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In the Rainy Season

***"In the Rainy Season"*** is the second song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing*, released in 1995.

## Appearances

* *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)
* *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* (live recording)
* *Strapping Young Lad* bonus track (live recording)
* *For Those Aboot to Rock* (live recording)
* *Alien* Japanese edition (live recording)
* *C:ENTER:###* (live recording)

## Versions

### In the Rainy Season

The original album version. It flows directly from "S.Y.L." and into "Goat."

### In the Rainy Season (Live, *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*)

Available on *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*, this live recording from Australia 1997 has studio overdubs, and the coda is instrumental. However, the vocal tracks from this section are used to open the show.

### In the Rainy Season (Live, *For Those Aboot to Rock*)

Available on *For Those Aboot to Rock*, this live recording is from Vancouver 2003 on the tour for the self-titled album. It is used as a bonus track for other releases as well, including import editions of *Strapping Young Lad*, *Alien*, and on the *C:ENTER:###* EP.

## Lyrics

```
    Drive,
    He's trying,
    To tempt me, take me, down me, rape me, fuck her...
    Fuck yourself, you'll never take me live,
    Goddamn this sun,
    Go, he's not the one

    Take this away... july, july, july
    Bring me rain.

    Drive,
    Keep calm,
    These are only just illusions
    And whatever has been said
    It has now gone completely wrong
    But keep your head, don't freak...
    Keep your eyes upon the road,
    And just don't think about that room... oh holy fuck
    Oh holy fuck, oh holy fuck
    Goddamn this heat
    Christ, goddamn this shit

    Take this away... july, july, july
    Bring me rain

    He said "I know that you know that I am the one"
    "you know that I've found a way..."
    Don't die on me, don't leave me alone!!!
    Give me this chance and I'll make it the last,
    I will never succumb.

    Take this away... july, july, july
    Bring me rain

    Come rain down
    Down, down, down, down
    Down

```
Love Tonight

***"Love Tonight"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epiclouder*, released in 2012.

It is a demo recorded during the *Epicloud* sessions.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Epicloud* deluxe edition (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    (unknown)

```
Equinox

**"Equinox"** is the third track from **Lightwork** by Devin Townsend, released 2022.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Lyrics

```
Time, keep rolling.
Soften your eyes.

The world is gonna turn without you baby (lead us)
Don't worry about a thing it's all a game (lead us)

Just as you're falling apart, I fall for you.

Though we try to pretend that it's not the end
It keeps us calm now babe

I wanna die
...I just wanna follow the sun
There's no shame
I wanna die
...I just wanna follow the sun

The world is gonna turn without you baby
Don't worry about a thing it's all a game

Just as it's falling apart, I've fallen for you
Just as I tear it apart, I've fallen for you

Though we try to pretend that it's not the end,
It keeps us calm now babe

I wanna die
...I just wanna follow the sun
There's no shame
I wanna die
...I just wanna follow the sun
```
Metal Heads Are Punk Rockers

***"Metal Heads Are Punk Rockers"*** is the thirteenth song from the Punky Brüster album *Cooked on Phonics*, released in 1996. It is a bonus track on all versions.

It is a cover of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" by the Ramones with new lyrics.

### Song Credits

* Music: Ramones
* Words: Devin Townsend

## Appearances

* *Cooked on Phonics* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Well the kids are all wired up and ready to go
    They're ready to go now
    They've got bandanas
    And they're going to the metal show, go, go
    But we just couldn't stay
    We had to break away
    Because he now's really got it all
    Oh yeah, oh yeah

    Metal Heads are punk rockers
    Metal Heads are punk rockers now
    Well I'm a punk, punk, a punk rocker
    Punk, punk, punk rocker

```
Anti-product

***"Anti-product"*** is the third song from the Strapping Young Lad album *The New Black*, released in 2006.

## Appearances

* *The New Black* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    I am the Antiproduct
    Rotten to the core
    Sell me the Antiproduct
    Rock me to the core
    Sell me, tell me
    I'm the only one
    I am the Antiproduct
    Rock me to the bone

    I am the Antiproduct
    Quantum-mechanically pure
    So you will show me, be automatic
    We must be perfectly sure

    Sell me, tell me
    I'm the chosen one
    I am the Antiproduct
    Rock me to the bone

    For sale!

    I am the Antiproduct
    Rotten to the core
    Sell me the Antiproduct
    Rock me to the bone

