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A Better Way

by ZASKA

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    Limited edition Signed 1st pressing of A Better Way on a gorgeous transparent teal vinyl (140 g Crystal Blue Curaçao, to be exact.). Only 200 available! It sounds incredible and looks amaze balls on your mantle or your wall, if you’re one of those legends who buys vinyl but doesn't have a record player! The vinyl album contains a 4 page booklet with lyrics for all songs + liner notes. Manufactured in Paris, France.

    "There’s no true environmentally sound solution to producing vinyl records. After months of research into the options, given global supply chain issues and up to a year-long delay in delivery times, the best option for A Better Way was to go with an energy efficient manufacturer who creates as little waste as possible, and who was based in Europe to reduce delivery distance. The 140g weight was chosen to reduce PVC needs without jeopardising sound quality and the exterior is packaged in 100% compostable film that meets EN13432 standards. Each vinyl album sold is offset with a carbon credit."

    Side A

    Awakening

    The Basics

    Obsolete (feat. Precious Okpaje)

    Gone In A Minute (feat. J Smith)

    Calm Down (feat. Jess Kav)

    Lesson Learned (feat. Faye O’Rourke)

    Side B

    Just For One Day (feat. Melina Malone)

    What Are We Doing?

    Nothing But You (feat. Tolü Makay)

    Out My Hands

    A Better Way (feat. Carly Coonagh)

