“Our Own Devices” is an extremely rhythmically complex song, with snare hits coming on off-beats that make the song’s beat hard to track. These snare hits very effectively recontextualize the emphases on the strange, eerie riff appearing in the song’s intro, further making the song feel off-kilter a...
I was talking to you
Morning light filled the room
You were listening too, then it came: the change
A living darkness that bloomed
Incarnate fear, the shape of ruin
Conjured up to consume every sign of day
I was left to my own devices
And I lost my way
Paralyzed by the kind of crisis
No one else could make
Read the maps of our scars
One by one, we won’t get far
Never smile at the dark history that leaves
Complementary wounds
Tired blood needs new
How the madness of two comes to be
When we’re left to our own devices
And we lose our way
Tender traps, quiet crises
Crystalline displays
Cold chemistry flows inside you
Becomes what you are
Algorithms well describe you
Become what you are
And your devices, quiet beside you
Become what you are
Conquer you and divide you
Become what you are
Break the seal and burn with ardor
Become what you are
Or wait to die inside your armor
Become what you are
When you’re left to our own devices
And you lose our way
Paralyzed by the kind of crises
No one else could make
We’re all left to our own devices
And we lose our way
Tender traps, quiet crises
Crystalline displays
Our Own Devices was written by J. Robbins.
Our Own Devices was produced by J. Robbins.
J. Robbins released Our Own Devices on Fri May 31 2019.