    I am the Antiproduct
    We are the Antiproduct
    We are the Anti--
    Anti-god-damn!

```
Devlab

***Devlab*** is an experimental album from Canadian musician Devin Townsend. It is his first dedicated foray into non-rock-based music, and is named after his home studio where it was recorded and mixed.

All parts are officially untitled, but are named in succession for ease of distinction.

## Hevydevy.com description

> *I moved into a house in the suburbs that had a sterile, ugly little fake neighbourhood vibe. The upstairs had a cheap, brand new 'bric-a-brac' house vibe that I set up a small, comfortable 'studio room' in- with TVs, computers, air conditioner, and lots of gear. In experimenting with all the technology, I found myself compelled to visit my love of 'soundscapes' and dark ambient music. I realized pretty quickly that music was pretty irrelevant when it comes to my process and that my strengths lay more in making a statement in massaging sound to result in emotions rather than individual songs or albums. I began to slowly construct ambient moods then arranging them in 10-15 minute long chunks that led me as a listener on an audio journey. It took about a year of massaging and working on it, but it was a fun and liberating project.*
> *I did the artwork myself, but fortunately, Konrad Palkeiwicz stepped in and massaged my files so they didn't look as budget as they originally did. This record is essentially a patchwork of dozens of sessions either in the little ‘Devlab' or at Jamspots where I'd set up strange parties that had everyone involved play instruments they weren't familiar with. (Bam! weird shit!) This record has caused several friends of mine to be extremely uncomfortable while listening to the point of leaving the room…great success... =]*
>
>

## Track listing

All songs written by Devin Townsend.

1. "Devlab 1" (1:07)
2. "Devlab 2" (4:09)
3. "Devlab 3" (4:20)
4. "Devlab 4" (2:41)
5. "Devlab 5" (5:07)
6. "Devlab 6" (5:54)
7. "Devlab 7" (1:41)
8. "Devlab 8" (4:30)
9. "Devlab 9" (10:16)
10. "Devlab 10" (3:48)
11. "Devlab 11" (1:34)
12. "Devlab 12" (4:44)
13. "Devlab 13" (9:44)
14. "Devlab 14" (4:11)
15. "Devlab 15" (2:03)

## Personnel

* Written, produced and all that by Dev
* Recorded and mixed @ The Devlab
* Layout by Dr. Skinny (Dev) & Dr. K aka Kappazeta Milan
* Additional samples and noises from everything I could find.
* Dave Maye is the Hot Melt Glue Gunner
* Mush freaks out
* Jennifer Thatcher got sampled
* Natasha and Jay were on the telly
* Dan Kearly did a beat somewhere on here
* Jed as El Duce.
* Adriano is buried in there
* Danne sang 9 years ago and here 'tis

## Liner notes

> *Recorded with Cubase SX, Ableton Live, Wavelab Software, and the appendages of the lab.*
>
>
> *Inspired by Kitaro, Emerald Web, Paul Horn, Zoviet France, Rapoon, Mark Isham, dump trucks driving over kittens... This is my heavy metal ambient record so it's...um... 60 some-odd minutes of well... noise. A lot of work went into making it sound like this, believe it or not... So use it while you're on the internet or something. Oh, and don't listen to it when you have a flu...*
>
>
> *Stay high.*
>
>
>
> *Devin*
>
>
Addicted (song)

***"Addicted"*** is the opening song and title track from the Devin Townsend Project album *Addicted*, released in 2009.

It is lyrically referenced in "Awake!!" ("Hey, you're awake!").

## Appearances

* *Addicted* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (original studio recording, demo)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)

## Versions

### Addicted

The original album version. The exact recording is republished as part of *Contain Us*. It proceeds directly into "Universe in a Ball," bridged by a keyboard effect.

### Addicted (Demo)

Available in the bonus content on *Contain Us*.

### Addicted (Live, *By a Thread*)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Addicted* night.

### Addicted (Live, *The Retinal Circus*)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* DVD/CD.

## Lyrics

```
    Oh, yeah!

    Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
    Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah…

    Hey! You're awake!
    And it keeps you where you're born to be,
    You're afraid... he's afraid!
    And it keeps your wants a-wanting...

    Oh, let go!
    You're the only thing that keeps you well controlled,
    Self-control!
    It will make sure we are one, you wanna see us!

    Oh!
    You're addicted!
    Which makes it seem so hard to be your friend
    You're addicted to your pain.
    Benedict us!
    Stay away from the pornography, I'm saying,
    "Let's be like the mountain!"

    Om! Om! Om!
    Oh, oh, oh-oh!
    Om! Om! Om!
    Stay wise…
    (it's all in chaos…)

    Oh, let's go!
    I will not choose, I will not know control
    Self-control!
    I will make sure we are clear, you'll want to see us.

    Oh!
    We're addicted!
    Which makes it seem so hard to be our friend
    We're addicted to our pain.
    Benedict us!
    Stay away from the pornography, I'm saying,
    "You're addicted to our pain..."
    Been a dick to us!
    Stay away from the pornography, I'm saying,
    "Let's be like the mountain!"

    Om! Om! Om!
    Oh, oh, oh-oh!
    Om! Om! Om!

    This is just a test!

```
Lucky Animals

***"Lucky Animals"*** is the third song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epicloud*, released in 2012.

Its bridge musically references a riff from "Monument," a Strapping Young Lad song from *The New Black*.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Epicloud* (original studio recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### Lucky Animals

The original album version. It flows directly from "True North" and into "Liberation."

### Lucky Animals (Live, *The Retinal Circus*)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* DVD/CD.

### Lucky Animals (Live, *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall*)

Available on *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* DVD/CD.

## Lyrics

```
    Animal, animal, am I lucky
    How do you know of your animal soul?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky
    How do you know of your animal soul?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    Show me, blow me, I know who you are
    Hide me, blind me, show me to the stars
    (how we row, we row)
    Slow me roll me hard
    Slow your mojo, what are we feeling right now

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky
    How do you know if you’re out of control?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    Show me, blow me, I want you to leave
    Hide me, blind me, but I know who you are
    (how we row, we row)
    Show me how we are
    Slow your mojo, what are we feeling right now

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky
    How do you know if you’re out of control?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky

