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Introspection / Retrospection

by Ed Zero

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Arctic Plant Wow! These over 90 minutes passed within the blink of an eye! Especially I love the atmosphere on "Fragile" as well as the intro of "Sailing the Vastness". There's an addiction to synth atmos and soundscape that I really enjoyed listening to! Some of the lyrics really touched me, like in "Retrospection" - I do have memories of this kind as well and I'll keep them forever for sure. A very entertaining album with a deeper meaning, like a life lesson wrapped into beautiful songs - thank you, Ed! Favorite track: Fragile.
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1.
Lyrics by Ed Zero: All the sadness is beating hard on these dark nights And It feels like it's raining all the time And my shell is cracking into pieces Maybe you notice my broken faces The sky is dressed with falling disgraces The same scene is played again Life seems to be a constant déjà vu The Nothing might be chasing me and you Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back to the beginning Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back Everything turned back I'm becoming mad It seems like I'm stuck in mud I can barely breath sometimes Being drowned sinks you more and more Gotta try to jump out now Let the burden go Show yourself there's hope Things just come and go Repeat It's time to turn it on Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back to the beginning Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back Everything turned back I'm becoming mad Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back to the beginning Alright, it's repeating Everything turned back You're back to the start You're back to the
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Fragile 05:10
Lyrics by Ed Zero: Can you see how fragile we are? Just a simple threat can change your life Can you hear those empty cries? Calling from the inside Can you feel it? Silent pain reaching from the bowels Is this real? Or just a dream? I'm not feeling safe in these days Will I be well tomorrow? Morning feels deranged and time seems stretched Will things change? Or everything is gonna be the same Every night I think That tomorrow is today again Can you feel it? How fragile is this game I'm not feeling great in these days Maybe it will change tomorrow Just like it was ruined Someday may be fixed again I'm not feeling good in these days I hope it will change tomorrow Everything is lost But maybe the key will come Things are going wrong There's hope inside our world Feeling strong is the key Even when I'm just feeling weak I hope this is not eternal Cause nothing changes forever There's nothing I can do now but Wait for a change for the better Everything will change again It's gonna turn back again You gotta wait and have faith That's the only way I'm not feeling great in these days I hope it will change tomorrow Just like it was ruined Someday will be fixed again I'm not feeling good in these days But things will change tomorrow Everything is lost But I'm sure the key will come
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: And after all No more words Just silence Sometimes it's hard to stand It's hard to stay I cannot tell where is the way That trembling sense within your pain You could be fine You could be wrong But the thing is that you're out of all The nature, the essence, the magic, everything is gone When dreams are falling down And nobody cares, you're alone in town And tears don't come out Just silence at the sundown And you want to talk And to let go of some inner thoughts which are well drown But words just fail and you failed once That moment of light and inspiration Crushed before the great inception So now you're lost and hopeless Waiting to be found When dreams are falling down And nobody cares, you're alone in town And tears don't come out Just silence at sundown So you are on your knees right now Waiting to fall and fail twice But laying on the floor There is no chance to descend more When dreams are falling down And nobody cares, you're alone in town And tears won't come out Break silence at sundown
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: Take a look to the people They all wear the same mask With identical label Can you say you are unique? Following the straight line The idyllic lifetime Give a try Live your life With your own time Give a try Live your life With your own time Now it's time to wake up man Be prepared for success But don't care about yourself Carpe diem is what guru say Live it up everyday But don't run over yourself Give a try Live your life With your own time Give a try Live your life With your own time I can feel like I am failing I'm not winning in some way What should I try? What's the reason I must follow the rest "All roads lead to Rome" they say The world is yours as in Scarface But time is running, you are late Don't worry man, I'm still on my way Give a try Live your life With your own time Give a try Live your life With your own time Give a try Live your life With your own time Give a try Live your life With your own time That's right Give a try Give a try Your own time
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: I. INTRODUCTION II. ECHOES OF THE DAY Some things may amaze you The echoes of the day How true can be what you live? What you're seeing out there There is something magical Within the reality The man's grown, the monkey's gone But something's missing here Then years become centuries The world's still here Frescoes and oils with hidden meanings That you cannot feel It's very nostalgic To remember while see But it's impossible to live What happened in five thousand years Take a little breath Take a moment to count all the things that you know today And how many things you'll never learn What about outer space? Just as big as the extension of your mental space And we, we are sailing the vastness Take a little rest Just a moment to dream all the dreams that you've never dreamt What is beauty just remains there Back to reality, there's no bound, you're free But you'll never see where infinity lives Cause we are sailing the vastness III. WE NEED TO STOP So many things I have to shout about, but I can't explain How could I start? Do we realize how deep and complex is the realm Our inner self inhabits all the time? Should I figure it out? Or live