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Changing Shape

by I/O

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1.
Hierophant 03:14
Hey liar... Don't put me through this again Sooner or later I will find out Everywhere that you've been Liar... So you delivered me from sin? But still you cannot save yourself From being destroyed from within? Burn it! Burn it! Burn it! Burn it to the ground! Dance around the ash and flame Dance around assigning blame Angel...? Do you want to do this again? Hang your halo around your neck As scabs form on your broken wings Hey demon... How bad did it hurt to fall? Or have you become so numb That you feel nothing at all? Burn it! Burn it! Burn it! Burn it to the ground! Dance around the ash and flame Dance around assigning blame Burn it! Burn it! Burn it! Burn it to the ground! Dance around the ash and flame Dance around assigning blame Fly away on broken wing and Turn your back on everything
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Turn and burn Carry the deficit on broadened shoulder Give and take The take-away on legs too weak to stand Complete control You cannot lose what you never had To violate The trust that was never given to you You are not anything You're not my everything I'm not your everything I am not anything To agree to disagree It's all the same to me Why continue to pretend That this is all about to end? Keep it all On the inside where no one will ask Conceal the tragedies Behind a pretty little mask A hideous Grin all teeth and bone Unable to Leave the scab alone Pick and pick and pick And pick 'til it bleeds Until there is Nothing left on which to feed To agree to disagree It's all the same to me Why continue to pretend That this is all about to end?
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Too Late 03:53
It's never too late To try and cut and run again It's never too late To try and apologize Again and again and again It's never too late It's never too late
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Realization 03:45
Your voice echoes inside my head Reverberations of a wasted past Hollow truths spun inside your web of lies It's a fu-u-u-ing wonder that I survived Your cutting words carved such beautiful scars Etching your memory with every shard No refuge exists neither far nor near You are the realization of my greatest fear I love what you do to me I love what you do to me I love what you do to me I love what you do for me I hate what you did to me I hate what you did to me I hate what you did to me I hate what you did to me You shine a light that illuminates The darkest fringes of my hate You can't relate But you push and push to see What was never meant to be seen The monster deep in me The twisted darker side My Jeckle-turned-to-Hyde That has never been seen That cannot be unseen I've had about as much as I can take I feel as if I am about to break I've had about as much as I can take I feel as if I am about to break
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Hey, excuse me Mr. Preacher Man Can you save me just like Jesus can? Can you eat all of my sin? Can you make me just like you again? Hey there, Mr. Chemical All soulless and mechanical I've got a lot of pain for you to kill Can you slip me another pill? [CHORUS] If I had a heart you would lead it astray If I had a soul you would throw it away If I had care you had not sold But playing 'what if' is getting old If I had a heart that fell to decay If I had a soul I would piss it away If I had a care I had not sold I'd watch in terror as it unfolds Hello, hi, Mr. Cellophane Can you save me from myself again? Keep me safe under lock and key I tend to be my own worst enemy Hey there, Mr. Superstar Tell us again how lost we are Tell us again what we must do Tell us again how to be like you
6.
Cortex 04:55
I am the one that protects you I am the one that perfects you I am the one that keeps you I am the only one... You keep my eyes from seeing You keep my heart from beating You take every piece of me And smash it down, down, down, down You suck my every breath You make me welcome death You take every piece of me And smash me down, down, down, down I am the one that drinks your screams I am the one that eats your dreams I am everywhere I am the only one... You kill me But you are my everything
7.
I'm trying hard to let go But I gave up everything I'm just an empty has been With nothing left within I've traded something for nothing Over and over again I've been picked to the bone I was finished before I began When it all collapsed And everything went gray Could you still hear me screaming When my world went away? I'm trying not to lose hope But I'm afraid it's a little late I find it hard to keep breathing When I'm left to suffocate Try to stay above water When I know I can't swim Fight or flight doesn't cut it When I know I can't win
8.
Do you know what you do Everytime that you Take me by the heart And throw me away? Do you know the control You possess over me So go ahead And throw me away Everything that I had Everything that I was Tried real hard But it wasn't enough Then the cracks start to show And the colors start to fade Everything that we made It all fell apart Then you threw me out As it all fades away Then you threw me out Just a distant memory Then you threw me out All gone and forgotten Then you threw me out And now I'm nothing Here I am all alone You are there worlds away Where were you when I needed you most Everything that I was Everything that I am Negates the something we were But now will never be Because you threw me out As it all fades away Then you threw me out Just a distant memory Then you threw me out All gone and forgotten Because you threw me out Now I'm nothing
9.
Fall through the looking glass Backwards and through Look through and beyond past The pieces of you Look through the broken glass Its pieces missing Reflecting the days gone past In empty wishing Look without within To try to keep it in Step to step right through And look into Teleportation to predict A precise point in space and time Time reverses for no one So find your place closed eye, rewind
10.
You leave me with little reason I'll gladly drink of your treason The poison of your lips undo Every little thing that I know is true Rise rise above the lies Somehow emerge none the wiser Rise rise behind the eyes The light of when I realize The road's rash decision made All whats and ifs and games you played Please don't mind my questions asking Rather I should send you packing (I am the liar's tongue Hiding in everyone I have yet to come This has not yet begun) Rise rise above the lies Somehow emerge none the wiser Rise rise behind the eyes The light of when I realize
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The debut album by I/O, "Changing Shape" combines elements of rock, EBM, and Experimental Industrial into a diverse, yet cohesive collection of music that is every bit musical as it is abrasive.

This album - as well as the entire I/O concept - exists as an outlet through which a host of negative emotions brought on by a string of life events could be vented. Along with the aggression of the raw negativity, melodic and harmonic elements are also brought in to add almost a twisted sense of beauty within the chaos and dissonance.

Parents, sensitive listeners, and radio stations should be aware of some infrequent, mild language.

Pre-order the digital download version of "Changing Shape", right here. CDs can be pre-ordered at www.710studio.com/io .

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released May 12, 2015

All tracks written and performed by: Dan Harvell

Vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bass, programming, recording engineer, mixing, and mastering: Dan Harvell

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I/O Grand Haven, Michigan

Although I/O is a side project for Dan Harvell, the man behind Null Factor, Harvell treats I/O as anything but a side project. I/O was born of adversity, as an outlet. Sort of a musical punching bag on which Harvell could release his aggression. And that is how I/O got its name. What was taken in was directed outward as music. Input / Output. I/O. ... more

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