    Throw me far away, how you will see
    Slowly, further then tell me what it means to be sane
    Everybody knows, slow your mojo, what are we feeling right now

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky
    How do you know if you’re out of control?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    Animals, animals, and we’re lucky
    How do you know if you’re out of control?
    How do you know?
    You never will know

    How do you know if you’re out of control?
    What are we feeling right now?

```
Children of Dog

**"Children of Dog"** is the seventh track from **Nightwork** by Devin Townsend, released October 28, 2022.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Appearances

The original Nightwork version

Lightwork version

## Versions

* The original Nightwork version. Children of Dog was more chaotic and to much noise. he made a calmer longer version with new lyrics called Children of god which in on the main album Lightwork
* Children of God re-work

## Lyrics

```
How many goals defined?
Children were all in line
We're all just children in front of God
Children in front of God

I haven't a goal in mind
How will these words define?
Now I'm only chillin' in front God
Chillin' in front of God

Here is the addict, with the stage lights overhead
And later, in the alley, it's your right, but you're wrong
But what did you think you would find?
The need was much more in your mind
(Chillin' in front of God, chillin' in front of God)

Later, in the morning
With the late night all but dead, oh God
Say, "Hey! What's your hurry?"
It's right, right, right, into your arms

I never thought you would mind
How does a soldier unwind?

Then one day, one day, one day your heart will tell you
One day, one way, one at a time

I haven't a goal in mind
How will these words define?
Now I'm only chillin' in front of God

Let all this die
Got it in the back door, start it up

Too late to see that all there is is double vision
Too late to be the honorium
Too late to see that all there is is double vision
Too late to feed the unbelievers

Too late to see that all there is is double vision
Too late to be the honorium

How many more do we write till we pass the door?
How many more, dear?

How many goals defined?
Children were all in line
We're all just children in front of God
Children in front of God

I haven't a goal in mind
How will these words define?
Now I'm only chillin' in front God
```
Info Dump

***"Info Dump"*** is the eleventh and final track from the Strapping Young Lad album *Alien*, released in 2005.

According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, "info-dump" means "the practice of giving too much information at the same time, or a piece of writing that does this"

Its ending features noise pulses spelling "om" in Morse code, later used as a musical rhythm for the end of "Color Your World" on Townsend's solo album *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (2007): "You are a puppet, you are a puppet, you are puppet..."

## Versions

### Info Dump

The original album version. It flows directly from "Zen." A harsh ambient/noise instrumental, it climaxes with the end of the noise and a woman screaming, ending the album.
Hold On

***"Hold On"*** is the twelfth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epicloud*, released in 2012.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Lyrics

```
    Stay calm afraid.
    Stay warm away.
    Say god again?
    Stay calm, my friend.

    Say no and nobody knows.
    Say god, young blood in your heart!

    Hold On!

    'Say god' again
    'Stay calm' again.
    Say god and then...
    Say god, can you hear what I'm saying?

    I'd go where nobody'd go,
    Hearts bleed, they want to be free!

    Hold On!

    Say tomorrow you'll capture me the marrow...
    Please just let this boy go home.

    Yes it's true.
    Yes it's you.

    ...Hear what I'm saying?

    I'll go where nobody goes,
    Hearts bleed, we want to be free!!!

    Hold On!
    Hold On! ('Cause I love you, yes I love you...)

    ...Yes it's true my love grows

```
Classics

***Classics*** is a retrospective compilation album from extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. The album contains tracks from all of the band's studio albums. It appears to be a Finland-exclusive version of *1994-2006 Chaos Years*.

## Track listing

All songs written by Devin Townsend.

1. "You Suck"
2. "Wrong Side"
3. "Love?"
4. "Velvet Kevorkian"
5. "Oh My Fucking God"
6. "Relentless"
7. "Skeksis"
8. "Aftermath"
9. "S.Y.L."
10. "Detox"
11. "In the Rainy Season"
12. "All Hail the New Flesh"
13. "Decimator"
14. "Centipede"

## Personnel

* Gene Hoglan – percussion, drums
* Jed Simon – guitar
* Byron Stroud – bass
* Devin Townsend – guitar, vocals
* Adrian White – drums
* Dave Young Orchestra – keyboards
Dinosaurs

***"Dinosaurs"*** is a song from the bonus 10" vinyl of *Contain Us*, released in 2011. It was recorded for *Addicted* but was left off.

It lyrically connects to a section of "The Mighty Masturbator" ("We praise Satan! He lives inside of our hearts!").

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Elephant
    And you know you're the only
    Element
    And you're told that it's only
    Relevant
    If you're only the lonely fool

    Relevant
    While you know you're corroding
    The intelligence
    Says it's only the road but
    You're arrogant
    After all that you've been through
    you're so damn cheeky

    Oh my daddy, bend this moment
    I'll be damned if you're gonna take it alone

    I'll be damned

    Elephant!
    Yeah you're old and you know it
    Irrelevant!
    And you're told that you wrote it
    To hell with this!
    Cause we know that you're only fuel
    And this is so damn easy

    Slow dog comin' to steal your bone and
    You're on and on as you've always done
    But oh my god you gotta give it some more, well
    We're all evolved in dinosaurs

    We all want it, hey, don't talk about it
    We all want it, hey, we are, we are

    We're all dinosaurs

    Ladies and gentlemen,
    Come to I
    From the center of time
    Humans rejoicing
    Please, feel for me

    Hey! Yes!
    We praise Satan!
    He lives inside of our hearts!
    We're all dinosaurs!

    We praise Satan!
    He lives inside of our hearts!

