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Circular Ward

by RUBUR

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The basis of the song is the idea of a panopticon - a type of institutional building and system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single security guard, without the inmates being able to tell whether they are being watched (essentially a rotunda with an inspection house at its centre). It’s an idea that falls very much in line with how totalitarian states operate, especially in the digital age we live in now.

lyrics

Circular Ward

You are dancing in the cell
You are tiptoeing on the ground
Even when you close your eyes
Even when you avoid the sun

You sure you're alone?
Aren't you feeling exposed?
Even when the moonlight's on the ground
You can feel the touch of many sights

The chase
The hide
You run
In day
In night
You are
(Watched)

The black face man in the tower
I'm puking in the cement ward
Does anyone know who that is?
And I look up still he's right there with me

The peeping eyes
You run
The naked thing
You are
The weightless touch
You run
The weakest thing
You are

credits

released August 24, 2020
Composed / Arranged by RUBUR
Producer:RUBUR & 沈帜Shenzhi
Recorded by Passerwoo & 沈帜Shenzhi
Mixed by 沈帜Shenzhi
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg
Cover design: 挂挂

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