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The Longest Shadow Attached to the Ankle

by North Atlas

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1.
Seer 02:41
I'm my own worst enemy It's living rent free Lonely but with company Got a restless head An arrested sense of belief Say something long enough You start to believe Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Interpreter how well you see I'm not the only one to tolerate reality Got a restless head Used to be so eager to be seen Say something long enough You start to believe Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough You start to believe it Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Start to believe it Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Start to believe it Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Go away Are you in love with your pain? Tearing it all to pieces in euphoria Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Start to believe it Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Start to believe it Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Say something long enough Start to believe it
2.
Try to outrun Outrun the one Got the longest shadow Attached to the ankle No visible lines No discernible shackles Try to outrun Outrun the battles I don't know which way it's going I don't know which way it's going I don't know which way it's going Must have heard you wrong Distortion With a view so strong It can see further than you thought it would Further than you thought Further than thought it would But it didn't count on you Using all ten fingers just to clutch on your truth On a caveman rush At the cage just shaking The bars off the rust No physical blood No luciferous ankles Struck in the nerve It's the mind that rattles I don't know which way it's going I don't know which way it's going I don't know which way it's going Must have heard you wrong Distortion With a view so strong It can see further than you thought it would Further than you thought Further than thought it would But it didn't count on you Using all ten fingers just to clutch on your truth Try to outrun when I become the creature that I'm chasing Which is the one I'm facing Which is the one? Which is the one? Must have heard you wrong Distortion With a view so strong It can see further than you thought it would Further than you thought Further than thought it would But it didn't count on you Using all ten fingers just to clutch on your truth
3.
Superego 03:19
Came I saw I conquered What if you got everything you wanted Surely not my bones repurposed To build another house of problems And if I hold my breath and tongue Capacity will fill my lungs A weight for the heavy handed A weight for the heavy handed Feels like I live behind the deadlines Paint out on the walls my internal crimes Let go or be dragged to sea The body heals the mind it feeds Like a machine Like a machine Came I saw I conquered What if you got everything you wanted Surely not my bones repurposed To build another house of problems And if I hold my breath and tongue Capacity will fill my lungs We'll drown in the overflow We'll drown in the overflow Feels like I live behind the deadlines Paint out on the walls my internal crimes Let go or be dragged to sea The body heals the mind it feeds Like a machine Like a machine Beholden tethered to the eye Of the subconscious mind Of the subconscious mind Beholden tethered to the eye Of the subconscious mind Of the subconscious mind Feels like I live behind the deadlines Paint out on the walls my internal crimes Let go or be dragged to sea The body heals the mind it feeds Like a machine Like a machine Beholden tethered to the eye Of the subconscious mind Of the subconscious mind Beholden tethered to the eye Of the subconscious mind Of the subconscious mind Came I saw I conquered What if you got everything you wanted Surely not my bones repurposed To build another house of problems
4.
Spirits learn to dance To the ambience in hand A wolf without a pack Adjusted Toneless is the path Around the track The first, the last It’s countless Into the corner a dangerous place Killing the old times I want to replace my narrative But I’m doing the same thing And it’s all about to move And it’s all about to move Reading from your palm A book of shadows You’ll rinse and repeat again Anxiety paints a familiar backdrop That wheel you won’t stop for days Into the corner a dangerous place Killing the old times I want to replace my narrative But I’m doing the same thing Over and over again Is this some kind of circle? And it’s all about to move And it’s all about to move Into the corner a dangerous place Killing the old times I want to replace my narrative But I’m doing the same thing Over and over again Is this some kind of circle? And it’s all about to move And it’s all about to move And it’s all about to move
5.
This house is like a picture Haunted, bitter Staring forward too long Digging up a hurdle Standing in circles Tangled in roots up from the back of my head Midnight dialled Sit tight for a while Make believe garden's always greener on the other side With nothing to fear except here itself Nothing to fear except here itself Wrapped up in my own head Forget the words But not what you said Staring at the bootstraps Longer by the second Pull them up into my head To use them as a tourniquet If there's a hard way I'll find it Nothing to fear except here itself Wrapped up in my own head Forget the words But not what you said Giving the long stare Just can't get out Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head Giving the long stare Just can't get out Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head Tread the line between paranoid and realistic Am I addicted to the fiction Don't care anyway Don't care any more Nothing to fear except here itself Wrapped up in my own head Forget the words But not what you said Giving the long stare Just can't get out Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head Giving the long stare Just can't get out Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head Wrapped up in my head

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released September 26, 2023

Music by Leon & Cam Hunter
Lyrics by Leon Hunter

Production by Cam Hunter, George Perks
Additional Production by Mikey Demus

Engineered by George Perks
Some Kind of Circle Engineered by Dave Miller and Cam Hunter

Recorded at Vada Studios
Some Kind of Circle recorded at Circa 16 Studios

Mixed by Clint Murphy
Some Kind of Circle mixed by Dan Weller

Mastered by Ryan Smith @ Sterling Sound

Cover photography by Ruari Barber-Fleming, featuring "Strawboys" by Rob Heaslip, modelled by Amy Robertson

Special thanks to Steph Van Spronsen, Mikey Demus and Rob Heaslip

North Atlas are: Leon Hunter, Cam Hunter, Arran Tarvet and Michael Hall

MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF CREATIVE SCOTLAND (www.creativescotland.com)

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North Atlas Glasgow, UK

Hailing from the lowlands of the Solway Firth in Scotland, North Atlas harness elements of their rural surroundings within their music and imagery. Combining enigmatic electronics with bold, anthemic songwriting, their immersive sound fills the void between the popular favourites such as Biffy Clyro, Bring Me the Horizon and Nine Inch Nails. ... more

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