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How Long

from Au Sable by MEGA PIXEL

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Humanity has a natural tendency to speculate. We often find ourselves questioning everything from actions of world leaders to “facts” that pop up on our timelines. With this in mind, we must also understand that uncertainty is essential to progress. Overtime, we have looked to ease the feeling of uncertainty by crafting new avenues of catharsis, some of which may not be long-term solutions. MEGA PIXEL seek to convey this idea on How Long by presenting the narrative of an individual answering their own questions with more questions only to grow more frustrated with the ongoing cycle. The song demonstrates how a calm rain can turn into a storm. This is part of the human experience.

lyrics

If the gravity gave in

Tell me how would you fall

If you had to go and repent

Who would be the first you’d call

I’ve been looking at my watch too much

I just can’t waste no time

As the Earth continues to spin

We just keep looking at the sky

Wondering


How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

Before it goes up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And never comes down

How long

How long

How long

How long

Before it breaks


What’s the chance you will ever know

What do you miss if it never shows up

So much left to give on the home front

People die we share the same blood

Eight billion all from one seed

Half of that got more than they need

Wonder when that scale might tip

Wonder when we gon’ look at receipts

I just want to find my stride

Let the self-doubt go out of my mind

Everybody ain’t that kind

Find me a little piece of what I used to fear

Jump in head first

No protective gear

Hit the battlefield

No body armor

Nothing left to lose

I could not be calmer


How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

Before it goes up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And never comes down

How long

How long

How long

How long

Before it breaks


Hourglass

Waiting by the end

By the water

Everybody’s

Draining

Hours

Being draining

Being

Being

Someone other

Every hour

Every day

Losing count of every way

There’s a new abuse of

One, two, three, four

I can’t force

You to see the fractions in the fiction

That we’re living in

Insisting

Everything is your decision

Because it’s not

No

Supercalifragilistic diction

Swinging on the two and four

This ain’t rigid

I’ve been thinking


How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

How long does it take

Before the cycle breaks

Before it goes up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Up

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And never comes down

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from Au Sable, track released March 20, 2020
Written by Benjamin J. S. Rivet, David Allen Zupkovich and William Ronald Pinnell
Performed by MEGA PIXEL
© 2020 Journeyman Productions

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Whether it's with his guitar, his looping station and beatboxing, or with a variety of band arrangements, Rivet's baritone voice and indie, folk, pop influences are the connective tissue behind BJSR's music, videos and design.

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