Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago

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Chicago progressive metal band TanZen present their single What Are the Rules? from their new Shizoku EP. The Shizoku EP is available now on all digital streaming platforms.

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Lyrics:

Take your time it won't be easy from here on
Look at you, look at us
We tried so hard we got this far
What's underneath this sacred ground
This recovery is never ending
What's underneath this temporary ground
We're here in the back, we’re waiting to attack

From temporary, so temporary ground
We're safe but surely we'll move on

Let's leave our hope for something to stand on

I'm waiting, I'm fading away

What's beneath this temporary sound

How much longer will we stay

I said I never wanted to be here, but I still came

Now here we are and there we were and now the moment’s gone

I said I never wanted to be here, but I still stayed

We're here in the back, we’re waiting to attack

From temporary, so temporary ground

We're safe but surely we'll move on

Let's leave our hope for something to stand on

I've been waiting, I've been fading away

To find a better place

Away from you can't I seem to find, a piece of mind
I've been waiting, I've been fading away

To find a better place

Away from you can't I seem to find, a piece of mind



I've been waiting, I've been fading away

To find a better place

Away from you can't I seem to find, a piece of mind



We're here in the back, we’re waiting to attack

From temporary, so temporary ground

We're safe but surely we'll move on

Let's leave our hope for something to stand on



Now here we are and there we were and now the moment’s gone

I never wanted to be here



Now here we are and there we were and now the moment’s gone

I never wanted to be here



PRODUCED, ENGINEERED, AND MIXED BY STEVE ELDRIDGE AT SAE PRODUCTIONS
MASTERED BY JORDON POPP
ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY CHRIS BURNHAM
ARTWORK MODIFICATION AND DIGITAL PAINTING BY ALEX ZAREK
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TANZEN


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