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Rules of a New Science

by Othersproof

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1.
The Guru 04:24
My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to We are part of the good guys But we're the ones left with tears in our eyes - - - Cause he's leaving us behind For new legions of believers to find And now it's all up to our mind To never forget his legacy any time - - - He taught us to believe And a cult's all it's made out to be We sought the light for everybody And a freak's all he's made out to have been Where only the notion of being a believer Was in itself a danger We found the faith, we found the faith That would always keep us safe The guru, the guru, the guru, the guru Made every one of our thoughts all brand new The guru, the guru, the guru, the guru We gave our whole hearts and spirits willingly to My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to We are part of the good guys But we're the ones left with tears in our eyes - - - Cause we thought before we lived And our thoughts distracted us from the road From orphaned children to childless parents From black clouds to silver rain - - - You said well at least nobody died But I did, I did, I did A relief behind closed eyelids That's all we wanted to believe Where the answers mattered Even to those who hadn't asked the questions Our prayers were answered, were answered A new world was set into action The guru, the guru, the guru, the guru Made every one of our thoughts all brand new The guru, the guru, the guru, the guru We gave our whole hearts and spirits willingly to My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to My mind is yours Make me think whatever you want me to He threw me a birthday party The first one I ever got The whole sanctuary was invited That was it then, I converted - - - Drinking in his words, drinking in his tea Could only make one want to change
2.
Every exclamation has its nation They're the flavor of a conversation Every now and then lost in translation Where the meaning is just a flick of the tongue Every exclamation has its nation Always a revolution against the situation Not one exclamation has its limitation The speech just goes on and on and on and on It all always starts with a decision Do you want to choose your mission? Choose your mission It all always starts in your imagination Will you change the outcome of your nation? What we thought we could count - We could count on Going through endless distortion Every dream containing a portion Of the future already in motion What we thought we could mount - We could mount on Slowly delivered from our weakening grip Every nightmare escaping deep sleep Forming a future that had no seeds Way back when we closed our eyelids Way back when we closed our eyelids And when the exchange has lost all of its sense When no one really knows what was meant All that still remains is a point, a point, a point And a sentence that never reaches its end Every exclamation has its nation They're the flavor of a conversation Every now and then lost in translation Where the meaning is just a flick of the tongue Even though every thought has its generation Every conversation end in the same expectation They always walk away without another glance How could they walk away from such a strong stance? It all always starts with a decision Do you want to choose your mission? Choose your mission It all always starts in your imagination Will you change the outcome of your nation? What we thought we could count - We could count on Going through endless distortion Every dream containing a portion Of the future already in motion What we thought we could mount - We could mount on Slowly delivered from our weakening grip Every nightmare escaping deep sleep Forming a future that had no seeds Way back when we closed our eyelids Way back when we closed our eyelids And when the exchange has lost all of its sense When no one really knows what was meant All that still remains is a point, a point, a point And a sentence that never reaches its end
3.
I know things may have gone so awry But I'm still chasing glory I know it's a funny song to listen to on my own But I feel it deep in my bones And these are stories that move me If you're looking for me And I know you will, not now yet, but one day I'll be the one blending in standing out The neon lights brushing the dark out of my way I'll insist on going out into the crowd Being awkward on the dancefloor I'll never leave once I'm past the door I know it will be my song, it will be my song And I'm not sure I could actually dance to it But it's as though I'm already there And I told you I will collapse on my feet And won't move away Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care You will be dancing to an ode to the loveless And you're not dying with my forgiveness You will be dancing to an ode to the loveless And you're not dying with my forgiveness I get so excited and so self-aware When I know you'll eventually care I know things may have gone so awry But I'm still chasing glory I know it's a funny story to write on my own But I could stay up 'til dawn Feeling so confident in the tale being drawn If you're looking to be saved And I know you will, not now yet, but one day I'll be the one that ran away Never letting anyone catch the wave I'll insist on believing is on the way Being awkward on the dancefloor I'll never leave once I'm past the door I know it will be my song, it will be my song And I'm not sure I could actually dance to it But it's as though I'm already there And I told you I will collapse on my feet And won't move away Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care You will be dancing to an ode to the loveless And you're not dying with my forgiveness You will be dancing to an ode to the loveless And you're not dying with my forgiveness I get so excited and so self-aware When I know you'll eventually care And this has become all I think of And this has become my whole history And this has become my identity And this is what should define me And this has become my sole motivation And this has become my very own religion And this is all I could ever believe in Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care Won't move away, not 'til I see you care You will be dancing to an ode to the loveless And you're not dying with my forgiveness And you're not dying with my forgiveness And you're not dying with my forgiveness
4.
