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An Ode to Odious

by Big Orange

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The prize is coveted within But is it worth winning? The truth could set you free But there are things that you never want to see Telescopes point to the dark Looking for a sign or a spark Never mind what you heard What you think you saw is absurd Was it by chance or design? That we connected tonight Beware of things you don’t know Creeping around in the shadows If knowledge is power You’re powerless Deceive and control The weak and careless Was it by chance or design? Under fake moonlight So many things you don’t know Creeping around in the shadows Keep an ear to the ground You were a loyal servant But there are things you don’t know Creeping around in the shadows Things don’t make sense Like a magicians trick or war and violence For the glory of the kingdom In honour of the code On a need to know basis Leave no traces behind Not by chance but design Its all connected tonight Beware of things you don’t know Creeping around in the shadows
2.
You’re the star You’re the star of you’re own sky You’re the truth You’re the truth in every lie You’re the one You’re the only one that’s right You’re the answer and the reason why You’re the drug You’re the drug I have to take You’re the one You’re the one that makes me break You’re the rule You’re the ruler of my empire And the cure and the reason why Kill me gently, patiently Its unnecessary, quite contrary The most peculiar sight Its so ordinary, oh so scary Im haunted and mystified And you’re the reason why
3.
Babies are born old people die Time’s a concept in ya mind Destiny is just dream Its a word or movie scene Galaxies of emptiness We search for meaning in the mess Good things come to those you wait But I wouldn’t hold ya breath Now we’re alone We’re just dying to know We’re all one step away Only one step away I wanna know where life ends History holds the key To unlock the mystery For future reference to avoid Centuries of misery To all the lovers in the night Telling lies with their eyes Saying everything is all right Take em by the hand and say goodbye Now we’re alone We’re just dying to know We’re all one step away Only one step away I wanna know where life ends Where do we go and what happens I wanna know where life ends
4.
Sent from hell Delivered on time Cast forth in spell That you can’t unwind This thing you feel It isn’t real By the time you realise Your fates been sealed Songs of salvation From a terrified choir Acts of desperation As it goes down to the wire Vultures pick the bones After war commits the crimes Hearts have turned to stone These are dangerous times The circus with its clowns Put in charge of saving lives It won’t be long now Until nothing survives Falsified Poison minds My oh my These are dangerous times
5.
All the power That was given to you In good faith In its magnitude There are battle lines Beyond the neon lights And an enemy Hidin in plain sight And now we got a oneway ticket to a wasteland A tow truck in traffic jam We’ve crossed the line in the sand Ya mama won’t know what to do And you’re not entitle to sit tight And wait and hope it’ll be all right There’s now an end in sight Goodnight kiss vampire bite So now the die is cast You’re in denial And now candle burns out While ya sit there sayin Me oh my We feed our desires But not the hungry Just burn another bloody page In our shame filled history A oneway ticket to a wasteland A tow truck in a traffic jam We’ve crossed the line in the sand Ya mama won’t know what to do And you’re not entitled to sit tight You’ll never make it out alive Nowhere to run now Goodnight kiss vampire bite There’s only so much space To dig so many graves For the thieving kings that thought They could take everything
6.
There was no sign In the wind or the tide That an enemy Of a way of life was approaching Don’t you know we come in peace But now you’re riddled with disease And now you need our vaccines And we’re gonna cut down all your trees They were dancing on they’re graves Turning them into slaves They were advancing on there land Ripping the babies from their mothers hands To desperate cries There’s a killer on the land Rivers of blood run through the valleys of fire Leaving a burning soul The spirits yell and they moan Down in the dust and the bones The remnants of their homes That was taken away Valiant warriors fought in vain And they got nothing but pain What was sacred is now profane There’ll be a reckoning for us Because they’re still suffering There’s a killer on the land
7.
I’m more than an animal I guess But I don’t feel anymore or any less I’ve made so many mistakes I’d like to forget I can’t be what you want but I can pretend Make friends with the devil cause I can Through his fiery lair walking hand in hand He went to light up my cigarette and I said I can’t be what you want but I’ll be your friend I take medicine so that I can understand Its all an illusion and that I’m a happy man My shoes are on the wrong feet Im on the right side of the wrong street Im walking backwards to the same drum Just a different beat I wanna be so many things But me isn’t one of them I know I said I could But I can’t pretend
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I walk adorned in masquerade I lick my wounds as if I like the taste I wanna undo what I just undid Replant the seed I just harvested Look directly into the sun Its not a matter of how but how come In everyone there is good say some This dream I had I was on the run Make up your mind Then press rewind Reconcile it But don’t deny Its heartbreaking, its breathtaking But there’s no mistaking the earth is sighing I levitate, my head is swimming in a sea of sorrow That they cannot be stopped Make up your mind Then press rewind Reconcile it But don’t deny Its not the way that ya move But the way that ya groove

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We present to you our debut album. A collection of songs that feel right together right now. Please enjoy.

“I usually write about existentialism, morality, sadness, self-loathing, misanthropy, lost love and apocalypse; so I hope people can enjoy an album’s worth of my pessimistic world view. I’m glad we could get this album before the world ends. It's been a long time coming but I think we’ve made a really good record that we can be proud of.” Daniel Davis, Big Orange

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released November 27, 2020

Recorded and mixed by Dave Parkin at Perth’s Blackbird Sound Studio.

'Dangerous Time' recorded and mixed at home by Daniel in West Leederville.

Mastered by Leon Zervos at Studio 301

All songs written by Daniel Davis

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Big Orange Perth, Australia

We’re all in the same boat, sinking. Alternative Rock from Perth, Western Australia.

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