OCCO - Titans (lyric video)

"Titans" is the 4th song from my album "ROLL OUT THE FOG!" and the first single to be released.

the track was written when and inspired by the citizen protests happening in Cuba during the pand*mic. i was hoping for the citizens to finally take control of their country, but tragically the movement was stomped out. that incident was the jumping off point for the song. however i didn't want to write a song that only blamed tyrannical institutions for causing misery. that's corny protest music and i don't like it lol

i wanted to write what seemed like an anthem for the people against oppressive institutions, but made sure to include the sentiment that certain movements become corrupted, and if you don't know yourself well enough, you risk being swept away into the swarm, justifying committing (or others committing) heinous acts in the name of your so-called moral and virtuous cause. "you're a sheep in a wolf's skin" i think just about sums that up.

the music is inspired directly by MUSE. i LOVED them growing up, and the first half of their discog i still cherish today. the music and lyrical approach is what I wish they would be doing, so there I said it. Muse is lame now lol

credits:
Bradley Gagne - @sentientbrad - prod, rec, mix
Mat Leffler-Schulman - @mobtownstudios - master
Jesse Ofgang - @jesseofgang - bagpipes
me - everything else lol

check out "Titans" and the full "ROLL OUT THE FOG!" album on all streaming platforms, available on my linktree: https://linktr.ee/theartistocco

"Titans" - lyrics

They're gripping the tether
We're feeling the pressure
Under the censor, no
Feeding their lessons
Bring out the cheshire
Making us fight our former friends
Guilty confessions
Spinning confections
Splitting up birds by their feathers
Changing the weather
Taking their measures
Aggressors with every name
La vie was en roses, now it's in fear
The internet working against us
Cloaking as Moses, splitting our seas
The news as opinions infect us
Sending their spies
Phone in a war
Profit from panic and lies
These useless endeavors
Promising pleasure
Dangling leisure in front of our
Desperate eyes
Our worried eyes

We are the titans facing the giants
And we'll rise and we'll rain
Over the tyrants
We'll follow the legends
And we'll rise and we'll reign
We are the titans

The honest journalist is dead
In jail or under cover

Left, right, center
You're all the same to me
You sit on the fringes
And stare at me
Humiliate and let me bleed
Just 'cause we disagree
I wanted discussion
You gave me destruction
I'm breaking your filthy filters
You fell to corruption
A simple seduction
Eruption of twisted blisters
Coming up with abominations
A sickly combinations of words
Spitting your venom
And claiming it's virtue
And expect us to
Follow the herd
If sticks and stones
Don't break your bones
Then why were you
Sowing my mouth shut
Punching my teeth out
Casting my soul doubt
Marching and singing
It's all for love

We are the titans facing the giants
And we'll rise and we'll rain
Over the tyrants
We'll follow the legends
And we'll rise and we'll reign

I hated them and marched for peace
Craved for patience immediately
I'm a chess piece moving on its own
A drone
Surrender to the swarm

You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin
You're a sheep with a wolf's skin

We are the titans
Facing the giants
And we'll rise
And we'll rain
Over the tyrants
We'll follow the legends
And we'll rise
And we'll reign