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Distraction Machine

by Hungry Holograms

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1.
Tiger in a cage We keep pacing like a tiger in a cage Difficult to control and dangerous to engage There’s no space to fly into a rage We keep pacing like a tiger in a cage I would always want to turn the page But they don’t even pay a living wage And there’s no space to fly into a rage So we keep on pacing like a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage....a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage....a tiger in a cage What will you do when you finally lose control What will you do when they come to take your soul When you look inside and all you feel is a hole Keep on going though this life has taken it’s toll I would really love to get away I’d like nothing more than for them to pay But when it comes to them it doesn’t seem like it works that way And we keep on pacing like a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage.... a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage.... a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage A tired broken sage The ripping of a page A war left to be waged A fleet to be engaged A populace enraged The world upon a stage They will not be assuaged A tiger in a cage...a tiger in a cage A tiger in a cage...hahahahaha! A tiger in a cage
2.
Seems Like the Whole World Seems like the whole worlds shaking Seems like the whole worlds quaking Seems like the whole worlds falling down and no one is there to stop it Seems like the whole worlds burning And every day the whole worlds turning Seems like the whole worlds falling apart but every morning I awake with a brand new start Seems like the whole worlds killing, everything that it can Seems like the whole worlds spilling the blood of an innocent man Seems like the whole world.... Seems like the whole world.... Seems like the whole world.... Is a beautiful flower that’s just beginning to open A beautiful flower that’s just beginning to open
3.
Distraction Machine I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine This distraction machine I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine Eater of my dreams I see my friends and enemies glued to the screen Neglecting basic needs, forgetting all their dreams It seems that all these moments fly by unseen But they add up, and they drain your being I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine Eater of my dreams I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine This distraction machine I watched as the whole world fell asleep at the wheel Unable to clean up, and cook a meal And now you want to ask me how it is that I feel When everyone’s become obsessed with something that simply isn’t real I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine This distraction machine I don’t want to be trapped inside This distraction machine Eater of my dreams
4.
My hypnotic home In my hypnotic home, I sit here all alone With drugs that keep me stoned In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home, There’s flashing lights and drones They filter to my dome In my hypnotic home in my hypnotic home, I don’t see memories or circumstance Just stay entranced but never dance In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home I can forget all those who would have loved me Forget about those I would have loved In my hypnotic home, there is a beep when I have lost attention There’s no break from all the tension in my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home I still participate in crowd reaction But never take the time for action In my hypnotic home My oh my how we keep on wasting time I can’t tell it apart anymore How the day keep on blending together As we wait for this world to fall apart In my hypnotic home I’m still in shackles from remote controller Who never cares I’m growing older In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home, my eyes have gone too blind To mend the suture, there is no future In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home I’m overwhelmed with all the different options Become a joke indifferent nauseous In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home I can forget about making decisions Speak of the world in pure derision In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home, My time has passed me by with flashing lights And led me to the depths of night In my hypnotic home In my hypnotic home, I’ve learned to hate the world I never see To repress the things that I can be In my hypnotic home
5.
At Max capacity An empty barren room drenched in pink noise The crackle of static on my lens The space of a thousand days between When we can all sing together again Crowded together in loneliness Leaning on a pretty friend Watching everything become a blur Like one light among the city at the dawning of night Next time you see me, I want it to be, at Max capacity Next time you see me, I want it to be, at Max capacity Don’t want to cloud my mind Don’t want to be afraid Don’t want to worry about whether or not or just what other people say It’s such a small little life that keeps ticking away And we keep looking at the other as if we’re both trapped behind a thick window pane Crowded here in loneliness out of the way Leaning on a pretty friend Watching everything become a blur Like one light among the city at the dawning of night Next time you see me, I want it to be, at Max capacity Next time you see me, I want it to be, at Max capacity
