Orbs began in the fall of 2007 in the United States after a series of cross… Read Full Bio ↴Orbs began in the fall of 2007 in the United States after a series of cross country file swapping sessions between Guitarist Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) and keyboardist Ashley Ellyllon (Abigail Williams / Cradle of Filth). The band mixes high energy, 90's tinged space-rock with thunderous piano driven choruses, lush melodic textures, and quirky classic progressive rock passages and song structures. Singer / guitarist Adam Fisher (Fear Before) came on board shortly thereafter and the band quickly began to take shape and developed an urgent sense of more than just music.

Orbs is the coming together of friends with the common goal of opening up their minds to every creative possibility in and outside of each song, challenging the common perception of how a song should be structured, and providing an opportunity for the members to explore common interests in matters of science and wanting to better understand and build a better relationship with the nature / animal community.

Fisher's lyrics offer a creative writing palette to help bridge the music with the ideology of the band, with each song presented as a vivid story telling experience where questions are posed and often answered in the form of different characters within a song.

The band finished writing and demoing the songs for their debut full length in the the summer of 2008 and added Clayton West Holyoak (Fear Before) on drums, and Chuck Johnson (Nightbear) on bass, and entered The Basement recording studio in Winston-Salem, NC with producer / engineer Jamie King and recorded the 9 song, 66 minute album in January-February 2009.

The band takes a similar sound of the progressive rock of Between the Buried and Me and the later experimental sound from Fear Before the March of Flames.

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Something Beautiful
ORBS Lyrics

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I turned that mans first born to sand
In fact, that's how you have that castle
That you dreamed of, that you wanted
I am here to fix everything.

I took your toothy grin, and left a patch of skin.
I took her batting lashes, changed them from blonde to ashes.
I took the boy with the giant head, and I made his body smaller and his neck too thin.

I took that tongue of that annoying neighbor child, yes, I split it down the middle, let it bleed there for a while.

You are so small, she said...
You are so small.

Hey, while you were out there serving wine
I was up here in the balcony, turning faces white, I said
Hey, while you were out there kissing babies
I was luring kids with lollypops, and now they're pushing daisies.

You are so small.

You will not be heard from for a long time
You will not be found with your rightful hands or eyes
When your mother finds you, you won't believe her cries
Wish the child gone missing had been the child who died.

Hey, you, I can be a miracle man too
Hey, you, I can change everything.
Hey, you, I can be a miracle man too
Hey, you, I can fix everyone.

I turned that mans trophy wife to brass
He'd barely notice a difference.
I taught him she served us no fucking purpose.
I am here to fix everyone.

"Goddamn," you might say.
"Quite the talent," I'd say.

Temper, temper.
Patience, patience.

Don't change me into...

You will not be heard from for a long time
I will be around because, fear will never die
And if they should find you, it'd be a sight to see.
A mass of flesh and muscle, a pile of pulp and teeth.

I am finally a kingdom.

Make use of all the skills that you once told me I had
Took a town of some brains, but mostly fat, and turned them to something beautiful.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to ORBS' song "Something Beautiful" are cryptic and disturbing, detailing a character who has the power to change physical attributes. The first verse describes how this character turned someone's firstborn into sand, which was used to build the castle they had always dreamed of. The next verse lists off various parts of people's bodies that were changed, including a toothy grin being exchanged for a patch of skin, batting lashes being turned to ashes, and a giant-headed boy having his body altered. The following section talks about how the character was using lollipops to lure in children while others were out serving wine or kissing babies. Later on, it's revealed that this character takes pleasure in the power they have to change people and that they turned a trophy wife into brass to teach the man she served no purpose. The song ends with the character feeling like they finally have a kingdom made of those who they've changed.

Line by Line Meaning

I turned that mans first born to sand
I caused the death of that man's first child.

In fact, that's how you have that castle
The castle was built using the sand created from the man's first child.

That you dreamed of, that you wanted
The castle was the man's dream and desire.

I am here to fix everything.
I can fix anything that needs fixing.

I took your toothy grin, and left a patch of skin.
I removed your happy smile and left a scar on your face.

I took her batting lashes, changed them from blonde to ashes.
I destroyed her beautiful eyelashes and changed their color to dull ashes.

I took the boy with the giant head, and I made his body smaller and his neck too thin.
I physically altered the body of a boy with a large head, making him smaller and weaker.

I took that tongue of that annoying neighbor child, yes, I split it down the middle, let it bleed there for a while.
I injured a neighbor child by splitting their tongue in half, causing it to bleed.

You are so small, she said...
Someone told the person they are insignificant and small.

You are so small.
The person is perceived as trivial and unimportant.

Hey, while you were out there serving wine
While others were doing something mundane, I was up to something creative and noteworthy.

I was up here in the balcony, turning faces white, I said
I was in a position of power and used it to instill fear in others.

Hey, while you were out there kissing babies
While someone was doing something political, I was doing something sinister.

I was luring kids with lollypops, and now they're pushing daisies.
I used candy to lure children to their deaths.

You will not be heard from for a long time
The person will disappear and not be heard from for a while.

You will not be found with your rightful hands or eyes
If the person is found, they will not have their original hands or eyes.

When your mother finds you, you won't believe her cries
The person's mother will be devastated upon finding their altered child.

Wish the child gone missing had been the child who died.
It would have been better if a different child that disappeared had died instead.

Hey, you, I can be a miracle man too
I have the power to perform miracles for good or evil.

Hey, you, I can change everything.
I have the ability to alter and control everything around me.

Temper, temper.
Calm down and control your emotions.

Patience, patience.
Be patient and wait for the right moment to act.

Don't change me into...
Do not alter or control me.

I will be around because, fear will never die
I will always exist because people will always have fear.

A mass of flesh and muscle, a pile of pulp and teeth.
If the person is found, they will be a grotesque and unrecognizable heap of flesh and bones.

I am finally a kingdom.
I have become a ruler and authority figure.

Make use of all the skills that you once told me I had
Use the talents and abilities that you recognized in me.

Took a town of some brains, but mostly fat, and turned them to something beautiful.
I transformed a community of average and lazy people into something admirable and beautiful.

Contributed by Miles J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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