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Re​-​Mixed Bags, Deconstructed Outtakes and Othersides

by Bram Cools

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1.
never trust the left, never trust the right never trust anyone who wants you to join their side who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system such package deals are toxic, without any exception there is truth on each side there is lies on each side but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side truth and justice will never recognise party lines and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out they'll always be present in different forms on different sides even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
2.
Every Man 04:13
A man in a black suit came to me and said If I'd pay you enough you would do anything, no matter where your faith lies every man has his price, that's just reality I said I don't think so, and I really hope I wouldn't It would only destroy everything that I am It would only destroy everything that I am I know we all are weak but man still is a free agent we don't have to be a slave to the lowest instincts first we can choose we can swim like a living fish even if it's out of fashion right now that doesn't change our abilities although placebo can still work as very strong magic... A woman barely dressed came to me and said If I'd try enough, I could make you do anything, no matter where your faith lies every man can be seduced, that's just reality I said I don't think so, and I really hope I wouldn't It would only destroy everything that I am It would only destroy everything that I am
3.
In my dream I was chased by trees Axe-wielding walking trees They ran surprisingly fast trying to catch me With their wooden hands While humming a song A scary song With their non-human voices Drive out the Telmarines Drive out the Telmarines Drive out the Telmarines Out of this sacred country Drive out the Telmarines Drive out the Telmarines Drive out the Telmarines Out of this sacred world So I ran to the river But the river itself Did to let me cross It stared at me with ancient eyes As if telling me you are one of those Who’ve destroyed our world But we’ll take it back now So soon it’s over With your human games Drive out the Telmarines... I finally found refuge In an elfenhouse under a tree they offered me tea and dried fruit But they alse told me very clearly There will be no more place for you Unless you become one of us Drive out the Telmarines...
4.
Let me breathe, oh let me breathe, there's darkness and there's pain there's trolls that bully me, much stronger than I am let me go, please let me go, this darkness is too strong there's vampires sucking my energy, and I don't have the strength to fight ooh, it's so easy to let go ooh, it's so easy to forget the light when I see only darkness, and trolls stand tall before me but the light is stronger, and it will certainly win in the end giving in the dark side would be giving in to losing side the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust This is a season of cold despair, there's darkness and there's pain the bullies seem in power now, they crush the world and even their own soul I cannot walk, I cannot go, there's shackles on my arms and leags they Powers are strong where they are now, and I don't have the strength to fight ooh, it would be stupid to let go ooh, it's so dangerous to forget the light I see the darkness but the light is more real it's so much stronger and it will certainly win in the end joining the dark side would be joining the losing side the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust The light will come, the night will end, the dragons will meet their slayer The light will come Oohh… the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust The light will come, the night will end, the dragons will meet their slayer The light will come, and evil will be no more
5.
never trust the left, never trust the right never trust anyone who wants you to join their side who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system such package deals are toxic, without any exception there is truth on each side there is lies on each side but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side truth and justice will never recognise party lines and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out they'll always be present in different forms on different sides even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
6.
She comes from a place faraway from here where things were so different and easier to comprehend the days were much longer, never as short as this the nights were much shorter, and never as cold as this the streets here are filled with lights and decorations it's five o'clock but cold and dark her fingers are frozen the people speak a language that she doesn't understand they celebrate a feast but she's not a part of it Why should she care that it's Christmas (this alien feast) The people are all worked up about stuff like ants in a giant anthill Streets are filled with stress and noise, uncomprehensible mellow music they buy expensive stuff while she has hardly enough to feed her family and she doesn't understand much of what's going on in this chaos And there's he empty religious symbols that no-one seems to really believe in the weird American iconography the consumerist idolatry a lot of empty words of peace and love but does anyone even hear them why celebrate a feast that’s she’s not a part of at all Why should she care that it's Christmas (this alien feast) (she moves through the city like a ghost more alone than ever more cold than ever darkness at its peak point thinking about the place that she left the religion she understood the feasts they had but she can't go back) Is there anything at all left here to believe in and where is the baby Jesus?
7.
go to work and do your job go home and watch TV go shopping and go drinking consume consume consume this is the world as it should be this the the only world that could be and it will only get better if you consume consume consume don't you ever wonder if this is the world as it should be if this is the only world that could be is it really getting better make your money do your job sleep well so you can work hard spend your money, economy consume consume consume stupefied paralysed getting totally numb by the rhytm of the machine consume consume consume don't you ever wonder if this is the world as it should be if this is the only world that could be is it really getting better
8.
These were the sins of your sister sodom she was overfed and underconcerned looking down on the poor she did not help the needy A straight abomination according to the prophets woe to you rich if you cling to your stuff said the Christ himself to a mass of followers love of money is the root of so many sins and selfseeking pride will exclude you from Love itself (like a fallen archangel) Overfed and underconcerned… Looking down on the poor, not helping the needy…
9.
look around to see the titanic orchestra are we dead man walking in our fading twilight? there are certain things that you can just loose once and I'm pretty sure that a planet is one of those things Rejoice for progress the human program rejoce for almighty power in science and technology rejoice for freedom, consumer capitalism rejoice for our ever-expanding self-constructed kingdom , pure hell every day our brothers and sisters suffer and die while we live in health and wealth working class upper class middle class trapped in the rat race paralysed by bread, circus and our toys every day we're loosing more of our planet maintaining our empty fake utopia And every species we loose is a big middle finger poked ito the face of the Supreme artist, the Creater and every euro or dollar we make exploiting and raping our sister mother earth is blood money, judas coins We are the death star, we are the nemesis we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs We are the death star we are the nemesis we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs The whole planet suffers and everything that's living on it including our brothers and sisters who were just unlucky to be born elsewhere All off creation groans under our burden All off creation groans under our burden some million years from now an alien scientist is digging up fossils on a then almost recovered planet trying to explain the major devastation at the end of the era of mammals was it an impact, a comet crashing into earth no, it was just the human race living out our neo-liberal dreams yes it is us there is no comet it is just us We are the death star, we are the nemesis we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs We are the death star we are the nemesis we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs The whole planet suffers and everything that's living on it including our brothers and sisters who were just unlucky to be born elsewhere All off creation groans under our burden All off creation groans under our burden
10.
never trust the left, never trust the right never trust anyone who wants you to join their side who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system such package deals are toxic, without any exception there is truth on each side there is lies on each side but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side truth and justice will never recognise party lines and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out they'll always be present in different forms on different sides even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag

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This is an EP with new versions of old songs, deconstructed versions of unreleased songs, and maybe a few songs songs that will be released gradually.

We're about halfway now, so stay tuned for new songs!

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released December 15, 2019

Bram Cools - LMMS step sequencing and pianoroll programming, vocals, guitars, bass guitar, melodica, mandolin, percussion, weird noises and sonic experiments

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Bram Cools Lier, Belgium

Bram Cools is an eclectic singer-songwriter from Belgium with lo-fi roots, with an own musical universe that moves somewhere in between weird folk, electro-acoustic noise and christian antifolk. He'll never be rich and famous, but that's not really the point. ... more

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