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Projective Instruments

by Not Otherwise Specified

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1.
Harvest Soul (free) 09:46
And when you just can’t seem to find your way The subtle tastes of life are all but gone away And once there’s nothing left to say Your biggest flaw is your desire to keep the pain at bay So now the fruit’s ripe on the vine So perfect they can take their time They teach their grotesque pantomime Using power that’s hard to define And now the time is right to warp your point of view You question motive, brace your mind, but there’s nothing you can do And once you think your thoughts are your own The shift will come so you won’t be alone Well I don’t know And I can’t see Is there another chance to stand up and be free? If I can’t find what I think I should be Then will I hold my arms up high to take the puppet strings? And if there’s a way to make you see This path you’re on won’t set you free You can’t lose the will that makes you feel That this is all but real But left all alone then there won’t be The voice that screams to disagree Then what is the chance that this could be Your Harvest Soul in front of me? But once a man decides That he is right and all others are wrong The screws will start to turn And then he’ll find it won’t be long But if he finds the will To recognized the fallacy at play Then seeds grow into hope He’ll live to fight another day The lights now dim and he’s alone And there is not another way back home The changing scene reveals his goal ”They’ll never get to claim my Harvest Soul!” I wanted to find the righteous way But I can’t take another day I don’t know if it’s sunny out or grey Guess it doesn’t matter either way I needed to keep the pain at bay But I’ll have to find another way I thought I could trust in what they say Until I saw it in the light of day
2.
Hold On 04:04
Well once there was a way Where empathy was still okay But now it seems that its a weakness Ridiculed and wrong today But if there is a chance Another way to dance Respect being earned through kindness It doesn't seem to matter now But, Hold on You think you’ve got a better way But the fabric of our lives will fray But, Hold on You think you’ve got the best of me Maybe one day you’ll wake up and see The broken hearted’s fall So distant that he can’t recall Now it turns to stone so he wont Have to feel the pain at all Can’t pay the price to play. To jump into the fray. But if you steel your heart to Caring You can do it anyway But, hold on Your choices don’t make you feel free So you think you’ll take it out on me. But, hold on IF I adopt a better way Dude you won’t see it anyway I don’t dance And I don’t sing But if you give enough attention I just might try I’ll try anything I don’t care I don’t have the time to spare So if you want a piece of me I guess you’ll have to wait and see I don’t know I can’t see You’re Cries for help are not likely To have any effect on me But I wont try And I wont feel The choice I make to take this stance Will mean there is no second chance But, hold on If there’s a chance to make it through Its Meaning has been lost on you. But, hold on You think you’ve got a better way But we just won’t make it anyway
3.
Falling 11:20
I can’t find a way to turn back It all seems inane to me If there is a chance to feel then It should just be plain to see Plates are shifting Heavy lifting Gravity just brings me down The ground is churning Without warning There’s no other way but down When there’s a warning in your heart You’ll end up falling on your own again But still you just can’t see your part You end up . . . Falling on your own There is nothing left to say But I can’t get back home No matter how hard I try Thinking that I’ve grown Can’t believe it’s not enough Forgetting all I’ve known This is where it’s really tough There’s just not a better way Can’t wait for another day To claim the things I think that I’ve known Can’t find the steps to this dance But I don’t want a second chance When I choose to make it on my own I don’t know and I don’t care And it won’t get me anywhere I cannot find a thing to share If there’s a hell you’ll find me there It’s alright and I’m OK I’ll start my climb another day But for now I think I’ll stay And make this place my home When the daylight comes I think I’ll finally fly But when the moment‘s done I find I hardly try But when I get back home I’ll find another way To pull myself back up And start my way back Mores shifting Moral sifting Social norms just bring me down. The world is burning Lost in yearning Precious time before we drown When there’s a warning in your heart You’ll end up falling on your own again So now it starts to fall apart Falling on my own There is nothing left to say Now I can’t get back home No matter how hard I try Thinking that I’ve grown Can’t believe it’s not enough Forgetting all I’ve known This is where it’s really tough If there is a better way It doesn’t seem clear today It’s time to now rethink what I’ve known It’s not too late to learn dance Do I deserve a second chance? The key is not to do it all alone I don’t know and I don’t care And will it get me anywhere? Can’t look at my Feet and stare Can I come up to breathe the air? It’s alright and I’m OK I think I’ll start my climb today Have to leave, I cannot stay I have to get back home Now I know this is the way To take some real Control today To change all of the things that I’ve known Can’t afford to stop and whine I’ve gotta do it right this time Or find another chance has been blown So now I know, and now I care I feel I can go anywhere My Soul at last can be laid bare Beyond the need to pay the fare I finally have the chance to say That I have found my place today No longer in the game we play That takes us far from home.
4.
Sorbet 02:37
5.
