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Live Knives

by Live Knives

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1.
SPEND MY NIGHTS WATCHING WALLS YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO SMALL MY MIND BEGINS TO FADE THESE CLOUDS WON'T DISSAPATE THESE WIRES LODGED IN MY BRAIN MY SKIN IS TURNING GREY CAN'T SLEEP THE BRIGHTNESS BURNS MY EMPTY STOMACH TURNS FAT GUTS & STINKING BREATH WORK, STRESS THEN LONELY DEATH THIS PLACE FEELS LIKE A CELL A NEVER-ENDING HELL THE CAMERAS FOLLOW ME NO REST ON CCTV THE DRILLS BORE THROUGH AT DAY NO RESPITE FOR THIS BRAIN
2.
Hollow Hum 02:47
THESE YEARS FADE IN TOGETHER I FEEL A CRUSHING PAIN IN MY CHEST ALWAYS LINGERS CANT SLEEP FOR ALL IT ACHES YOU KNOW IT'S ALMOST POINTLESS STUCK IN THIS ENDLESS WHEEL CURSED BY THESE BAD DECISIONS PLAGUED NIGHTLY SELF DERISION UNDER FLORESCENT LIGHTING, WE TOIL FOR NIGHTS ON END SLEEPLESS AND WORTHLESS/ HOPELESS – CAN'T SHAKE THIS SENSE OF DREAD AN ENDLESS LOOP OF CRAWLING CIRCLING THE DRAIN ONCE MORE THE HOLLOW HUM TAKES OVER, I CAN'T SINK ANY LOWER WORK SLEEP DEATH AS NIGHT STARTS TO TAKE OVER THE DARKNESS COATS MY MIND ANOTHER NIGHT TRAPPED IN HERE, WISHING FOR BETTER TIMES AND AS I LEAVE THIS PLACE, THE CRUELLEST JOKE OF ALL THE HOLLOW HUM TAKES OVER, I CAN'T SINK ANY LOWER
3.
GOT MY BAD ATTITUDE I GOT MY RAZOR WIT I GOT MY KILLER MEMES GOT SHOULDERS, GOT CHIPS I GOT MY FACTS AND FIGURES I GOT MY UNCHECKED GRAPHS I GOT MY SOURCELESS BIAS I GOT MY GUY FAWKES MASK THIS HATE'S ELECTRIC YOU CAN'T DEFEND IT GOT MY CONSPIRACIES, MASONS ILLUMINATI I GOT MY NEW WORLD ORDER GOT MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH
4.
Sulphur Sea 02:41
IS THIS ILLUSION OR REALITY? DOES IT MATTER ANY MORE? FEEL LIKE I'M SINKING IN A SULPHUR SEA BURNING EVERTHING THAT I KNOW CORRODING FROM THE INSIDE OUT TO ME THESE TWISTED WIRES BEGIN TO SHOW FAILED CONNECTIONS AND MYSTIC MISERY THE TIDES ARE COMING IN TOO SLOW A BLACKENED PUDDLE ALL THAT'S LEFT OF ME MY MIND LONG GONE BEFORE THE ROT MY MOLUCULES DRIFT OFF IN SULPHUR SEA IT WON'T BE LONG 'TIL I'M FORGOT
5.
A SINKING FEELING THROUGH THE DOOR SEVEN HOURS UNTIL I'M LONG, GONE I'M COUNTING MINUTES, LOSING DAYS ALWAYS WATCHING ME, STUCK IN MY BRAIN I CAN'T SLEEP, YOU''RE IN MY MIND MY INSOMNIA TAKING MY FREE TIME COUNTING MINUTES, LOSING DAYS I BEG ELECTRO SMOG TO LET ME DRIFT AWAY
6.
Black Blood 01:48
THE LIGHT IT BURNS MY EYES, THIS DARK FEELING INSIDE I FEEL IT CREEPING IN, COLD FEELINGS IN MY SKIN I SCRATCH TO GET THEM OUT, BLACK BLOOD WAS ALL I FOUND I SCREAM IN TO THE NIGHT BUT I DON'T MAKE A SOUND BLACK BLOOD THIS HURTS SO BAD, I KNOW THEY'LL STAB MY BACK THEY LAUGH, I CRY AND I JUST WANT TO HIDE THIS MAKES ME FEEL SO NERVOUS, I KNOW I CAN'T REJECT THIS SOME THINGS CANNOT BE CHANGED, ITS FLOWING THROUGH MY BRAIN BLACK BLOOD
7.
Cold Metal 02:31
