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All of the All of the Time

by Crisis Engine

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1.
Good for Nothing 04:09
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I’m good for nothing Even when there’s nothing to do I can’t face the future I can’t even face facing you This morning, the road glistened Refracting like a mirror wrought of stone The light fell through the bare branches And in that moment everything was known And it felt like we were all burning Or snowblind in a world devoid of snow Like the whole planet had stopped turning And the final arctic wind had ceased to blow But when the real end came you didn’t know it at all You looked it in the face and you felt so small All of the, all of the time All of the, all of the time Yeah when the real end came you didn’t know it at all You looked it in the face and you felt so small I was useless, I was useless I’m good for nothing Even when there’s nothing to do I can’t face the future I can’t even face facing you
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Reservoir Rising 03:08
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I never wanna know you Can I make that true now Take the choice away from me ‘Cos everything I show you Everything that you feel No one else was there you see Hey! Reservoir rising I was with you there, it wasn’t surprising I was in your name doing the talking I was in your name, I wasn’t walking I never wanna know you Can I make that true now Take the choice away from me ‘Cos everything they show you Everything that you feel No one else was there you see Hey! Reservoir rising I was with you there, it wasn’t surprising I was in your name doing the talking I was in your name, I wasn’t walking Hey! Reservoir rising I was with you there, it wasn’t surprising I was in your name doing the talking I was in your name, I wasn’t walking
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So 04:12
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So You say my corpse needs opening Society’s a broken thing To let the ice age in Now You’ve come too far to change your mind Your country’s dead but that’s alright You couldn’t make them see Look Behind you at the smoking glass The panic button’s in your grasp Don’t let it fall away Don't Stop caring that you’re not alone They're watching when you’re on your own So you don't turn extreme Every day is rain Every day is rain Every day I step outside The sky is grey again Life's a steady state Life's a steady state And everything you thought might take our lives back from the dirt Is gonna have to wait You've come too far to change your mind You've come too far to change your mind Forgotten what you thought you'd find Forgotten why you're here
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Waste Time 05:46
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It’s so easy to waste time You don’t even notice Looking back again You don’t know how you didn’t know this And at the end of things You realise what you’ve done has come to nothing That only reason you were happy was that You always thought you were on the verge of something You never want to waste your time I can’t help but notice Looking back again I can’t see how you didn’t know this But at the end of things There’s always something else that overtakes you It’s like you think that when you break out of your schedule That’ll be the day that time forsakes you Everything in my life Everything in my life When there was no more time We didn’t even notice Looking back again I can’t see how you didn’t know this ‘Cos at the end of things We realised all we’ve done has come to nothing The only reason we could sleep at night was We always thought that something else was coming It’s so easy to waste time You don’t even notice Looking back again You don’t know how you didn’t know this And at the end of things You look back and you know what you’ve achieved has come to nothing The only reason you were happy was that You always thought you were on the verge of something
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I Was Wrong (the old version) 03:34
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I haven’t seen you for over a week now The internet went down I broke all my phone and I broke all my windows And I can’t see it now Just think of all the times that I was wrong That I was wrong Just think of all the times that I was wrong That I was wrong Staring at the table down my field of vision I am not the master, I go where I’m bidden Sorry for the waste it’s just what comes with living If you get your grades then you will be forgiven And-I-and-I-and-I- I get that feeling when your name appears Even though I know you don’t care I know my mind has been doing this for years Though there’s never anything there I make the wrong call it’s burned right into me Easier to fail than try We’re both aware that you’re seeing right through me Palpitating under the sky I can see the parallel world I can see the parallel worlds Turning on the moon Let’s express ourselves together If the game is worth the candle If the core is worth the mantle Though I know there’s nothing to say Oh the air is a placebo But we’ve come too far already (And you’re) telling me it’s ok Friday night in Cambridge Just think of all the times that I was wrong That I was wrong Just think of all the times that I was wrong That I was wrong
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H D I R T? 04:28
