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Conscious, Conscientious 4

by Circlebrooke

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1.
Enter 03:58
Grass is in my hair just like the day when we both tumbled down the hill All these scrapes like in the garden, mind the rocks and pebbles Overcast is over us but everyone says it's not gonna rain And I hope they're wrong, I'd like to wear my hood over my face (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling in my hands Two cups of cinnamon tea go cold, at least the smell is pleasant Even all alone I mean it every time I say I-- Coronation balcony today, the spikes are right below it Tied behind my back, they mean it every time they say they-- (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling in my hands (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling in my hands It was just a shallow dream to belong here But I shifted from day to night too quickly Alone and away It's too cold I'm afraid and that terror is keeping me warm This is the storm I've been sheltering from It stalked me and flooded out more of the ones I love And this smile's still haunting my head But it's changed faces Subverting the grave just to whisper that I might be cursed to be Alone (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling (Ooh) Everything I know is crumbling, everything I know is crumbling in my hands
2.
Just over the hills we find your faces peering back Reaching to our racing hearts to know your love again Helicopter rumble, drizzle, call out my name (Not again This pinch on my neck Is sinking in) We tumble where you stood, and watch them steal you away What is this place? Golden eyes, and red hair, I know I've seen you before Rolling away How can she say she'll end my pain when she created this war? Wait, it's too soon to assume Did you already forget the bond you've constructed? And I'm over this watching you whine For goodness sake, you’re a princess, so have some spine Open up and find all you hide 'Cuz I'm busting us out How can this power be real? If I abandon them I'd get away No, I won't be my father If I fail, I'll regret nothing (Go Skidmarks on the road Cut holes through the sky Just keep holding on, we're coming for you One unit, we fly One purpose, we fight If they die we're left with nothing) Justice for our nation Your execution Begins Hang high above your demise Fall And you'll kill no more (You liars I'll reconstruct the bones you broke We'll take on your challenge And you'll kill no more) Say I've been thinking We've become quite a team Don't you think? With these ugly vines intwined With your earring scar and mine No matter what happens next I'm glad we met So when the Window tints the Chamber green I'll take on Wei myself And I will bring him to his knees All across the castle there rings a sound A song of reckoning barreling towards you The system dies Though you try, you'll wither Empty, colorless cold light will guard her life I am justice, I’m your worst Nightmare And I exist to bring you to your end
3.
Zayza 05:10
Better run faster, 'cuz they're gonna catch you Better run faster 'cuz they're gonna kill you Better run faster, Zayza Better remember 'cuz they'll show no mercy Better remember 'cuz they'll show no mercy Better remember, Zayza You are not what you thought You are not what you thought Maybe next time you'll think twice before you Maybe next time you'll think twice before Maybe next time you will think twice Maybe next time there won't be a next time Maybe next time there won't be a next Maybe next time, there won't be a Zayza You are not what you thought (I'm sorry, Zayza) You are not what you thought (I'm sorry, Zayza) You are not what you thought (I'm sorry, Zayza) You are not I had to recover what I casted away. It was the only way I could defend you from the darkness and danger surrounding me. And now I know why I ran and hid. I feel it again the same as before. I lost nearly everyone…but I couldn't see that I hadn't yet lost you. My pain blinded me. But now I can believe again, because of you. There's still a reason to rise up and face them. So rest your head on my shoulder and wait. I promise you it'll be alright...Because I know who I'm meant to be now, and I'll run away no longer. You are not what you thought (I'm sorry, Zayza) You are not what you thought When they said I was a monster, did it make their hearts cold? 'Cuz I don't feel cold at all No, I'm not running anymore Now that I've found myself So as the room sparkles green And you keep believing in me I'll save you now I will save you now
4.
Hiroko 04:56
Spark the flame beneath the night sky Gather our hate Cast it away And we'll watch it leave with the smoke into the dark Maybe we can feel gravity's healing start Everything repeats over time Stories of old, and stories unfold, So we'll make our own Calm our hearts as one tonight And when tomorrow comes, mine will keep yours beating through the fight I'll cover your head When the words are attacking And pressure builds around My melody will silence all of the sound Your precious eyes and golden light Will not ever flicker out Every breath I take is yours Every day with you is my sanctuary Heroes aren't born in the light They come from shadows and blood And shine cuz they can still love That's what I see in you now Keep an eye on them, alright? Cuz when I'm chasing the sacred they'll need your sight I'll cover your head When the lies are all stabbing And hatred builds around My melody will silence all of the sound Your precious eyes and emerald light Will not ever flicker out Take my haven as your own Every day with you is our perfect harmony I wanna build a whole world Where you would never be scared And we could laugh with the stars But if I'm all I can give, just know Everything I did was for our love Now nothing can destroy you I'll cover your head When the sun is descending And towers tumble down My melody will silence all of the sound Your mind is where I'll bury mine Cuz I know you won't forget Every breath I took was yours Every memory is our eternity Your faces vanish behind the blinding beam Flesh fades, mind polarizes As it bursts into fragments, shards materialize in the abstract And every last one will sustain this transcendence to hear your voice

about

This is the fourth theme EP for my ongoing webnovel, "Conscious, Conscientious." Updating with weekly chapters here: www.royalroad.com/fiction/38307/conscious-conscientious

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released April 28, 2023

Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by RJ Barnett

Soundscape transition from "Enter" into "Battle of Azvaylen" by No Leader

Guest screams on "Battle of Azvaylen" by Ian Garland

Zayza's monologue on "Zayza" performed by Gracefulvoice

Guitar solo on "Hiroko" by Bryce Dwyer

Character drawing of Zayza created by rizuchi

Cover art design by Shelby Hedlund

Shoutout to the Circlebrooke Live Band:

Bryce Dwyer
Ian Garland
Will Hall-Esquire

Special Thanks To:
Lydia and James Lincoln, My incredible parents, Liane and Rodger Lincoln, my family, Shelby Hedlund (this is my favorite cover art yet), No Leader, Jameson Giamo, Quentin Moore, Josh Morgan, Greg Whitney, Ian Garland, Bryce Dwyer, Will Hall-Esquire ,Chris Preble, Brian Fitzgerald, Chris O' Grady, Zoe Rose Depaz, René Perez, Owen Korzec, Justin Arena, Geoffrey and Ruth McNally, Tyler Spencer, Monte Weaver, Christopher Sibilia, Bullpup, Aaron Hibbert, Black Market Therapy Podcast, Strawbby, Together Press and the Chess Company, Angus Garland, Jedidiah Kim, North Street Community, Jeremy Scott, New Hope, the ENC music department, my CHS bois, Kevin Williams, everyone I've ever played a show with, and everyone who's ever come to a show or found this project on the interwebs

No thanks to: the fact that I work early tomorrow. Crap.


...Interdimensional band members? What are you talking about? There's definitely no such thing. I've never alluded to that. No interdimensional band members here...just little 'ole me.

...

(...But if they did exist, they would be:
Exper17
Sloth Boy
Orakuru Kobayashi)

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Circlebrooke Hingham, Massachusetts

Rock project by RJ Barnett with elements of emo, pop-punk, and post-hardcore (The existence of additional band members from parallel universes can neither be confirmed nor denied).

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