COLD METAL CURSING THROUGH MY VEINS COLD METAL DRIVING ME INSANE COLD METAL KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT COLD METAL KEEPS YOU IN MY SIGHTS COLD METAL MESSING WITH MY HEAD COLD METAL GOT ME FILLED WITH DREAD COLD METAL GOT THAT ANDROID TOUCH COLD METAL DON'T GIVE A FUCK COLD METAL COLD METAL COLD METAL COLD METAL'S BEEN FORGED IN FEAR COLD METAL RINGING IN MY EARS COLD METAL ON THE CUTTING EDGE COLD METAL GOT ME FEELING TENSE COLD METAL GOT A MYSTIC ALLURE COLD METAL'S TOO HOT TO ENDURE COLD METAL MOVES AT LIGHTNING SPEED COLD METAL GONNA MAKE YOU BLEED COLD METAL COLD METAL COLD METAL
8.
Electro Smog 03:49
THEY'RE ALWAYS PUTTING YOU DOWN, THEY WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL LOW THEY TURN THE SCREWS ON YOUR KIND THEY GET THEIR KICKS THEN THEY'RE GONE THE RESIDUE WON'T COME OFF, THE DUST IS LINGERING ON BLACK CLOUDS SURROUNDING MY MIND, IT'S ALL ELECTRO SMOG THE CLOUDS THEY GATHER IN MIND, THE STORM BEGINS TO BUILD UP THE CLOUDS BEGIN TO TURN BLACK, THEY'RE LOOKING READY TO BURST THE RAIN BEGINS TO CRASH DOWN AND FLOOD EVERYTHING IN SIGHT DROWNING ALL THAT WAS GOOD, IT'S ALL ELECTRO SMOG
9.
HERE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT TAKING THINGS SLOW PACK YOUR INSECURITIES, WE'RE READY TO GO WE'VE GOT BLACK EYES, NO MIND, FUCKED LIVES, WANNA DIE ELECTRO SMOG AROUND OUR HEADS, CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE I FEEL LIKE I'M TURNING ELECTRIC HERE WE ARE, OUR BRAINS ARE TURNING TO DUST CURRENTS TAKING OVER AS OUR BODIES DO RUST BROKEN TEETH BROKEN FACE / WORKING FOR A MISSING WAGE INSOMIATIC FREAK OF LIFE/ WISHING ALL YOUR TIME AWAY
10.
It Lingers 02:01
THIS SICKNESS, IT LINGERS IN MY HEAD, IN MY BED I SPENT A THOUSAND YEARS, I SHED A THOUSAND TEARS I WAITED UP FOR DAYS WITH THIS OBSESSIVE BRAIN I WOKE UP, SO BROKE UP THIS CURRENT, SO CHOKED UP I ROSE AND BURNED WITH LIGHT, MY SWOLLEN BLACKENED EYES I FAILED SO I WON'T TRY AND KEEP DYING INSIDE THIS SICKNESS, IT LINGERS I SEE THE SHADOW FIGURES
11.
I GOT ALLERGIC REACTION, I FEEL IT IN MY SKIN I SENSE YOUR PRESENCE AND I START TO FEEL NERVOUS I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN YOU GIVE ME AN ALLERGIC REACTION
12.
COLD CHILL IN THE WIND A CREEPING PRESENCE PERMEATES MY SKIN DARK FIGURES IN THE LIGHT KEEP ME STARING AT FLUORESCENT EYES ANCIENT WORDS BRING ME DOWN CAN'T CORRECT THEM WHEN THEY'RE ETCHED IN CLOUDS PARANOIA JUSTIFIED I'M STILL STARING AT FLUORESCENT EYES CAN'T SLEEP, YOU'RE IN MY BRAIN EVERY SECOND IS COLD, DULL ACHE CREEPING CURRENTS, TWISTED WIRES A TANGLED WEB OF DECEIT AND LIES ELECTRO SMOG, STATIC FOG I'M FEELING NERVOUS AND MY HEART RATE'S ODD ANOTHER DAY, I'LL BE FINE IF I KEEP STARING AT FLOURESCENT EYES

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The debut LIVE KNIVES full length featuring 12 tracks of hard paranoid electropunk! Songs about shitty jobs, electro smog and cults.

FFO Lost Sounds, Devo, Destruction Unit, Quit Your Dayjob, Digital Leather, Damaged Bug (Oh Sees).

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released March 2, 2018

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Danny Cleaver Leeds, UK

New album out later this year, looking for labels to help co-release on vinyl. Give me a shout!

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