elsquared / zero

01 Monkey In A Cage

I am a monkey in a cage in a fucking zoo. People come every day, want to see what I do. And I don’t want to take a part in this reality show. But I know for sure they'll never let me go • I am a hamster running in the running wheel. Nobody cares about me, about how I feel. I run for days, I would have been around the world by now but life's a piece of shit and I haven’t moved a bit • My life's a lie, a lie, a lie • What you see is not the real "me". I must take off my skin but I don't know will it free or kill me? • I am a sheep unlike any other in the herd. I'm critically thinking about all things I have heard. I know I would be the best leader of the pack but when sheep vote they always vote for some old stupid lying jerk • I am a rat preparing for my daily race. A million younger rats are trying to take my place. With every new day it gets harder to keep the pace. It seems like they take one step forward and I take two steps backwards • I am a monkey in a cage in a fucking zoo. People come every day, want to see what I do. And I don’t want to take a part in this reality show. But I know for sure they'll never let me go. We must let all monkeys know they’ll never let us go ••• music, lyrics: elsquared, 2018 • guitars: Vít Kopecký • production: Sunline Sound Prague • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

02 Someone Special

I saw you at the door. Beautiful. Insecure • You turned me on and on and on and on but like a good girl you went home • I really hope I made a decent first impression. Cause I don't know you at all but still feel you're someone special • You enter my brain driving me insane • You turn me on and on and on and on and I know well that bad boys go to hell • I really hope I made a decent first impression. Cause I don't know you at all but still feel you're someone special. I really hope one day I'll get all your love and passion and maybe it will satisfy this „someone special” obsession • you’re someone special • but now you're just someone special. You're someone special ••• music, lyrics: elsquared, 2020 • production: Daniel Vrba • mixing : Ecson Waldes • postproduction, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

03 Unspoken Truths

Another day. Another night. I can't stop thinking about you and your eyes • There is no other mind that is harder to read. I have so much to say but no clear way to proceed • Unspoken truths may lead to spoken lies. Unspoken truths die as time flies • Please open your heart tonight. I wanna do things right. Tell you how I feel about you • It's sink or swim. It's an epic fail or an epic win. I'm all in ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2019 • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

04 Start The Fire

I'm tired of falling in love and letting go but things always become „not-good-enough” and I can't say no to what my heart needs and desires. But I just can’t start new fires on my own • I'm tired of sweet hellos and sad goodbyes. I'm tired of living in lies. I know my heart's needs and desire. I want you and me to start the fire • And let it burn, burn, burn. Let it grow, grow, grow. Let it burn, burn, burn. Let it glow, glow, glow • I'm tired of always seeking for more. But there's no possible way to ignore what hearts need and desire. I want you and me to start the fire • Don't be afraid to step right into the burning flames. Take my hand. Relax. I'm making no claims. Have no regrets. There's no one to blame. That's the game ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2019 • backing vocals: LuVe • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

05 Time ft. LuVe

If you knew me inside out, you'd know that I had tried... tried so hard to hide the naughty beast inside my mind • But you've broken the chains, pumped your blood into my veins, recharged my heart and torn my walls apart • But don't call me in the morning cause I will not let you in although I still feel my lips on your naked skin • No matter how hard you try you won't get more of my time • No one can rewrite the story of last night. No wrong, no right. But it ends with the daylight • But don't call me in the morning cause I will not let you in although I still feel my lips on your naked skin. No matter how hard you try you won't get more of my time • Babe, you better lay low. Don't call me when you get home. And get my face and my name outta your mind. Babe, don't you dare say no. This road is a no go. Just forget and we'll both be fine. Really, no matter how hard you try you won't get more of my time ••• music, lyrics, preproduction elsquared, 2019 • production, recording, mixing: Lukáš Chromek (Blacksplash Music) • mastering : Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

06 Moth And The Flame

I'm standing in the dark. I see you so unclearly and your shine's so bright even blinding when you're near me. But I crave for your light and I'm enjoying every minute. And I'm feeling high when I'm bathing in it • But I can see it now. Just don't know when or how. I know I won't end well. I'm the moth and you're the flame • Is there another way? Not to die in flames in pain? Then to fly away and never feel your warmth again? Cause I'm not sure that I'd succeed even if I'd tried. And technically we'd unite right before I'm fried ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2019 • bass: Laura Jašková • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak ( Rooftop studio)

