Night Tapes - Swordsman

listen to swordsman on all platforms: https://nighttapes.ffm.to/swordsman TOUR DATES & TIX!: https://linktr.ee/nighttapesmusic https://nighttapesmusic.net/tour Subscribe:    / @nighttapesmusic   Follow Night Tapes:   / nighttapesmusic     / wearenighttapes     / nighttapes   art direction, styling and the sword by : Sophia Mille @69sophia_secret DOP: Britt Randma @britiimpeerium.mp3 // Johann Kööp (@kanaliha ) edit by: Ivo Beckett @ohhheavens Swordsman is written by Max Doohan, Sam "Richie" Richards and Iiris Vesik video version mixed by Max Doohan and Sam "Richie" Richards mastered by Felix Davies at Metropolis studios https://nighttapesmusic.net/ How has it been decided? Could we open up the spectrum now? Step out of a duality Built and kept for some financial reasons Ah-oooh If you can feel it You can change it Yeah it’s a feeling That has been changing Ah-oooh If you can feel it You can change it Yeah it’s a feeling That got us changing So you think that you’re rational? Where the fuck did you get that idea? The event and the information? I’m just another swordsman I’m not dueling to hurt you To hurt you is to hurt myself Put yourself in my boots babe I’m just another swordsman Ah-oooh If you can feel it You can change it Yeah it’s a feeling That has been changing Ah-oooh If you can feel it You can change it Yeah it’s a feeling That got us changing I wanna be a winner I don’t want to be a loser I try to keep myself in check, babe I’m just another swordsman Could we stop cutting into our hearts? Could you choose me over an idea? To hurt me is to hurt yourself On the quest to carry life I’m just another swordsman... If you find yourself in a duel, who put you there? can you step out? swordsman energy, when used correctly is the sort of focus and precision that helps to build skyscrapers and endure challenging conditions. to be able to endure in a sharp world that could harm you and your team if you’re not careful. brilliance and excellent things are made with this energy. things that last and endure. structures thrive when everyone holds each other accountable and a sword can be used to cut off a part that is not working for the benefit of the whole. a swift sword is a kind sword. with words like swords we can shape ideas. humans are not ideas though. the world could be less harsh, if we make it so. in the end it is us who make up the systems and implement them. or rather, the people in power make up the systems and implement them and the people make the world according to what is in them. if they have no empathy, they will make a less empathetic world. if they have a war inside them, they can bring that to the outside world. no leader is ever perfect and there should be systems in place for us to not forget the mistakes of the past and our own potential darkness . there should be systems in place that we wouldn't choose only an emotional story, but also have access to data. mostly people understand that they are in the underworld once they start to see the end of it. we all get disillusioned at times. ultimately lies are prisons. every new system will corrupt with time, so updates are necessary. things are as they are because our culture allows it. the micro and the macro reflect each other. the way we talk to ourselves becomes the way we talk to others and then it becomes the way communities communicate. culture usually trickles down. I think we have come to a place where we need to change what "winning" means. is it really winning when you "win" at the direct correlation of someone else losing or lots of others losing? is it really winning when you "win" an argument yet lose an ally? is a deal where you "win " in terms of material goods or money really winning when it's detrimental to the Earth and enforcing an existing a cycle of lack and suffering? wouldn't it better to win together with the human race and with the planet? to have dialectic instead of debate? what if the aim wasn't to "win", but to achieve the most useful outcome? to minimise suffering and carelessness? wouldn't these be the aims of a true winner? these are quite lofty goals that require a person to really know themselves and to be emotionally intelligent enough to know when they are holding a sword and when their shadow is holding a sword. we’re all weaving our intellectual swords in this world to earn our living// the one who stabs first might win the battle and lose the world of themselves// a lone victor is not a victor at all// toxic yang manifests as carelessness whilst toxic yin manifests as devouring // everyone misses the mark sometimes 5 sword keepers (5 gatekeepers) Is it true? Is it kind? Is it honest? Is it the right place and time? Is it beneficial?