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Operating in Unsafe Mode

by Figures

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1.
Failure to React 04:52
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VERSE Devil eyes Desire staring me blind Does it delight in the ways that it finds me pushing away? Stick to the better roads Stick to the same back and forth battle of pleasure and shame Stick to the better roads Stay in the safe lane again CHORUS Back to back, Another failure to react But staying alive Means to stay in the light And I know this style of life Is in spite of my Fighting the right To have what I want So back to back, Another failure to attack My body’s intact, But my mind is a wreck ‘Cause it came - It went - It’s gone And now I’m facing the fact that it’s never coming back VERSE Silhouette A dark shade of regret Could I revive and restore To retry for an opportunity ignored? What’s left to talk about? What’s left to say? Other than this self deprecation display What’s left to talk about? What’s left to weigh in on anymore? CHORUS BRIDGE No, It’s never coming back no It’s never gonna show Next time will be right The next time around Next time will be right The next time around Next time will be right The next time around But this time it’s never coming CHORUS
2.
Syntax 03:56
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VERSE Combat, time to lace up As this debate defaces the best of Our level intentions and aspirations ‘Cause our defences are altercations That stop the train Deceleration Funny how that goes Firing tender blows Over an outcome you propose CHORUS Unwavering convictions Despite the contradictions From your firehosing frenzy ‘Cause it’s not about persuasion Or clear communication No, it’s not about what we believe It’s win by any means VERSE Resignations the flash in the pan Logic be damned Inflate the demand The fast evasion For justification Towards you entertaining an indisputable plan No opposition Funny how that goes Every way we go The only way you can impose CHORUS 2 Deciphering your language Is detrimental damage From your firehosing frenzy ‘Cause it’s not about persuasion Or clear communication No, it’s not about what we believe It’s win by any means BRIDGE Take some tiny detail To break and belittle my will To fake some tiny victory Passing, fleeting, defeating But keeping control Keeping control Passing, fleeting, defeating But keeping control CHORUS 3 Well I will not go crazy From all the verbal hazing No argument could save me From your firehosing frenzy ‘Cause it’s not about persuasion Or clear communication No, it’s not about what we believe It’s win by any means It’s win by any means It’s win by any means
3.
Someone Uninvited 03:31
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VERSE Smoke signal from the far right side of the world Somebody ready to enforce the strength of his will And even if you could have a taste of the people from the better place There’s no way that you’d believe it from decisions that your mind makes PRE CHORUS From the far right side of the world From the far right side of the world From the far right side of the world From the far right side of the world Smoke signal from the far right side of the world Smoke signal from the far right side of the world CHORUS Well if you’re listening It doesn’t matter if they see it your way Well it don’t matter the say Because the matter of the day Is that it’s already decided by someone uninvited It doesn’t matter if they feel pain It doesn’t matter if they’re willing to change Well it don’t matter the say Because the matter of the day Is that it’s already decided by someone uninvited VERSE Sharp shooter on the sideline looking to fire Somebody aiming to deflect the scent of desire And even if you could induce an excuse to prove the point of the mad There’s no way that you could redirect the focus to your false flag
4.
Underpaid Machinery 03:55
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VERSE Form a line leave any baggage behind on the front step, leave it on the outside Along with any excess weight you find inside No time to specify the kind of life that you’d expect to be supplied So let it die, Better leave it dying right where it lies They’ve all forgotten down on the front and centre lines In the trenches we all fight to fortify Keep someone else’s vision from taking the short dramatic dives So suck it up Bare the buck And fucking row CHORUS To them you’re nothing more-- More than underpaid machinery You’re flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak VERSE Flail in the deep end Hope and pray that you can deliver the boat load Keeping you submerged until you choke Sink or swim while spinning china plates Oh fuck the rates And fuck whatever you were promised right out of the gate They say that kids complain well they’re playing the blame game Compare themselves to slaves while centre stage They bravely coat the boat with tears and sweat for years with broken hearted varnish Now tarnish the tow Make those mother fuckers know CHORUS Make ’em know you’re more More than underpaid machinery Flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak You’re more than what they’ve led to you to believe BRIDGE So why would you stay here? why would we stay? Why would I stay? We’re more than underpaid machinery Flesh and bone, but too afraid to speak You’re more than what they’ve led to you to believe So why would you stay to work another day? Make those mother fuckers know Make those mother fuckers know
5.
Another Injustice 04:41
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VERSE Well it’s just another injustice Like it ever really affects It’s just a supernormal infection That forgot the fear of detection We are too far down the road CHORUS Deer in the headlights No will to run away Trapped in a paralytic state VERSE A supernormal infection That forgot the fear of detection Will it leave a lasting impression Or are we too far gone to know CHORUS Well can we just discuss this? And pretend it doesn’t disgust us? When silence and violence are side by side You’re just a deer in the headlights No will to run away Trapped in a paralytic state POST CHORUS Well I can’t be held responsible Cause I never held the gun Well I can’t be held responsible When I’m not the only one BRIDGE SOFT In the wake of tragedy Reality seems Like an awful dream All around, we silently observe Morality swerve Around the nerve Now everything inside of me is weak Oh where’s the energy to speak? Now everything inside of me Is abetting the enemy Is abetting the enemy BRIDGE HEAVY At the tip of my tongue A verbal barrage so say something more say something now not nothing at all not nothing at all CHORUS Deer in the headlights No will to run away Trapped in a paralytic state Trapped in a paralytic state POST CHORUS Well I can’t be held responsible Cause I never held the gun Well I can’t be held responsible When I’m not the only one
