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Dark Cinematic Rock. The Threshold fails, the town melts. The people die. What's on the other side of the threshold wants you. It knows you. It spreads to include everyone by seduction, but really it leads to... you know what it leads to. If it ever gets out.

One Step

Existence Z.E.D.

[Verse 1]

How it opened we don’t know

The town melted

No one survived

They were reeled in

Head skin

I thought we’d begin

[Pre-Chorus]

But they know you

And they show you

One step at a time

You’re really mine

[Chorus]

One step at a time

One step at a time

You’re really mine

You’re really mine

[Verse 2]

She went through

The love of your soul

Vanished

Banished

Where

I keep asking where

[Pre-Chorus]

But they know you

And they show you

One step at a time

You’re really mine

[Chorus]

One step at a time

One step at a time

You’re really mine

You’re really mine

[Bridge]

Where

Where did it go

Vanished

Banished

I thought we’d begin

[Final Chorus]

One step at a time

One step at a time

You’re really mine

You’re really mine

Intentionally made as a wall of sound track. Retro but a new sound for today. Elegant harmonies, liminal spaces, lovers that ache in the in between of reality. Theme of this album to come.

YOU AND I

lyrics (Existence Z.,E.D., aka Zeph E. Daniel)

[Verse 1]

One door says me

One says home long ago

[Verse 2]

Four doors old hall

Dust beneath it all

You by the gate

disappearing sunlight

A breath between what was

and what might be

[Chorus]

I reach for your hand

the plan that bends

to the rainbow's end

Back to you again

Love was a place in time

A place in time

You and I

[Verse 3]

Rain on my coat

Your window glows

I almost call, then let it go

[Verse 4]

Some roads return, some only turn

And lose your name

[Chorus]

I reach for your hand

No plan, no plan

Past the rainbow's end

Back to you again

Love was a place in time

A place in time

You and I

[Bridge]

If I choose that door

Are you waiting still

Or was it only us

Before we knew

what

you

knew

before

[Chorus]

I reach for your hand

No plan, no plan

Past the rainbow's end

Back to you again

Love was a place in time

A place in time

You and I

You and I

Remember - by Existence Z.E.D.

[Verse 1]

Bare feet on the floor

Ocean breeze coming through

used to be your chair

Your face inside my head

I remember you

I remember

[Verse 2]

Salt upon the glass

Rust on the sill

Your dress hung by the window

I called in the black

Never made it back

Not really me

but your hand found mine

other side of time.

[Chorus]

Hallways bend

walls will end

Your ceremony

transitory

cold winds blow

fools rush below

many lives to know

is sublime

All this time.

[Verse 3]

Yeah they come with trays

Hovering so near

not nostalgia

or fear

There all night

I was afloat

an eternal moat .

All out of rope.

[Chorus]

Hallways bend

walls will end

Your ceremony

transitory

cold winds blow

fools rush below

many lives to know

is sublime

all this time.

[Outro]

We're still friends

in this place

tonight

Clocks bend slow

fingers glow

Your touch grows

It flows

into dawn

I remember you

I remember

Lost in the Sanctuary

Existence Z.E.D.

Annie Ireland

[Verse 1]

Streetlights bleed into the fog

A hazy halo on the night

My thoughts they spin a tangled web

A silent scream, a fading light

Can you hear me now?

[Chorus]

Lost in the sanctuary

Ever since you fade away

Another day, another way

[Verse 2]

Footsteps soft upon the ground

A whisper carried on the breeze

A search for answers never found

Lost among the ancient trees

Can you feel me near?

[Chorus]

Finishing the fight

Lost in the sanctuary

Ever since you fade away

Another day, another way

Another day, another way

[Outro]

[Instrumental]

[Intro]

Mmm...

Where are you?

[Verse 1]

Aisle seven, 3:17

Your blue coat by the glass...

I turned around

Nothing there

My list went soft

Inside my hand

I said your name

Too low...

[Chorus]

I keep waiting

By the same door

Waiting...

Though you don't come anymore

I keep waiting

Like you left a sign

Somewhere I can't find

Somewhere out of time...

[Verse 2]

Your coffee cup

Still in my sink

Tuesday rain

Against the screen

I wear the scarf

You used to steal

I tell myself

You might appear...

[Chorus]

I keep waiting

By the same door

Waiting...

Though you don't come anymore

I keep waiting

Like you left a sign

Somewhere I can't find

Somewhere out of time...

[Drop]

[Bridge]

If you pass me

Would you know?

Would your eyes

Move slow...?

I have so much

I never said

Still saving room

Beside the bed...

[Chorus]

I keep waiting

By the same door

Waiting...

Though you don't come anymore

I keep waiting

Just in case

Your footsteps find

This place...

