intended to be imported as gapless album

drums: Tom Cullin
bass: Alex Daniels
guitar: Zach Goldstein
keyboards: Karl Rieders
keyboards: Nick Rieders
vox: Devin Cohen (Alien Architect)
lyrics by Devin Cohen (Alien Architect)

additional vox on
"You Don't Know What I'm Saying":
Chrissie Loftus (Infinien)

Recorded at Kawari Sound, Wyncote, Pa
Produced and Mixed by Alex Daniels and Zach Goldstein


cover photo by Anika



ALIEN ARCHITECT BAND EP LYRICS:
All lyrics written by Devin Cohen/Alien Architect/Cohen Asher

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Devinity:

verse 1:

even microphones get reduced to solid gold which get represented by pieces of paper which are meaningless on their own,
and the original is forgotten,
only copies remain, and rhythm and poets are rapping the exact same but the rules of the game were made to be broken, at least im hoping, sh..., once again i;ve chosen DEVINity, an adjective of my name, simple and plain, i'm coming up with tools of my trade like recycling spit cuz its good for the evironment, and, fixing and mixing, lyrics i'm trash picking that uh uh uh...


CHORUS:

if you don't give a fuck
put your mother fucking hands in the air

if you don't give a fuck
put your mother fucking hands
hands up



VERSE 2:

im on the microphone
i've got the type of tone
that says leave the hype alone
don't believe the hype
i rap not quite like
what you might
expect
i take it to the next level
decibel
once again back its the incredible
the double A architect
im on the microphone man
life gave me lemons
so i made a lemonade stand
and i used to keep it on lock
locked behind barts
16's to be exact
with comedian
punch line rhymes
as a matter of fact
but then one day i was was like hey
fuck that
that's too numerical
and calculated
i'd rather rap
crazy
hysterical
and less blatant
another latent
image
at the line of scrimage
i used to be in it to win it but uh uh uh....


CHORUS


OUTTRO
(everybody from the 215 pur your motherfuckin hands up and stay alive,
everybody from the P.H.I. put your hands up and stay alive uh)

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Once Upon a Mic:

i said it
set it
set the context
set the stage with props
get ready
get set
go
i know
your game
like the back of my hand
i've inadvertently given you a hand

its a big dick contest
an organized sport
with submissive whores
on the side lines, cheering it on
and cocky dicks are the alfa males
and i've lost it
i've been
wasting my time
being a sore loser
fiending for the mic
i've been cynical and critical
like how i write
"leave the crowd wowed,
don't let your guard down,
lie, mingle,
pretend to live the life that you would live if you were single"
in never never land
a bunch of lost boys
playing with the m.i.c. as if it were a toy
we enjoyed but you
but you were annoyed
so i worked on my play
and now im employed
and
i'm nice on the outside
but its all lies
if i were brutally honest
i'd probably be mean all the time
but she wouldn't
i couldn't bring my self to do it
so i saw the wisdom of the world in her
now i'm a winner
far superior
to back in the hay days of
and i quote
"eating wack mc's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner"
unquote and quote
check it out check it out check it out check it out uh
"like that movie thinner"
unquote
but don't start me on hierarchy
but don't start me on hierarchy
but don't start me on hierarchy
partly partially because if you do
i will start my own
once upon a microphone
once upon a microphone
once upon a microphone
once upon a mic


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Move On (Part 1):

("here's that band again")

i rock the spot every time when i rhyme

i rock the spot every time when i lie

move on move on move on move on


im telling it
no more selling it
i was afraid that it was irrelevent

so i'll say it again

im telling it
no more selling it
i was afraid that it wasn't eloquent......

oh well it is
the way i speak when
in my mind's thinking
or um maybe i'm crazy a moron
and my reality is actually a narcisistic personality
lacking mirror neurons
i can't connect
fuck respect
i'm the definee
who defines
under his chest
and settles for nothing less

its all over
farewell
i'm gonna miss hell
how can a mind know if its under a spell
i don't wanna be the shit, sick, or ill
i just wanna build from real until
i'm not

lost in all that costs, afraid to relax
trapped in an act that chain reacts
trained to be a worker
but we gotta
wait!