The Starting line And once you start to feel the man that grows inside You know that time's already flown But if you choose to leave what falls before your eyes You’ll have to make it on your own And as you find the moment starts to spin your head What once was now is what could be But if you feel that this is what you want instead Then all at once it sets you free And there's a time, a time to make things right Its gotta come into your heart But once a man despises all he sees He needs to find his way back Home always waits for you When there's nothing left to find I cannot fall for this I’m on my way Pitfalls Lemmings walking down the street with pockets full of hope. Saucer-eyed nihilists, who can't afford the rope Heading toward the precipice without a thought or care. Blissfully ignorant to what waits for them there Have to swim against the tow Terrified by what we know Cannot follow, have to go Knowing what we reap we sow In between the ebb and tide of the ever changing flow Take a breath and hold it tight And never let it go And now the chance presents itself to finally reach for what is owed While grabbing for the things that only seem to be there The feeling of entitlement reveals a fatal flaw to show The jackyls and the snakes the fertile hunting grounds here Look at me Cause I can’t see myself I won’t see That I am on a shelf Now I’m walking down the street without a place to go Burdened by my accolades with nothing else to show. Straddling the edge of life not Sure which way to fall Agonizing daily with the folly of it all Have to swim against the flow Terrified I’m my own foe Cannot follow, have to grow Recognizing I don’t know With the past tight on my heels I must choose the better track Drop my head and clench my fists And never once look back I’m the Man I don’t want to make it past where anyone has gone I cannot say with certainty if I will die unknown But when I chose to take the chance to hope for better things It’s easy to convince myself there are no in-betweens I have made my plan I think, I’m the man Hard roads lay ahead But the pain that I feel, is in my head Never stopping long to rest has now become the norm Taking time to Smell the coffee, seems to be bad form I just can’t stand wasting time, I’ll sleep when I am dead. All the people in my way, they have me seeing red I have made my plan I think, I’m the man Large hills are in my way But the pain that I feel, is all ok Fine Dead Song I try with all of my might To form the melody strong Now I can't make it alright But it’s a fine dead song And I cannot find a way And I cannot make the grade And I cannot find my way And I cannot just sail away And I don’t know how to play This game that torments me today And I can’t do what I say So I guess I'll just have to stay Won’t see the world through their eyes So many ways to be wrong Now perfect in its demise Still it’s a fine dead song And I cannot find a way And I cannot make the grade And I cannot find my way And I cannot just sail away And I don’t know how to play This game that torments me today And I can’t do what I say So I guess I'll just have to stay And I cannot talk anymore So many obstacles impede my flow And I cannot scream anymore I want to end this dream of growing old Again And as you wake to find you never were asleep You know you cannot start again The way you choose to live determines what you keep It’s where you are not where you’ve been And it’s the time, the time to make things right Now that it’s come into your heart But once a man embraces all he sees He knows he’s found his way back Home always waits for you When there's nothing left to find I now see all of this I’m on my way
6.
Caveat 03:56
In the time Before concerns consumed me A simpler life Seemed so much less for want Objectives aimed At slight and fleeting outcomes With nothing but my failing pride to flaunt While thinking that I’m sure of what I want Aspiring to A throne of our own making With haughty goals We settle for much less In golden chains One can convince themselves they're free While tethered to their comfort like the rest So caught up in the need for what is best A wise man said Be careful what you wish for Or you might find That all your hopes are burned The greener fields Place blinders on the want for more The consequence will match what has been earned But I can't say that I was never warned Checking out From all life’s tribulations Leaves one with A soft but vapid smile Nestled safe In Synthetic cradles Little gained But to avoid the trial Oblivious to living for awhile Looking out we’re wrapped in disappointment While inside We wait for something more If we find The source of our discomfort We lose the battle but could win the war And realize that there is so much more Now I pray For calm and understanding Simple peace Accepting what I know What wont charge Can truly make you stronger A failure that’s so beautiful you grow But how I’m going to get there I don’t know

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released February 25, 2014

Written and Performed by Not Otherwise Specified except*
*Signal to Noise Written by Peter Gabriel
Recorded at Weeping Angel Studios
Produced by Craig Kerley and Jerry Guidroz
Mixed and Mastered by Jerry Guidroz
Artwork by Chris van der Linden www.lindenartwork.com

Additional Musicians:
Rodrigo San Martin - Guitar Solos on Falling, Fine Dead Song, Travels and Again
Fernando Refay - Keyboard Solos on Falling and The Starting Line
Jason Rowland - Guitar Solos on Harvest Soul

NOS would like to thank:
My wife and family for their love, tolerance, and support. Rodrigo, Fernando, and Jason for their creative input and chops. Jerry for his engineering skills and as a creative second perspective on these songs.

Visit us online at:
nosband.com
www.facebook.com/nototherwisespecified

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Inspired by the likes of Dream Theater, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, and Spock’s Beard, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) delivers their own style of Heavy Prog Rock with a modern aggressive punch.

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