Even the Mona Lisa is Falling Apart
by The Machiavellia
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Prelude
03:16
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This flesh is overrated,
don't you know that silicon never ages,
made up to the industry standard
of anonymous perfection and a face like a canvas
Only ten pounds on the cathode ray,
teeth whiter than an angel and a halo of waste,
knee deep in applause from a wraith,
the king's in his coffin and the jester's a fake.
You'll never be young again,
you'll never be old enough to say that with a straight face,
you'll never be anything without a taste for disgrace,
Calamity Jane take my hand and call my...
Phosphorous flash and a red carpet entrance
for your devilish smile and reptilian skin,
forked tongue flicked hair and airbrushed corrections,
paid a fortune for persona extension,
well I'll drink to your health cause the world has always been going to hell...
You'll never be young again,
you'll never be old enough to say that with a straight face,
you'll never be anything without a taste for disgrace,
Calamity Jane take my hand and call my...
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All Singing, All Dancing
04:12
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One step forward two steps back,
to somewhere you want to be whole again,
sternum cracked chest open you spill like wine you spill like,
One step forward two steps back,
we're the land that was left in the wake of the sea,
we're the mud and the moss,
that God left behind,
All Singing All Dancing like we're doing just fine.
We held the rest inside.
One step forward two steps back,
in the reckless dawn in the charred shells of fire trucks,
All Singing All Dancing to songs of the dead friends that we thought were living
We held the rest inside.
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Interlude
03:56
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I Am Jack
04:06
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We were penned when we were no-one,
a jaded worm between two thumbs,
strong enough to toy with hearts and minds,
but never asking why I am
Jack and I thought there was something worth killing for,
by the side of the bed where the seed stained the character,
size doesn't factor when it's mind over matter
I am Jack and I know all that glitters will rust,
it's a God eat god world and in markets we fucking trust
I am Jack and I can't fucking sleep for the rot.
As you lay in bed and wait for peace,
with the ghost you promised isn't me,
on gilded sheets and golden leaves,
you still believe that I'm not
Jack and I thought there was something worth killing for,
by the side of the bed where the seed stained the character,
size doesn't factor when it's mind over matter
I am Jack and I know all that glitters will rust,
it's a God eat god world and in markets we fucking trust
I am Jack, I am Jack and I can't fucking stop.
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Manic Seas
05:50
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Sweet talk and strobe light,
are better company than takeaway chinese,
You're too afraid to slur your metaphors,
too precise to mix your words.
Nothing ventured, nothing lost,
There's dead air between you and you when you're here,
keep your own damned plans to yourself.
Face gaunt and sweat dripping,
you are the poster child for modern living,
at the Disco Before the Breakdown,
In the Dancehall At the End of the World.
Nothing ventured, nothing lost,
There's dead air between you and you when you're here,
keep your own damned plans to yourself.
You can stretch your veins out 'til the room turns blue,
we're only going to paradise.
You can dance 'til all the blood falls out your shoes,
You can dance 'til all the blood falls out your shoes,
And I'll still carry you home.
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credits
released June 19, 2012
Written & Performed by The Machiavellia
Poems by Donald Tournier
Birdsong sample from freesound.org
Mixed & Mastered by Edd Toomey
Written & Performed by The Machiavellia
Poems by Donald Tournier
Birdsong sample from freesound.org
Mixed & Mastered by Edd Toomey
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The Machiavellia UK
New EP "Even the Mona Lisa is Falling Apart" AVAILABLE NOW.
Sounds like:
Queens of the
Stone Age
Muse
Nirvana
Dresden Dolls
Tom Waits
Soundgarden
Modest Mouse
Porcupine Tree
Blackfield
Foo Fighters
The Pineapple Thief
65daysofstatic
Pixies
Radiohead
Recommended tracks:
Outhouse
Red Riding
Manic Seas
Maths Makes You Famous
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May 2012
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