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The City by the Sea

by Kizunaut

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1.
I remember what I felt when we first sailed in here the world was wide open and we were so young I remember what we thought we would find in here Our fantasies shimmered like neon against the dark sea But nothing worked out the way that we hoped and so much of what we were sank to the ocean floor Lured in by the beatiful lights of the city by the sea we're stuck in here this people machine Lured in by the beatiful lights of the city by the sea we're stuck in here this people machine Now I stand by the breakwater and I gaze out to the sea the winds here are so cold and cold is my soul The old friends are long gone and I no longer dream The trade winds bring new things but nothing excites me And I want to leave again but where would I go? When every city in the world is a city by the sea Lured in by the beatiful lights of the city by the sea we're stuck in here this people machine Lured in by the beatiful lights of the city by the sea we're stuck in here this people machine
2.
The race is set the goal is clear I want to be the very best To go faster to reach higher to go all in and to show you what I got Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go We work harder we train smarter Everyday we strive to go further than before You give us the dream And I give you what you need To get the glory You promised to me Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go We struggle with sore bodies We grit Our teeth We fight with heavy hearts We use all the means We hunger for victory We give you everything We sacrifice Our lives We fade away in the end Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go Upwards and forwards that's where I need to go
3.
California baby lives in Blade Runner City It is a big place and things, well they get crazy California baby life isn't easy California baby life isn't easy California baby she's a real cutie honey Oh, all the things she'd do if she just had the money California baby life isn't easy California baby life isn't easy California baby walking on the streets rage breathing in amnesia haze in this new machine age Sometimes she wants to leave it gets hard to breath it's hard to leave all your dreams behind California baby life isn't easy California baby life isn't easy
4.
We walk the same streets passing by without a trace We have our public faces and the ones we hide The thoughts we share the ones we don't The roles we play we make them our own Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart In Helsinki or Tokyo We're all strangers in all languages We're like vapor filling up all the space We're all connected and still we feel alone We flicker in and out casting data streams We try to reach through the void in between Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart In Helsinki or Tokyo We're all strangers in all languages God didn't smite Babylon that tower fell down on it's own It bent and fractured from the weight of our souls Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart Our paralel worldlines keep drifting apart In Helsinki or Tokyo We're all strangers in all languages
5.
Obsession 04:23
You catch my eyes You blow my mind I can hear your voice it cuts through the noise In the city streets in the words you speak in the eyes of strangers you leave an impression these thoughts they won't go away and everytime when I get this way I want to yield to complete passion it's like an Obsession Love like fire Obsession Love like fire Pure desire I want to know you and I want to feel you To share our secrets and the warmth of our bodies You walk your own path just like I have, so let's have our roads cross and see where it takes us these thoughts they won't go away and everytime when I get this way I want to yield to complete passion it's like an Obsession Love like fire Obsession Love like fire Pure desire Let's take our chance let's make our moves let's dance the night away to the rhythm of machines these thoughts they won't go away and everytime when I get this way I want to yield to complete passion it's like an Obsession Love like fire Obsession Love like fire Pure desire
6.
Freeze 05:18
I can feel the winter all around me I have seen the storms they are rising The seasons change people don't we have seen this all before What we build cannot last Nothing's enough So we Freeze All systems fail So we Freeze All systems fail In a snow crash We're all alone in this frozen city We're all so drained of our warmth here We all dream of a better world of prosperity and control No matter how far we will go We remain human So we Freeze All systems fail So we freeze All systems fail In a snow crash
7.
Tidal Wave 03:52
Sometimes we're pushed down we're crushed down by machinery Sometimes the world doesn't care no-one knows we're here behind the screens Life is a tidal wave Striking us down Can you hold on or will you sink and drown? Sometimes it's all too much we give so much for nothing at all Sometimes we lose our course we lose control and spiral away Life is a tidal wave Striking us down Can you hold on or will you sink and drown?
8.
Thirsty 04:12
When the sun goes down and the night falls We want something special to relieve our pressures Someone to escape with to the lap of pleasure To live out our fantasies and to feel extacy I'm the real thing baby so have me when you're thirsty I'm the real thing baby so eat me when you're hungry I'm the real thing baby so take me when you need it I'm the real thing baby People are so cold and they are so cruel with their scarred hearts eyes that have seen all Still we hunger and we yearn so hard This instinct in me is what you feel too I'm the real thing baby so have me when you're thirsty I'm the real thing baby so eat me when you're hungry I'm the real thing baby so take me when you need it I'm the real thing baby
9.
I'm feeling the pulse of the city I'm watching the streets are alive This is the night of our great hopes This is the night when we want the whole world Dance through the whole night under the neon lights It's only for a while that we are alive Blast through at full speed through the darkened city streets It's only for a while that we are alive I'm feeling the heat of the city I'm watching the lights in the dark This is the night the last one of summer This is the night and all that could have been Dance through the whole night under the neon lights It's only for a while that we are alive Blast through at full speed through the darkened city streets It's only for a while that we are alive Step forth without fear go and reach the highest peak It's only for a while that we are alive
10.
Up in Smoke 03:38
Life can be quite hard it can get quite dark Life can be stressfull too This burning pain I feel this dark cloud in me I do my best to relieve it I find it hard to see things in front of me I'm behind a smokescreen The future is unknown The past is so long gone we're all so lost and chaos reigns Up in smoke Just let it all go Up in smoke Just let it all go let your whole life burn I thought I was so smart I thought I knew it all What would work and what what would not So I fell so down and I hit the ground and it was so hard to get back up The things I have done were no good for me And now I have seen The consequences This is a disaster this wretched situation I need to go forth and let the past die Up in smoke Just let it all go Up in smoke Just let it all go let your whole life burn Up in smoke Just let it all go Up in smoke Just let it all go let your whole life burn
11.
We fight for attention we try to get to the top We grind and hustle we try to look so good We're always searching for the next big thing But it's not what I want I want to do my own things Bound to the network We dream of freedom I want to disconnect and feel more complete Now What will it take for you to treat me as human being? Now What will it take for you to treat me as human being? We're under pressure there is no escape They push our buttons so we dance and sway The world keeps spinning soon we're left behind Life is so fickle now We're all so replaceable Still we love the cage that we live in This was no paradise and I don't believe in it Now What will it take for you to treat me as human being? Now What will it take for you to treat me as human being?

