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Dark Matter (Download)

by More Machine Than Man

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1.
Inside 04:06
I would put it all at risk I’d ruin everything… I would put it all at risk I’d ruin everything Just to get a taste Of what it would feel like Tie me up I’ll sacrifice Lock me into your device Not a virtue but a vice Recreate me to entice Just to get a sense Of what life could be like Chorus: To be inside A world where I belong Be inside deep inside To be inside Not consumed by what’s gone wrong Flawless faultless just like you To be inside A world where I believe Deep inside for the ride To be inside All my dreams can be achieved Perfect clone I’m one of you Could I leave my life behind Lose my identity? To become the very thing That you all desire Plastic dolly fuckable Sold as indestructible Cliché and unoriginal Copy culture, spinnable Fabricated beautiful Taylor-made and suitable Talent indisputable Purchased praise and approval Just to be a product You must acquire Chorus: If I’m inside A world I don’t belong Deep inside on the ride Will I reject All right and make it wrong? I’m imperfect but I’m true Am I too proud To give up and concede? Deep inside safe inside In your world I’ll die trying to succeed They were right I’m not like you Break: Inside Deep inside Be inside Be inside Deep inside Be inside Just to get a taste Of what life could be like Be inside Deep inside Chorus: If I’m inside A world I don’t belong Deep inside, dead inside Will I reject All right and make it wrong? Realized I’m not like you Am I too blind, too blind To see it’s what I need? So outside out of sight In your world I would lose just to succeed Never will be one of you Just not right I’m not like you Just not right I’m not like Not like you
2.
Break Out 03:59
Cold desperation Kiss altercation Threadbare and burning Lazy, yet yearning Bridge: All I care to say Groomed and then led astray Lonely within the fray Welcomed, I turn away Chorus: Dancing Calling Falling Bawling Crawling Fawning Yawning Mauling We break out tonight… Float down above it Hopeful it plummets Twisted reflections Familiar dimension Bridge: All I care to say Groomed and then led astray Lonely within the fray Welcomed, I turn away Chorus: Dancing Calling Falling Bawling Crawling Fawning Yawning Mauling We break out tonight… Break Cold desperation Kiss altercation Threadbare and burning Lazy, yet yearning Bridge: All I care to say Groomed and then led astray Lonely within the fray Welcomed, I turn away Chorus: Dancing Calling Falling Bawling Crawling Fawning Yawning Mauling We break out tonight We break out tonight Tonight We break out tonight Tonight We break out tonight
3.
Stitch 05:01
You got me spinning in circles And now I've got no direction We’re always hungry and raw Yet so far from perfection Perfection Which way’s up and which way’s down We won’t know until we’ve hit the ground Pull out all the guns now baby This pressure is driving me crazy Chorus: No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free A fuse too short to get away Gods have lost yet I still pay No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free No choice but seeing this through We’ve been confused by distractions Prepare yourself to be bold Slam this machine into action Just two steps from six feet down No choice but to stand our ground Pull out all the stops now baby We go out with all guns blazing Chorus: No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free A fuse too short to get away Gods have lost yet I still pay No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free Break: Got to stitch me Just enough to keep me going Never giving up Got a lot of living to do Can you fill me up? So that I can keep it burning Always running hot Got a lot of killing to do You got to stitch me up, stitch me up Got a lot of killing to do You got to stitch me up, stitch me up Stitch, stitch, stitch me up Chorus: No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free A fuse too short to get away Gods have lost yet I still pay No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free A fuse too short to get away Gods have lost yet I still pay No center to this gravity Don’t know what’s come over me No quest for longevity Just stitch the wound that sets me free
4.
I’m done with your ego I’m through with your lies Enough of the bullshit I’ve grown to despise You’re nothing but weakness There’s nothing but fear here Your eyes are so empty And now it’s all become so clear Chorus: I don’t think so No, I don’t think so You ran and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve How could you dismiss me After all we’ve been through Knew you’d try to fuck me You thought I'd just let you Chorus: I don’t think so No, I don’t think so You ran and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve You’re lost and you’re fading With wounds that won’t heal So low and degrading That nothing is real How could you dismiss me You’re running inside now Don’t know where you’re going Knew you’d try to fuck me To tired to hide now And live the lies that you have spread Chorus: I don’t think so No, I don’t think so You ran and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve I don’t think so No, I don’t think so Ran away and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve Break: You tried to hold me down In every way So sad to have lost a friend On that day I never needed you in any way So don’t think you’re entitled to What I've become today How could you dismiss me After all we’ve been through Knew you’d try to fuck me You thought I'd just let you Chorus: I don’t think so No, I don’t think so You ran and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve I don’t think so No, I don’t think so Ran away and lost your nerve You can’t have what I deserve Live the lies that you have spread…
