Mono No Aware

from Part 1: Past Perfect by Cold Reading

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‘Mono No Aware’ is about the feeling of powerlessness when trapped in a situation you don’t know how to get out of. On the one hand, there’s the fear that prevents you from taking a step forward to seek change. On the other hand, I quickly get used to a situation and tend to just endure it, which leads to a self-induced inability. However, the memories that recur in ‘Mono No Aware‘ are like a wake-up call. The questions I ask myself set in motion something inside of me and make me hope that at some point, I will be able to do something to bring about change.

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LYRICS:

You are stuck within these walls and trying to get out of here, but you don’t know how.
You want to know how it feels, how it feels to be alive, but you don’t know how.

The ceiling lit up in different shades of blue, you’re waiting for a reaction.
Do you remember those days, when we were sitting on the rooftop long time ago?

You said you’ll never be forgotten, but you’re just wasting time
I hear your footsteps down the hall but I pretend to be asleep,
cause I’m too scared to let you in.

Will I ever let you in?

Will you ever climb these stairs again? Will you ever make it out?
Will you ever see the stars again? Or stay trapped within these walls?
Will you ever be the same again? If you’re too scared to make amends.

I will know, how it feels, how it feels to be alive.

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from Part 1: Past Perfect, released May 24, 2019
Written & Performed by Cold Reading
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jan Kerscher & Konstantin Cajkin
Mastered by Philipp Welsing

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Alternative/Indierock Quintet hailing from Lucerne, Switzerland.

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