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The Hanged Man

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1.
The Hanged Man 06:18
lyrics
I walked the path of the sun who was lost before the hanged man comes Foresight undone to be fooled by dust right before the hanged man comes Splendour's foolish trust right before the hanged man comes And it's always been the same Truth will always come with pain And we will be forced to go back The air has changed and now there is dread right before the hanged man comes All things denied turn to worms in earth just before the hanged man comes Crutches serve no more in light of when the hanged man comes And it's always been the same Truth will always come with pain And we will be forced to go back And it's always been the same Truth will always come with pain And it's always been the same Truth will always come with pain And we will be forced to go back And it's always been the same Truth will always come with pain And it's always been the same Falling Falling Falling Falling
2.
Achilles Heel 05:12
lyrics
I didn't need to know all the signs and scars Between the weak and strong tearing me apart We were wrong to show any sign of heart We were wrong to go following the path And through the fields they run And through defences down No fortune read this way we mixed up the cards Destruction of the will is all that we ask Between the in and out distance is a game Between the then and now oceans filled with rain And through the fields they run And through defences down Tower of weakness Smoke fuelled hollow Strength not wholeness Rest will follow Once more another cycle comes Once more another cycle comes Once more another cycle comes Once more another cycle comes Once more another cycle comes Once more another cycle comes Once more
3.
For Silence 06:39
lyrics
I wait here for you, I'm waiting this time And you hold things I've seen inside Sometimes you could be there, sometimes you're not there And you hold things I've seen inside
4.
No Promise Have I Made 04:42
lyrics
If I could change my mind what changes would it bring If I could change you, well it wouldn't change a thing Well now you know and now you shouldn't be afraid No promise have I made Tell me a story tell me just another lie Well I can tell you set your expectations high Well now I've faced up to you facing me betrayed No promise have I made Well there's some green and there's some white and there's some gold But brighter colors I have left you to behold It's your good fortune there's a fortune to be paid No promise have I made

about

Originally recorded during lockdown, this set of songs had been sitting on the side-lines for 3 years. I recently decided to pick these songs up again.

Three years ago, I found myself without work and with the prospect of not having any for the foreseeable future. With what seemed like and eternity on my hands, I spent a lot of time in thought and setting small goals for myself everyday so that I'd feel some modicum of achievement. Days and weeks went by, and I found myself unable to sit still, with the constant nagging feeling that I have to do something. I would wake up, and before I could blink I'd realise that the day was already over. I started being unable to sleep, and before long I hadn't slept for about 3 weeks. All the while I remember a feeling of absolute dread creeping to the surface, anxiety so intense that I could literally smell fear in the air. Unable to cope with this extreme feeling, I ultimately ended up having a nervous breakdown. I realised that behind the dread, there were painful emotions rising to the surface of things I had failed to process and deal with. The devastation of lockdown, and of all that had happened to me in my life.

During this period I wrote "The Hanged Man" and "Achilles Heel". Two other songs that great affected me during this period were "For Silence" by Flying Saucer Attack, and "No Promise Have I Made" by Hüsker Dü. I decided to cover these two songs, in addition to the originals presented here together on this EP, a testament to this period of intense self-reflection and opening up to a wider spiritual reality.

The artwork brings together many of these ideas in symbolic form. The feeling that the "air had changed", in reference to smelling fear in the air, is represented by the alchemical symbol for air and the Greek letter "delta", meaning "change". The image of The Hanged Man is inspired by Tarot. On the Tree of Life, this is commonly path 23, the path of "Mem" or water, symbolised by the lake. The clock is in reference to the same time period, in which I was frequently waking up at "11:11".

The Hanged Man (Lyrics)

I walked the path of the sun who was lost before the hanged man comes
Foresight undone to be fooled by dust right before the hanged man comes
Splendour's foolish trust right before the hanged man comes

And it's always been the same
Truth will always come with pain
And we will be forced to go back

The air has changed and now there is dread right before the hanged man comes
All things denied turn to worms in earth just before the hanged man comes
Crutches serve no more in light of when the hanged man comes

And it's always been the same
Truth will always come with pain
And we will be forced to go back
And it's always been the same
Truth will always come with pain

And it's always been the same
Truth will always come with pain
And we will be forced to go back
And it's always been the same
Truth will always come with pain
And it's always been the same

Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling

credits

released March 8, 2024

Umair Chaudhry - All instruments

"The Hanged Man" & "Achilles Heel" written by Umair Chaudhry

"For Silence" originally by Flying Saucer Attack

"No Promise Have I Made" originally by Hüsker Dü

Mixed and mastered by Umair Chaudhry

Artwork by Umair Chaudhry

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