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Once Upon a Second Act

by system syn

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    "Once Upon a Second Act" is SYSTEM SYN's finest and most complex record to date. The album takes the listener on an emotionally engaging journey, showcasing Clint Carney’s vocal and lyrical talents like never before. The songs of “Once Upon a Second Act” range from haunting and heartbreaking, to heavy-hitting club tracks, yet all retain the sound that is so uniquely SYSTEM SYN. This also marks the project’s first completely independent release. Mixed and mastered by Ted Phelps (Imperative Reaction).

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1.
The Wreckage 04:55
I thought that I could come to terms with not knowing where I’m going Maybe if I choose a path there’d be no wreckage in my wake but I’m awake and it’s a lie to think that anyone should care they say you first must love yourself but I’m just too self-aware oh take me to a time when I did not know all the joys in life were things I could let go so let’s start the show put your smile on hold emotion back we all must bear the splintered cross it’s a violence that we hold inside until it burns too hot to hide I feel the world constrict around me force the air out from my lungs even as the night surrounds me I still long to see the sun ‘cause I’m awake and it’s a lie to say that no one ever cared but if you never let them in they will never know you’re scared oh take me to a time when I did not know all the joys in life were things I could let go so let’s start the show put your smile on hold emotion back we all must bear the splintered cross it’s a violence that we hold inside until it burns too hot to hide how do you breathe under the water as you spiral to the floor do you ignore the sea around you as the pressure demands more how do you breathe? how do you breathe? oh take me to a time when I did not know all the joys in life were things I could let go so let’s start the show put your smile on hold emotion back we all must bear the splintered cross it’s a violence that we hold inside until it burns too hot to hide
2.
Promise 03:42
I’m so sorry no one told you I am not a man to follow your heart demands too much for it to beat beneath my shadow so foolishly I’ve fallen just a raindrop in this storm my heart demands so much it wants to beat but it is torn between this never-ending winter and the dreams of summers past the fantasies of who we’d be and all the names we cast into the sea what did you find how did we all fall so far behind but I don’t mind they say we’ll meet again some other time poisoned with promise we’re trying not to need a reason to let go hopelessly hollow we’re trying not to breathe for reasons I don’t know what did you find how did we all fall so far behind no, I don’t mind it seems I’m always running out of time and it’s fine falling till the ground returns faster than we left it chasing concrete solace poisoned with promise we’re trying not to need a reason to let go hopelessly hollow we’re trying not to breathe for reasons I don’t know I don’t know what did you find how did we all fall so far behind but I don’t mind they say we’ll meet again some other time
3.
don’t be afraid it’s just a lie for when I need to make believe the hope we have will never falter and it’s everything we need The weight of years falls on us all until reflections tell the lie of who we are, when what we were will no longer live in light my heart still burns more than you know sacred in its blasphemy I feel the fire and let go of the truth that buries me there was so much before us those were the days and now those days are gone silently we all fell to pieces broken and scattered right where we belong once upon a second act was where our story came alive and we emerged out from the ash so far so good so we survive my heart still burns more than you know sacred in its blasphemy I feel the fire and let go of the truth that buries me there was so much before us those were the days and now those days are gone silently we all fell to pieces broken and scattered right where we belong there was so much before us those were the days and now those days are gone silently we all fell to pieces broken and scattered right where we belong don’t be afraid it’s just a lie for when I need to make believe the hope we have will never falter and it’s everything we need there was so much before us those were the days and now those days are gone silently we all fell to pieces broken and scattered right where we belong there was so much before us those were the days and now those days are gone silently we all fell to pieces broken and scattered right where we belong
4.
where have you been all this time I used to mourn the empty space that you’d occupy now I don’t know why I’m supposed to care it’s not that I hate you now it’s not that I loved you then I just closed the door on what came before and let indifference set in far below a deep duplicity long ago you were my enemy you were my enemy In times you won’t remember you were the king of empty a void where a life once grew when they all knew what you’d become it’s not that they love you now or hated you back then but your fading fame eclipsed your name and indifference set in far below a deep duplicity long ago you were my enemy you were my enemy how could I have been so careless clenched the thorns of poison flowers those moments bloomed devouring years the tears you shed for me I reject them and I accept no sympathy far below a deep duplicity long ago you were my enemy you were my enemy the king of empty
5.
We Had Time 03:23
we were young it was easy we forgot what we could not become we had time in this time like no other and we loved so blind and so pure the gods were laughing at us in all our innocence and every passing year revealed our arrogance we had time we had time we had time we had time we grew up said our goodbyes soon I’d forget the sound of your voice we had time in this time like no other till the winds blew so bleak and so cruel the gods were laughing at us in all our innocence and every passing year revealed our arrogance we had time we had time we had time we had time we had time
