The Enemy Within Is Us – Original Song

[bapu]

Vocal – Tasos Lazaria
Drums – Hugo Riberio
Keys – Dave Townsend
Guitars – Qoqol
Bass, lyrics, arrangement, producer, mixer – Bapu

The Enemy Within (s Us
Copyright (c) 2025 Edward Kocol

[Verse 1a]
Lookin’ right in at me
It’s the enemy within
We are born with a flame
And it’s him we could’ve been

[Verse 1b]
So give the ghost to yourself
And to hell with all the sin
Oh we could just be someone else
‘Cause the enemy within

[Chorus]
Is us, been there since the beginning
Our love, knowing we never win, it’s
The enemy within is us

[Verse 2]
You could never ascend
From a place you’ve never been
Come on let me be your friend
‘Cause the enemy within

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]
Why oh why cant we see
The enemy is not you or me
Lets all be sisters and brothers
And not look upon us as others

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 3]
We can make it all end
Speaking plain as friend to friend
Brining back all we had then
‘Cause the enemy within

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 4 – same as Verse 1b]
So give the ghost to yourself
And to hell with all the sin
Oh we could just be someone else
‘Cause the enemy within

[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

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[Old Joad]

Awesome song, I really like the grit in your sound🤘

2

[Anonymous]

Cool song!

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[bapu]

That’s my son on guitar

 

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[peter]

Well done on all levels. The vocals are a real stand out! Kudos to everyone involved.

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[patrickwichrowski]

Cool intro!

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[bapu]

On Friday, Producer Warren Hurat publicaly gave this song a 99% approval rating.

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMjmruSLo0I

Skip ahead to 12:03 to hear what he had to say. Do you agree/disagree?

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

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[peter]

On bapu said

On Friday, Producer Warren Hurat publicaly gave this song a 99% approval rating.

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMjmruSLo0I

Skip ahead to 12:03 to hear what he had to say. Do you agree/disagree?

Wow, that’s awesome! Wait, I wrote that before I listened to Warren say “bleeding awesome” about the song!

Congrats to you and all involved. Just so everyone finds it, it starts around 5:30. So, Warren highly praised the musicianship and song and just wanted a more in your face drum sound. I think that would be cool, and it’s very doable! I hope you guys try out his recommendation — he obviously has a great ear — and share it. In any event, that was a fantastic review. You guys should be very proud.

LinkedMusicians Founder. Your friend who keeps the beat.

Check out my music. 

[bapu]

On peter said

On bapu said

On Friday, Producer Warren Hurat publicaly gave this song a 99% approval rating.

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMjmruSLo0I

Skip ahead to 12:03 to hear what he had to say. Do you agree/disagree?

Wow, that’s awesome! Wait, I wrote that before I listened to Warren say “bleeding awesome” about the song!

Congrats to you and all involved. Just so everyone finds it, it starts around 5:30. So, Warren highly praised the musicianship and song and just wanted a more in your face drum sound. I think that would be cool, and it’s very doable! I hope you guys try out his recommendation — he obviously has a great ear — and share it. In any event, that was a fantastic review. You guys should be very proud.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

I’m going to re-mix the drums tonight.

FYI @peter I’m no longer getting email notifications. I was getting them fas and furious for a few days a while back but no more.

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

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[peter]

On bapu said

On peter said

On bapu said

On Friday, Producer Warren Hurat publicaly gave this song a 99% approval rating.

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMjmruSLo0I

Skip ahead to 12:03 to hear what he had to say. Do you agree/disagree?

Wow, that’s awesome! Wait, I wrote that before I listened to Warren say “bleeding awesome” about the song!

Congrats to you and all involved. Just so everyone finds it, it starts around 5:30. So, Warren highly praised the musicianship and song and just wanted a more in your face drum sound. I think that would be cool, and it’s very doable! I hope you guys try out his recommendation — he obviously has a great ear — and share it. In any event, that was a fantastic review. You guys should be very proud.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

I’m going to re-mix the drums tonight.

FYI @peter I’m no longer getting email notifications. I was getting them fas and furious for a few days a while back but no more.

Looking forward to the remix! Is it going to Warren after that???

I’ll check into the email situation and update you when I have an answer.

LinkedMusicians Founder. Your friend who keeps the beat.

Check out my music. 

[bapu]

On peter said

On bapu said

On peter said

On bapu said

On Friday, Producer Warren Hurat publicaly gave this song a 99% approval rating.

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMjmruSLo0I

Skip ahead to 12:03 to hear what he had to say. Do you agree/disagree?

Wow, that’s awesome! Wait, I wrote that before I listened to Warren say “bleeding awesome” about the song!

Congrats to you and all involved. Just so everyone finds it, it starts around 5:30. So, Warren highly praised the musicianship and song and just wanted a more in your face drum sound. I think that would be cool, and it’s very doable! I hope you guys try out his recommendation — he obviously has a great ear — and share it. In any event, that was a fantastic review. You guys should be very proud.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

I’m going to re-mix the drums tonight.

FYI @peter I’m no longer getting email notifications. I was getting them fas and furious for a few days a while back but no more.

Looking forward to the remix! Is it going to Warren after that???

I’ll check into the email situation and update you when I have an answer.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

Remix updated on soundcloud. Oooooomphed up those drums.

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

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[peter]

@bapu Just listened. That was a very nice improvement IMO. The drum sound works really well in this mix. Excellent job!

LinkedMusicians Founder. Your friend who keeps the beat.

Check out my music. 

[peter]

@bapu After I checked everything on my end and everything looked right. I did a test — three times — and found it didn’t send anything. So it appears the email service provider was the source of the problem. I contacted the email service provider. They told me that it appeared I needed to change a setting, which I had set up correctly. Just as I finished reading their email, I saw that my test email arrived in my inbox. Clearly, they must have fixed the issue after they responded to my support ticket. Consequently, things appear to be fixed, but could you please confirm that things are working for now you?

If anyone else sees this and has had problems receiving emails, please feel free to shoot me a DM and we’ll get it sorted. The email alerts on this site are a very important part of keeping everyone updated, and I want to make sure that everyone gets what they set up. The email service costs are the second most costly part of running the site (after hosting), so I expect the emails our members set up to reach everyone’s inbox.

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Check out my music. 

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