System Overload

From the album Symbiosis

“System Overload” opens the album at a moment of complete overwhelm. Fear, guilt and exhaustion intensify into a state in which even familiar surroundings feel threatening and the desire for a small space of peace seems out of reach. The recurring line “This is a system overload” portrays the human being as an overloaded system losing its ability to feel and function. At the same time, the first moments of stillness appear between darkness and inner noise. The calm rain at the end already suggests that collapse does not have to be the end, but can become the starting point for the transformation running through the album.