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Atlantis

by Heavy Illusion

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1.
It's the month before we start our lives but I wonder if we ever will try You see reality hurts, it kicks you and distorts you your shell emerges lifeless and gone But I'll delay my fate this once before I slave my days away for a prize I'll never see You were once an adventurous youth and you wouldn't let a weight tie you down You adapted and adjusted, you led by example and no one could have dragged you around But I don't even know If you could open up your eyes so I could look into your soul I can see the sunset on the desert sky The road goes on without turning, the days flashing by And yet we are still in yearning, lost in our time And it might be some day that I turn out this way I can tell here that I'd rather not now It's an empty existence and I hope you get through it so some of you remains in the end But I don't even care If it brings us apart because I've changed and I want to live Looking over the cliffs at the ocean in the sun We could live this way and find our battles won Why would you run away before it all comes undone? Find my way to a slow descent I could wait for months and years and if you're gone I will mourn a friend I won't go through this again I can see the sunset on the desert sky The road goes on without turning, the days flashing by And yet we are still in yearning, lost in our time
2.
Daylight's leaving, I've been fearing this time if year again when all my aggravation never seems to go away The air is cold and I sit freezing smoke pours from the chimney to my soul I want these months to go so I can run away Just don't call when I leave here I wouldn't say where I'm going to go You won't stop me from dreaming Cause I've spent my last year alone and nothing seems to matter anyway Same as ever, we can never find ourselves this way stuck in circles, running treadmills, stalling until May Close your eyes and feel the sunshine through the window right into your soul You dare not open them, you want to run away So don't call when I leave my home I wouldn't know where I'm going to go You won't stop me from thinking Cause I've spent my last year alone and nothing seems to matter anymore Just don't call when I leave here I wouldn't say where I'm going to go You won't stop me from dreaming Cause I've spent my last year alone and nothing seems to matter anymore
3.
No More Fun 04:10
Smile a little wider, look behind your shoulder and see what you can do today Good times can be had if you know how to hide it Don't let them catch you in the act And say, is tomorrow gonna come? Won't be too long until we're done Time moves on as the days and weeks and months merge into one What has become of our fun? Working days get longer, clockwork like robots flail clean all the cogs in the machine Look for the freaks in secret, behind the frozen air they work at basking in the sun And say, is tomorrow gonna come? Won't be too long until we're done Time moves on as the days and weeks and months merge into one then no more fun for anyone How to live life with love if you're threatened from above? Was the past all that bad? There was freedom to be had Is life improved when you take all the choices that we make, tell us what we should say, throw our rights all away? We should live life with love, be the voices from above Paint the future when we see, we all deserve to be free Life's improved when we believe in all the choices we'd receive In present times we all weep, there is freedom we should keep And say, is tomorrow gonna come? Won't be too long until we're done Time moves on as the days and weeks and months merge into one then no more fun for anyone
4.
Yesterday I was well on my way to a world filled with glory and promise Now it's all gone I must try to move on but I don't know just where I am going I've seen pictures of people who've climbed through the fog I've seen people who've mastered their flying but I sit on the ground as if I'm not around I think that I'm lost and I'm dying Looking beyond all the faces stay the same Are they looking away? There's nowhere we can turn I'm watching the doors closing now, and I'm running out of time Should a homeless man pay for a mortgage each day? Should his work lead to a future of labor? Learning's a privilege but not yet a right and it no longer gives an advantage Lives are delayed, we're set behind right from the start and you need not apply, your chances are slim unless you know someone or have years of experience so good luck in the military Hear me children of the recession They'll take their money with them when they die They've torn you down, they'll watch you fall to pieces Their conscience is gone, they've left it far behind
5.
Confessions 05:37
Don't ever leave me here, that is if you can find me I'm fed up with dreaming and I'm tired of being here alone But you're not the one to care is it even fair I am here? But if you find me I will leave this behind me and never look back until you go What is the perfect man for them? Would he stand in the doorway with a smile? I thought I had it inside me, but I'm missing all the keys Locked away in an ocean of thoughts and pain, will he ever be free? Or forever be lonely in his mind? All this emotion in my soul, how much can they see? Cause I stay uplifted even when my heart is bleeding out to you Are you the one to care? Am I overreacting? This hole expanding all around, is my life collapsing? My happiness might go away I put off my problems for this year, can they be gone forever? I try for this but I need to face my fears Tell myself I should see it through, I know I need to be better I won't let myself falter, it's the power of the mind I could be in a perfect place, I should cherish this for I know in the future I'll want these memories to stay, these experiences are living Joy and sorrow, pain and pleasure, confusion and assurance, Feelings all, and those who walk without them aren't living, they are dead I put off my problems for this year, but I need to stay free I try for this but I need to face my fears Tell myself I should see it through, I know I need to be better I won't let myself falter, it's the power of the mind
6.
