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The Great Depression

by Scott J Mason

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1.
No Future 04:28
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And if there's no future Can I do what I want And if there's no future Can I say what I like And if there's no future May I go where I please And if there's a future Why do I feel so afraid All the time All the time All the time What do you know What have you heard I need a friend now What is real Who do we trust I need a friend now And in this great future Will we see the promised land Or have we all fallen For history's greatest scam Still with all this talk of The end of the world we know I can't imagine That we are all alone What do you know What have you heard I need a friend now What is real Who do we trust I need a friend now What do you know What have you heard I need a friend now What is real Who do we trust I need a friend now
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Sorry 03:57
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All the time that I was riding my wave so high You were hiding, you were hurting, and barely alive I still don't know how you managed to make it through And still you give everything when I need you to When we were kids, we dreamed of all the things we'd do In that dead town where the hills seemed so far and blue Now we are men Now we feel old And all our dreams They have grown cold Life took it's toll And left us alone Alone But I can't complain I've had my fill And all the time You were so ill I was so full of everything me I now see But now it's time to let go of the pain inside You see there is always hope on the living side No one can tell what the future will send our way But I'm still sure there is worth in this slow decay And to this end What will we bring There's so much wrong And good I've seen Where will we stand when everything's gone It's all gone Will we be free Will we know peace Will we find home And finally rest Could there have been another way To play
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Always The Same 03:18
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You've heard it all before This time I'm gonna change This time I really mean it for sure We've seen it all before A thousand generations Of the cycle of the poor And every man is the same A battlefield, a graveyard Of the ego verses the blame It's always the same Everyone always thinks that they will find the way And what is the way It doesn't matter cause you'll never find it anyway We've heard it all before War is peace and bombs will save us The homeland must be secured A politician's claim "I stand before you, honestly, now vote for me for change" And nothing will change Always the man who says he knows the way is to blame And what is the way It doesn't matter cause you'll never find it anyway
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Tonight 04:46
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In a world going bad I'm glad my heart is with you Tell my mum to be glad I have done all I wanted to Don't worry There's nothing I fear anymore Honey I Honey I've already decided it's time Daddy I Daddy I will see you in heaven Tonight I won't fight anymore I have seen on the other side All we fear is a lie What we touch Is just a disguise Imagine A thousand years In a day Honey I Honey I've already decided it's time Daddy I Daddy I will see you in heaven Tonight I'm so tired of this world Everything seems so wrong But I'm sure there is love I'm sure there is love Maybe I Maybe I can come back and see you sometimes Maybe I Maybe I will be with you all of the time
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What It Takes 04:05
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You won't know yourself Cannot know yourself until You see every fear And the way is clear but still The need to move on is greater than you Or your fear And every moment's happening right now And it's real Forget all the hurt that your carrying with you It's not real you see This whole fantasy we build The you that you are is greater than all That you see And nothing's impossible to achieve If you can Conceive We Separated and alone How we stumble on on our way See All the light that's creeping through Our darkest moments You're not alone We Separated and alone How we stumble on on our way See All the light that's creeping through Our darkest moments You're not alone Not alone

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Between 2011 and 2013, I wrote and recorded some songs with myself, Andrew Foote, Simon Meehan and David Sutherland. It was a strange time in my life. You could've described me as desperate. For one neurotic reason or another, they were never released. For the sake of closure, I present 'The Great Depression'.

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released July 1, 2022

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Scott J Mason Dunedin, New Zealand

Scott J Mason is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer-songwriter based in Dunedin NZ. With 30 years of touring and recording throughout NZ, playing in bands Gasoline Cowboy (Akl), Slim (ChCh, Wildside), Fuce (ChCh), Mulholland (Akl), Gareth Thomas (Akl, Goodshirt), he has supported/toured with some the biggest names in music, including Shihad, Salmonella Dub, Neil & Tim Finn, HLAH, Tool. ... more

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