Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Last month I realised something that kind of shocked me.
This summer marks 10 years since I started making music under the Atlum Schema name. A whole decade! This crazy realisation provoked me to re-visit The Final Scene, which was the first album I wrote and produced. It was quite the nostalgia trip, and really nice to wrap fresh ears around it. I felt inspired to pick up my guitar and play some of the songs again.
Not wanting to let this landmark anniversary slip by un-noticed (as it almost did), I have decided to produce a few live and re-interpreted versions of a few of the tracks.
The Mould Will Slowly Burn
This is the opening song on The Final Scene and is one that definitely still resonates with where I'm at today. I wrote it as I was finishing school at a time I was feeling overwhelmed by the potential possibilities and options that the world has to offer.
It's about being paralysed by choice and realising that the only thing any of us can really do is take one day at a time and keep moving forwards.
Lyrics:
Getting close but not quite there
it's one idea it's hardly fair
they beat you up with heavy poles,
expect surrender, not likely now
i have found time in my hands
and i'm gonna try to do what i can
they trip you up and make blockades
the only thing to do is turn and face
and face and turn and hope the mould will slowly burn away
the mould will slowly burn away and everything will be ok
Looking in, a direct hit,
they take away the last of it
shouting out the lies you told,
but these are just the green-eyed mould.
i am gonna burn this bridge,
it's best to leave than deficit
they chase you down until you're gone
the only thing to do is turn your back
and run and back off run and hope the mould will slowly burn
the mould will slowly burn away and maybe you'll return one day
Last month I realised something that kind of shocked me.
This summer marks 10 years since I started making music under the Atlum Schema name. A whole decade! This crazy realisation provoked me to re-visit The Final Scene, which was the first album I wrote and produced. It was quite the nostalgia trip, and really nice to wrap fresh ears around it. I felt inspired to pick up my guitar and play some of the songs again.
Not wanting to let this landmark anniversary slip by un-noticed (as it almost did), I have decided to produce a few live and re-interpreted versions of a few of the tracks.
The Mould Will Slowly Burn
This is the opening song on The Final Scene and is one that definitely still resonates with where I'm at today. I wrote it as I was finishing school at a time I was feeling overwhelmed by the potential possibilities and options that the world has to offer.
It's about being paralysed by choice and realising that the only thing any of us can really do is take one day at a time and keep moving forwards.
Lyrics:
Getting close but not quite there
it's one idea it's hardly fair
they beat you up with heavy poles,
expect surrender, not likely now
i have found time in my hands
and i'm gonna try to do what i can
they trip you up and make blockades
the only thing to do is turn and face
and face and turn and hope the mould will slowly burn away
the mould will slowly burn away and everything will be ok
Looking in, a direct hit,
they take away the last of it
shouting out the lies you told,
but these are just the green-eyed mould.
i am gonna burn this bridge,
it's best to leave than deficit
they chase you down until you're gone
the only thing to do is turn your back
and run and back off run and hope the mould will slowly burn
the mould will slowly burn away and maybe you'll return one day