5.
Rotten Wine 04:45
You do what you want to do I can’t take control of you Fill your veins with rotten wine Could not rescue you in time Bridge: I can’t tell you without lying Everything will be ok. I can’t say it without crying Everything will be ok. Chorus: I could not stop The madness, heal your sadness Quit defending, stop descending I could not stop The madness, stop the sadness Why was my love not enough? You did what you wanted to I was always there for you Poison took you in your prime Could not cleanse yourself in time Bridge: I can’t tell you without lying Everything will be ok Couldn’t stop the body dying Live without you everyday Chorus: I could not stop The madness, heal your sadness Quit defending, stop descending I could not stop The madness, stop the sadness Why was my love not enough? Break Chorus: I could not stop The madness, heal your sadness Quit defending, stop descending I could not stop The madness, stop the sadness Why was my love not enough?
6.
Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Why can’t there be some understanding? Why can’t there be some sense of hope? Why can’t see good will between men? Why can’t there be some joy in the end? Why must we live so blinded by faith? Why must we live isolated in grace? Why must we keep this intolerant face? Leaving it all, just laid to waste. Chorus: Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Break: Why must I feel this cold and alone? Why must I feel this sense of regret? Rotting away, I dwell in my rage Whey must I know the depth of my hate? Chorus: Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Why can’t see good will between men? Why can’t there be some joy in the end? Chorus: Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else Why can’t you take a look at yourself? Before you try and judge someone else
7.
Built for more than pleasure Programmed for perfection Your attention to affection Makes me love you like a god Digital obsession Make you my possession I’ll devour by the hour Until I have your love inside Chorus: Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Stranger than fiction Sign-in for excitement Pixel-perfect lover You’ll discover many others Choose to live inside our games Join the online party To be nice or naughty Only price for your new life Is giving up your body Giving us your body. We’ll slice and price your body Chorus: Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Life is stranger than fiction Break: Science and machines Make the flesh complete Exploring the obscene Humanity obsolete Chorus: Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Sometimes Life is stranger than fiction Life is stranger than fiction Stranger than fiction Life is stranger than fiction Stranger than fiction
8.
Nothing More 05:23
Lost within this strange device War machines that scan for life I move upon this dark terrain Searching for warmth in vain Chorus: There’s nothing more that I can do Than search this ruined earth for you Desperation all around Thick dust fills the darkened sky Fleeing from unstable ground Faces blur when they pass by Chorus: There’s nothing more that I can do Than search this ruined earth for you There’s nothing more that I can do There’s no life worth searching for Without you there is nothing more Than search this ruined earth for you Break: You left before I could say I love you Can’t live without you in my life Nothing more that I want than to hold you I’ll find you and we’ll be all right Lost within this strange device War machines that scan for life I move upon this dark terrain Searching for warmth in vain Chorus: There’s nothing more that I can do Than search this ruined earth for you There’s nothing more that I can do There’s no life worth searching for Without you there is nothing more Than search this ruined earth for you There’s no life worth searching for Without you there is nothing more (Without you, without you, without you) There’s nothing more that I can do There’s no life worth searching for (There’s nothing more, there’s nothing more) Without you there is nothing more Than search this ruined earth for you There’s no life worth searching for Without you there is nothing more
9.
