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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Invisible (live at Maynott Studios Chicago), Machines With Human Skin: Live At Burlington Bar 08/27/22, Machines With Human Skin: Live at Maynott v1.0, If Only (demo), Transience, Transience promo, "The Tide" (single), Anagnorisis, and 18 more.
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Scourge
04:08
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The world before you held so much promise
And then you came along and ruined it all
Like a black hole blotting out the fucking sky
You led us straight to our downfall
Gathering monsters into your fold
Teaching them to fear and hate
I was finally gonna be someone
And you took it all away
We can try to hide but we’re too tired to run
The damage you’ve started cannot be undone
Like a spreading stain covering the sun
And you think you’ve already won
Pushing us down just to feel your power
Building your army on the backs of the oppressed
So blind to what the people really want
Every day you give us just a little less
As the lies bleed out of your mouth
Like the lowest insects to crawl the earth
Stopping at nothing to keep us in line
You’ll never care what our lives are really worth
We can try to hide but we’re too tired to run
The damage you’ve started cannot be undone
Like a spreading stain covering the sun
And you think you’ve already won
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Fix Myself
03:23
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I’ve got all the time in the world now
to fix myself
I’ve been alone for so long
That I forgot about all of you
Not gonna waste another minute
with anyone else
Finally coming back strong
So I can do what I gotta do
Everything I wanted was out of reach
Pulled out from underneath
Just when I thought I could trust again
It all came crashing down on my head
This is the worst of times
And still I’ve got to climb
Can’t give up now, I’ve come too far
Now I see how fucked up things really are
I tried to fit in but I only stood out more
Just like I always told you
I’m fighting the battle but I’m losing the war
Like you have any fucking clue
What I’ve been through
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Multiple Angles At Once
04:19
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I want to bring my vision down to the bare bones
I want to hit the bottom of the sea
To destroy the world that took you away
And left a hole inside of me
In the aftermath of losing you
Something has happened to your memory
Captured in blurry black and white
Fixed forever in our chemistry
I’m all alone with the rain on my face
I can still feel you in this space
Time passes strangely all around us
From multiple angles at once
We lie together in the dark room
The songs which swallowed us in sleep
I feel your warmth in the winter air
No feelings to hide no secrets to keep
I look for you but now you’re gone
As I fight the ghosts of my past
Everyone around me has changed
It all happened so fast
But I am not the same
You left me frozen in time
If I could only change
I’d meet you on the other side
What I wouldn’t give
To go back to that day
I’m still trying to live
I have to find another way
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Despair
03:42
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I’m slipping into timelessness again
I don’t even know where from when
I’ve felt this way for my whole life
It just took a while for me to be right
You could be anything, go anywhere
But something’s holding you back
That feeling of despair
Is knocking you off track
I’ve sold myself short for so fucking long
I used to depend on you to make me feel strong
Pushing me around until I cut you loose
God help me…Get me out of this noose
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Model Citizen
04:28
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He is a good American
Every day he fights the war
He’s been fighting since way back when
He forgot what they’re fighting for
Collecting his trophies
Awarded for mediocrity
The American dream
Is not what it seems
They made as us comfortable as possible
So they could control us all
If you’re not like us then you’re expendable
Get on your knees and crawl
She is a good American
Every day she does what she’s told
Ideal woman, model citizen
Never one to break the mold
Always putting on a happy face
The perfect picture of grace
The American dream
Was never what you wanted it to be
I pledge allegiance to nothing
I’ve always wanted to stand for something
One nation under hate
We are the divided states
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Anagnorisis
01:57
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This is where I hit the bottom
This is where I go away
When everybody learns the truth
This is the end of days
This is where it all goes away
This is where it all goes away
Where nobody’s words can hurt me now
Where nobody’s love can save me now
Where my own hatred burns so loud
This is where it all goes away
This is where we go away
This is where we go away
This is where I go away.
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Endless Night
05:59
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I’ve been asleep for years
Too much time living in fear
The dreams I had have felt so real
That I don’t know what to feel
Anymore
All that I loved has gone from here
The future used to be so bright
I close my eyes and disappear
Wake me from this endless night
I woke into another time
The stars so perfectly aligned
Everything was new again
I thought that it would never end
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Arrival
05:15
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I’m born again I’m moving on
The pain I carried for so long
Will soon be cast aside and gone
I never thought I’d be this strong
I’ve been waiting to be free
I’ve lost all clarity
I’m finally here and there’s nothing left for me
I have arrived
From the ash and from the sea
For everything I wanted to be
I’m finally here and there’s nothing left for me
I have arrived…I have survived
I’m walking with my head held high
And now it’s time to say goodbye
To all the fear I felt inside
That part of me will slowly die
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9. |
17 Years (Magicicada)
04:28
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Instrumental
Field recordings/cicadas: Foster Beach and the Lakefront Trail, Chicago IL
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Machines With Human Souls Chicago, Illinois
Chicago-based Industrial rock bringing equal measures filth and funk, transcending the status quo for the rest of our
goddamn lives. We are influenced by all your Wax Trax/90s industrial/coldwave favorites such as Sister Machine Gun, KMFDM, Hate Dept., PIG, and Nine Inch Nails with a dash of punk, funk, and electro.
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