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Honey In The Veins

from Everybody's Nobody by Dream Cities

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Honey in the Veins was the first beat shown to Inner West wordsmith Ello C in the hopes of sparking a creative synergy. The intro verse was almost entirely freestyled at bassist/producer Alex Solo’s studio during a segue from a party. One Star Wars allusion and a dropped jaw later, the stigma was rubbed and the seed of what later became Honey in the Veins was sown.

Described as a breezy summer track by the band’s first blog review, the band does hope the track will filter out through the air-waves in the summer of 2018/2019. But Honey in the Veins is far more than just clinking champagne flutes and the comforting mellow hum of enclosed eastern Sydney beaches. It’s about owning your shit and panning it for gold.

With a warm, ambient backing track paying its dues to Lonerism-era Tame impala, the funky vamp and provides a spring-board for Ello C to riff on his low-vibration anxiety and procrastination issues, increasingly being disillusioned by the postponement of his calling to speak his truth through tight verse and flow. With historic heatwaves surely around the corner, the chorus hook joined by a Sephardic sample extolls us to consecrate the dross of our apathy and poor excuses for the state of our lives to “ find a better way to set the drama up in flames”.

lyrics

Verse 1.
Tryna direct the adrenalin to a better place
Instead switching my thinking down to a lower pace
Enough procrastination patient while I hide behind the fact
That I am not another number born without a voice
Got me starting over this new chapter
So raise a glass with that “ hand-solo “ I’m chewbacca
Cause I salute to your cause don’t wanna hear an applause
To be considered as raw, just wanna leave em’ in awe
Yeah it’s awesome enough to redefine
See I was victim to listening to the doubtful minds
Crunching on my ears I’m still here to carry mine
Blind to the fuckery bury me at the finish line
I’m on point premeditated to get it live
You can guarantee that its automatic for any vibe
And with the method it’s evident when it stands out
To understand the meaning of meaning the shit you talk about
They prone to be aware that it’s evident when that relevance
delivers in a level of excellence, can’t settle for second to leave a trace of no evidence
I remain to be the illest like I’m lacking the medicine

Hook
Honey in the veins, heavy on my brain
I found a better way to set the drama up in flames x2

Verse 2.
Forget the doubt they're expressing I’m only left to wonder
Ponder bout the way that I’ve shaken off what has had us under
Reject the regular reinventing the message
I ain’t focusing on nothing but elevating the present pleasant
Let it be known I’m calling for higher power
Predictable with intentions, their bitterness stays sour
Devour what holds us, Embracing the truth tight
Yeah I swear that I’ve seen enough to expose em’ in plain sight but now --

I’m taking off and I ain't bringing bags with me
They tryna find me but I’m lost inside a Dream City x2

Bridge
I kickback to catch a vibe tryna peep through their disguise
Man I wonder what their eyes could see ?
If I could, break the borders of thoughts tryna distort us
Then I wonder if we’ll all feel free ?

credits

from Everybody's Nobody, released October 19, 2018
Mixed & Mastered by Alex Wilson
Drums : Michael Solo
Bass Guitar & Electronics : Alex Solo
Lead Guitar : Andrej Trbojevic
Vocals : Charles " Ello.C" Elloso

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Dream Cities Sydney, Australia

The collaboration between Sydney MC Ello.C and power trio band Andrej T, Alex Solo & Mike Solo.

Hip Hop, Experimental Rock and Alternative Dance blended with improvised live jams.

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