without knowing anything, just run and don't stop But the doubt is knocking at my face when I sit and see how time is dying so fast We don't learn how machines run We think we know where we must go Look the mighty world it's hiding when gloomy nights falls How did we get here? We moved so far Like a comet across the sky Is there anybody moving pieces on the dashboard of our lives? Well you could read and search everywhere But you'll never know in depth Many people do not care And we just run and we need to stop We don't learn how the world works We live and die around the clock Look the mighty world it's hiding when gloomy nights falls How did we get here? We moved so far Like a comet across the sky Is there anybody moving pieces on the dashboard of our lives? Well you could read and search everywhere But you'll never know in depth Many people do not care And we just run and we need to stop How did we get here? We moved so far Like a comet across the sky Is there anybody moving pieces on the dashboard of our lives? Well you could read and search everywhere But you'll never know in depth Many people do not care And we just run and we need to stop IV. REVELATION Are you looking for a revelation? Any word from above, a divine intervention? Just a quiet silence when you need protection To face the war that's going on inside your bones I'd like to know how to deal with consternation When seeking answers in complete isolation It seems like you are all alone But something's there if you dig down deep enough to the bottom Stop and look at there, you are wasting time Searching lights in darkness but you are being so blind Just take a look inside yourself and go on And on and on It is kind of striking the way things can be In and outside the spirit of human beings How can this be possible? Sometimes' not real it seems that we are living a dream Stop and look at there, you are wasting time Searching lights in darkness but you are being so blind Just take a look inside yourself and go on And on and on Why are we here? Why is everything like this? Is this the way things must be? Or is there anything more that might exist? I don't understand But you can feel the flame I know that something is living inside our heads I don't understand But you can feel the flame I know that something is living inside our heads I don't understand But you can feel the flame Something's living in the vastness inside your land V. FIND THE PLACE I can be happy and secure but I'm sure there's something more that I don't know I don't know how to explain I don't even know what we are looking for What's the deal with the world But there's a door, inside our world To another one But with a thousand lives you won't realize How vast is your world We're sailing the vastness, we're sailing the greatness From here to the afterworld Take a little breath Just a moment to feel and realize what you are seeing today How many things you may learn What about outer space? Just as big as the extension of your mental space And we, we are sailing Cause we, we are sailing Yes we are sailing the vastness I don't mind if there's someone else I may not care about life and death But I can tell that in the vastness that we sail Everyone finds their place some day
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: It can't be explained, time's gone away And everything's the same You disconnected from the good old days The night has come and your head starts to play The summer's gone and you walk alone Remembering what was wrong What should have changed but it is too late now The past is done and we should let it go Rewrite the tape! Burn those days and let it grow again! Black days have passed, the darkness is something you must put aside The one and only thing that you should try Is to paint it now and let the colors dry Rewrite the tape! Burn those days and let it grow again! Restart the game! Light your flame and you will be great There's a new beginning Everything can goes OK But your life goes wrong today You may lose it all But you have to wait for A new beginning There's a light upon the hill You must look attentively Because times are rough sometimes But you're still here man, remember who you are Remember the good of your past Look! Take a look at the skies All your memories are flying wild Stay! Stay seeking the light A star is falling tonight All the dreams you dreamt when you were a young kid The evenings playing until night with just one simple thing The smiles and moments you were happy in the past That's your history You must keep in mind Everyday and everynight You gotta remember who you are What keeps the flame alive and keeps You dancing by the fire Rewind the tape sometimes and Take ideas to sit and write Great days and nights Everything can goes OK, but your life goes wrong today You may lose it all, but you have to wait for Rewrite the tape! Burn those days and let it grow again! Restart the game! Light your flame and you will be great, there's a new beginning
7.
Lyrics by Ed Zero: I remember years ago I was travelling with dad on the road A child watching through the window And discovering old songs he didn't know Written in my memory We were listening to Bowie's Space Oddity Dad singed the melody And I was singing the perfect harmony All these things will last forever When you look inside yourself Yesterday is what we live today What we are in these days Retrospection Every sound I breathe today Every line I feel and play They came from a kid listening to some oldie tapes I remember that 20 minute song That mum and dad played from that old long-play A mix of feelings and atmospheres That inspired me until these days All these things will last forever When you look inside yourself Yesterday is what we live today What we are in these days Retrospection All these things will last forever When you look inside yourself Yesterday is what we live today What we are in these days Retrospection
