Single cover designed by Zachery Allan Starkey and Mamiko Kushida.
Recorded at Russom/Stream Studios and Midnight Sun Recording Studio in Brooklyn, New York City, Winter 2015.
Copyright Zachery Allan Starkey/ZGRT and STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 2015, All Rights Reserved.
STRATCOMM 001
lyrics
HARD POWER
EMBRACE ME IN YOUR ELECTRONIC ARMS
TAKE ME WITH YOUR COLD METAL HANDS
SING SOFTLY INTO MY EAR
LULL ME TO SLEEP WITH MOTHERʼS LOVE
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TAKE ME IN YOUR TERRAFORMING ARMS
LOVE ME LIKE A HUNGRY FATHER
HANDS ROUND MY NECK, STRONG AND TENDER
FATHER, GUIDE ME WITH YOUR BLESSED HAND
CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW? CAN YOU FEEL IT?
MOTHER AND FATHER, YOU ARE A BEAST ENTWINED TOGETHER FUSED WITH WIRES, YOU BUILD A TOWER
BLACK MONUMENT OF LAW AND JUSTICE RISING HIGH EJACULATING BEAMS OF LOVE AND LIGHT
EXPANDING YOUR STRATEGY OF TENSION FAR AND WIDE
WRAP ME IN WIRES
SLIDE YOUR WIRES DEEP INSIDE OF ME
FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY LOVE
MAKE IT SAFE SO I CAN SLEEP
TOGETHER UNITED, WE MARCH IN LINE
ON OUR KNEES WITH HEADS HELD HIGH
ON THE WINGS OF STEEL EAGLES
WE TAKE TO THE NIGHT SKY
BY MOONLIGHT WE SOAR OVER OCEANS TO DESERT LANDS
CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW? CAN YOU FEEL IT?
NOW YOUR ARMS BECOME WINGS LOADED WITH LOVE
FOR EMPIRES LOVE IS AN MOTHERʼS LOVE
A FATHERʼS LOVE IS A FASCISTʼS LOVE
TO RESTORE THE BALANCE OF POWER WITH A REIGN OF TERROR COLLECTIVE SECURITY, PEACE THROUGH UNITY
WRAP ME IN WIRES
SLIDE YOUR WIRES DEEP INSIDE OF ME
FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY LOVE
MAKE IT SAFE SO I CAN SLEEP
TEARING THROUGH THE BLACK STARLESS NIGHT
OUR ANGELS OF IRON PROCEED WITH AERIAL PRECISION
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE, PEACE IS OUR PROFESSION
MOTHER AND FATHER, WE USE YOUR LIGHT TO WITHER AND RUPTURE TO RAPINE AND PLUNDER
CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW? CAN YOU FEEL IT?
MOTHER AND FATHER, THE TARGET IS IN SIGHT
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX FIVE FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE
THE NIGHT SKY ERUPTS WITH HEAVENLY LIGHT
IDOLATROUS BELOW WRITHE IN BLACK RAIN FROM HIGH ABOVE WE OPEN OUR WINGS, WE OPEN OUR ARMS
TO GIVE YOU LOVE
NOW WE BECOME DEATH
NOW WE BECOME DEATH
THE CREATOR OF WORLDS
CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW? CAN YOU FEEL IT?
MOTHER AND FATHER
IN THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE CLEANSING FIRE
I CAN FINALLY SEE YOUR FACE
YOUR FACE IS MADE OF WIRES
BAPTIZED INTO THIS NEW ERA
REBORN INTO THIS NEW HOUR
WASH ME CLEAN, MAKE ME PURE
PURGE ME WITH YOUR HARD POWER
LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
LAY YOUR ARMS ON ME LAY YOUR ARMS ON ME
- ZACHERY ALLAN STARKEY
credits
released February 20, 2015
HARD POWER
Written by Zachery Allan Starkey. Additional contributions by Jo-Anne Hyun and Rob Interface.
Produced by Gavin Russom and Zachery Allan Starkey.
Zachery Allan Starkey – Vocals, Lead Synthesizer, Bass Synthesizer, Arpeggiated Synthesizer, Lyrics, Production, Engineering, Mixing, Art Direction, Programming.
Gavin Russom – Production, Engineering, Final Mix.
ZGRT is the new musical project from New York City based songwriter/producer Zachery Allan Starkey. A staple of Brooklyn’s
underground electronic music and art scene for over half a decade, Starkey released 3 critically acclaimed solo albums before forming ZGRT, which combines electronic synthesis and aspects of techno, house, and postpunk with emotional songwriting....more
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