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1.
Play in Reverse 02:50
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Good looking out's what I said But I was seeing red and just wanted out of it I wanna break your neck, you really make me sweat I really like you a lot, lets get on with this Play it in reverse, just to keep things fresh What did I say then, now where's it going? Button up we'll begin at the end I know it’s bittersweet, but we'll get over it Love me in reverse, I'll see you never after Love me in reverse, this never happened What's lost in this confusion? If anything, a new beginning's end I don’t know what you want, but I’m here for it Or at least I will be way back when Merging loss and love, soft and tough For better or worse it’s over Killing with kindness, blindsighted, frightened Elation fades and im over it Love me in reverse, I'll see you never after Love me in reverse, this never happened
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Overflow 02:09
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I wear these scars on my face For when I am around you As I fall in your embrace Somebody’s calling for you Who knows where you are? And are they coming for you? Do they know just what you are? I think you’re the best, but I’m biased When I put you on a pedestal It makes me seem pitiful I can’t take your overflow I got problems of my own Why can’t I show my face? Am I ashamed of my behavior? You left without a trace, I did the same I walk alone to my place And close the door behind me I turn and see your face yeah you’ve been waiting for me I know You are here with me We’re all alone in this I wanna be your special someone When I put you on a pedestal It makes me seem pitiful I can’t take your overflow I got problems of my own
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Special Hell 02:42
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I go in circles with all of this Who would be hurt and who would be blessed? If I can’t find another way There’ll come a day that I’m not in this world I don’t wanna be like you You squandered while we wondered if you’d cared for us at all I don’t wanna hear your truth You lie about everything you said we would sooner be dead than to listen to you There’s a special hell for those who cannot tell If there’s anything more important than themselves I don’t wanna feel this way Like I’m not into just anything at all, it’s getting old I don’t wanna run away If we all were just to empty out the land, who’d be left to lend a hand?
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Life's a Bitch 02:10
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I’ve been working all my life Endless nameless sacrifice Without any end in sight Life’s a bitch and then you die If I were to answer the question That is on your lips They’d lock me up and shut me out There is no doubt that’d be all of it I don’t wanna hurt anyone, I just wanna have fun, but it’s getting scary to live I don’t wanna hurt myself before somebody else gets the chance If I tell you what is on my mind You’ll know all I’ve left behind The semblance of humanity That resembles sanity If I were to voice this dissension Would I be silenced? They’d toss me out, I’d walk about Living out my life as a warning If I were to answer the question That is on your lips They’d lock me up and shut me out There is no doubt that’d be all of it I don’t wanna hurt anyone, I just wanna have fun, but it’s getting scary to live I don’t wanna hurt myself before somebody else gets the chance I’ve been working all my life Endless nameless sacrifice Without any end in sight Life’s a bitch and then you die
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Reopened Wounds 01:55
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There’s something that I’ve wanted to say all day But ain’t nobody ready to hear it If we could really understand the words Would there be a reason to fear it? I know what you want but it’s not that way And I know that you want it today But you can’t appreciate me the way I am So you don’t deserve to have me in your life Now that I have reopened your wounds Whatcha gonna do about it? You have to turn to someone else real soon If you don’t wanna do without it I know what you want but it’s not that way And I know that you want it today But you can’t appreciate me the way I am So you don’t deserve to have me in your life
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Bums n Axioms 02:17
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I once had a dogma I got from my momma Bums and axioms Were all so fun, I was the one These philosophies They have all failed me They just ask the question Forcing me to make concessions If it takes this to change my mind How am I supposed to change the world? Should I just not complain today? How do I get away? This pontificating It just gets me raging We all troll the target Break them down And take to market If we gaze upon it It will make you want it Once it gets inside you You'll forget you ever were yourself If it takes this to change my mind How am I supposed to change the world? Should I just not complain today? How do I get away?
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I'm Spacin 02:25