Oh no they've recognized me I just went for a quiet evening Why aren't they at home watching me Instead of being in my pub bothering me Yeah, yeah, okay, it's me I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show Everybody's watchin' for me Everybody's watchin' for me They don't care about the other stories They don't care about the other stories They've let me go, yeah they've let me go Yeah, they've let me go Yeah the new producers let me go They said it was budget setbacks But anyway they'll be callin' me back They'll be callin' me back They'll be callin' me back And I'll just roll my eyes Cause they might as well die Before I come crawlin' back Before I come crawlin' back Everybody's watchin', watchin' for me They don't care about the other stories I'm probably gonna win another Emmy Been collecting 'em my whole career Constantly the best hair, constantly the best dressed And yet they're firing me for an older actress Well I wish 'em all my best - as well as a slow painful death Enjoy your bad ratings The network will soon consider cancelling Cancelling, yeah cancelling Enjoy your bad ratings Anyway, I don't have enough time To run through my lines Fetch me my cue cards So I can be a proper star I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show Everybody's watchin' for me Everybody's watchin' for me They don't care about the other stories They don't care about the other stories They've let me go, yeah they've let me go Yeah, they've let me go Yeah the new producers let me go They said it was budget setbacks But anyway they'll be callin' me back They'll be callin' me back They'll be callin' me back And I'll just roll my eyes Cause they might as well die Before I come crawlin' back Before I come crawlin' back Everybody's watchin', watchin' for me They don't care about the other stories My manager's already got plenty other offers The other shows, they all want me front-and-center Constantly the best hair, constantly the best dressed And yet they're firing me for an older actress Well I wish 'em all my best - as well as a slow painful death Enjoy your bad ratings The network will soon consider cancelling Cancelling, yeah cancelling Enjoy your bad ratings I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I'm the star of that show, I'm the star of that show I kept that show on TV Everybody was watchin' for me They don't care about the other stories They don't care about the other stories
5.
I live in a world amongst live and dead people In a world amongst the unlived and the unloved Amongst the created and the undone Amongst all that will ever, ever, ever be done Where what used to be superpower, superpower Is now in our p-p-p-p-power Superpower, superpower, superpower Now fills all of our hours I could have halted to a stop Ready to bolt and then gallop But you see, some inner light Was guiding me, to take flight Some long-lost echo was filling my steps And there I'd go, dancing towards the edge Faith was the only reason left Faith was the only reason left All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in Surrounded by everything human makes The body connected to so many objects Born out of the mind of necessity Surrounded by everything human makes All which started out as imaginary And every inventions and releases it takes To survive, trying to find the crack That defines what's all around That defines what's all around That defines what's all around That defines what's all around In this day and age, we learn how to experience Life under the rules of a new science An era all but a flash in the pan The mind's redefined what it's like to be human Where what used to be superpower, superpower Is now in our power Superpower, superpower, superpower Now fills all of our hours I could have halted to a stop Ready to bolt and then gallop But you see, some inner light Was guiding me, to take flight Some long-lost echo was filling my steps And there I'd go, dancing towards the edge Faith was the only reason left Faith was the only reason left All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in All my friends are electric All my friends, you have to plug them in Surrounded by everything human makes The body connected to so many objects Born out of the mind of necessity Surrounded by everything human makes All which started out as imaginary And every inventions and releases it takes To survive, trying to find the crack That defines what's all around That defines what's all around That defines what's all around That defines what's all around
6.
My wounds are the only bit of flesh I'm ever gonna lick They taste so fresh, they taste so damn fresh The blood's renewed every week It's in my mind I do the weeping I'm not about to appear weak It's under my skin I do the bleeding And I lick, I lick, I lick, I lick In my wounds, the healing takes place Skin hardening to re-inflict the pain But my wounds, they're ready to bleed again Setting themselves free from decades of strength My wounds are the only bit of flesh I'm ever gonna lick They taste so fresh, they taste so damn fresh The blood's renewed every week A set of rules dictated by the heart's want A lonely fool, no one's to love, no one's A patch of wounds dictated by a loveless hurt Veins that bloom, ready to burst, ready to burst Veins that bloom, veins that bloom Ready to burst, ready to burst Every night I embrace myself And pray there'll be no leak In the morning, I brace myself And wonder if the day'll make me sick In my wounds, the healing takes place Skin hardening to re-inflict the pain But my wounds, they're ready to bleed again Setting themselves free from decades of strength My wounds are the only bit of flesh I'm ever gonna lick They taste so fresh, they taste so damn fresh The blood's renewed every week My wounds are the only bit of flesh I'm ever gonna lick They taste so fresh, they taste so damn fresh The blood's renewed every week A set of rules dictated by the heart's want A lonely fool, no one's to love, no one's A patch of wounds dictated by a loveless hurt Veins that bloom, ready to burst, ready to burst
7.
They say it's always the troublemakers That are always the gamechangers Maybe if we don't switch up the game Everything will remain, will remain, will remain the same Will remain, will remain the same Does opportunity feed criminality Does your sense of morality Feed your deepest insecurities? Is the opportunity going to be yours or mine Is there a possibility That it might lead to a crime? Do circumstances create the crime? Or is what you would do under them Within you at any set of time? Can you be saved? Are those around you safe? Are they in danger in the insides of your mind? Sometimes great thinkers are graverobbers Taking away what's already been thought over Sometimes great rules need a new set of tools Confusion that brings the spirit Much sought, much sought after order Much sought, much sought after order Does opportunity feed criminality Does your sense of morality Feed your deepest insecurities? Is the opportunity going to be yours or mine Is there a possibility That it might lead to a crime? Do circumstances create the crime? Or is what you would do under them Within you at any set of time? Can you be saved? Are those around you safe? Are they in danger in the insides of your mind?
