Elusive Dreams

Produced by 25th Parallel: CFB Flobare, Jay Zhidao, Chen Qilin, NAT

Recorded & Mixed by Nat Boda
Mastered by Neil Matharoo in New York, NY
Sampled drums recorded by Cent at Cen+8 Studio in Taipei, Taiwan

Lyrics by 25th Parallel
Music by Nat Boda

Additional instrumentation & samples:
Adam Chen: guitar
Delbert Ty: sampled guitar
Teddy Ho: sampled guitar

“Elusive Dreams” is based on the song “December” by Dress Shop (written by Delbert Ty, Adam Chen, Nat Boda)

Copyright 2017. All Rights Reserved.

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Lyrics:
With an itch to scratch, wits to cash
can’t sit chillax, gets to pass, switch to fast
I'm wearing out the masters
comparing success to disasters
looking out take it in all I can then I’m turning in
see what’s burning within
burden spin, revisions in my thirty skin
subverting plans of everything that was a certain win
try looking at what’s pertinent
think it out work at it, life short-circuited
don’t need to be the first in last out
passed out from amassed doubts Q’s maxed out
I got to lay the track down came up in a slack town
change to my kid gloves ready to attack now
the last round, the mind has the drive to make
coalesce in time and take the dream awake

Blaring music loud, dreams of rocking the crowds
thoughts of a young man with his head in the clouds
full of high hopes, but high on dope
and his visions keep changing like kaleidoscopes
he’s prone to ride the slope but when it all went flat
he had no inclinations to carry him back
he had to get off his ass and act
running fast but direction he lacked
pops telling him to rock suits
cock telling him to knock boots
cerebellum telling him to not lose just move
so he did but no longer a kid
it's time for this man to handle his biz
grinding from 10 to 10 just trying to meet ends
is he really living? well I guess it depends
running on the spot non-stop at full steam
all in for the cream but can't afford to dream

Questioning my dedication
pursuits far removed from my true aspirations
held down by the gravity of reality
totality of normality, fear of mortality
ambition of youth, ground to submission
conditioned to follow a path dictated with precision
a decision to defy, don’t come lightly
despite constructing new fantasies nightly
forever weaving my way around square one
brain trained to not care, remain dumb
inane fun, keeping creation protracted
distracted, when ideas are there to be exacted
fact is I’m my own worst enemy
impact is never reaching what’s ahead of me
steadily turning tides, time ain’t on my side
I’m too sick to sit back and take what’s prescribed