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Let’s turn the page Finally found a way to lay you down Drawing lines appear in the air Materialize into your native form An image of my fallacy You were born when I was seeing red I can see the flowers in your head When you reach out your hand I leave this land The machines become a part of me now Hard faces always wear this frown Colors flow into a door that’s of my own creation On the outside I’m spacing I don’t know if I prefer it here or there I don’t care At least I know my station I was born when you were seeing red You can see the flowers in my head When I reach out my hand You leave this land I don’t know if I prefer it here or there I don’t care
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Malignant Memetic 02:23
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I’m living it quite literate All my planets spinning around in rings Clear the neighborhood, it’s haunted All the demons live inside these walls But I don’t believe for a second that they can get inside of me I reject the malignant memetic, it’s not gonna do it for me I turn it off go around it Something in me needs to be outside There’s no color in the desert Gatekeepers cover the world in hue But I don’t believe for a second that they can get inside of me I reject the malignant memetic, it’s not gonna do it for me I turn it on while I’m sleeping Who knows what’s fed into my dreams Is it me, or everyone? Puppet masters pulling on my strings But I don’t believe for a second that they can get inside of me I reject the malignant memetic, it’s not gonna do it for me
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Psychic Knife 02:19
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If it’s my role to accommodate your dreams The scenes in your mind are filled with my screams Run away, I run away, I can’t cross the threshold Another day, another day, I’ve upset you all the way You’re so enraged I’ve gotta try to calm you down There is no way, there ain’t a way, No way for me to save the day You slip my grip away Can’t take back what you said I can try to forget This psychic knife is colored red You’re killing me in your head It was my goal to celebrate with you You treat me like a piece of mud on your shoe Wonder why, I wonder why, you’ve become so hostile Don’t wanna die, don’t wanna die, it just seems to make sense To keep my distance I’m gonna try to stay away from you I lock the doors, all the doors, keep me in my safe space I’ll never leave this place Can’t take back what you said I can try to forget This psychic knife is colored red You’re killing me in your head
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Dark Magic 03:48
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Are you familiar, as I am, with what it means to be a ghost Have you fallen past the threshold of love and loss? I love ya, I lose ya Who am I to ever ghost you But I have been drained of all my life I rely on black magic To prolong my life unnaturally Purple smoke exudes from my face But I don’t got no use for your love I love ya, I lose ya Who am I to ever ghost you But I have been drained of all my life The hell of ghosting After never truly living I am entombed here where I fell The story advances to where I dwell Only my grave can break the spell I believe in you Undead as I am with no heart In a pit of snakes, it’s your fault I love ya, I lose ya Who am I to ever ghost you But I have been drained of all my life
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Reality Dismembered 02:30
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When I look at you with these eyes do I really see you clearly? If it’s all so distorted, can I trust it? When I put it in my mind how I remember Is reality dismembered? What I see and what I hear and what I think I feel About it all Should be kept inside my head for when I must recall What is real? There is information I’m not getting My senses feed me junk to fill the holes When I try to tell you just what it was like How can it not be a lie? What I see and what I hear and what I think I feel About it all Should be kept inside my head for when I must recall What is real?

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BOUNDED RATIONALITY and THE INFINITE REGRESS

HOMONCULI

This concept album tells the story of a newly formed homonculi trying to find their place in a world where drawings can come to life, bad ideas do physical harm, and undead lovers rise from the grave. Will the help of a vagrant and a ghost be enough to for them to overcome the Gatekeepers and escape their special hell?

Devi took on the art and Illustration duties while I focused on production and world building, ultimately resulting in this 11-song art-goth rager

First conceived as an electronic music project for MIDIITIS, everything changed when I got Shane and Devi to record live instruments over it. Shane absolutely slayed on the drums, then I played bass, and then Devi laid down some nasty guitars. I made a point of doing my guitars last, to give Devi room to work

When it came time to write lyrics, we shared the songwriting on "Dark Magic", but I had Devi write the entirety of "Play in Reverse", which ended up making it my favorite song on the record. The song is about a Benjamin Button type of romance, where it's over before it even starts, yet still shows some promise towards the end

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released December 11, 2020

Shane Patrick: Drums
Matt Greenia: Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Devi Wells: Guitar, Vocals

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greenia at Diamond Street Studios

Artwork by Devi Wells

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