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Go Outside

from Reality by Kether

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Go Outside is about an incident that happened to me (Jason) on May 15th 2006. I was taking a walk near my house shortly before sundown and talking to Kether's guitarist Tom on my cellphone, when I was attacked and beaten by a group of 4-6 hooded figures. They ran up behind me and hit me in the face with a hard object (the head of a police Maglite fit perfectly in the smashed-in part of the left side of my face). In medical terms, I had a shattered Lower Orbital Shelf (aka "cheekbone"). I'm lucky I didn't lose my eye.

After a long stay in the hospital and some expert plastic surgery, I have a fully formed face again. The difference is that now the left side is formed from titanium mesh. I am still very grateful for the wonderful job that the plastic surgeon did - I looked just fine for my wedding five weeks later!

You can read the blog entry I made about it at the time: 17hex.net?p=67

PS: Walking around by yourself in a secluded area and talking on your cellphone or listening to headphones is a BAD IDEA. Just saying..

lyrics

Go Outside
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Around the corner
and across the way
a dark cloud is descending
and I wish that it would go away

There is no recourse
and there is no turning point.
This is my home front
and I don't even have a voice.

I want retribution and
I want to take back my street.
I want to forget but
I can't erase the memory.

I don't know what I did to deserve this
I don't know why they're following me
Strike first threaten and run away
All I can do is cry out "what the hell?!"
There is a pain in my heart and in my face
there is an implant beneath my left eye
they got little of what they took from me
All I can do is cry out "what the hell?!"

Expend this energy - blow this steam off
Go Outside
Have this experience - take the initiative
Go Outside
Expend this energy - blow this steam off
Go Outside
Cut up the evening - change your thinking
Go Outside

Then I hear the rushing
Dark and head descended
The calling and the chasing
Smash my fucking face in
Pushing and insulting
Fetal curling blinded
threatening erasing
Smash my fucking face in
Mistaking barking saving
In shock and contemplation
Calling crying racing
Smash my fucking face in
Police report is pending
No chance of apprehending
No laws enforced - complacent
Smash my fucking face in

I don't know what I did to deserve this
I don't know why they're following me
Strike first threaten and run away
All I can do is cry out "what the hell?!"
There is a pain in my heart and in my face
there is an implant beneath my left eye
they got little of what they took from me
All I can do is cry out "what the hell?!"

All I can do is cry out "what the hell?!"

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from Reality, released January 12, 2008
Lyrics, Programming, Sequencing, Production - Jason Woyak
Guitar, Mixing, Production - Tom Burt
Additional Production, Mixing - Dave Eckblad

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Kether is a dark electronic/industrial music trio from Minneapolis. We create music for live performance using synthesizers, software, guitar and effects

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