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For Those About to Break

by Black Dogs at My Back

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1.
Mislead 02:59
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The blood's about to run The stone's about to break But all I can feel is you The world's about to hush The breath's about to stop But all I can see is you A sacrifice to make Or am I the sacrifice Nothing can make me give you up I will not let go I will not uncoil I have claimed and I will receive Be still, breathe in Listen to my voice The blood races, the heart pounds Here you have a choice Amid this crack and crumble Here you have a choice You have made your choice The blood's about to run The flesh will meet the blade You stand, watching on Is that guilt I see? Or merely a second guess Either way it's much too late You thought you lead me here But you have been mislead Your blood is mine to use Manipulators burn The foolish cry their fears You've brought this on yourselves Now the pact is sealed
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How Long 03:22
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How long Since you lost yourself Since you lost yourself the first time (repeat) In the maze In the rain What have you come to take What have you come to claim Do you belong here Or don't you feel the same Maybe you're just passing through Doors locked from shame It's a message to yourself Run. Away. Assuming you will listen That you won't lead you astray How long Since you lost yourself Since you lost yourself the first time (repeat) How long
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The Daydream 01:38
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You choose to remember While I can't forget Pretending you're the eye of my storm Acting like I haven't conquered you yet I tell you not to wonder There's no use in regret I tell you not to linger When it makes you feel upset And yet when I come in from this storm When I make this elaborate threat You don't see the promise for what it is Can't see your knees are bloodied yet
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Starvation 04:06
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They said stay hungry But didn't tell me how No one told me not to starve I started eating myself Got a taste for the flavor And I could devour you too Watch me smile as I burn Finally there's fire enough To keep me warm Give me all your life Give me all your love Give me all these blessings From above Give me all your hopes Give me all your fears Give me all your cold blood And crocodile tears I have waited years I have wasted years I have wanted years I have hated years For this For you To make it to the end To get my due This isn't what I've chosen This is what was stolen And I can't bear to be without I'm hungry (This is what was stolen) I've been starving I'm hungry I've been starving Give me all your hopes Give me all your fears Give me all your cold blood And crocodile tears I have waited years I have wasted years I have wanted years I'm hungry
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Violence 01:49
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Don't know what to tell you Never knew what hit 'em And I just kept walking Too proud to stay Too angry to go [repeat]
6.
Don't You Want to Be Free? 02:13
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Come with me I'll set you free You don't have to worry 'bout a thing Come with me I'll set you free Just abandon what you knew before Look at me Don't I look free? Just like everybody else Come with me I'll set you free You just have to follow my directions Come with me I'll set you free Then I'll take your place and you-- You'll be free Come with me I'll set you free Don't I look so happy? Come with me I'll set you free I'll make you mine and, well Don't worry 'bout a thing 'Cause you'll be free You'll be free
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Ode to the Honey Prince 02:27
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Came from nowhere on a leopard print steed Repeated words until you made your own creed Burned through the bramble and dodged the arrows flying Just to get what you need Took a while to get your pace to steady Pieces gained and lost and regained, ready Maybe lessons had to be branded in The flavor, rush and power are heady Riding down the neon highway The motherfuckers tried to steer your choice Riding steady down the neon highway They can never steal your voice Just imagine that motorway That freeway in your mind Even if it takes pieces of you No one gets left behind There are golden paths you keep retreading Hearts held within your hand There are demons in the low light But they sound fine with the band There are golden paths you keep retreading Hearts held within your hand There are demons in the low light But they sound fine with the band Riding down the neon highway The motherfuckers tried to steal your fate Riding steady down the neon highway They can never drive your hate
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Transhumanism 01:31
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Supersonic Electronic Bitches with electric orifices Is this transhumanism You fight For android rights Everything except the right to say no That's a step too far Eyes wide Mouths open They can't say no But they can't feel So you can't abuse them Artificial Act of fiction All you want is Perfect friction They don't have needs Just electricity And they're bound in wires Always tethered Sometimes leathered Sometimes feathered But they can't get away They wouldn't want to anyway We make sure of that We make sure Individuality's a chore And a bore So delete it at your earliest convenience Is this transhumanism Is this transhumanism Is this transhumanism
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Dreaming 01:32
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Sets me dreaming fall apart Sets me dreaming break my heart Sets me dreaming every little thing Sets me dreaming, lets me sing

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Oops, I accidentally LP'ed instead of EP'ed.

I could sit here and write about what the word "monster" has come to mean to certain particularly "othered" people and the complicated mess that comes from both embracing the term and keeping in mind its continued negative connotations, but I'll elect to just nah out of intellectual typey-words about the thing that should be experienced as the thing.

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released June 15, 2022

Orin Drake/Black Dogs at My Back take responsibility for all of the noise.

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Black Dogs at My Back Massachusetts

I liek teh boom twang screm. Lots of black, lots of rhinestones, lots of animal patterns. I was born in the '80s and by god I'm gonna die there.

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