6.
Inside You're Alone 05:18
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VERSE Telephone. A periscope. Blinking lights and flares from home All in my reach In my sight, but out of mind Satellites. Fifty million signals follow where I go In my sight but out of mind CHORUS Look back the other way The way you came The only way that you should be looking back into the fray The way you came The only way you won’t remain the runaway you won’t remain the runaway VERSE I’m here, you’re ok There’s no change from yesterday A cold unveil Sad details Rest assured that everything will go as planned It’s in your eyes And on your face It’s so much worse than everybody says CHORUS So look back the other way The way you came The only way that you should be looking back into the fray The way you came The only way that you’re never facing back into the fray The way you came The only way you won’t remain the runaway you won’t remain the runaway OUTRO Just in case you go I know how strong you are Couldn’t ever underestimate All your bravery Stronger than I’d be There’s no shadow of a doubt (shadow of a doubt) no shadow of a doubt I’ll try to let you know in case you go Just in case you go. Just in case you go.
7.
Force Feeding 03:36
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VERSE 1 Take on every thought to perceive as defeating me See it setting in stone Not what it was supposed to be Still it will resonate all the same But not on my resume Nor the places I go Whenever on show Never redirect And break the camera flow ‘Cause I guess new life Can only devolve And I’m unfit throw away the cave I’m hibernating in No, I can’t disown And follow my own advice To utilise the dice You’ve never thrown CHORUS What’s it they say about insanity? Repeatedly force feeding a meaning to my conditioning An unpredictable casualty Or so it seems to be If not for that old adage on history VERSE 2 My world provokes the fear to fall So to find a fault designed to choke the now unfocused mind It’s all overexposed To alter the old pose Or the clothes of the mannequin Play the part of a reluctant man again Play it up for a passing fling To pass on the real thing No, I can’t disown and follow the method I know To let the rest go CHORUS BRIDGE Take on every thought I perceive as the only way Take on every attribute, acutely reconfiguring me Take on every voice that I hear as the final way as the right way No, I can’t disown and follow the method i know To let the rest go CHORUS So let the rest go So let the rest go So let the rest
8.
Matrix Love 03:47
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VERSE 1 You come online And I know exactly when you do What you’re doing at this time That’s the only thing that’s on my mind (thing that’s on my mind) (thing that’s on my mind) I’m looking out for love And you’re quite the exhibitionist So you keep doing what you do oh so well It’s all the thrill without the risk (thing that I could wish) (thing that I could wish) CHORUS 1 I’m staring right into the intimate While I’m safe and sound inside my home Solely keeping tabs on you Through my window here with a view VERSE 2 I barely try at all My device is customised to see So if you’re gonna make the call to put it out there You put it out for me CHORUS 2 I’m staring right into the intimate While I’m safe and sound inside my home Solely keeping tabs on you Through my window here with a view BRIDGE Watching you Watch Watch me Watching you I’m watching you You’re watching me We’re watching everything that finds the voyeuristic side I need They’re watching you They’re watching me They’re watching everything that finds your voyeuristic side Your voyeuristic side CHORUS 3 Staring into the intimate While I’m safe and sound inside my home Solely keeping tabs on you Through my window frame with a view Tonight I’m staring into your intimate world Just like everybody else is doing now Gotta keep my eye on you Through my window frame with a view OUTRO Watching you Watch Watch me Watching you Watch Watch me Watching you
9.
The Circle Bends 03:16
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VERSE Blood stain Pertain the campaign Lines that they casting Cascade the cosplay Crusade the same old way Spit-spit fire Old men with new ties Pressed suits and young wives Steep cheques and declines to cut ties Saving their own damn lives Flip-flipside Protestor, pick sides In-trends and outliers Where the fakest of the fake can duplicate while— While the rest of us can debate CHORUS We've heard it all before We hear it every time the circle bends We've heard it all before We’ll hear it all again VERSE Cheap-cheap thrills More miracle pills Low effort, high skills Same danger, no kills No pressure ‘bout your body or your bills Until after you got your fill— — my head Be grateful you’re fed And praise god you’re not dead Then praise him again (again) Forcibly grounded and dying It’s their turn Their world with their word Their view with their voice Their turn to turn a phrase or altercate choice And whoever remains can rejoice CHORUS We've heard it all before We hear it every time the circle bends We've heard it all before We’ll hear it all again We’ll hear it all again BRIDGE Backwards and forwards It feels like we’ve been here before Around and towards It sounds like we’re waging a war It’s their turn Their world with their word They sing to their score With their weapons of war Count it down to the end And watch the circle bend CHORUS We've heard it all before We hear it every time the circle bends We've heard it all before We’ll hear it all again We've heard it all before We've heard it all before We've heard it all before
10.
Pedestals 04:03
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CHORUS Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathoming belated (visions) Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathering a deprecated view VERSE So vulnerable Baring down, the evil eye Pedestals up so high So pristine, undermining me Undermining me CHORUS Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathoming belated (visions) Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Following a fabri- (cation) Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathering a deprecated view (Fantasy berate me, Leaking constantly) VERSE Overnight intake Compelled to see this through Lucid dream, underwhelmed Overused, undermining me PRE CHORUS (Force fed motive, failing fast No obligation, no stimulated path) Force fed motive, failing fast No obligation, no stimulated path CHORUS Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathoming belated visions Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Following a fabrication Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathoming belated visions Fantasy berate me Leaking constantly Fathering a deprecated view