I can feel it all around me I’m shaking, I’m exposed, no dignity I don’t x-ray vision to see the possibilities I don’t need the television to tell me what I need Bridge: I just need to feel something good I just need to feel something good Chorus: Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow I can taste it just out of reach I’m longing, I’m burning, lost in my need I don’t need your derision to feed the rage inside of me And I don’t need your revelation to tell me what I see Bridge: I just need to feel something good I just need to feel something good Chorus: Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow Break: Lost in a chaotic state Terrorists are at the gate Not much left to contemplate We must survive assimilate… But I’m going to stay inside Won’t live my life afraid to fly Or underneath the camera’s eye There is no freedom otherwise So free from my troubled mind Hold me till my soul unwinds Leave the hate that makes us blind Seize the pleasures we can find Seize the pleasures we can find Chorus: Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow I can feel it all around me I’m shaking, I’m exposed, no dignity I don’t x-ray vision to see the possibilities I don’t need the television to tell me what I need Bridge: I just need to feel something good I just need to feel something good Chorus: Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow Because there may not be a tomorrow We’ve got to live our dreams today No there may not be a tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow
10.
Wading through this darkness Swimming in my fear Tripping over progress The promise I won’t hear Waiting in the darkness For the other shoe to fall If I wait another day i’ll Have nothing at all Bridge: If I wait another day Another day, another day Signal in the distance Meaning never clear Only for an instant Then hope disappears Searching in the darkness For the truth, for something real Alone I face another day There’s nothing left to feel Bridge: Alone I face another day Another day, another day Chorus: I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell With you Break: I can’t make my way Slide right into hell I can’t make my way Slide right into hell Chorus: I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell With you Wading through this darkness Swimming in my fear Tripping over progress The promise I won’t hear Waiting in the darkness For the other shoe to fall If I wait another day i’ll Have nothing at all Bridge: If I wait another day Another day, another day Chorus: I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell I can’t make my way to heaven But I can slide right into hell With you I can’t make my way to heaven I going to side right into hell (Waiting in the darkness) With you I’m going to slide (If I wait another day) With you (Another day) Slide right into hell With you (If I wait another day) Slide right into hell With you (Another day, another day)
11.
Last Try 03:50
Everything I have, it just slips away And I don’t know why you stay In this life I've built, I have watched decay And there’s nothing left to say I crawl on hand and knee The gods are mocking me I scream and I plead They won’t take you from me Bridge: Everything I have, it just slips away And I don’t know why you stay Chorus: We wasted everything Now you say let it go I just can’t walk away And let it die, let it die Without one more try I need one more try Life tick, ticks away, closer every day To the price I have to pay Struggle endlessly, still you carry me I would die to set you free Bridge: I’m on my hands and knees They won’t stop taking from me I plead and I scream But no one listens to me Chorus: They’ve taken everything Now they say let it go That I should walk away And let it die, let it die Without one last try Break: I’ll face the curse I’ll face the pain But what will we gain? Now we’re nearing the end And I hunger still Cannot crush my will Choke down their bitter pill I’ll know victory When they think they see There’s nothing left of me Chorus: We wasted everything Now you say let it go I just can’t walk away And let it die, let it die Without one more try (And I don’t know) They’ve taken everything (And I don’t know why you stay) Now they say let it go (And I don’t know) That I should walk away (Let it die, let it die) And let it die, let it die Without one last try (And I don’t know why you stay…) I need one last try (Let it die, let it die) I need one more try (And I don’t know why you stay…) Give me one last try (Let it die, let it die) Before I let it die
12.
I see the lies behind your smile And i’m taking it personally You knew you’d have it all the while Now i’m taking you on personally You resent the way I live my life You don’t want us to pursue our dreams Your delusion of what freedom means Is to dispense us as you please For your personal needs Bridge: Maybe its time for me to leave? Or is it time for you to flee? There are others like me To take you on personally Chorus: These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation I know the path ahead is long And we’re facing it with nothing to lose It feels like all our hope is gone Now victory’s all we can choose With destruction as your legacy You are fading from our memory As we struggle to preserve the dream We remember what it means To live without your disease Break: Maybe its time for me to lead? And its time for you to see There are other like me Who will take you on personally Chorus: These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation These are our darkest days The darkest days of my generation