6.
Weightless 02:40
I’d gone too far down the road before I found I was alone oh you said you’d be here but you’re not said it takes time to heal but you forgot what I am If I keep talking long enough does that mean that I won’t fade away please put the words back in my mouth feels like they’re always falling out I won’t remember what is true synapses don’t fire like they used to so what am I? now before you what am I? the fireworks inside my head only distant streaks of red sparks fade out and I am numb floating toward the sun so weightless so weightless and you said you’d be here but you’re not said it takes time to heal but you forgot oh you said you’d be here but you’re not said it takes time to heal but you forgot what I am
7.
Knives 04:26
no wonder you’re disappointed you spend your days expecting us to care but the only thing you’re offering is sharing your despair alive or dead there’s no mystery to the road ahead still we must play out our lives reach for connections in the darkness we’re all blind yet we still swing our knives are you longing for the touch of another sightless soul though these transitory nights will always take their toll alive or dead there’s no mystery to the road ahead still we must play out our lives reach for connections in the darkness we’re all blind yet we still swing our knives we still swing our knives we still swing our knives you spilled your heart into a chalice passed it around to sate their thirst when it returned so dry and hollow all your hope had been dispersed I have no answers to your questions I am just as lost as you I feel the burden of the absence of the mercy we were due Is it a function of our humanity that we forever fall apart as endlessly we play out our lives reach for connections in the darkness we’re all blind yet we still swing our knives alive alive or dead or dead there’s no mystery to the road ahead alive alive or dead or dead there’s no mystery to the road ahead so swing your knife
8.
Collapsing 03:05
collapsing everything everything and will we wake in the morning or will we sleep forever day by day you may be brave but every night you are afraid collapsing collapsing everything everything I want to walk in the sun feel the warmth of everyone but I don’t know if I’ll see you all again how can we know if it’s the end collapsing collapsing collapsing
9.
stay afraid all of you as we dissolve into the night and if we awake in the morning it will be our final light and I hear you sing if we’re all going straight to hell we might as well we might as well live forever follow you into the never So far from home your future found its end you wanted us to say we knew you when but when dreams begin you lose a little light you let them in till all you have is night you finally found the end we knew you when stay awake the sun will never rise if you and I refuse to close our eyes were we born to die dreaming no smoke no fire no meaning and I think you know if we’re all going straight to hell we might as well we might as well live forever pour our hearts into the never So far from home your future found its end you wanted us to say we knew you when but when dreams begin you lose a little light you let them in till all you have is night you finally found the end we knew you when Stay afraid till the light surrounds you Stay awake till your ego drowns you Stay afraid till the light surrounds you Stay awake till your ego drowns you I don’t want to live in darkness anymore you have no choice I don’t want to be the enemy of light you have no voice So far from home your future found its end you wanted us to say we knew you when but when dreams begin you lose a little light you let them in till all you have is night you finally found the end we knew you when
10.
What a strange world we’ve found ourselves in the last time I saw you, you were ashes still every now and then I forget you’re gone and now I’m getting pretty good at pretending to move on If it doesn’t break you let’s see how much you can take it’s all they’ll ever ask of you your time, your love, and your life too it’s not your choice to make all your pure and fragile promise still fell apart after the fall I couldn’t hold your heart together turns out I wasn’t brave at all I just ran through the hours so the world would fall back and everything would be right in its place I ran through excuses I had built in my mind Why I’d abandoned what I could not replace If it doesn’t break you let’s see how much you can take it’s all they’ll every ask of you your time, your love, and your life too it’s not your choice to make so how much can you take how much can you take What a strange world we’ve found ourselves in the last time I saw you, you were ashes still every now and then I forget you’re gone now I’m getting pretty good at pretending nothing’s wrong If it doesn’t break you let’s see how much you can take it’s all they’ll ever ask of you your time, your love, and your life too if it doesn’t break you let’s see how much you can take let’s see how much you can take how much can you take
11.
The End 01:45
I will always call you my friend but I can’t call you anymore and when I see you, you won’t see me and when I miss you, you won’t miss me just a photograph away from the saddest part of every day and I will always call you my friend but I can’t call you anymore the end

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"Once Upon a Second Act" is SYSTEM SYN's finest and most complex record to date. The album takes the listener on an emotionally engaging journey, showcasing Clint Carney’s vocal and lyrical talents like never before. The songs of “Once Upon a Second Act” range from haunting and heartbreaking, to heavy-hitting club tracks, yet all retain the sound that is so uniquely SYSTEM SYN. This also marks the project’s first completely independent release. Mixed and mastered by Ted Phelps (Imperative Reaction).

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released June 26, 2020

All songs written and performed by Clint Carney
Mixing, mastering, and additional programing on selected tracks by Ted Phelps.

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