I would." I found out I found out I ignored you and then I scraped you off Because it felt good 'Cause it felt good "I know you'd feel just like I would." Huh Huh
7.
The displeasure that this brings to me Can't be measured by your light And to forgo all my fantasies At the cost of your real-life I've been face-to-face with the fleets I dread And they made me all too weak So I drowned myself in this black sleep that seems to shut your preening beaks When I'm a monkey on the street I'm becoming petrified When I'm the turning tide, beseeched To proclaim you justified When I entertain you with my being I will become rectified Here to tell you and to promptly tease To bring you to the other side I overheard you with yourself tonight Your tribal bickering was loud You made no effort to hide or conceal The thoughts that keep you up at night I overheard you with yourself tonight Your brand-new bickering was loud You made no effort to hide or conceal The thoughts that keep you up at night Thoughts that keep you up at night Overheard you with yourself tonight Your tribal bickering was loud You made no effort to hide or conceal The thoughts that keep you up at night I overheard you with yourself tonight Your brand-new bickering was loud You made no effort to hide or conceal The thoughts that keep you up at night Thoughts that keep you up at night, uh oh When I'm a monkey on the street I'm becoming petrified
8.
You could sit there all day Wondering what to do You'd be really good at it too You'd make it in life I only watch in amazement I only see but I cannot move We could make it Easier For all of us We choose not to So we complain all around I only wonder what we could be I only wonder why we could not be You would sit there all day You would be amazing at that
9.
High in the hills of old There sits a man in flesh and bone Don't ask him for his help When you do, he turns to stone He'll guard your heart, and he'll mend Check your pulse with his hand Love you til the end of your days But only if you both pretend So, don't bother. Don't cage yourself until the end So, don't bother Don't hate the game, just blame the man High in the hills of old There sits a man in flesh and bone Don't ask him for his help When you do, you won't get gold So, don't bother. Flounder, and you'll sink the quicksand. So, don't bother. Don't love the game; just love the man. So, don't bother. Don't cage yourself until the end So, don't bother Don't love the game; just love the man
10.
California is a distant dream Canopies/Canapé and cocktails in Don't stick out like a sore thumb You'll be fair if you're not as dumb Can you tip me the fine? Can you tip Can you tip And then you call the sirens. And then you call the sirens. At the the top of the pines, I can guarantee you there's a golden spire There's a golden spire At the the top of the pines, I can guarantee that there's a golden spire There's a golden spire The chiming of the bells I don't know why you take so much offence So much offence And the metal on bands We'll take all we can get Spoil all their plans Spoil all their plans We were gilded to be Naked men When the calls go out No words come back When the lines are down Let's stay on track When the lights are on Remember the black When the lights are on Keep the dark away We'll lay bare all we have We will make you repent Absolve us of our sins We shall rise on our feet We'll leave no gap for defeat We will rule once again When the dust settles down We will rise once again We don't care what it takes We don't care what it takes We were gilded to be Naked men We don't feel the need To pretend When the calls go out and No words come back When the lines are down Let's stay on track. This is the last Squirming of your past That we've swept away That we've not let pass And your actions speak Only for themselves There's no right or wrong Only evil lasts We were gilded to be Naked men We don't feel the need To pretend When the walls crumble down We'll be there to stay. When the lights are on We Keep the dark away.
11.
Moving out of the way I fell into the rabbit's hole It took me to a place I could not have dreamt of Absolute silence deafens absolutely. In a burst of emotions In the mess you make One mistake is all it will take One more second that you can't wait I'll be down here in Wonderland I'll be here waiting to make amends. I'll be down here in Wonderland I'll be here waiting till the end.
12.
I once told myself Only every night That this was not okay It was not alright I can't get up. I would interrupt My thought process Of which I had Already had enough Why Must I torment Myself and everyone Who loved me Why Must I torment All the friends I never had All the faces I never met Wait in the doorstep Looking inside Looking empty Looking around I can't parse my feelings Anymore (more) Anymore (more) (More) (More)
13.
You'd take your time It'd break you You'd leave your Past lives behind you But it won't go through Your head yet You know you separate. You know you Separate Yourself But it's not made a place In my head yet We've only tried to do good. But we're always caught in the pause We've only tried to do good Won't ever take a leap through The doors you close to shut in Or keep the rest out Out You know you Evaporate You know you evaporate In your own hell The fires you stoke Burn you We've only tried to be good. But we seem to be caught in the pause I've only tried to be good Self-hatred drives and leads. Your eyes all shine like beads They're all so good to me But I can't get to see I can't get to see I can't get to see 'cause I'm blinded by your mischief. We've only tried to do good. But we're always caught in the pause We've only tried to do good But we're always caught in the pause We're always caught in the pause. We're always caught in the pause We're always caught in the pause We're always caught in the pause (We've only tried to do good But we're always caught in the pause We've only tried to do good But seem to be caught in the pause) (always caught in the pause We're always caught in the pause) We're always caught in the pause.
14.
Afterwards 04:55
After the end of all things There comes a silence of the means Amidst the calm, there's a raging storm There is a friendship to be sown And after the end, there comes a cold It summons us back to where it all began A new take on our lives to end all the horror Do you even follow And after the end, there comes a silence Hard to ignore, hard to disguise (After the morning, it's dark) After your life, there comes a silence Nothing to see, Nothing to harm Only you can reach it Only you can stop Only you could mean it Only you know how

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released November 18, 2023

Producer/Reissue Producer: Sam Arthur Newitt White

Pre-Production/BOURBAKIfication: Samuel David Shepherd (aka BOURBAKI)

Recoding/Studio/Vocal Engineer: Samuel David Shepherd

Mastering Engineer: Sam Arthur Newitt White

Mastering 2nd Engineer: Özgür Kızıltaş

All songs written, performed and arranged by Outerrings:

Music and Lyrics: Özgür Kızıltaş
Music: Samuel David Shepherd
Music: Sam Arthur Newitt White
Music: Frederick James Husey Krone
Music: Elliot Cawood


Instrumentalists:

Özgür Kızıltaş (Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals)
Samuel David Shepherd (Textural Guitar, Synthesisers/Electro-Acoustics, Percussion, Backing Vocals)
Sam Arthur Newitt White (Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Percussion)
Frederick James Husey Krone (Drums, Mallets, Percussion)
Elliot Cawood (Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar)

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Outerrings Durham, UK

Outerrings is an alternative/art-rock project inspired by heavy, classical, synth and guitar-lead sounds.

Contributors and members to Outerrings are:

Oz Kiziltas (vocals/guitar/piano)

Samuel Shepherd (synths/electro-acoustics)

Elliot Cawood (lead guitar)

Sam White (bass)

Freddie Krone (drums)

Teddy Homes (drums)
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