[Outro]

Mmm...

Where are you?

I’m still here...

All of It

[Verse 1]

You have a lot of nerve.

You see a lot of things,

but you don’t see me.

You have filters for filters.

You cast no gaze

in any mirror.

You keep the crown on

and call it clean.

You smile at the cut,

then blame the blade.

You take and you take,

then call it grace.

(You don’t see me)

[Pre-Chorus]

All of it

has been leading to this.

All of it

has been a sham

in the making.

All of it

has been boosting you

to the heights.

You climbed on mouths,

you climbed on names.

Now look at you,

now look at that.

[Chorus]

All of it

has brought you down below the ground.

All of it,

all of it, down.

All of it

and none of it is you.

All of it,

all of it, you.

[Verse 2]

You wear your truth

like borrowed cloth.

It fits for a night,

then it starts to rot.

You talk big

when the room goes still,

but the room knows better,

and I do too.

You want the room,

you want the gold,

you want the weight

without the hold.

No loyalty

to anything at all,

not even the face

you call your own.

(Not even you)

[Pre-Chorus]

All of it

has been leading to this.

All of it

has been a sham

in the making.

All of it

has been boosting you

to the heights.

You built that throne

on breaking glass.

Now it turns,

now it drags.

[Chorus]

All of it

has brought you down below the ground.

All of it,

all of it, down.

All of it

and none of it is you.

All of it,

all of it, you.

[Bridge]

Say it plain.

Say what you took.

Say who you were

when the room went dark.

No more masks.

No more smoke.

No more hands

on the same old rope.

If you stand there,

stand there bare.

If you want the truth,

it’s already here.

(Already here)

[Final Chorus]

All of it

has brought you down below the ground.

All of it,

all of it, down.

All of it

and none of it is you.

All of it,

all of it, you.

All of it

has brought you down below the ground.

All of it,

all of it, down.

All of it

and none of it is you.

All of it,

all of it, you.

The Other Worlds - Existence Z.E.D.

[Verse 1]

Something keeps changing back

I opened the door, no turning back

It happens underneath my skin

Nothing will stop the worlds from spinning

[Verse 2]

No one showed me how to cross

No one named the gain or loss

No one knew anything but could feel

The destiny reminding what’s real

[Pre-Chorus]

Which wave carries me through?

Which road remembers you?

I recount the old world of blame

Then I hear the room call my name

[Chorus]

Surrender to the other worlds

Surrender to the guiding light

Horizons fold together

The lost is already found

[Verse 3]

How many doors on the shore?

How many selves gone before?

The journey bends to where I am

A borrowed face, a phony hand

[Bridge]

Recreation,

salutation

Misperception,

evaluation

Sublimation,

superposition

Every answer is a condition

[Instrumental]

[Final Chorus]

Birth again

(Again)

Open the door and let me in

My composition, your reflections

Exposure, not prediction

[Outro]

The door is open

The door is wide

The other worlds

Are on all sides.

[Verse 1]

Didn't want to run again

But now you're gone

Your name still on my tongue

Like smoke on the wind

The border fence fades

Past the dry mesquite

I keep my heart locked

And one eye on the seat

[Pre-Chorus]

If I keep moving

The law can't catch me

If I keep moving

This won't be a memory

[Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

[Verse 2]

Motel signs blink out

One by one in the haze

I traded my last day

For the price of gold

Coffee doesn't help

no light, no map

Every mile I lose

I leave no trace and no mark

[Pre-Chorus]

If I keep moving

The law can't catch me

If I keep moving

You'll turn into a memory

[Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

[Bridge]

Let the night sink in

Let the wheels roll slow

I was born to run

When the river says go

No more asking why

No more looking back

Just a silver road

And a sky gone black

[Final Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

I just had to do this. I am a fan.

[Verse 1]

Didn't want to run again

But now you're gone

Your name still on my tongue

Like smoke on the wind

The border fence fades

Past the dry mesquite

I keep my heart locked

And one eye on the seat

[Pre-Chorus]

If I keep moving

The law can't catch me

If I keep moving

This won't be a memory

[Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

[Verse 2]

Motel signs blink out

One by one in the haze

I traded my last day

For the price of gold

Coffee doesn't help

no light, no map

Every mile I lose

I leave no trace and no mark

[Pre-Chorus]

If I keep moving

The law can't catch me

If I keep moving

You'll turn into a memory

[Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

[Bridge]

Let the night sink in

Let the wheels roll slow

I was born to run

When the river says go

No more asking why

No more looking back

Just a silver road

And a sky gone black

[Final Chorus]

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

Take me down, take me down

Out of this town

Your ghost in the dust

My heart in the sound

Take me down, take me down

Río bound

(Río bound)

Something beautiful.