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Into the Zone

A tribute to Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker. I finally saw it just last year and have not stopped thinking about it since. A Stalker is a person who will lead you into the Zone where your deepest desires will come true, but beware what you wish for.

This song gave us the title for the Full of Hope ep, as the Stalker in the movie, and in the song, sees the Zone as a sign of something bigger and better for all of us.

Lyrics

At first light we left
Packed out things and headed west
Past the houses and street signs
Store fronts and phone lines
Bloodshed, hate, and unrest

We crossed the line
Stepped over into The Zone
We know there is
No easy way to get home

I call your name
To remind me what we're fighting for
Rain soaked clothes cling to our bones
We walk 'til we can't walk no more

Night falls, skin crawls
Darkness envelops The Zone
We know there is
No easy way to get home, but I'm

Full of hope
And I'm full of hope

Tout ce que vous désirez
Attention à ce que vous demandez
Beaucoup ont essayé
Mais La Zone ne peut être dupée

Black dog, black dog, black dog, black dog

We drew lots to choose
Which one will lead us down into The Room
Many have made it this far and been lost
If you think you are right you will lose

Distrust and lies
About what brought us into The Zone
We know there is
No easy way to get home, but I'm

Full of hope
And I'm full of hope

Tout ce que vous désirez
Attention à ce que vous demandez
Beaucoup ont essayé
Main La Zone ne peut être dupée
Souvenez-vous du porc-épic
Souvenez-vous du singe
Souvenez-vous du chien noir
N'oubliez pas ce que vous avez déjà

We stand in the doorway
And stare with a sense of our impending doom
Past the selfish desires that live in our hearts
Nothing good can come out of this Room

We greet the sun
Pack up our things to go home
We know there is
Nothing for us in The Zone, and we're

Full of hope
We are full of hope

Souvenez-vous du porc-épic
Souvenez-vous du singe
Souvenez-vous du chien noir
N'oubliez pas ce que vous avez déjà

Black dog, black dog, black dog, black dog