```
Juno

***"Juno"*** is a song from the *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff* disc of *Contain Us*, released in 2011. It is a b-side recorded for *Addicted* but was left off.

The lyrics are about Townsend's place in the Canadian music industry, brought on by his Juno award win. It contains the phrase "contain us" used for the box.

## Appearances

* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Hey now
    haven't seen you for a while
    Just think of all the answers that you know you're gonna find

    Hey now
    It's happening once again
    And you're terrified
    You're terrified

    I am an alien
    I am lost in me

    Just hang on
    Contain us once again
    To think I've been around the world, I knew you were a friend

    Hey now
    The world is so unkind
    Tell me why
    There's no why

    I am an alien
    I am strong and free
    And I will not be defined
    By this mediocrity
    'Cause they're terrified, they're terrified

    I am Canadian
    I am strong and free

    And I will not be defined
    By this mediocrity
    'Cause they're terrified, they're terrified

    I am an alien
    And you're terrified
    You're terrified!

```
Home Nucleonics

***"Home Nucleonics"*** is the fifth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997.

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)
* *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* (live recording)
* *For Those Aboot to Rock* (live recording)

## Versions

### Home Nucleonics

The original album version. It flows directly out of "Detox" and into "AAA."

### Home Nucleonics (Live, *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*)

Available on *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*, this live recording from Australia 1997 has studio overdubs.

### Home Nucleonics (Live, *For Those Aboot to Rock*)

Available on *For Those Aboot to Rock*, this live recording is from Vancouver 2003 on the tour for the self-titled album.

## Lyrics

```
    [Spoken:]
    The beat starts here

    Hey, you failed like god in me
    Feasting like dogs,
    You fuck, get out of my way
    I warned you...

    Hey, the fools shall not be entertained
    Feasting like gods
    You fuck, get out of my way
    I warned you...

    Fuck you ... stupid human beings...

    Technology will be the second coming
    And it will hit us while we're looking for a plan
    I warned you...

    T e c h n o l o g y

    Hating, burning, waiting, falling
    Fucking twisted human cancer
    Fuck your bullshit America

    Hey, you failed, like god in me
    Feasting like dogs,
    You fucks are in my way
    I warned you...

```
Castaway

**"Castaway"** is the first track from the Devin Townsend album Empath, released 2019.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Appearances

* Empath 2019
* Empath Deluxe Edition 2019
* Empath Ultimate Edition 2019

## Lyrics

```
Tonight when the soul keeps silent
Say a prayer for the beloved end
Is only heaven a game in vain? We pray for it all…

Your time lies in light divine though the 'never' stains the ivory
If joy remains then the pain must stay, surrender it all

Receive this love
Receive this love
```
Omnidimensional Creator

***"Omnidimensional Creator"*** is the eighth track from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007. It is a skit featuring a dialogue between Ziltoid and his creator.

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    [Narrator:] Having been rejected by the planet smasher,
    Ziltoid seeks the council of the omnidimensional creator.

    [Ziltoid:] Assuage my confusion about creation and the universe
    [Creator:] Yo! Ziltoid, what's up dude? Long time no see...
    although I see everything. What's on your mind bro?
    [Ziltoid:] Modular forms and elliptic curves! Infinite fire revolving
    around infinite parallels fractals of infinite reality, each cascading,
    gliding in an infinite wheel. Tell me the true nature of my reality!
    [Creator:] You gotta chill man...

```
Pixillate

***"Pixillate"*** is the ninth song from the Devin Townsend Band album *Synchestra*, released in 2006.

## Appearances

* *Synchestra* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Pixillate

The original album version. It proceeds directly out of "Gaia" and directly into "Judgement."

### Pixillate (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set as part of the encore on the *Addicted* night.

## Lyrics

```
    You are the rainbow!
    You are the sun to my chameleon!

    We are the river!
    We are the stone!
    And you're never alone, while you're feeding the crux of the you.
    YOU BRAVE ACADIAN

    Oh, thank you... thank you!!!

    PARALYZED, TERRORIZED,
    IN MY EYES I'VE ALWAYS FALLEN
    END THIS LINE, ENDLESS LIE
    ENDLESSLY BUT STILL I'M FALLING

    BREAK ME AWAY FROM MY I.

    Hold on tight!

    Hold on to you!

    PARALYZED, TERRORIZED,
    IN MY EYES I'VE ALWAYS FALLEN
    END THIS LINE, ENDLESS LIE
    ENDLESSLY SO PIXILLATE ME
    PARALYZED, TERRORIZED,
    IN MY EYES I'VE ALWAYS FALLEN
    END THIS LINE, ENDLESS LIE
    ENDLESS LINES BUT STILL I'VE FALLEN

    Break me away from my I
    ...hold on tight...
    It's this HOPE... that gives us

```
Jupiter

***"Jupiter"*** is the ninth song from the Devin Townsend album *Physicist*, released in 2000.

## Appearances

* *Physicist* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    I know you
    At least I think I do
    Everything's changed
    But in the days that are so dark

    Wonderful
    It's wonderful

    Quietly we let our worries be
    Silently we give our souls to the sea, yeah

    But I never really had a chance to say goodbye
    You know I never had a chance to end it all