07 Break My Heart

Baby break my heart. It's gonna be alright. Break the spell. Open my cell • Baby break my heart. It's no big deal. The sooner you hurt me the sooner I can start to heal • I'm running red lights and I can't sleep at nights. I'm begging on my knees. End this now please • Baby break my heart. It's no big thing. Just do it quick. Like a bee sting • Baby break my heart before you leave the car. The clearer the cut the smaller the scar ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2019 • guitar: Piotr Galiński • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak ( Rooftop studio)

08 Not The One

I'm not the one. I'm not the one. I'm not the same like when I was young. I'm not the one you knew, my hair's new and I'm not the same man • I'm not the one. I'm not the one. I'm not the man I wanted to become. I will soon be old, my heart's cold, And I'm not a good man • I think of people I've hurt and loved and all the bad things I've said and done I'd like to say I never did. I'd like to say I've been a good man but I have to say I'm not a good man • I'm not the one. I'm not the one. I'm not the same like when I was young. I'm not the one you knew, all the things I've been through made me a different man ••• music, lyrics: elsquared, 2019 • production : elsquared, Sunline sound Prague, Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio) • mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak ( Rooftop studio)

09 A Thousand Words

Time washed away my crimes. Too many for single life. But now I'm walking the line. I'm a man of hope looking for a home, a new shelter for my soul • I'm standing in the rain and you're still in my heart. I'm sorry for all the pain • A thousand words can't say as much as silence and your touch. A thousand words can't say how I feel when you're near. Then we were real • Your love was the only light when my world was dark. Every day and every night. From the dusk till dawn I’m fighting my inner war. May I knock on your door? I'm sorry for all the pain • I know no poem or song can excuse I was gone for so long. Feelings can't be easily restored. It's just so hard to let go ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2018 • guitar: Vít Kopecký • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak ( Rooftop studio)

10 On The Stage

I always felt I should stand on the stage and not below. Long before I could hit two good notes in a row. I always felt I should stand on the stage and not below. I always knew I wasn't born to just go with the flow • I was looking for something that would make me whole. Wanted to find and dive down the rabbit hole • I always felt I should stand on the stage and not below. To be truly me and to put on a show. I always felt I should stand on the stage and not below. I dreamt about getting a chance to glow • And when I'm finally up here I can't feel calm. There's so much going on. I'm a ticking bomb. It comes right from the heart, this feeling grows and stays strong. I'm where I'm supposed to be. Where I belong • I live like there is no tomorrow. I have found a road that I now follow • I always felt I should stand on the stage and not below. And now I finally have the chance to glow ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2018 • bass: Laura Jašková • guitars: Vít Kopecký, elsquared • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak ( Rooftop studio)

11 35 Candles

On Friday nights you never walked home alone. And saturday mornings you smelled of cologne. And later on the phone with your girlfriends talking about your new shoes, new haircuts and new tattoos and what dress to choose • But those times are gone. Your friends moved on and you sit alone at home with thirty five candles in an empty flat. No children laughing. No good boys left. Your childhood dreams may seem gone and they will be if you lose hope • Now it seems your life took the fast lane, but anyway in the end you watch a leaving plane through a glass of champagne or a bottle of rum. So sad and numb. But don’t worry, another plane is to come • The old times may be gone. Your friends moved on and you sit alone at home with thirty five candles in an empty flat. No children laughing. No good boys left. Your childhood dreams may seem gone and they will be if you lose hope. But they may not if you don’t lose hope. They may not. Just don’t lose hope ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2018 • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)

12 Safe Harbour

I can't see into the future and I barely remember the past. But I know when it's time to go • There's no more prey to chase, no clues to trace. It's the end of the race. And I feel I'm no longer in control of my boat's steering wheel • I'm far from my safe harbour, the shelter of your arms. Far from my safe harbour and the waves are high • I've enjoyed every single morning but this is the final dusk. For me there's no new dawn. I can't row my boat against the flow anymore ••• music, lyrics, production: elsquared, 2020 • strings: Jiří Kabát M.Mus • postproduction, mixing, mastering: Ondřej Žatkuliak (Rooftop studio)