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Flavors Of Paradise

by SAVAK

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Imperfect and untrue Knows nothing just like you No power, no control Unholy and unwhole Up with the sun Open eyes to a new dawn Up with the sun Left behind a broken body And nobody in the world to hear my plea Up with the sun Shine a light on everyone The sting of pain cuts through The thought of losing you Or have I lost myself Or is it something else Up with the sun Open eyes to a new dawn Up with the sun Shine a light into this darkness And nobody in the void to hear me scream Up with the sun Shine a light on everyone Some become prisoners Some become a judge Some people still live here Some of those still have a god Alone in the hemisphere Nothing left to see here Up with the sun Open eyes to a new dawn Up with the sun Left behind a broken body And nobody in the void to hear me scream Up with the sun Shine a light on everyone It shines a light on me To let the darkness leave It shines a light on you To let the truth come through Up with the sun
2.
1953 - 1961 - 1972 - 1985 A cheap motel is where the day begins I crack the curtain to let the sunlight in A pack of smokes and a fifth of gin A list of names and where they’ve been Fact or fiction There are suspicions But motivations Bore the nation Left for dead in the desert heat A gibbous moon with shadows deep Every dream is just fear disguised Every life is just a mark of time 1953 - 1961 - 1972 - 1985
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I have a great desire Cannot make it go away A match to light this fire Hold my ego to the flame Served a data a miner And I earned a good wage Complicit with a liar And complacent in my place Now the stakes are higher And I’m frozen in this frame A match to light this fire We’re all begging for a change I have a great desire I have a great desire Can’t make it go away A match to light this fire Burned my ego on the flame
4.
Welcome to the new age Yeah, welcome to the new new age Looked at the numbers Looked at the shapes Looked at the research And we looked at your habits Then we burned the photographs And the photographs of the photographs And we photographed that For the new new age There are things to learn And there are things to unlearn In the new age Yeah the new new age Studied the video We studied the faces Studied the market And we studied your habits Logic interrupted And leverage intercepted Because language’s inefficient In this new new age
5.
Dogs on every corner Biting at my heels Teeth cut through like a razor A scar that never heals I know that you’re scared But I’ll never know how you feel I hesitate to compare Because we all live our own lives Dogs on every corner Barking in their phones Never give a straight answer They won’t leave me alone I know that you’re scared And I’ll never know how you feel I hesitate to compare Because we all live our own lives Fears go unanswered Afraid and looking for control Looking through a cracked mirror A self prophecy unfolds I know that you’re scared I try to feel what you feel I hesitate to compare Because we all live our own lives Our own fears to survive Dogs can’t control me I know that you’re scared But I’ll never know how you feel I hesitate to compare Because we all live our own lives Our own will to survive We all live our own lives Our own fears to survive Every day is dark Every night is heavy Every corner sharp Everyone keeps pushing me
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Two lamps One near, one far Frame the room Two camps One here, one not Shape the view Two hands One left, one right Hold us tight Two mouths One full, one not Fight to speak Are you careless Or care free Are you fearless Or free of fear Are you dead Or are you dying Are you alive Or are you living
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Living Will 03:41
At a cost we believe everything that we know For a price we can sell it all even our soul Living Will, set you free You can take it all from me Living will, in due time Soon it all we become mine Then the truth came out, left us both exposed Held my heresy high while you held up your nose Living Will, set you free You can take it all from me Living will, in due time Soon it all we become mine Came like a wave, we held on to it Pushed like a child to let it go I once held a belief and had to let it go You invented your grief with no love to console Living Will, set you free You can take it all from me Living will, in due time Soon it all we become mine Came like a wave, we held on to it Pushed like a child to let it go You can’t take it away, we’ll hold on to it Pushed like a child you let it go Let it go Living Will, set you free You can take it all from me Living Will, follow me Will this death now set us free Living will, haunted me For all eternity Living will, in due time Soon it all will become mine
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The biology of you Self-obsessed A dataset The ontology of me Fully regressed Like a house-trained pet An encyclopedia of signs Sits on my shelf A monument An anthology of dreams By my unmade bed Like an inkblot test What’s it worth? What is this worth? What’s it worth to you?
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A repeating image And a dream that haunts me But you’re right beside me Lying in our bed Will you flaunt your worries Like a badge of honor In a ghostly body I can feel your dread And I will get fooled again Oh oh oh oh Have we lost our courage Are we relearning A wild combination That needs to reset Now some tide is turning We’ve been underwater Like a seahorse dancing Twirling to impress And I will get fooled again Oh oh oh oh
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You’re always ripped You’re always torn You tell your friends You wish you’d never born Then you jump into the night You want purpose You want “the truth” But you will settle For any excuse To jump into the night
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Too late to hold back These opinions I keep track Cut rate and relaxed Motivation that you lack Then it happens to you when you least expect it to Got some attitude to lose I believe that the light will reflect back on us You defend poor decisions that were made Hubris to retract How you lie, distort the facts No spine, your back And no surprise from your attack I believe that the light will reflect back on us You defend poor decisions that were made I intend to live with every consequence You defend every single lie you said Ever think the problem might be you? Draw blood, exposed Hide behind ignorance you sow Thin skinned, so cold Stood by the narrative you chose Then it happens to you when you least expect it to What else is left for you to lose I believe that the light will reflect back on us You defend poor decisions that were made I intend to live with every consequence You defend every single word you said Ever think the problem might be you? I believe that the light will reflect back on us You defend poor decisions that were made I intend to live with every consequence You defend every single lie you said
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Attribution 03:03
You came to me And you asked for a Contribution But I did not know No I didn’t know it was for my Execution So I plead my case Yeah I plead my case to the Prosecution Then I sat and hoped I sat and hoped for a Resolution I’m not here No I’m not here for Retribution And I don’t expect No I don’t expect your Absolution Just a bit Just a little bit of Evolution So I come to you And I ask to Please be human Because everybody wants All we want is Attribution

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released March 1, 2024

SAVAK is:
Sohrab Habibion - vocals, guitars, bass, keys, percussion
Michael Jaworski - vocals, guitars, bass, keys, percussion
Matt Schulz - drums, percussion

Produced by SAVAK
Recorded by Matthew Barnhart at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL
Additional recording by Jaworski & Habibion at Affordable Luxury
and Gracie’s Mansion, New York, NY
Mixed & mastered by Matthew Barnhart, Chicago, IL

Artwork by Rich Jacobs
Lion logo by Rick Froberg
Layout and design by Sohrab Habibion

This album is dedicated to the memory of Rick Froberg

All songs written and performed by SAVAK
© & ℗ 2024 Peculiar Works Music (BMI)
Distributed by Peculiar Works Music and Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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SAVAK Brooklyn, New York

SAVAK was formed in 2015 by Sohrab Habibion (Obits, Edsel) and Michael Jaworski (The Cops, Virgin Islands), who play guitars and trade off singing songs, along with drummer Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck, Enon). The live band features Jeff Gensterblum (Small Brown Bike, Her Head’s On Fire) on drums and bassist Matt Hunter (New Radiant Storm King, Silver Jews). ... more

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