BY CHOICE OR DESIGN
First LP from Anecdata, released May 1, 2016.
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TRACKLISTING
1. Interroduction
2. We’re Not in Love With Earth
3. Silent Invasion
4. State of Mind
5. EPZ
6. Dead Dog Road
7. Interrolude
8. Brand New Illusion
9. Still Seeking
10. Meta
11. The Time Traveller’s Dilemma
12. Aphasia
13. By Choice or Design
14. Interroclusion
plus Bandcamp-only tracks
15. By Choice or Design (1999 demo)
16. Dead Dog Road (2006 demo)
17. Meta (2007 demo)
18. The Time Traveller’s Dilemma (2013 demo)
All songs written, recorded, mixed and mastered by D Satherley / Anecdata
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WE’RE NOT IN LOVE WITH EARTH
what if the answer came and we weren’t ready?
what if the pizza’s hot
but we’re not hungry for the knowledge of the new world
it’s coming to us, it’s going to be
believe in aliens or gods who don’t care
i know which i would pick in truth or dare
but i have never come across a
or come across b
open your eyes and see how
we’re not in love with earth
in fact it is the worst planet we have been on
far from slice of heaven
i want to blow up the world now
you can’t do that
we still live here
well okay, i won’t
they’re not all romulans, nor are they vulcans
we aren’t the federation
nor would we want to be the referee of the stars
it’s coming to us, it’s going to be
believe in aliens or gods who don’t care
i know which i would pick in truth or dare
but i have never come across c or come across d
open your eyes and see how
we’re not in love with earth
in fact it is the worst planet we have been on
far from slice of heaven
i want to blow up the world now
you can’t do that
we still live here
well okay, i won’t
SILENT INVASION
save myself, do not give up
crucifixion mailbomb
no sun without apathy
kamikaze a nun
silent invasion
silent invasion
set phasers to stun and shoot to kill
courtesy implied above
tick the box and never run
no fun without misery
you can never outrun
silent invasion
silent invasion
set phasers to stun and shoot to kill
underlying optimism
product of the Key regime
brighter future for everyone
gibberish for fun
STATE OF MIND
i won’t have any fear
any fear of whatever may haunt me
i will shout out aloud
silence, the harbringer of an early death
anonymous times will soon be gone
forever and ever and ever and ever and never be gone
oblivious minds cannot hang on
forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and that carry-on
paranoid, here we go
i knew i couldn’t get away from you
entertain, le coup de main
why do we play this neverending game?
anonymous times will soon be gone
forever and ever and ever and ever and never be gone
oblivious minds cannot hang on
forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and that carry-on
there is no love
there is no hope for me
there is no time
no time to turn would-be
into can-do
into will-do, it’s true
there is no love
it’s a state of mind
EPZ
scatter-bomb the town, leave no corner out of sight of it
logo is all
it’s all we see
it’s all we see in you
it’s all we want now
and don’t forget to lose it
and don’t forget to lose your sanity
and don’t forget to lose it
and don’t forget to keep your vanity
foreign EPZ, it’s slavery
nothing you and me will ever see up close
it’s all we need from you
and don’t forget to lose it
and don’t forget to lose your sanity
and don’t forget to lose it
and don’t forget to keep your vanity
we have no idea of what it takes to change
or what it means to be this underpaid
we don’t have a clue just what we’re meant to do
and it hurts our hearts but our profits too
i want to be free from this EPZ
it’s slavery and you know it too well
repackage the world as if i never died
resurrect the worst excesses of Genghis Khan and friends
i want to be free from this ABC
it’s slavery and you know it too well
DEAD DOG ROAD
they’re never gonna split us up
they’re never gonna shut us down
they’re never gonna tell us the future that will kill us
they’re never gonna shut us up
there’s not a hope
there’s a sign
there’s not a chance they’re gonna split us up at all
we’ve got to get out of here
let’s live down dead dog road
no junkies, not at all
we’re getting stronger every day
there’s nothing like wooden floors
two cats and summer sun, no hallway, not a door
we’re getting stronger every day
stronger every day
old in every way
yes it’s such a cliche
we’ve got to get out of here
let’s live down dead dog road
no junkies, winos, whores
we’re getting stronger every day
there’s nothing like wooden floors
two cats and summer sun, no hallway, not a door
we’re getting stronger every day
stronger every day
old in every way
yes it’s such a cliche
dead dog
BRAND NEW ILLUSION
liverpool echo, it’s all been done, it’s all been done
brand new illusion, it seemed so new, it seemed so new when i was young
money gun theatre, it’s wearing thin, it’s wearing thin
all over again, you shot me once, but not again, it’s not lightning
brand new illusion
same old confusion
brand new illusion, in spite of sight, i see again
all over again, it’s all been done, it seemed so new when I was young
another mass shooting, it seems insane, collective fame
brand new illusion, it’s all been done, it seemed so new when I was young
if you want an autograph then just say so
if you want to shoot me dead then you better go
STILL SEEKING
i’m the secret terrorist
natural-born illusionist
everything they say is true
we control whatever you do
there’s no need for violence when you breed malevolence
in the silent majority
common knowledge monopoly
look at me, look at you
it seems we’re not so different
terrorist, masochist
ah hell
i might as well die
time alive, i’ve got too long
can it be, it all went wrong?
lost a lot but i’ve loved so few
am i young? well that’s the rule, eh
charismatic until the end
aristocrats my only friends
in the silent majority
ever-present monotony
look at me, look at you
it seems we’re not so different
terrorist, masochist
ah hell
i might as well die
i’m not in love with you any more
META
i’m gonna write a song
it’ll be two minutes long
there will be just one guitar
a drum machine, and an organ part
if i find the right words they may just make this song
if i come across words in an order that hasn’t been done yet
and it might have a bridge
it needs a second verse
with the same tune as the first
but a different set of words
and it doesn’t really have to rhyme
if i find the right chord, it might just make this song
if i come across notes in an order that hasn’t been done yet
this song might be as big as king kong
this is unexpected
this is not how it should end
but i said it would take two minutes of your life
and now it has and it’s the end
THE TIME TRAVELLER’S DILEMMA
a carousel in space curving back upon itself
will you even notice if i went back in time
and told you your long-lost past is your future
will you prevent all this?
and if i tell you anything, will you pretend surprise?
if the space-time continuum collapses, will you cry?
it took a lot of mass squared with light
don’t mind the cost of the trouble
the tumbling dollar is nothing
and if i tell you anything, will you pretend surprise?
if the space-time continuum collapses, will you cry?
so if i can’t, can’t bring her back to life i know now
there’s nothing here for me
and if i tell you anything, will you pretend surprise?
if the space-time collapses in, will you dream of androids?
APHASIA
i wish i could know
i wish i could see
i wish i was near
i wish i was there
and you don’t know what i will do
and you don’t know what i will say
i wish i was one
i’ve done what i can
i wish i could start
all over again
and you don’t know what i will do
and you don’t know what i will say
BY CHOICE OR DESIGN
and by choice or design
or by any other way
i will get what i want, i will get what i need
no – we will not pay
we all need to stay afloat
and when i rule the world you can drink from my moat
but it’s not like that anymore
you won’t get away with that anymore
is there no other way to placate the thirsty crowd
but to sell them a life?
is empathy not allowed?
and by choice or design, will the message overcome?
as you see, i can hold a grudge
will you budge, or be dumb?
but it’s not like that anymore
you won’t get away with that anymore
but it’s not like that anymore
you won’t get away with that anymore
and it’s not like that anymore
you won’t get away with that anymore
by choice or design, life will find a way