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SEGWAY:
(spoken by computer voice)

mild mannered Devin Cohen transforms into his secret identity....
the......
Alien Architect


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Move On (Part 2):

INTRO:

(move on move on move on move on)


CHORUS:

i rock the spot every time when i rhyme and

move on move on

i rock the spot every time when i lie and

move on move on


i was battling battling human beings
by battling human seeing
cus/but no matter who wins somebody's dying


i was battling battling human beings
by battling human seeing
cus/but no matter who wins


VERSE 1:

I used to define my self as an mc,
now i've come to find past my shell thats its empty,
'cuz reducing one's inner
to an outer
title
is liable
to stifle
what's all the while
compiled
passed this
plastic
recital

I don't wanna transform in-
to a performance
always tourin'
on stage afraid of borin'
whorin'
my self
cuz its not me
just my body,
actin'
trapped in
the fear
of being here
through rappin',
chrorin'
what once freed we now leaves me uneasy, it gone for him


PRE-CHORUS

the gift that was my present is now my past, move on
the new stage of my play has new songs
of happiness
no actin' and
no more slappin' in
my face
but wait but wait but wait.....



CHORUS


VERSE 2:

my dear
i wanna be here
but alas i fear
that as
the present is
moving fast
steadily clear
my memory has no trace (trace no trace... trace no trace..)


behold, im told
through support that life is too short
so im spending every moment feeling anxious and bored
time is running out
i'm young but there won't always be now
every word that
I'm blurtin'
needs to be perfect
i'm holdin'
every moment
golden
i'm crushed
they must
be worth it (worth it)
i'm holdin' every moment golden
i'm crushed they must be worth it (worth it, worth it)


PRE CHORUS

CHORUS


VERSE 3

I'm tellin it
no more selling it
i was afraid that it
was irrelevant
oh well it is
me
not the mc dc
he's a lie
i
dwell within
i'm not the outside
or its problems
an entity
with nothing
to say but that i exist
mental revolution, every other kind of fist
abandons, departs from the part from the start that i miss

its all over goodbye,
i built a character based on the constructs
of my verbal conduct
leaving behind the
transparent
spirit
with no lyrics
'cus you fear it
u can't get near it

lost
in all that costs
afraid to relax
trapped
in act
that chain reacts
trained to be worker but we gotta...
wait (wait...wait...wait....)


CHORUS

OUTTRO

Somebody's dying (repeat)

Move on (repeat)

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Trapped in my Mind:

INTRO
OK

CHORUS
In my mind
I find
that I'm trapped in my mind
and that i mind
being trapped in my mind

In my mind
I find
that I'm trapped in my mind
and that i mind
being trapped


VERSE 1:

You do you
and get in
where you fit in
even if that's not with us
i gotta love
you from a distance
I'm sorry I'm not available, I'm busy
with the
schedules and calendars that prioritize
our lives
week after week
we don't speak
'cuz i've traded
my life with a life
that I have created
blown out of proportion
in my mind


CHORUS


VERSE 2:

You do you
and get in
where you fit in
even if that's not with us
i gotta love
you from a distance
I'm sorry for the repeated rehearsed verse of conversation
repetitively conversed
simply for conversin'
repeatedly, speedilly.....
so words became worthless
so I became wordless
in my mind

CHORUS


OUTTRO
yes (yes)
no (no)
possibly
maybe so


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You Don;t Know What I'm Saying:


INTRO:
Here we go again (repeat)


CHORUS:
You say
I don't now what I'm talking about
I say
you don't know what I'm sayin'


VERSE 1:

Game's over
stop playin'
you don't know what i'm sayin',
you don;t know what i'm sayin',
i've had enough sitting back and complainin'
meditatin'
imaginin' a day when
it all better
i wanna do something now
the secret's out
mild mannered Devin Cohen, Schlomo with the unibrow
is the Alien Architect
so i'll give you respect
regardless and hope that its reciprocal
i kick rhymes a-typical
with no punches
my hunch is
peace and love, thats the way its got be
i'm not the mc dc
so I can sit back relax and take it easy



CHORUS

MID-SECTION:
AY AY AY (repeat)


VERSE 2:
At times, i feel like a broken record
living from one to the next word
danger danger danger
people are strange because i'm a stranger
i dig in
within
but have a hard with out
cuz' i let doubt
get the best of me
but I'm not the mc dc
so i can sit back
relax
and take it easy

Oh to be free,
freedom is a loaded gun until you realize it isn't
so I kick rhythms
with no punches
my hunch is
peace and love
that's the way its got to be
im not the mc dc
so i can sit back
relax
and take it easy



CHORUS


OUTTRO:
Take it low: You don't know what I'm sayin' (repeat quieter and quieter)

CHORUS