shape shifter [album single / free download]

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the first single release from the upcoming album, bio_[il]logic
look for full release on all digital download and streaming in late 2018_

lyrics

LYRICS: shape shifter [12_11_2017]

a silken pose for a show
a blackened rose
its silhouette
shifting on the marbles below
red is just a poison for the fools of the game

no one knows who is king
the ghost within his machine of shapeless promises
in all that’s left is right
ahead in red
for the fools of the game

to take away what’s true
drain our veins to blue
tell us what we want to hear
and love us through and through
it’s always time to be out of time to change
and to think all of this through
we may...

we lost ourselves along the way
but now it may be too late

so let’s take away what’s true
drain our veins to blue
tell us what we want to hear and love us through and through
it’s never time to be out of time to change
there’s still time...

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released September 5, 2018
song, lyrics, guitar, and vocals by dustin johnsen; string arrangement by kyleen king; strings performance by "bizarre star strings": patti king, violin, kyleen king, viola, anna fritz, cello; female vocals by christina lorentz; engineering and mixing by adam lee; mastered by mike nolte at eureka mastering, portland, oregon; recorded at halfling studio, portland, oregon_

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dKOTA Portland, Oregon

dKOTA explores expansiveness, dynamics, unexpected progressions, and heartfelt lyrical expression. The project is lead by songwriter and vocalist, Dustin Johnsen. Dustin’s songwriting layers an amalgam of sonic textures, dissonance and resolve, and intentional rough edges. ... more

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