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We've Been Here Before

by Meta4Machine

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1.
I replace my words with wine for nights they cut cold. Laying face-up in the snow. I draw deep from a tomb inside, a blood that glows true, A fiery crystal to give life. Am I alive? It hurts so much. Bring me to life. For a pulse that's low and weak A form so broken. A stronger will to heal my wounds. Believe that I can hold it high for moons to tell me, the northern winds to bring me hope. For a pulse that's low and weak, a form so broken. A stronger will to exist. Am I alive? so, Am I alive? You can tell me what's a lie and the truth is there. Hold your hands up to your chest. Know the treasure is deep inside "please don't leave me, hold me dear and raise me up." I replace my words like wine for night's they cut cold. laying up face-up in the snow. I replace my words like wine. Oh' it's so cold. Laying face-up in the snow...
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The Sun in the life of The Dance, The Moon in the Tides of Desire. The whiter the lie and the stronger The Flame. The feeling that you taste— Conditions of death in the mire; Can we reverse the atrophy? I carry on, Forever Astray. Oh’ why. I’ve got a mortal wound— A Flaw of being human And what can we do?— We can bathe the flesh in the fire. Light cascades through forms, Crushing all your denial. What’s to remain when it’s all erased? ‘Cause I carry on, Forever astray. Oh’ I
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New Home 06:17
Invisible weight of the mind, The constant reign that pulls on the heart, Your nights of broken glass; You wish to see An obstacle worthwhile. We can make a new home I know we can A place of poetry and life. The war between the twins. Serpents and eagles cry. An over-arching view, The Priestess watches to see what we can do. We can make a new home, I know we can. A place of poetry and life. We can make a new home.
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Good to Know 05:08
I already told you I'm not all there; Something's missing or in the way. I'll push the path through the stone Maybe I will drown or will I float? Forgotten memories they surface with pain, a desolate view of the future's name. But my dreams they help me breathe an aesthetic for a lifeless machine. That's good to know That's good to know You can say what you want to me, I know what I am; I'm just a whine in the clouds. You can step all over me, I know that I am Resilient like the ground. That's good to know That's good to know That's good to know I drove my car to the edge of a hill, an expanse it was far and wide and I cleared my mind through the chains of the thinking that makes me insane And I raised my hand to the sky And the tears fell from my eyes And I felt a burning in my heart, is this what it's supposed to feel like? That's good to know That's good to know You can say what you want to me, I know what I am I'm just the wind in the clouds. You can step all over me, I know that I am Resilient like the ground.

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A sonic condensation of plucked harmonies, dance-evoking drum grooves, and ethereal vocals intimating a sense of ‘cosmic homesickness’.

A follow-up to their first EP release “Residue”, this EP is a completion of what songwriter/frontman, zaii, describes as an inward journey fraught with despair, hopelessness, and eventually, redemption and repair during a time of frantic living.

Zaii describes “We’ve Been Here Before” not only as a personal musical-artistic accomplishment, but also a heroic triumph against forces that potentially threatened his wellbeing and safety.

“We can make a new home,
I know we can;
A place of Poetry and Life”

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released April 19, 2019

Thank you to every kind spirit who's been supportive and inspiring during this process; there are too many to name; I am surrounded by such creative and beautiful people. I am warmed by the show of enthusiasm over this release by close friends and collaborators. I only hope these songs can take a life of their own as you invite them into your experience, and relate to them in a way maybe I never have.

~ zaii

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Meta4Machine West Palm Beach, Florida

Meta4Machine, or alternatively, The Meta4 Bros. explores the realm of dreampop, synthwave, and other alternative electronic genres.

Somewhere along the fringe of our experience is a giggling child who creates the experience of what we call our life.

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