Ontic keeps its eyes open
With ‘Eyes Open’, Australian artist Ontic has released a track that immediately grabs me with its crisp and clear beats. For a synth pop song, the track comes across as quite minimalistic at first, but this gives it enormous impact. Combined with the vocals, the arrangement strikes me as almost military in its strictness and precision.
I'm particularly taken with the repetitive ‘Just don't stop’; it acts like a mantra that quickly burns itself into your mind and harmonises perfectly with the psychosocial theme described by the artist. While the second half of the song dissolves into a torrent of arpeggio synths, this unyielding structure remains. The only drawback for me is that I would have preferred a slightly shorter radio edit to intensify the pointed effect. Nevertheless, it is an impressively straightforward piece of electronic music.
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Lyrics of "Ontic – Eyes Open"
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Stop fast
Hold long
Construct
No one
Could see
Your eyes
Coincidental
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Movement on top
Moment in space
Minutes will stop
Leave no trace, but you can
Stop faster up above
Hold longer regain touch
Contort to your construct
Consort to force to interrupt to
Stop fast
Hold long
Construct
No one
Could see
Your eyes
So incidental
Your eyes
Your eyes
See the movement
See the motion
See the darkness
Your eyes
See the movement
See the motion
See the darkness
Your eyes
See the movement
See the motion
See the darkness
Your eyes
See the movement
See the motion
See the darkness
Your eyes
Don't let it stop
Hide your face
Don't let it stop
Leave no trace
Don't let it stop
Hide your face
Don't let it stop
Leave no trace
Don't let it stop
Hide your face
Don't let it stop
Leave no trace
Just don't stop
Hide your face
Just don't stop
Leave no trace
Eyes Open
Just don't stop
Hide your face
Just don't stop
Leave no trace
Eyes Open
Just don't stop (forward)
Hide your face (framed)
Just don't stop (forged)
Leave no trace
Eyes Open
Just don't stop (forward)
Hide your face (framed)
Just don't stop (forged)
Leave no trace
Eyes Open
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forged)
Just don't stop (and incremental) (framed)
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forward)
Just don't stop
Eyes open
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forged)
Just don't stop (and incremental) (framed)
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forward)
Just don't stop
Eyes open
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forged)
Just don't stop (and incremental) (framed)
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forward)
Just don't stop
Eyes open
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forged)
Just don't stop (and incremental) (framed)
Just don't stop (and incidental) (forward)
Just don't stop