8.
I don't get it why they don't get it Why they don't get it, why they don't get it Wasn't the chorus enough to take you there All I wanted for us was to make you care Wasn't the chorus enough to take you there All I wanted for us was to make you care I want to marry the music Singing is so much better than speaking I want to always carry, carry, carry The feeling that passes through me As I'm listening I want to marry the music Sulking is so much better than talking I want to always carry, carry, carry The pride that disrupts the day As I press play Wasn't the chorus enough to take you there All I wanted for us was to make you care Wasn't the chorus enough to take you there All I wanted for us was to make you care And I'll defend the music to the end I'll defend it until they understand I want to marry the music Singing is so much better than speaking Sometimes I wish I'd never been cured At least I could lose myself in the delirium Sometimes I wish I had no culture So I could submit to the highest bidder
9.
The journey of your life The travel of the light The journey of your life The travel of the light Sometimes it feels like we're not even here Our life is like a beam of light Travelling through the darkness - - - We're not really physical We're just mental, mental, mental We're not really physical We're mental images and memories When I picture a lifetime I picture it as an achievement Only matters what it built up towards We're living for this, for this moment We built up our whole lifetime around All we lived for was to reach this moment Our very own lifetime achievement We're living for this, for this moment We built up from the solid, solid ground Everything before then becoming the present Every memory lived as a new moment The journey of your life The travel of the light The journey of your life The travel of the light Dust and light particles We're living like dead people Because it's inevitable For us to one day be what we are - - - We're not really physical We're just mental, mental, mental We're not really physical We're mental images and memories When I picture a lifetime I don't picture it in the right order of time I just picture it as a path A path of light through the darkness We're living for this, for this moment We built up our whole lifetime around All we lived for was to reach this moment Our very own lifetime achievement We're living for this, for this moment We built up from the solid, solid ground Everything before then becoming the present Every memory lived as a new moment The journey of your life The travel of the light The journey of your life The travel of the light
10.
Enter through the big door Enter through the big door Make your entrance, your entrance Don't leave it all just to chance (I didn't think it could rain, I didn't think it could rain I didn't didn't didn't) They didn't see you walking through the small door Through the small door They didn't want to see anything change the world They didn't expect to see anyone walk in anymore Can anything change the world, change the world now? Can anything change the world, change the world now? If the world isn't about yourself, then what's it about? What's it about, what's it about, what the hell's it about? Can anything change the world, change the world now? The world was calm But boy was there a storm about to come, come (About to come, come) You were the roar, roar wrapped in silence You were the storm, storm wrapped in the rain, rain Enter through the big door Enter through the big door By avoiding who you don't want to be You're silencing your children's dreams (I didn't think it could rain, I didn't think it could rain I didn't didn't didn't) They didn't see you walking through the small door Through the small door Not at a loss for words Of what should change, of what they would change Can anything change the world, change the world now? Can anything change the world, change the world now? If the world isn't about yourself, then what's it about? What's it about, what's it about, what the hell's it about? Can anything change the world, change the world now? Can anything change the world, change the world now? If the world isn't about yourself, then what's it about? The world was calm But boy was there a storm about to come, come (About to come, come) You were the roar, roar wrapped in silence You were the storm, storm wrapped in the rain, rain

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After some bad times in the first half of 2020 I got back into writing new music by fall, which is something that came more pleasantly than ever before and didn't uncover that much chaos inside, and I enjoyed every step of the process so much, from improvising melodies and memorizing them to writing down the lyrics and structuring the songs, to producing, coming up with the beats, to the singing, hence comes "Rules of a New Science".
After finishing the lyrics and melodies, what I had in mind was to dig deeper into the glitch pop genres, but while producing on my software, I realized that I was too partial to anything resembling darkwave, which has always been one of my tendencies through every album. So maybe something mixing the two sounded like something I wanted to do.
All the songs are armed with interlude-like post-choruses, which is something I didn't always used to do, but it's there on most every song here, while continuing with the multiple bridges I started to do more recently so some songs have 6 or 7 different parts coming together, opening a new page to my way of writing songs. Quietly and confidentially, it is the sixth album I do all on my own, and can join your favorite unlistened-to albums, 2019's "Born Within a Dream" and 2017/18's "Fluidity of Reality".
Thanks for listening! Every listen is incredibly important.

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released April 20, 2021

All tracks written and produced by Florent Gambarelli

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Electronic indie-pop project from France. Released quite a few different albums that you're welcome to check out on here.

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