    Silently, carefully, quietly

    Uh, oh-uh
    Silently we set our worries free
    Quietly we give our souls to the sea

```
Monsoon

***"Monsoon"*** is the seventh song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost*, released in 2011.

### Song Credits

* Words: Devin Townsend
* Music: Townsend, Kat Epple, Dave Young

## Appearances

* *Ghost* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (remastered original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Monsoon

The original album version. The exact recording, remastered, is republished as part of *Contain Us*. It proceeds directly out of "Blackberry" and directly into "Dark Matters," bridged by ambience and flute.

### Monsoon (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Ghost* night at the Union Chapel. It is considerably more brief.
Hejda

***"Hejda"*** is the eighth song from the Casualties of Cool self-titled album, released in 2014.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval

## Appearances

* *Casualties of Cool* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Are you here?
    Yes.
    Where is this place?
    The one that you talked about?
    In your sleep… So carefree.
    Who is this girl? Who you think you know so well...
    And believe she’s in me.

```
Namaste

***"Namaste"*** is the opening song from the Devin Townsend album *Physicist*, released in 2000.

## Appearances

* *Physicist* (original studio recording)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### Namaste

The original album version. It proceeds directly into "Victim."

### Namaste (Live)

Available on the *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* blu-ray/CD, this was the first performance of this song since the 2001 Townsend/SYL combo tour.[1]

## Lyrics

```
    Follow the way
    Follow the way
    Holding mother
    Follow the way
    Follow the way
    Knew we'd come through to stay

    What have I learned?

    All life, it never goes away
    You never will betray
    When words have gone away
    Remember “Namaste”

    Follow the way
    Follow the way
    Holding father
    Feeding the feeling of
    Feeding the feeling of
    "Oh my God"

    All life, it never goes away
    You never will betray
    When words have gone away
    Remember “Namaste”

    All life, it never goes away
    You never will betray
    When words have gone away
    Remember “Namaste”
    Remember “Namaste”, yah-uh

```
Deathray

***"Deathray"*** is the fifth song from the Ziltoid the Omniscient album *Dark Matters*, released in 2014.

Ziltoid's lines at the end refer back to "Omnidimensional Creator" from *Ziltoid the Omniscient* ("Infinite void of infinite parallels").

## Appearances

* *Z²: Dark Matters* (original studio recording, promo mix, raw mix)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### Deathray (Promo Mix)

The same recording as the final version, but with the original mix before Townsend changed it just prior to mastering.

### Deathray (Raw Mix)

The same as the final version, but without narrative dialogue.

### Deathray (Live)

Available on *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall*.

## Lyrics

```
    People of earth!
    We are your poozonian overlords!
    You cannot run...
    Resistance is futile!

    Hand over your coffee!
    And all I'll need to see is all you knell and cry
    You stand before them now, and now's the you die
    Threw away your number!
    Threw away your name...
    Half a word of warning you're conforming all the same!

    And now I see you running for your fetid lives
    You've been the ones before and now you stand behind!

    Half of you are eating
    Half of you abstain!
    Tear away your motive throw your goddess on the flame!
    Half of you are evil,
    Half of you divine!
    So now submit to us and all of you in line

    Don't reach out, no refunds everybody takes!
    Show me your own resource, intergalactic shake!
    No returns, no answers, everybody pays!
    Show me your own resource, intergalactic deathray!

    Poozers take aim and fire!
    All for their queens desire!

    Hallowed be thy number
    Guaranteed we die!
    Everyone if fearing it but no one wants to say...

    Half the world is sleeping,
    The other half's away
    Welcome to the show, my friends...
    Taste of her deathray!

    Don't reach out, no refunds everybody takes!
    Show me your own resource, intergalactic shake!
    No returns, no answers, everybody pays!
    Show me your own resource, intergalactic deathray!

    Yea, humans... do you feel the groove?..
    ...infinite void of infinite parallels, into your mind!

    No returns, no answers, everybody pays!
    Show me your own resource, intergalactic deathray!

```
Decimator

***"Decimator"*** is the opening song from the Strapping Young Lad album *The New Black*, released in 2006.

It references "Depth Charge" from the Devin Townsend Band album *Accelerated Evolution* ("God, have you always been listening to me").

## Appearances

* *The New Black* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Decimator

The original album version. It flows directly into "You Suck."

## Lyrics

```
    Penetrate and desecrate my soul
    Penetrate and decimate them all

    God, have you always be listening to me
    Hell has a way with the pros
    Give me the strength
    Give me the strength now to know

    Penetrate and demonstrate your guiding
    Every word and every note and everything at all

    God hasn't always been listening to me
    Hell has a way with the pros
    Give me the strength
    Give me the strength now to choose

    It's in your nature to fear
    Fearing the cracks in the earth

    SYL!

    Yes, it's in your nature to fear
    Fearing the cracks in the earth
    Oh God, it's human nature
    Fearing the cracks in the earth

```
Jam

***"Jam"*** is the ninth song from the Casualties of Cool self-titled album bonus DVD, released in 2016. It was recorded live at the Union Chapel in September 2014.