about

Figures’ freshman album “Operating In Unsafe Mode” follows two acclaimed EPs: Figures Self Titled 2016 and Chronos 2017.

O.I.U.M explores themes of dehumanisation, isolation and oppression, all through the idea of mass media influence and manipulation.

Mark: “I never thought of us as a political band, I always try to write personally and introspectively as I’ve never had thought I’d have the confidence or the gusto to have something to say on a much grander scheme, there are mild glimpses of it in our previous EPs like in our first single Filter, but not to this degree. But sometimes things just bubble to the surface, we’re living in some truly frustrating times and it really came out in the album.”

“We talked about themes of artificial intelligence and weird technology as an aesthetic basis for the music, but over time the idea warped into a malfunctioning, broken version of that, which then came through both lyrically and in the vocal performance. We wanted it to sound powerful and yet unhinged, even broken - to have a big polished sound suited to the music of today, but to maintain that visceral and uncomfortable intensity of the very early works of Deftones: Around The Fur and Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile.”

credits

released July 16, 2020

All songs written and performed by Paul Callow, Mark Tronson, Josh Gibson, Jen Fletcher and Josh Sforzin.

Produced by Luke Cincotta and Figures
Additional electronic production, drum production and programming by Luke Cincotta
Recorded by Luke Cincotta at Sing Sing Studios and Debasement Studios
Mixed by Luke Cincotta
Mastered by Forrester Savell
Artwork and cover design by Will Devereux

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2020 sees the release of a debut album from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures. On Operating In Unsafe Mode, the band’s distinctive take on melodic alternative metal is familiar, but violently ramps the intensity up in a significant way. With equal parts soaring melodies, blistering riffs and rage, their Alternative rock and metal influences are all unabashedly on display. ... more

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