LIBERTY I saw them fly overhead Circling over the crowd we turned and marched down broadway Down to the square of liberty two blocks from wall street with revolution in the air They saw potential and they crushed us in our place The square of possibility passion and youthful energy Hope for the future in our faces We saw our rights crash to the ground Here in our stange new land Was this democracy at hand? They'll stop at nothing, take their power to the grave And many sit by thinking nothing has gone wrong... And how could, I have been so brazen, seeking all the answers and truth But Dr. Paul said, all this truth is treason when you're living in the empire of lies Realize all the danger outside your home How can it be so insane? I'll run through fields of rain I was, only yesterday, calling for the lesser of evils But evil is evil and righteous is right Even when it isn't in style And realize that the drug war has failed in its goals How could it be so insane? I'll run through fields of rain PEACE I would be obliged if left alone To you I'll do the same and if e'er we meet we'll shake our hands and then we'll walk away For the world is ours to share in peace in distant harmony We'll maintain the land on which we dwell so our children can be free Why do the fools always carry the day leaders who murder with naught to say And if indeed there is a God Help me now, help me now 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Is this a dream land cause all this can't be real Realize all the monsters can win in the end How can it not be insane? I'll run through fields of rain
7.
So I keep to myself and I play into your hands I could fly into the heart of the sun No one wants to play So lonely with those around me I can't find the signs in your face Long drive far away Distant thoughts and nothing to say Line grows longer, and I wait at the end Move ahead, knocked back again Lets be different until we get older Fall in line and make others follow Life's prison, and you're the jailer I won't listen, I will find the answer I'll never leave here I'll always walk alone You're happy with being unkind I can't get through to anyone Say the wind blows my way Think of times back in my day and if I'm gone will you care at all? I'll make you care
8.
The Meek 05:12
I saw life and I took advantage but I was standing at the end of the line thinking one day they'd find some reason, right, maybe tonight those who stood strong with voices calling they found love and they threw it away I was hoping maybe I'd find this love some day, maybe later on and All I want is for one voice to call me I'll be waiting at the end of the line I'll be everything you needed in this life, I will leave with you tonight, won't you travel light The meek and lonely will find salvation if they're honest with their desperate lives no need for loudness to be ambitious, you fight, you fight to stay alive and All I want is for a window to open I'll be waiting at the end of the line I'll be everything, I'll find the answers to life, I will leave with you tonight, won't you travel light in the morning the clouds have lifted we will illuminate the world within our reach and as the day goes by there will be no darkness tonight, it's alright All I want is for one voice to call me I'll be waiting at the end of the line I'll be everything you needed in this life, I will leave with you tonight, won't you travel light in the morning the clouds have lifted we will illuminate the world within our reach and as the day goes by there will be no darkness tonight, it's alright
9.
Atlantis 05:45
Far away in distant lands before the dawn of time An island rich with culture rose above this ocean line Past the reach of Gibraltar's stone they acted with command Countless opportunities, they had them in their hands Their lives were happy, they were grand And here, they left with nothing as I follow my way back home I'm leaving this gladly, should have been easier known Should be easier known Years they toiled and worked upon a perfect harmony Where life and love could live in peace and cross the galaxy Progress made by those who lived in want for light heavenly They built a great society that would forever be They lived for glory and were free But here they met their destruction Why were they throwing it all away? I'm leaving this gladly, I wish I still heard their calls I wish I heard them all They soon filled their lives with greed Then they sunk into the sea They forgot the greater cause Why couldn't they look back and say It's ok, I have lost my way, don't leave me here alone? Here as I cross 'round this corner as I follow the curve of Earth I'm leaving this gladly, I hope we don't fare the same We shall not fare the same We'll not fill our lives with greed To our purpose we'll take heed Moving to the greater cause We'll build heaven when we say It's ok, I have lost my way, no longer shall I roam
10.
Tomorrow 06:14
Dawn time's my last changes you were the only one I was a wreck and a wretched lie this was my life Laughing all the faceless cowards etched here in the threads of time I'll never play such a glorious part if this is how our story ends Take some time to laugh again I'll be here with you my friend and I won't fall down from the start I'll find every reason The sacred is not forgotten the sky is now falling over me but I don't know how I could find it if heaven would fall down over me tomorrow Dawn time's my last confusion you were the only one taking a chance on a fool like me why can't you see this is my life so my place is dubious find me questions in the dust am I going the right way is there any way and the sacred is not forgotten the sky is now falling over me but I don't know how I could find it if heaven would crush and maim the crowd here take some time to laugh again I'll be here with you my friend and I won't fall down from the start I won't leave her Tomorrow Dawn time's my last changes you were the only one

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This is the 5th album from Heavy Illusion, also known as "The North Brothers." It's a story of wavering hope and inward reflection. Recorded over the course of two years, it takes on a style of the alternative bands of yore.

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released December 20, 2012

Ricky North - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin, Harmonica
Tyler North - Drums, Bass on "Life's Prison", Guitar on "Atlantis"

Featuring:
Jaclyn Sylvia - Viola on "Suite: Liberty and Peace"
Eric North - Organ on "Suite: Liberty and Peace"
Jake Torrey - Guitar on "Atlantis"

All Songs written by Ricky North except "Children of the Recession", co-written with Tyler North

All tracks produced and recorded by The North Brothers, except "Atlantis" recorded by Emerson Torrey at Satellite Studios.

Special thanks to Matt Terry for use of musical instruments and recording equipment

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Heavy Illusion Providence, Rhode Island

Heavy Illusion is a psychedelic rock band from Rhode Island. Led by brothers Ricky and Tyler North, the band has been around in some form since 2003 and has released 6 studio albums.

The sound these days draws from a variety of influences, from the complex and compelling songwriting of Pink Floyd and Talking Heads to the improvisational stylings of Phish and the Grateful Dead.
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