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In September 2012 Goth Industrial artists, More Machine Than Man, returned with the full length album, Dark Matter. This twelve-song collection represents the most powerful and relevant songwriting of MMTM's long career. Dark Matter is a quantum leap forward in focus, production, and the possibility of wide commercial appeal.

More Machine Than Man wrote and developed Dark Matter between 2002 and 2012, in home studios, as they relocated from Boston to Louisville and then Seattle. More Machine recorded, produced and mixed the vast majority of this album themselves, but did collaborate again with En Esch (Slick Idiot, Pigface and KMFDM) and Romell Regulacion (Razed <in> Black). En Esch produced the guitar Industrial romps Deserve and Why?, as well as providing some vocal editing and processing on Nothing More and Stranger than Fiction. Romell Regulacion contributed additional keyboard performances on Stranger than Fiction.

As on earlier releases, More Machine Than Man covers a great deal of musical territory on Dark Matter. From uptempo, dance floor scorchers like Something Good, Why?, and Inside through angry, mid tempo stomps like Last Try and Break Out, to the emotional epics Nothing More, Rotten Wine, Heaven and Hell and The Darkest Days; MMTM refuses to repeat themselves while maintaining a cohesive sonic palette. The swing tinged Stitch incorporates Andrews Sisters style harmonies, exploding all attempts at categorization, while being the most appealing piece of song craft on Dark Matter.

More Machine Than Man continues to avoid the trend and cliché within the Goth Industrial genre that guarantees commercial viability, but MMTM draws more directly on the strong songwriting tradition of The Cure and Depeche Mode. The pop accessibility of MMTM songs is closely in line with crossover successes like Garbage and Nine Inch Nails. Though More Machine incorporates strong heavy metal elements, the overall effect of Dark Matter is similar to contemporaries IAMX and The Kills.

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released September 1, 2012

All songs written by MMTM. All vocals written and performed by MMTM.[1] • All instrumentals written and performed by MMTM.[2] • All songs arranged and produced by MMTM.[3] • All songs engineered and mixed by MMTM.[4] • All songs mastered by Chris Hanzsek at Hanzsek A/V • All design, photography, art direction by MMTM.

1. ˆExcept additional vocals on Why? by En Esch (Slick Idiot).
2. ˆExcept synth and drum performances on Why? by En Esch (Slick Idiot).
2. ˆExcept additional synth and drum performances on Deserve by En Esch (Slick Idiot).
2. ˆExcept additional synth performances on Stranger than Fiction by Romell Regulacion (Razed <in> Black).
3. ˆExcept arrangement and production on Why? and Deserve by En Esch(Slick Idiot).
4. ˆExcept additional vocal editing & processing on Stranger than Fiction & Nothing More by En Esch (Slick Idiot).
4. ˆExcept engineering and mixing on Why? by En Esch (Slick Idiot).

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In 2000, More Machine Than Man exploded out of the clubs in Boston and New York, fueled by dynamic, guitar driven industrial- dance that is defined by undeniable hooks and pop sensibility. MMTM was formed in 1998 by two musicians under the pseudonyms, Tasha Katrine and Rob Zilla. The pair built a computer-based recording studio and began writing and recording original Goth-Industrial material. ... more

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