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You Won't
03:55
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I don’t need your advice
I’m not in denial
I’m not incomplete
All these things that you say
Fill me up with this rage
Now you’ll hear me speak
All these years I’ve had to try
Too hard to open up your eyes
But yours is not the only way
You’ll shut your mouth today
I’ve grown tired of your games
You manipulate
I deny your control
I don’t have to adjust
I’ve endured enough
Take your threats and go
You may never recognise
That I can see right through your lies
But you will never have your way
I’ll shut your mouth today
私は話す (I speak)
あなたは今聞く(You listen now)
I don’t need your advice
I’m not incomplete
All these years I’ve had to try
Too hard to open up your eyes
But yours is not the only way
You’ll shut your mouth today
You. Won’t. Change. Me.
You. Won’t. Tame my thunder.
You. Won’t. Break. Me.
You. Won’t. Take me under.
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Catch 22
03:51
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For the longest time
Truth was hard to find
So when I gained the answer
I thought you wouldn’t mind
Oh but isn’t it funny
That I could be so naïve
An issue I thought was nothing
Is something you disbelieve
So now I’m on display
For you to prod and pry
You claim I’ll meet somebody
I shouldn’t be so shy
Or could it be a religion
I should have been a nun
You ask me if something happened
When I was very young
Was it a mistake to let you know
The boundaries of where I’d go
And should I dwell on what you say
Or is it time to turn away
Well if I never tried it
How would I ever know
But am I still legitimate
If I’ve given it a go
You want me to fall into self-doubt
Locked in your Catch 22
But if I split in half now
Would that satisfy you
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3. |
Navigating the Nightmare
03:47
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Stumbling through a nightmare world
The voices gather to squeeze me
Saturation to reaffirm
Their dedication to feeding
Blaring sirens and neon lights
On every corner are preaching
Howls demanding my compromise
While puppet masters are scheming
Maybe I can hide away
Somewhere I can disobey
Everywhere I go all I see
Are the symbols of their need
And I feel alone in my mind
It’s shoved in my face
In every place
To sell me a story I cannot embrace
Demand I comply
And torture my eye
But I cannot change myself
So I defy
(So I rebel, I defy)
Quietly I sneak away to find myself a place to breathe
Shut my eyes and block my ears, resist the hordes conformity
Suddenly I find myself surrounded and I can never leave
Tendrils of their influence, a shadow forever haunting me
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4. |
The Psychologist
03:52
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So it seems
I am broken
You declare my words unspoken
This disease
You’ve determined
Just a symptomatic burden
I return
To your laughter
You rejoice at my disaster
I am burned
As I falter
My direction you have altered
How could you treat me like this
An expert in your game
You’ve never understood me
Absorbed in your misguided aims
Will you ever hear me
Will you let me find myself
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5. |
Comrades
03:34
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I came to you for help
My comrades in the battle
But you still talk about it all
And I’m no better off
It seems there’s no escape
You’re just as bad as everybody else
And I’m done
I came to hide but found something worse
Appropriation of all their words
Refocus in on what I avoid
I see the world now turning to Freud
And everybody follows along
Conformity in vision and song
Unvaried culture forever mundane
Clones of each other but I’ll break the chains
Toxic plethora, to be more precise
Obsessive need to categorise
Your futile language of indignation
You see the world as separation
New propaganda thrown in my face
Enforcing silence to fake a safe place
You let them hijack, forfeit control
Aggressive hatred, a new protocol
It’s fine, I’d rather not stay
I guess I’ll go my own way
And I'm done.
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DestroyerMariko Sydney, Australia
DestroyerMariko is a chaotic creative, unwilling to settle into any single mode of self-expression. She enjoys exploring
dualities & dark themes related to psychology, society, & the downfall of humanity. Her metal background informs her solo industrial sounds.
Past bands: A.D.Destroyer (2020); Rainbow Death Ray (2014-2016); Wintergaunt (2013)
Other work: Youtube; painting; poetry; bonsai; etc.
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