### Song Credits

* Music: Devin Townsend, Ché Aimee Dorval, Mike St-Jean, Dave Young, Morgan Ågren, Mike Carrigan

## Appearances

* *Casualties of Cool* bonus DVD (live recording)

## Versions

### Jam (Live)

Available on the *Casualties of Cool* bonus DVD. Recorded live at the Union Chapel in 2014.
AAA

***"AAA"*** is the sixth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997.

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, demo, remastered original studio recording)
* *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* Japanese edition (demo)

## Versions

### AAA

The original album version. It flows directly out of "Home Nucleonics" and into "Underneath the Waves."

### AAA (1996 Demo)

Available on the Japanese edition of *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* and the 2007 remaster of *City*.

## Lyrics

```
    Devy in the corner of his teen year
    Born to run away
    Sitting in the middle with the village idiot
    So he never made the party grade

    Now maybe he pulled a little closer
    Cold in a mousy way
    Boom boom as they came a little closer
    Put a bolt in the curse today

    Now Devy has to eat it in his own way
    Broke in a dirty way
    Boom boom is the beating that I hear in the night

    But no one hears, so no one knows and …

    No one! No one! No one!
    No one fucks with me!

    Devy wants a word with the master
    No need to run away
    Down on the road it ain't easy,
    But it never worked out that way...

    Boom boom in the morning with the night sounds
    No way to run away
    Boom boom as the boredom of monogamy
    Hits one more time...

    No one must know...
    No one must know this machine...

    Devy got a taste of some black shit
    Born in another way
    And it probably would have been easy,
    But it never worked out that way

    Boom boom in the corner with the well - soiled
    Born to amalgamate
    Boom boom as it kills the inhibitions
    ...no more games

    No one must know...
    No one must know this...
    No one! No one! No one!
    No one fucks with me!
    Me! With me!

    AAA

    No one! No one! No fucking one!
    No one fucks with me!
    Me! With me!

    It's time, it’s time, it’s time, it’s time
    Give it all.

    All I want to do is fuck, is fuck, is fuck, is fuck, is fuck.

```
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## Welcome to the Devin Townsend Wiki

Welcome to the Devin Townsend Wiki, the place for all things HevyDevy. This wiki will provide all of the basic information covering all of **Devin Townsend's** work, such as album and song information, lyrics, photos, band member biographies and so much more. Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Casualties of Cool, all in one place! Indeed...

## Categories

* Discography
* Tours
* Band members
Moonshine

***"Moonshine"*** is the sixth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost²* and the thirteenth song from the bonus disc of *Casualties of Cool*, released in 2014.

## Appearances

* *Ghost²* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* VIP USB stick
* *Casualties of Cool* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Moonshine

The original album version. The same exact recording is used for *Ghost²* and *Casualties of Cool*, though they segue differently.
Ho Krll

***"Ho Krll"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project compilation *Contain Us* and the iTunes bonus track for *Deconstruction*, both released in 2011.

It was originally recorded for *Ziltoid the Omniscient* in 2007, but was re-mixed and reconsidered for *Deconstruction* before ultimately being left off both albums.

## Appearances

* *Deconstruction* (re-mixed original studio recording, iTunes only)
* *Contain Us* (re-mixed original studio recording)

## Versions

### Ho Krll

The only released version is available only on the iTunes version of *Deconstruction* and on the outtakes disc of *Contain Us*. The *Contain Us* version is shorter because it transitions directly out of "Juno" and into "Radial Highway."

## Lyrics

Let me know you

Mr. Morrow

Let me go through

Until Tomorrow

Now

Let me know you

Mr. Morrow

Let me go through

Until Tomorrow

Good bye

Good bye God(x7)

Good bye

Good bye

Seen my eyes

Are Real

Seen my Eyes

I bring

Hope is slipping away

Hope is slipping away

AHHH!

Good bye

Good bye God(x7)

Good bye

Good bye

Seen my eyes

Are Real

Seen my Eyes

I bring

Hope is slipping away

Hope is slipping away

AHHH!

AHHH OW!

AHHH OW!

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

Peace Now

All I ever wanted, was you

And I never wanted to know

More than I had to

WHOA!

SORRY GOD!

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

Good bye

Good bye God(x7)

Good bye

Good bye

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

Ho Krll, Ho Krll

## References

1. ↑ *Contain Us* liner notes (Townsend, 2011)
Ain't Never Gonna Win

***"Ain't Never Gonna Win"*** is the sixth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ki*, released in 2009.

Its title, which appears to be an unsung line from the lyrics of "Heaven's End," is sometimes listed with an ellipsis (...) on the end.

### Song Credits

* Music: Devin Townsend, Duris Maxwell, Jean Savoie, Dave Young

## Appearances

* *Ki* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Ain't Never Gonna Win

The original album version. The same exact recording is republished in *Contain Us*. It fades in and out at the beginning and end, suggesting it is part of a longer jam.

### Ain't Never Gonna Win (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Ki* night.
Pandemic

***"Pandemic"*** is the seventh song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Deconstruction*, released in 2011.

The first section lyrically references the title track from *Ki* ("Here's a little riddle...").

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Drums: Dirk Verbeuren
* Guest vocals: Floor Jansen (Nightwish)

## Appearances

* *Deconstruction* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (remastered original studio recording, demo)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Pandemic

The original album version. The exact recording, remastered, is republished as part of *Contain Us*.

### Pandemic (Demo)

Available on the *Contain Us* demos disc.

