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Outliers

by montage collective

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1.
Sisu 03:21
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Battle Within 04:50
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Nähdä itsesi kuinka sinä todella olet on hyvin vaikeaa. Tämä on sisu. To see yourself as you really are is the hardest thing to do. This is sisu. Oh my what have we done? And what have I become? A shadow, a remnant, a scar Waged a war upon the world Waged a war within myself I'm not shatterproof I'm blood and bone And so here we are Head to toe covered in scars All my running My fighting Took me down No atonement and no hope No one to keep my soul afloat I close my eyes And surrender borderlines The war I began The battle within I am outrun Now I give in The person that I knew A lifetime split in two Tired of running I can't fight Can't catch my breath Bring me the night We are haunted We are lost Traumatised by the cost A loveless child A worthless life I once believed in you And me The war I began The battle within I am outrun Now I give in The lies I despise The truths I denied The love never found Buried underground The battle within Now I give in He sanovat, vaikein taistelu on sisällinen taistelu. Se on parempi valloittaa itsesi Kuin voittaa tuhannet taistelut. They say the hardest battle, is the battle within. It's better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
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Unfinished Boy 04:00
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You never saw me there Lived your life without care Til it crumbled down And we were thrown around They say the die is cast And you can't outrun your past Child is father to The Man you never knew Unfinished boy My life had just begun Til you froze me out And you cut me down Unfinished boy My abandoned son I was a victim of Your savage love You never took my hand Didn't try to understand You never spoke to me It was clear You never wanted me You saw me into this world I needed to be held Your selfish life Your crippled heart Abandoned me From the start Unfinished boy And forgotten son I'll protect you from What I've become Unfinished boy The life you're yet to live Is not over yet Will you walk with me? All the times I needed you The years I tried to get to you You were waiting for someone To break the fear To be a son And all the pain he put you through And all the shame and scars in you And all your loss can't be undone I'll love you like You are my son
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Girlfriend Experience 03:58
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When I saw you there With your distant stare Something in me knew That I knew you With your pale blue eyes Your silent smile I found love I was undone Come to me Rest in me And I know your name And I know your shame Your troubled soul I'll make you whole And all the pain That tore you apart I'll be the one To heal your heart And all the hunger you can't feed And all the air that you can't breathe I'm the one I'll be yours Everything I have is yours I'll be everything you need I'll be the air you can breathe So tell me All your dreams I'll give you Unconditional peace In me I'll give you love I'll give you life I'll hold you Deep into the night I'll never leave I'll never lie I'll be forever By your side Confide in me Reside in me You're all I need I'm all you need
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Protector/Oppressor 04:30
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Remember me when you were crawling I broke your fall And stayed until morning I carried you all night On my own Then life stole your trust And now you're gone I was there when they pushed you down I was there when you hit the ground I protected you I believed in you Saw our lives torn apart Saw inside your fragile heart And in my arms I kept you from harm Oh my precious one Where did we go wrong? I kept your memory safe I kept the wolves at bay Shielded you from pain Became your world again I was your guiding light By changing your life And when the world's against you I thought you knew I held you still & never let go of you Remember me When you were frozen? You couldn't feel Your spirit was broken You're too weak for this world I told you And every time you tried I showed you Wherever you run Wherever you hide I'll be standing By your side You'll never know How it feels To be free To be real I kept you safe by Keeping you small
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Interloper 03:52
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I was there When they turned on you I was there When they tortured you I'm the one Who took them on I'm the one Who gave you the gun Remember me When I told you to hide Remember me When I told you to fight When every thing was wrong I told you where to run When you you were gone Every thing was going wrong I saved you When I trained you I was the one I got it done I was your sun I was the one I pushed you on I was your light I saw you fight I gave you the knife I ran your life I took your light I took your sight I took your rights I took your life Remember me Remember me I was your sun I was the one I gave you the gun I got it done
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Ghosts In You 04:35
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Niin kuin näemme Kintsugi-vaasin kauniimpana kun tunnemme sen historian oikut ja muutokset, niin meiditkin nähdään. Like us, the kintsugi vase becomes more beautiful when we embrace it's history, its quirks and changes. I waged a war To change my world When nothing's lost Nothing is found Who damaged who? Where demons feed And life turned against you And we bled at the seams Can you hear me now? Can you feel me now? Are we running still? Are we frozen? The ghosts in you The war in me The more we know The less we see I am not my Sworn enemy Blood in my name Broken but free The ghosts in you The war in me Shattered by lies Broken but free Are we running still? Are we frozen still? Are we fighting still? Are we winning The war in me
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Splinters Of Me 04:16
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I lied my way Out of my life World weary eyes Blind in your sights Defence shutdown Denied your love I hid you well And lost myself I shot the film Made every cut It took me so Far away from you The more I see The less I know Wreckage of me A way to cope Designed my cage I'm made of rope Drawing my lines Collide in me I have become my Adversary Each day I live Each day I die Today I'm born Today I'll die Splinters of me The ghost in you The more I see The less I know Don't lead me further Away from here Just lead me nearer to the heart of me The more I see The less I know
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End Of Suffering 03:26
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Relinquish now Be steady now Breathe in breathe out Be here now Stop holding on We're leaving now Stand still stand down You will be known And every point Draws into me Within without Be silent now Breathe in breathe out Stop holding on When all is done And drawn to one When all is one All is one All is done Stop holding on And every point draws to me Be ready now Be here now We're leaving now Breath in The end of suffering
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Golden Fuse 03:56
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In utero Or deathbed glow My brittle bones My shadows All my traits and strands Like grains of sand A composite of man A thousand ways I began And I'll see A golden fuse Is binding me Right before my eyes I will be known Right before my eyes I will be known Embrace in you Each phase anew The shedding of the skin The memory held within And each and every plan Where we all began My broken soul My only one My only love My shadow, my sun My shedding skin My life within I'm realised I'm crystalised In every world You will be known You will be known And golden sewn

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Outliers is the second album by Montage Collective.

"Two years ago today the conceptual seed for Outliers was planted. I had heard the story of Simo Häyhä, AKA The White Death, outside a pub in Adelaide. He lived until he was 96. It was his life after the Winter War of 1939-1940 that intrigued me."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

"Soon, my imagined story took on a life of its own. The story of the literal, psychological and spiritual battle scars after war. A story shaped itself in the form of a musical, each song bled into another to support the narrative. Outliers was born."

Timo Jalkanen
27.12.2023

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released December 30, 2023

Words & Music: Timo Jalkanen
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Infiniti Studios, Melbourne, Australia

Guest musicians: Pia Nesvara (Backing vocals, violin & viola), Richard Davies (Sax), Phil Smith (Fretless Bass) & Paivi Mugnier (Spoken word).

Cover Artwork by Tina Moulas
PDF Booklet Artwork by Timo Jalkanen using artbreeder.com

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