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Consumed
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A strange, somewhat grim vehicle of electropunk-inspired industrial pop nonsense. I've been told my lyrics verge on the slightly intense. With effortless underg
I'd love to sound more like :Wumpscut: or Katscan or someone like that but I'm afraid that's unlikely. I've spent too many years looking for proper industrial punk bands and the sort of hairy European misanthropes that float my boat, but come up empty, so I thought I'd do it myself. That said, I cringe listening to my own tunes - which unfortunately I've been known to do sometimes; possibly because they're all gloriously unhinged. I suppose Jandek and Suckdog are role models as well then. Does this break the 'evil Nihilistic bleakness' third wall a bit? I always wonder that about industrial and post-industrial groups. They all sound so sensible and dour. That said, I'd like to think my real life is somewhat grim, and I'm not just moaning on about Nazi zombies or cybernetic hookers or something. You get a lot of dental references in my stuff. Much as I try not to glorify it, that's probably because I've been known to chew sweet dripping fuck out of myself on occasion and would at least like to be allowed to complain about that decidedly unorthodox state of affairs occasionally. The attitude of Whitehouse, Brighter Death Now, Swans and Painslut filtered through the crappy techno pop bleepery of whatever modern toss I'm subconsciously influenced by, I suppose. Right, that's enough bands name-dropped. Just listen to it if you're curious.
Song Info
Charts
Peak #296
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Ben Power/Ben Power/4 Minute Warning
Uploaded
August 08, 2015
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MP3 4.9 MB 128 kbps 5:20
Lyrics
Consumed Banality queued for another McFix Shrink-wrapped skulls down knee deep in neon sick Pornography of passions cherishing the cheapest sleaze And amplified to asinine to strip away these seeds The crowds in the bar cackle Swilling back sadness Mass-produced faces all wreathed in barbed words A sea of trimmed grins coats sensations in plastic With sick drowning sips they return to their herd All dreaming spikes in some stark melody Democracy malnourished, and dispassion selling cheap Sobriety crumbles like dust under rain Sublime sacrificed for familiar inane So smile, smile, smile for the camera now Smile just to pretend that you care Mindless, merciless, mannequin glances Formaldehyde tears in the varnished glare Heads say you win and tails say I lose It seems we adore the same things we abuse Reaping the sugar and retching out salt Flooding your skulls with the filth you exalt The jewels in your purses were only stolen stars Scratching tender air in some multiplayer farce Injected wishes wash out, devalue, dissolve But a doctor or a diet and the fucking problem’s solved All dreaming spikes in some stark melody Democracy malnourished, and dispassion selling cheap Sobriety crumbles like dust under rain Sublime sacrificed for familiar inane So smile, smile, smile for the camera now Smile just to pretend that you care Mindless, merciless, mannequin glances Formaldehyde tears in the varnished glare Punch holes through the butterfly wing up above us And laugh when the last pale love clots in the grey Neurotic souls neutered by neat narcissism Paying like praying in endless cliché All dreaming spikes in some stark melody Democracy malnourished, and dispassion selling cheap Sobriety crumbles like dust under rain Sublime sacrificed for familiar inane So smile, smile, smile for the camera now Smile just to pretend that you care Mindless, merciless, mannequin glances Formaldehyde tears in the varnished glare
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