### Pandemic (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Deconstruction* night.

## Lyrics

```
    WANDERING SOUL OF MINE!
    WANDERING IN TIME!

    Ahh, we are so far gone!
    I knew you once, what will you become?

    I PROBABLY WOULD!

    Soon you will know where all the sinners go..
    I sew you up and throw you away!

    All is calm, all is well!
    A LIFE WORTH WAITING FOR!
    ALL is rooted, in INFINITE CHAOS!
    CHOOSE YOUR PERSPECTIVE!!!

    Pandemic (I farted!)

    WE ARE ALL! ...HERE COMES THE TRUTH!
    EGO EGO EGO!

    I probably would….

    JUST GET IT OUT!
    YES!

    WANDERING SOUL OF MINE!
    WANDERING IN TIME!

```
Devin Townsend discography

Devin Townsend discography

 2021
* Released: December 3, 2021
* Label: HevyDevy
Puzzle USB:
Custom made Navigational Menu, Pro-res movie of The Puzzle / Snuggles in 5.1 DTS, The Puzzle in Stereo Audio, Digital booklet & The Puzzle full documentary.
Snuggles USB:
Custom made Navigational Menu, Snuggles in Stereo Audio, Digital Booklet, Various Screen Savers, 'Inattentive Subtype' novel by Devin's sister Merridith Townsend (PDF), 'Making of The Artwork' PDF, written and designed by Travis Smith and Devin

### EP albums

 2011
* Label: HevyDevy

### Video albums

* Label: HevyDevy
 2015
* Label: HevyDevy
 2021
All Hail the New Flesh

***"All Hail the New Flesh"*** is the second song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997.

It references "Critic" from *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing* ("all you are is all you are") and its ending reprises "Velvet Kevorkian."

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (remastered original studio recording)
* *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* (live recording)
* *For Those Aboot to Rock* (live recording)

## Versions

### All Hail the New Flesh

The original album version. It flows directly out of "Velvet Kevorkian" and into "Oh My Fucking God."

### All Hail the New Flesh (Live, *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*)

Available on *No Sleep 'till Bedtime*, this live recording from Australia 1997 has studio overdubs.

### All Hail the New Flesh (Live, *For Those Aboot to Rock*)

Available on *For Those Aboot to Rock*, this live recording is from Vancouver 2003 on the tour for the self-titled album.

## Lyrics

```
    Are you ready?

    Ah!

    Fuck yourselves!

    Hey man, I'm gonna fuck this shit up
    No fear, no compromise, I want it all

    I will never be afraid
    I'll die for what I believe

    All of you assholes can stay rotting here
    I do not care, I will not be there

    I have got to save myself
    Don't tell me there's no one else

    And all you are is all you are
    I'm so sorry for you, sorry

    So all hail the new flesh
    'Cause it suits me fine

    Just get away, you motherfuck
    And we'll be back if you come
    For what this means to me, you piece of shit
    I'll see you pigs in hell

    I want it all
    I want it all, motherfucker

    All you are is all you are
    I'm so sorry (for you), sorry

    All hail the new flesh
    'Cause it suits me fine

    Here it comes… again

```
Amsterdam

***"Amsterdam"*** is the fourth song from the Devin Townsend compilation *Ass-Sordid Demos*, released in 2000, and the fourteenth and final song from *Ass-Sordid Demos II*, released in 2004.

### Liner Notes

> *Amsterdam I wrote while I was in high school. Bad jazz-inspired thing. Maybe that's all jazz is...*
>
>

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional orchestration (second demo): Will Riley

## Appearances

* *Ass-Sordid Demos* (demo)
* *Ass-Sordid Demos II* (second demo)

## Lyrics

```
    Forty years from now,
    Will I still be scratching away at this hole,
    Will I look back into this jar and see a presence worth mentioning?

    I'll be in Amsterdam in the morning,
    Walking in the footsteps of what I once believed in

    Forty years from now,
    Will I still be za-onda-way at this hole,
    We-saw-na-mentioning
    I'll be in Amsterdam in the morning,
    Walking in the footsteps of what I once believed in

    I know the sign,
    In soft morning light,
    I know...

    I know the light
    Is it so over?

    Down the water...
    If you say it's over then it's
    ron-zay-a-zone-y-eow-so...

```
Daddy

***"Daddy"*** is the opening song from the Casualties of Cool self-titled album, released in 2014.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval

## Appearances

* *Casualties of Cool* (original studio recording, live recording)

## Versions

### Daddy (Live)

Available on *Casualties of Cool* reissue bonus DVD, recorded live in 2014 at the Union Chapel. It is extended nearly twice its studio length by a full band jam including wordless vocal harmonies. This was released on YouTube as a teaser prior to the reissue release.

## Lyrics

```
    Hey, what's the matter?
    Are your dreams all gone?
    Well you know...
    The well was dry.

    Lazy, lonesome monster,
    Will your dreams meet you
    Where you lie?
    You wait all night.

    Go tell your daddy
    That your dreams fell through.
    Poor you!
    ...The dream must die!

    Don't move, don't breathe
    Look it's in your sight!
    Don’t move now/Two by Two, they pass you by

    Hey, who's your daddy?
    Had your dreams flown up,
    Cost a coin.
    But I don't mind.
    (Mine…)

    Don't move, don't speak.
    I've got you in a bind.
    Don’t move now/Two by Two, walk the line
    Don’t move now/Two by Two, and that's my fine
    Two by Two, Two by Two

    Boy, you’re mine...