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"The City By The Sea is an album that takes no prisoners. It is an incisive examination of our social media saturated, anomie-filled culture that is slowly robbing people of humanity. Kizunaut is not afraid to challenge in his music and I like that about it. He has a vision that he wants to articulate and does so in a way that makes for interesting listening."
- Karl Magi

"CHECK THIS OUT: If you’re a fan of Front 242, Attrition, Mortiis (era 2), and Nine Inch Nails."
- Love Across the Lightyears

Cities are places of dual nature. They are places where you can pursue your dreams, party without limits and fall in love and find true friends. They are also places where you can fail to reach what you set out to do, be sucked into destructive cycles of hedonism and become isolated from everyone else.

Many are drawn in to them by grand promises, only to become sorely disapointed and consumed by the vast economic machinery that allows some fortunate few to live out their wildest fantasies.

As societies become more and more connected and their vast urban hubs more tangled, so do the risks. As seasons pass, we may live to see an age where places we thought eternal are wiped out by the seeds of destruction inherent in every system.

The second album from Kizunaut explores these themes of urban life and their contradictions through alt rock, synthpop and industrial infused retrowave. Emotional and powerful, The City by the Sea is a typhoon of synths and vocals with rock attidute.

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released October 18, 2020

Music and lyrics by Kizunaut
Mastering by Friendly Timo
Art by Octopuddle

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