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Supersonic Soul: The World Without

by Shane Carey

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1.
Desol 04:55
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DESOL: This world So full of people and beauty and love This world is going to die HERO: The day goes cold A pestilent shadow Shrouds the earth from the light Wings unfold A face so malevolent A voice mocking and arrogant Darker still than the night DESOL: Hi, my name is Desol I'll be your destroyer today Should I give you a few minutes to cower in fear or are you ready to die? HERO: All faces turn to the skies I hear a cheer as I rise into a night as black as coal I am the Supersonic Soul Where there is fear Reach out, I'll be near I am the hero And you don't have to be afraid I will keep you safe If you're in pain Just call out my name I am the hero And whatever is hurting you will answer to me Didn't anybody tell you this is my town? I'm not afraid of shade You made a great mistake To try to take me down I believe I've heard this all before So scary, very evil, best believe you'll leave without what you came for Stand down, you enemy of right And give us back our light This world you can't control This is a fight you cannot win You'll lose if you begin You face the Supersonic Soul A gaze that stings Turn my direction Promising endless pain Eyes that sing gleefully of shallow graves radiating hateful waves Murderous, mirthful, insane DESOL: Little hero, you have no idea what I am But I'm glad you're here I was in the mood for an appetizer I am a shadow on the sun eternity undone I'll swallow your world whole I am the cold and bitter death Your world's final breath Behold the destroyer Desol HERO: This world So full of people and beauty and love This world is not going to die Powerful you may be But you've never faced me I am the hero And your time is over DESOL: We'll see about that
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Harder 02:16
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Time to act Brace for impact Flying at the speed of sound I'll give the first shot everything I got Show it I'm not messin' 'round Then it hits me harder than I ever felt before I swallow red and shake my head That's not what I was ready for Gotta find a way to control this gotta beat this Gotta figure out a way to defeat this Fighting for my life here I will not give in A little scared, but I came prepared In case I need a little shot of sound Aretha's tones in the headphones And I'm ready for another round Then it hits me harder than I ever felt before My body's achin', faith is shaken Don't think I can take no more Gotta find a way to control this gotta beat this Gotta figure out a way to defeat this Fighting for my life here I will not give in This is my life This is my story How can there be anything stronger than me In my life In my story Gotta find a way to control this gotta beat this Gotta figure out a way to defeat this Gotta find a way to control this gotta beat this Gotta figure out a way to defeat this Gotta find a way to control this gotta beat this Gotta figure out a way to defeat this Fighting for my life here And it hits me harder And there must be some mistake And it hits me harder And I feel something break And it hits me harder And I'm running for my life...
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One Way Or Another 05:18
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We all have our demons We all struggle now and then Sometimes we think we're on top Then they lay us low again But you, you're the reason for my plight You make it exciting by keeping me fighting a bigger and stronger fight Every day a new disaster That's harder to avert One way or another I have to stop you before someone gets hurt Oh, Reader, the stories you write for my glory threaten innocent lives Please cease, release me and show me a peace that can survive IfI have to get on my knees and beg You'll see me crawling in the dirt One way or another I have to stop you before someone gets hurt Don't get me wrong I remember our history You gave me back my life I'm grateful for what you've done for me But you brought me back to show me I could be so much more I'm a protector That's what a hero's for I hope you'll see what I say is true But if you don't see the light I'm bringing the fight to you One way or another (we all have our demons) One way or another (we all have our demons) One way or another I have to stop you before someone gets hurt
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Ingratitude 03:42
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I have drawn you here to me I think we can agree We need to have an honest conversation You've decided to contend My writing has to end Whether by persuasion or by confrontation I saved you Remade you I gave you a life renewed You'd fight me Indict me Requite me with such ingratitude I have drawn you here to show There's nowhere you can go I can move you with a simple illustration If you think you can demand Maybe you don't understand Who of us creates and who is the creation I saved you Remade you I gave you new life and you'd Refuse me Accuse me Abuse me, such ingratitude No point in explaining No matter your complaining You will fight because it's out of your control I gave you power and purpose You'll use it in my service Go and be the hero, Supersonic Soul Now I draw you... home
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Powerless, part 1 03:50
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I never felt so alone and useless Waiting on the moon for the world to end I can't beat the Demon, I can't please The Reader I can't save the people I'm supposed to defend This is not the path I thought I was walking Have I been deluded from the start To use all my power for protection In the role of the hero But I can't play that part All I can do now is offer a distraction Let them see me fighting 'til the end If they must die, at least they'll go out hopeful Watching their hero, watching me pretend This is not the path that I would have chosen I don't know if I can find it in my heart To make them think their champion will fight That good will triumph over evil When I can't...
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Powerless, part 2 03:59
