- celestialskylightb
Escape From I.O. - Lyrics & Backstory
Updated: Jul 14, 2022
User, see you on the other side
Of a world that's conceived
Of emotion & greed of a digital kind
Coded to entice you with
An alternative to living
Trapped
Nowhere to go
The circuitry
Confined my soul
Logic essential
To unlocking potential
Is now a figment of a prison
In someone's broken code
IO is the future
If you're not part of this future metaverse
You're not relevant today
We're offering you a reality far superior
To your pathetic existence
I don't understand why anyone would choose
Not to plug into IO
Plugged into the hive
Your existence is wired
To think that we could fly away
And escape from IO
Breathe
Updating code
Suffocate
With a tightened hold
Minds all intertwined
A sensory denial
A world we've left to fade away
For oblivion in IO
Beware
Of solid state
Guarding
This enchanted place
Unforgiving
At placarded rates
With a vision
Of one's evil face
Plugged into the mind
Your existence is wired
To think that we could fly away
And escape from IO
Escape From I.O. - Backstory
The song Escape From IO started off very soon after Supernova was released in the form of the opening guitar riff which I recorded while playing around with some ideas. Each evening I would record and put down a few more seconds, some days just delete the prior days recording and within a week and a half the instrumental parts were done and re-tracked with guitar, bass and synth parts over a single weekend. It wasn't until Bez, fellow guitar player, fellow band mate and childhood buddy from Perth, Australia heard it and offered to collaborate did the song start taking shape. Within seconds of chatting it was decided the song revolves around an sociopath tech wizard / entrepreneur who is hell bent on locking people inside an engrossing alternate reality world he's build named IO. Shortly after that Bez wrote the initial verses and recorded the dark growl vocals setting the ball rolling on the rest of the lyrics and vocals which I wrapped up in a couple of weekends. All in all, this song emerged quite quickly from inception to release and the collaboration makes it all the more special.