```
Earth

***"Earth"*** is the eighth song from the Ziltoid the Omniscient album *Dark Matters*, released in 2014.

Townsend acknowledged it is inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's *Peter and the Wolf*.[1]

## Appearances

* *Z²: Dark Matters* (original studio recording, promo mix, raw mix)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### Earth (Promo Mix)

The same recording as the final version, but with the original mix before Townsend changed it just prior to mastering.

### Earth (Raw Mix)

The same as the final version, but without narrative dialogue.

### Earth (Live)

Available on *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall*.

## Lyrics

```
    I know!
    Raised before the sky bleeds
    For we are, we are light!
    I wallow... but I'm not sorry at all!

    [Narrator:] The Planet Smasher...
    A creature with a voice so powerful, one word can destroy
    galaxies, universes! One utterance of the most powerful sonic
    force of anything, anywhere can defeat Blattaria!

    Way out in space and far from home.
    Who's the maker? Who's the man?
    It's your way out...

    Raise before the night bleeds
    A man will come and be flown away.
    Come forth as the time needs
    Free in the universe

    [Narrator:] Night, the infinite darkness. The death of a star.
    These things will all come to pass unless Ziltoid and the
    humans are victorious.

    We're on our way... follow!
    All gone astray? We fly!

    [Narrator:] Legend has spoken of the Planet Smasher in
    hushed tones... The size of 50 elephants, a huge gaping maw
    baring rows of dagger-like teeth! Claws that could tear a
    human in half with a single, effortless swipe! Eyes that burn
    like a hellish furnace!! Get a hold of yourselves, humans...
    And prepare. He. is. COMING!

    Coming to Earth, coming to Earth, coming to Earth...

    [Narrator:] On the horizon, a looming shadow begins to
    appear. THE PLANET SMASHER

    Coming to Earth, coming to Earth, coming to Earth...

    [Narrator:] HE HAS ARRIVED!
    [Children:] He's so cute! Haha!
    [Ziltoid:] No, no, no... He's terrifying!
    [Children:] No, no, no... Just look at him! … He's so FUZZY!
    [Ziltoid:] No, seriously, don't provoke him!
    [Narrator:] Well, as it turns out, the Planet Smasher is just a
    little guy... Furry, and about the size of a football. And with
    the most adorable little toes... you could just eat them up!

```

```
    [Narrator:] The stage is set... The immensely powerful,
    though admittedly cute as a button Planet Smasher is wielded
    carefully by the humans. Ziltoid leads the army, and it has
    been decided that he will be given the weapon at the right moment.
    Ziltoid is the only one capable of summoning the Smasher's
    mighty roar. But is even he strong enough?

```
Gaia

***"Gaia"*** is the eighth song from the Devin Townsend Band album *Synchestra*, released in 2006.

## Appearances

* *Synchestra* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Gaia

The original album version. It proceeds directly out of "Mental Tan" and directly into "Pixillate."

## Lyrics

```
    She's a woman
    Feel good Mordecai
    Known exactly where she's been
    Sooner or later well the fear's gonna hunt you down
    Tell me everything you feel

    The fear is overwhelming
    The air is getting thin
    Seems to save myself my friend
    I'd know where I'd begin
    And I'm running on empty

    See the lady, dueling motor care
    Knows exactly what she's seen
    It seems like every moment when the wind it blows
    And the will goes and I'm waiting...
    ...I'm still waiting

    Sphere the sense of self my call
    Is the lightning in the rain
    Seen the lights of hell my soul is sure to find again
    And you're running the nails...

    Seen the world through everybody's eyes
    To know you have to go alone...

```
Don't Know Why

***"Don't Know Why"*** is a bonus track from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007.

### Song Credits

* Music: Devin Townsend
* Words: Soilwork

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Don't Know Why

The original album version. This seems to be an improvised bit. Townsend recites the lyrics of "Sick Heart River" by Soilwork over top, likely because he was producing their album *Sworn to a Great Divide* at the time.
Centipede

***"Centipede"*** is a bonus song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997.

It prominently samples a percussion loop from "Happiness in Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails.

The intro includes a sample that was also found used in the outro of the song "Night."

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)
* *No Sleep 'till Bedtime* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
  So what man?
So what?
It leaves me too low...
And it pushes me out
It leaves me behind

...all of my life
...all of my days

Your woman...
So what?
She leaves me in bed
And pushes me down
It leaves me behind

...all of my life
...all of my days

All that I'm going through
Your legs when these would do
...know when it's over
This "no one" left no one behind

Centipede

All of my life
All of my days

All that I'm going through
Your legs when these would do
Know when it's over

This "no one" left no one
This no one let no one
What you need is I, centipede

```
Failure

***"Failure"*** is the third song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Transcendence*, released in 2016.

It was released as a single on YouTube on August 5, 2016.

### Song Credits

* Music: Devin Townsend, Dave Young, Ryan van Poederooyen, Brian Waddell

## Appearances

* *Transcendence* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Do you know?
    Forgiven all the way now
    Follow me
    Until you see
    There's no way out
    Save me
    Or save her
    I'm alone!
    Could've been a martyr, you fool!
    You failure...
    I won't fear this
    I want to play for the world!
    All these fears go alone
    No...

    Yeah!
    I won't fear this
    I want to play for the world!
    All these fears go alone
    No...

```