6.
Get Out Before You’re Trapped In a Cage I can’t make up your mind You’ve got to know it for yourself We’re so beyond picking sides Get out before you’re trapped in a cage There’s a little bit of light Better never let it go out Something new is on the rise Get out before you’re trapped in a cage I can’t help you define What you don’t know for yourself And if nothing’s truly divine Get out before you’re trapped in a cage There’s a little life sign In a massive distraction Hoping that you’re gaining traction Get out before you’re trapped in a cage In this beautiful weather Let’s hang out together Feeling light like a feather Get out before you’re trapped in a cage In a mutable cubicle Filing down ones own cuticles Waiting for the unavoidable Get out before you’re trapped in a cage I can’t help you decide You’ve got to know it for yourself And after all and besides Get out before you’re trapped in a cage I can meet you up there On the world’s highest mountain Or the most youthful fountain Get out before you’re trapped in a cage
7.
Into the Mystery Into the mystery, here we go As it is above, so below Into the mystery, here we are Every person is a shining star Into the mystery Into the mystery, through the haze Everything’s happening beneath it’s gaze Into the mystery, I hear it said They weigh your heart once you are dead Into the mystery Into the mystery, here’s the way Open your inner light, seize the day Into the mystery, only one Receives the fire from a burning sun Into the mystery All the pain and suffering drives this train I don’t think I’ll be coming back up for air again Into the mystery, love and war No one here can tell, whose keeping score Into the mystery, for all time Underneath all the dirt and grime Into the mystery Into the mystery, a hollow shell I hear the ocean, clear as a bell Into the mystery, you might find A terrible tragedy or peace of mind Into the mystery Into the mystery, cutting ties My life’s entirety, before my eyes Into the mystery life is short It won’t be long until you report Into the mystery 2x All this pain and suffering drives this train I don’t think that I’ll be coming up for air again Into the mystery, once again Were you my enemy, were you my friend? Into the mystery, fragmented heart We all end up back where we start Into the mystery
8.
Ever since you've been gone I've been waiting right here I'm quite unashamed to say that I've lost my sense of fear It's only been a couple of days since I shed my last tear cause ever since you've been gone, well the time it keeps ticking on and the times that felt so wrong to me, have gone and turned so easily Ever since you've been gone I've been waiting right here I'm quite unashamed to say that I've lost my sense of fear It's only been a couple of days since I shed my last tear Cause ever since you've been gone I've been waiting right here waiting waiting right here, for oh so long, time keeps moving on, and the days that felt so lonely keep going on and on and on again
9.
Be honest with yourself Take care of your own health It won't be long, it comes for you you'll see just what you have to do and time won't stop it goes along no matter what becomes your song Be honest with yourself Take care of your own health Before you know the day will come and none of us can say Be honest well, you know Falling down and down and down again

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Distraction Machine’s tracks came out of a new live performance flow that involved using real drum machines and synthesizers to craft songs with innovative new probabilistic abilities present in Ableton Live 11 suite. You could call it “the Volca album” because all tracks feature the same 6 Korg workhorses as well as an electric bass and guitar. The album is a major step forward for Hungry Holograms and marks the beginning of a new direction in sound and recording. Pushing this hardware to the limits was part of the joy of creating this record, as well as finding a truer voice than Hungry Holograms has ever previously known. Technology played a crucial role, as many custom programs were written to control the synthesizers in real time with an iPad using MIRA. Every track on the record went through a very specific process and were all summed on a 12 channel Soundcraft Analogue Mixer. The themes of the record touch on how easy it is to lose all your time to technology, feeling trapped in late stage capitalism, the mystery itself, mortality, and being present. I hope you will enjoy this refined meditation that is Distraction Machine.

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released May 20, 2022

Daniel Maruniak - Volca Fm, Volca Bass, Volca Keys, Volca Sample, Volca Beats, Volca Drum, 48hp Modular system, electric bass, electric guitar, other synths, piano, percussion, string arrangement on “Seems Like the Whole World” engineering, production, mastering

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