ARPANOID from XII by Heliod

XII CHAPTER VI:
ARPANOID the 6th release for our growing album „XII“.

No mind is the same. All deserve love.
Some are joyful, in doubt only at times. But there are also minds with gradually more than less fears or anxiety.
Sometimes so burdened by it, that it petrifies not only the body but also the mind itself…

In this song I found a way to express the somehow blunt „why don’t you just smile a bit more often?“- questions to those sorrowed minds (In which I‘d include some dear loved ones and myself)…
..and at the same time am able to give answers that explain it and calm at least my mind down.
-@derber.music

Like the previous chapter this one is a rather old idea. Started as a quiet folk-style song fiddled on an acoustig guitar on a sunny balcony. It grew over time and got more and more fleshed out with sounds and rythm. The unused chords and the feeling of playing a small guitar by yourself forged the unplugged Intro track A RIGID PATH which is some kind of overture for this 6th chapter:

ARPANOID

Tracklist

8.	ARPANOID	4:41

Lyrics

Verse I:
Hey little bird
Why won’t you spread your wings?
To see the world and all those different things
Why? Why won’t you fly?
Afraid of the heights, afraid to drown
Always a reason to turn around
Countless conversations with a bittersweet end
Backup
We’re gonna do it again.

Chorus I:
All you hear is thunder.
Muzak of a persuasive monster, drilling towards the core
While you hope for a deep and dreamless slumber.
But still you dream to feel no more.

Verse II:
Little beaten dog
Why won’t you step forward?
Out of the cold, into the dark
Step towards the open hands that won’t tear down your heart.

Rotten fruits that turn all trees into a pool of disbelief.

Alongside the edge I follow all the way.
Your journey.
Until the curtain falls.

Chorus II:
All you hear is thunder.
Muzak of a persuasive monster, drilling towards the core
While you beg for a deep and dreamless slumber.
But it feels like you dream no more.

Credits

from XII, released January 31, 2025

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