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Friday comes round again And you’re floating through the world, there’s a reason why Purge the ephemera ‘Cos there’s nothing you can do even if you try We’re all still wondering/ wandering And I don’t see no conclusion come my way What keeps you on the track When the world has you going like How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this now? How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this how? You’re walking through the city at night And everybody’s trying to carve out their lives Guess I tried to warn you but I don’t really know what the answer is Sorry for what I’ve done I wish that I could say there’s a reason why But when you find yourself here There is nothing you can do even if you try We can’t just shape our ends But I’m hewing at the bark till it goes my way What keeps you on the track When you turn to yourself and shout How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this now? How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this how? How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this now? How do I rationalise this? Rationalise this how?
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Dust 03:49
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I don't think I could change a thing I couldn't have if I tried But I just kept on reaching out Even though I knew what I would find And when I felt nothing was there I'd just go back inside my shell Till I decided not to care ‘Cos caring hadn't served me well You're making me more suspicious You're making me more suspicious I feel like you're wracked with guilt No sir I'm just always like this No sir I'm just always like this I told you it's not my fault Yeah I dreamt that the world was ending I dreamt that the world was ending I dreamt we were gone for good But I knew it was all pretending I knew it was all pretending When I woke up and heard the birds And every time I walked away And every time they told me no I didn't know what I could say ‘Cos there was nowhere else to go But I knew that this wasn't me Didn't know where it was coming from I just regurgitated what I'd seen In the hope that it would take a form You're making me more suspicious You're making me more suspicious I feel like you're wracked with guilt Like the ground's fallen out beneath you Like the ground's fallen out beneath you And you think that it's all your fault Just get back to your revision Get back to your revision ‘Cos you know it's the only way And if you fail you'll be so far from If you fail you'll be so far from Where you think that you are today
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Electric Light 03:54
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I walk home alone Half inside my head Till the roar of the traffic tears me away All my thoughts repeat I need something new But the circles I walk in all look the same Night falls on the woods and fields and factories And all that’s left’s electric light The world that we’ve created The world we’ll leave behind And I’m inside my head Stuck within this life In a world I was made to take as my own All my thoughts repeat I’d admit defeat But the mess that we’re in won’t leave us alone We’ll be standing here till we’re crushed to the bone Night falls on the woods and fields and factories And all that’s left’s electric light The world that we’ve created The world we’ll leave behind And all I need is a get out clause To make my futures real But I just see what’s in front of me And that’s all I can feel ‘Cos we should have a say in The world we’ll leave behind
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Yeah You Can Take It! 04:37
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I was literally five feet from you I could’ve spoken up Don’t know what the hell I’d have said but It would be better than standing in the shadows I don’t know why you put me here? Was something meant to be? I tried to change it all just by thinking But all my thoughts would just leave me where I am now And I’ll wait As long as you like ‘Cos nothing really matters if it turns out alright I can suffer in the present and I’ll do it in style If something comes along that’ll make it all worthwhile Yeah you can take it! There’s so much I don’t need But the one thing that I want is the one I can’t see But your narrative delusions won’t help you no more ‘Cos nothing that you wanted ever happened before It’s dark round my head and no words can be spoken My eyes are all wide and my ankles are broken The one thing that I want The one thing that I want is the one I can’t see

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'All of the All of the Time' is an idiosyncratic coming of age story for the 21st century. The record centres on themes of loneliness and paranoia - in the context of the digital age, impending environmental catastrophe and our broken political system. The tracks draw their energy from a strong sense of place, whether inspired by the suburban back streets of Chesterton or the outer reaches of the world's longest guided busway. Such moments of connection with the landscape, both human and inhuman, provide flashes of hope and defiance.

Joe Waters' debut album, as Crisis Engine, showcases his diverse sound palette (drawing in everything from garage rock to 20th century minimalism). However, the varying musical strands explored throughout are consistently brought together into tightly structured art-pop tunes that are as infectious are they are unique and surprising.

- Ron Buben, October 2019


These songs were developed solo over the last five years, as well as in live performances with the Crisis Engine band.

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released April 20, 2020

vocals, viola, violin, piano - joe waters

samples and electronic noises created by joe waters

lyrics and music written by joe waters

all production, engineering, mixing and mastering by joe waters

photo by lee drew

i would like to thank jasmine, lee, jonny and jay for helping me develop and play these songs and making the last few years a good deal more interesting - joe :)))

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