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READER: We play the part We read the lines We live the life That someone else designs We have no will We have no voice We learn to serve We have no choice SUPERSONIC SOUL: I don't understand you Or rather, I disagree Yes, I'm at your mercy But why do you keep saying "we"? READER: I'm sorry I Was angry and cruel It's hard to admit I acted like a fool I can't change my writing I'm powerless just like you Yes, I write your story But I'm being written too SS: Who is this Writer? Who's calling the shots? R: I only know him as a ghost in my thoughts SS: Does he write everything we say and do? R: He controls me; I'm not sure about you SS: Desol is coming I have to go and try If the Writer won't listen R: This world is going to die SS: I need to tell him I can't beat this foe R: He is the Writer; do you think he won't know? SS: At least I'll have a chance to plead our case R: But how will you find him? SS: Just draw us face to face Desol is coming SS: I have to go and try If the Writer won't listen This world is going to die READER: I hope he'll see I hope he'll care I draw you to him out there
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Sorry 04:05
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Welcome, have a seat; make yourself at home Sorry the place is such a mess I'm the Writer. Pleased to meet you ...and embarrassed Whatever you expected, I must be less As creators go, I'm no Supreme Being Sorry, just a regular guy No great powers, no divine wisdom No eternal life, no house in the sky I made you in my image, but better than me Less flawed, more powerful, everything I wish I could be Sorry I'm the reason the Reader can't change your story Sorry to do that to you You're not fighting for entertainment or glory But because I don't know what else to do Your struggle with the demon is by my design Hoping answers are in your world that I can't find in mine Sorry Sorry I can't help you solve this problem Sorry I can't make it go away Sorry I can't do this without you Sorry, I don't know what else to say Sorry to disappoint you With all that I lack All I can do now is send you home This should take you back
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Dissonance 08:45
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I hear my entire world I hear people, I hear feelings (I hear my world) In this world my world is a composition And every part is right And every part belongs And the composition is more than the sum of its parts Change the balance and change the chemistry With one missing part, beauty is lost Balance, composition, vision, composition, balance Every note Intended and loved There's a reason There's a meaning Every part was put there for a reason Every part is true But what of the demon? Through the eyes we take in shade and color Try to recognize the forms Look for patterns Symbols and faces Seeing wants to find meaning Through our ears, vibrations of the world speak directly to our hearts Sounds we know and sounds we don't Can move us equally Hearing goes straight to feeling I was led to understand my story was written on the printed page But now I'm hearing my entire world in a song A message from the heart Connection to a world Where we are all loved and we belong We dance with creation itself Connected by sound From the inside We can choose to divide We can fight for control But now I hear the composition Parts arranged with such precision Take away one part and lose the whole But that means the demon must also belong Destructive and dissonant but still part of the song Desol is the evil Created to fight the good We both were intended We both do what we should Maybe what the Writer needs to learn from me Is that the composition has no part that shouldn't be The resolution of a dissonant sound Gives meaning to the tension and a beauty that's profound When there is fear reach out, try to hear The song you have to sing Is your demon, your soul, and your everything Embrace your dissonance Strength and weakness, courage and doubt Let me show you resolution The world within can heal the world without
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AUM 04:06
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There's no sun to set But the waves gleam orange with fire I gaze into the flames And struggle with desire It's hard to wait and watch my world burn It's hard to say the hero won't return But to end the escalation, I must learn To trust the composition I hear the demon coming for me now I sit as still as fright and nerves allow 'Cause the Writer needs for me to show him how To trust the composition AUM I don't have to beat this This is not my story This is our song We are all one I hear the Demon coming I don't have to beat him We share a song We are all one
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Sonic Supersoul 07:19
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What have you done? What have you done? This world now has no hero to stand in my way This world is going to die What have I done? What have I done? I feel the Demon Devoid of joy Created without love and only to destroy I feel the Reader slave to his fate To lose the hero who's his reason to create Outside the world, I'm freer than they can ever be And I can hear the composition singing to me My power grows as music fills my spirit with sound There still is hope for resolution yet to be found I hear the Reader, Myself, Desol I hear three parts that can become a greater whole I hear their spirits Draw them to mine I hear the dissonance resolve as we combine I am a wave of water, light, emotion, and sound The purest tone, the perfect pitch, vibration profound I am ideal, the gospel, truth, the knowledge, the word I am the world, the song as it was meant to be heard I am I am I am Sonic Supersoul

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The sequel to my 2014 concept album, "The Return of the Supersonic Soul." What can a hero do when his writer has it in for him?

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released June 10, 2015

Written and performed by SHANE CAREY:
Vocals, guitar, NS/Stick®, programming

Guest performers:
CHRIS HOOPER: vocals
CLIFTON GRAY: vocals

Co-produced by CLIFTON GRAY
Cover art by SHANE CAREY.

Thanks: Tommy Cannon, Dawn Gilpin, Maria Konopken, Bill Binder, Bryan Gerdes, Nadia Torres

Special Thanks to Clifton Gray

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