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1.
Awakening 01:26
There is a better way There is a better way There is a better way Better way Better way Music by Maximillion Zaska, James Smith, Dylan Lynch Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
2.
The Basics 03:25
Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics The beautiful, emerald Isle The greenery, so fertile Where money reigns, and vultures smile Our heritage, now defiled Their icy grasp has dropped the ball The cost of the basics has gone awol I look around to see and can’t believe The gentrified cold streets, I’m now forced to leave I grieve Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) As usual, we toe the line The boys in green, can’t find the time Bail us out, and keep them sweet Live in debt, eternally Generations against the wall Austerity staring straight at us all The strings on my guitar they gently weep For all the promises that they never keep I grieve Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Ireland you don’t know the basics (Ireland) Music and Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
3.
Somebody coming for us Lord I’m praying Help everybody who was told to stand outside The one percent inside all misbehaving Their greedy hands firmly both side of the divide I need some sanity I’m sick of waiting We have a voice why do we let the suits decide The planet’s losing patience The change is happening right now, you can’t deny Oh baby it’s cold outside Is this being free? They just want us In our seats Oh baby lost at sea Is this being free? Oh the money supreme Soon obsolete My friend said it’s the rising not the waking, Oh can you hear the power that sweet Nina cried? Let’s level up the light, the dark is fading We stick together, keep the message amplified Oh baby it’s cold outside Is this being free? They just want us In our seats Oh baby lost at sea Is this being free? Oh the money supreme Soon obsolete Aw honey know it seems so long The road that lays Ahead of us but we must walk To better days Oh undivided now we’re strong Hearts ablaze And we won’t stop Until the makers fall from grace Oh baby it’s cold outside Is this being free? They just want us In our seats Oh baby lost at sea Is this being free? Oh the money supreme Soon obsolete Music and Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska Publishing: © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
4.
We’ve got it all We’ve got it all but It might be gone in a minute What more we want Sun, seas, our love but It might be gone in a minute A heaven built for us In our hands it shines like rust It’s gone any minute Let’s savour what we got Forget the damage cause it’s lost It’s gone any minute Lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can change it Lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can, if we can change A heaven built for us Hold it closer show it trust It’s gone any minute Was this our burning bush Heavy handed school boy crush It’s gone, it’s gone, it’s gone, it’s gone Oh lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can change it Lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can change it Lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can change it Lucky, they told us Lucky, they told us We can save her Oh we can, if we can change Music by Maximillion Zaska, James Smith, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics by James Smith Publishing: © 2021 Max Zaska All rights reserved.
5.
Trapped behind the door No one can hear them now So easy to ignore So easy to keep down Hopes and dreams assured Now trampled on the ground And all we give is maybe Some day you’ll make it out Don’t tell me to calm down How could you know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could we know what it feels like, feels like What they crying for? Their tears we won’t allow While we sob in the Dáil Our history resounds Shoulder to shoulder Ireland’s call we answer proud But when they’re screaming save me Our silence speaks so loud Don’t tell me to calm down How could you know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could we know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could you know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could we know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could you know what it feels like, feels like Don’t tell me to calm down How could we know what it feels like, feels like Music - Maximillion Zaska, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics - Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music
6.
Nobody’s saying nothing Just keep your mouth shut were doing just fine Straight off a cliff we’re running There’s no way back when we go past that line Why can’t we love this place? Why do we take it all? It’s time we all said something The planet’s screaming can’t we hear it cry? Oh I Too late for apologies Oh I Soon too late for you and me So where’s the lesson learned? Insanity so contagious So where’s the lesson learned? The need for more, so outrageous So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned Don’t care the repercussions As long as you get yours and I get mine Heedless to the destruction Bittersweet apple from the serpentine Oh I Buried deep in the debris Oh I Will we suffocate or break free? So where’s the lesson learned? Insanity so contagious So where’s the lesson learned? The need for more, so outrageous So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned So where’s the lesson learned? Lesson learned, lesson learned Music by Maximillion Zaska, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska @2021 Zaska Music All rights Reserved
7.
I’ve been trying to say In every kind of way That I’m here to stay Waiting for you babe, oh I’ve been having dreams But it doesn’t seem Like you’re there for me, Like I need you to be, oh Nobody told me I could feel this way I just wanted to say Love me just for one day I could never be yours if you don’t feel Like this love could be real Like it could even heal my wounds Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day Lying in your arms Healing all my scars Waiting for the part When you say how much you care oh But it never comes And I’m left so numb from All I crave from you And what I need you to do oh Nobody told me I could feel this way I just wanted to say Love me just for one day I could never be yours if you don’t feel Like this love could be real Like it could even heal my wounds Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day Music - Maximillion Zaska, Melina Malone, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics - Maximillion Zaska and Melina Malone © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
8.
What are we doing? There is a better way What are we doing? There is a better way What are we doing? There is a better way What are we doing? There is a better way Music and Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
9.
Shhh, don’t you make a sound Baby you should know by now Together ‘til the end of days I’m written all over your face Ooohhh, show me a little love Find it too much, love it so much Ooohhh, don’t you crave My corrupting touch Love it so much I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you No I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you Ooohhh, show me a little love I’ll be your crutch, love it so much Ooohhh, don’t you crave My caressing touch Love it so much I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you No I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you No I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you No I don’t want, I don’t want nothing but you Music by Maximillion Zaska, Tolulope Makanjuola, James Smith, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music
10.
Out My Hands 04:50
You come along no words you’re saying Ever present by default This world, it treats you well I’m praying Just know you never will be alone A time before you, slowly fading In your sea, it now dissolves The closest thing to God, I’ve ever known Your royal blue eyes, fit for the throne I’m open all the way I’m soaking in your limelight Oh baby you know you give me More love then I can give myself Someday you’ll fly away Into the mystic night Oh baby don’t you hide nothing Shine your light and be free Someday I’ll have to let you out my hands Someday I’ll have to let you out my hands In my arms your head is laying Around your light my world revolves Oh what a gift to watch this seedling grow Who will you become nobody knows I’m open all the way I’m soaking in your limelight Oh baby you know you give me More love then I can give myself Someday you’ll fly away Into the mystic night Oh baby don’t you hide nothing Shine your light and be free Someday I’ll have to let you out my hands Someday I’ll have to let you out my hands (Out my hands) (Out my hands) (Out my hands) Music by Maximillion Zaska, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
11.
I just wanna know that you'll be safe, yeah When I am no longer around, hmmm Will you be ok in this place, yeah After the mess we make What is my priority? To only think about myself Just for my comfort & ease No no no no Open up my eyes & see That the change has gotta start with me, yeah There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way Together we can make it all ok, yeah Tomorrow reap what we sow, hmmm Give her what she needs every day, yeah And bathe in her renewed glow What is our priority? To live with no care in the world Until we’re down on our knees No no no no Open up our eyes & see We have to be the change that we want to see, yeah There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way There’s a better way Music by Maximillion Zaska, James Smith, Dylan Lynch, Kevin Higgins Lyrics by Maximillion Zaska and Carly Coonagh © 2021 Zaska Music All rights reserved.
12.
I’ve been trying to say In every kind of way That I’m here to stay Waiting for you babe, oh I’ve been having dreams But it doesn’t seem Like you’re there for me, Like I need you to be, oh Nobody told me I could feel this way I just wanted to say Love me just for one day I could never be yours if you don’t feel Like this love could be real Like it could even heal my wounds Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day Lying in your arms, Healing all my scars, Waiting for the part When you say how much you care oh But it never comes And I’m left so numb from All I crave from you And what I need you to do oh Nobody told me I could feel this way I just wanted to say Love me just for one day I could never be yours if you don’t feel Like this love could be real Like it could even heal my wounds Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day, just for one day Just for one day

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Inspired in part by the climate activism of Greta Thunberg, Max Zaska’s personal commitment to sustainability and living a more harmonious life is given a voice. A Better Way is an expression of hope and our ability to make the world better for ourselves and the next generation.

ZASKA weaves together songs of love for the planet (Just For One Day, Gone In A Minute, Lesson Learned), and statements on corporate greed and social injustice (Obsolete, The Basics, and Calm Down) to paint a picture of the modern struggle we face. The strong effect of fatherhood carries through from the first album’s theme to A Better Way with Out My Hands and the vignettes of his children that open and close the album. An optimist at heart, Max Zaska’s songs lean into hopefulness, encapsulated by the album’s title and closing track, A Better Way, which echoes his belief that we can turn things around if we do it together.

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released October 21, 2022

Executive Producer - James Smith
Co-Producer - Max Zaska

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