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: I've been through different and strange times What an odd summer has passed I've travelled miles and miles filled with memories They can go or come, but some things live forever On my own, it felt quite nice But I'm sure I wasn't alone at all All might change for better or worse But some things just remain as a part of our show It was a summer of saudade The feelings were so strong Walking by the river while you See where things had gone Summer of saudade Another picture that will last Realize how and where you are How nostalgic could it be? You're seeing yourself in it Your reflection on the water And your world shining underneath Memories are running free In a city full of tears Nostalgia and neverending dreams Summer of saudade The feelings were so strong Walking by the river while you See where things had gone It was a summer of saudade The feelings were so strong Walking by the river while you See where things had gone Summer of saudade Another picture that will last Realize how and where you are
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: I used to live in an imaginary world A place full of magic and shades of hope I could live there forever, even all alone Cause it feels just like home Not many people knew about this place Because I kept it in secret, only inside my head But everybody should have one like this, Just to hide yourself From danger some day This place is safe and pure, There ain't no dark days I wish I could back and see that Everything remains the same Like the old days When nothing was wrong And we were all OK I wish I could return to the Delightful land of childhood I'll never forget those days Living in my own world But it will never come back, This is place is gone forever, But still exists in my heart This place is safe and pure, There ain't no dark days I wish I could go back and see that Everything remains the same Like the old days When nothing was wrong And we were all OK
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Lyrics by Ed Zero: I. ENTRANCE II. BETTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE Outside the door Very far from real world Jump down the rabbit hole To the dream world and beyond So good to be back on this road I feel released Body untied but eyes closed I hear the noise From an silent mighty world All in darkness of infinite colors Don't wanna open my eyes This is better than anywhere else Aah aah aah... Don't want to come back This is better than anywhere else Strong emotions and sensations Flowing through the night sky Spinning around the darkness of a slide My hands untied, my eyes are blind What is this feeling? How great my surroundings are I can see things I've never seen before Am I seeing a fairytale world I do not know I only know The adventure is about to start now III. TRAVEL TO ANOTHER SIDE I'm flying free, I'm running wild I travelled to another side Where you will find yourself with another life In a short period of time Am I dreaming? Or freaking out? Is this an illusion? I don't care cause I not bad anymore Spoken: Why should I be bad here? I don't mind man Because I'm really good Ha ha This is crazy But I'm freaking good here This is a crazy world of dreams, ho Am I dreaming? Or freaking out? Is this an illusion? I don't care cause I'm not feeling bad anymore The dream begun Reality is gone I can feel no pain This might be weird But at the same time It's magic and surreal It's really nice Outside your life I feel released But I've started To see things I already know Shadows and lights Old scenes at sight Strangers in town Trapped in my mind "Open your eyes" That's what he said Man with no face "I would like to open my eyes But now I can't" But who you are Something is there It's nice and strange It's familiar And I know you Are you still there? Shadows and lights Old scenes at sight Strangers in town Is this the dream world? IV. THE ABYSS OF MY FEAR I don't wanna wake up here I might be living a nightmare But I'm feeling good I have questions, I'm intrigued And no answers but I if stand Maybe a secret will be revealed You may say why I'm here But there's no reason to see I can feel what's not real The abyss of my fear "Open your eyes", sounding real The captain says: "Time to leave" The awakening of my dream The abyss of my fear Ok, Ok I'm trying to understand What's going on in this room of games Connecting things I see on a dark screen Yeah, I would never imagine this thing What I'm seeing now is something I saw But I may never see this again You may say why I'm here But there's no reason to see I can feel what's not real The abyss of my fear "Open your eyes", sounding real The captain says: "Time to leave" The awakening of my dream The abyss of my fear You were living a nightmare but now is gone You are in another world, so open your eyes and go, c'mon V. REMEMBRANCE Now I find myself against the wall Looking at the mirror I was in a dream world, I must believe But it felt real, i don't wanna leave Springtime lasts forever, summer has no end But if I leave today this land I'm sure I'll be back someday Where everything is possible and you're not afraid at all Where you don't see and you can't hear but everything is real Don't let me go out of this world Will I die and live here and beyond? When winks are lights and words are notes for magical people singing songs And you are one insignificant drop in a distant rainfall splashing hope Don't let me go out of this world Will I die and live here and beyond? Don't want to go But it's time to go “Open your eyes Ed, open your eyes...” “Just one more trip...”

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Hi everyone! I'm really pleased to announce my new double album:
"Introspection / Retrospection"

Two sides, two different vibes, two worlds of progressive music. You may find heavy songs, acoustic ballads, art rock influences and two epic long songs.

Introspection / Retrospection follows the path of my album Odyssey of Thoughts. Although it's not a concept story you will find recurring themes like sadness, melancholy, nostalgia and dreams, always with a positive and encouraging message. It's divided into two symmetrical parts. Each one have a theme and sound in common, and their structures consist of a long song and several short songs.

Available on every digital platform: li.sten.to/introspection-retrospection

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released August 25, 2023

Music and lyrics by Ed Zero

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Ed Zero is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, producer and sound engineer based in Madrid, Spain.

His music is a mix of prog rock, art rock and some elements: a blues-influenced and melodic guitar style, classic rock-inspired riffs, acoustic songs, atmospheres and ambients, and some complex sections typical of progressive rock and metal.
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