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Too Damn Loud
02:36
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Dangerous men flash razorblades
In the moonlight overlooking
The courting-place of your masquerades
The smell of cheap meat cooking
Blindly accept the wisdom of the crowd
Stop all that singing, it's too damn loud!
Morning comes to consume the street
One by one the lights burn out
Children run with their muddy feet
Where you tossed the leaves about
Read your book of nonsense in a fashionable shroud
Switch off that TV, it's too damn loud!
Young mothers curse their evil luck
The slums are old and haunted
Death prowls the streets like a monster truck
Your fleshy thoughts unwanted
See your freedoms vanish in a mushroom cloud
Turn down that music, it's too damn loud!
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Breaking Down
02:52
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I tried to make you understand
But things just keep repeating
I tried to make them go away
But things just keep repeating
Keep on breaking down
I tried to use my hands when I
Should know that pens are better
Never had the strength to change the ways
These things just keep repeating
Keep on breaking down
Spell was broken in the end
Not sure if it was worth it
Never mind you know the thought was there
But you were well beneath it
Keep on breaking down
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The Lion and The Unicorn
04:40
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A hungry man
Is an angry man
He needs the world
To hear his demands
To see the face he had
Before he was born
See the lion and
The unicorn
The beginning, the middle
And the end of art
A life that was over
Before it could start
The scars and bruises
The broken fingernails
The lies and excuses
And Molotov cocktails
Who are these people?
What do they want?
What do they know or believe?
Where are they going?
What have they done?
What do they hope to achieve?
Between the minutes of silence
And cinematic shrines
Based on a true story
Ripped from the headlines
Distracted by
The pleasure and noise
The more they attempt
The more they destroy
They don't even wait
For the water to boil
Before mixing up trouble
Wearing hats of tinfoil
And meanwhile, over
In Tinseltown
The lion and the unicorn
Fight for the crown
Who are these people?
What are they hiding?
What are they trying to say?
Why are they angry?
Why are they shouting?
What was it made them this way?
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It was a dark day
At the end of May
The month of religion and crying
I had a black eye
Don't remember why
I get into fights without trying
There was a loud crash
Sound of breaking glass
Someone must have smashed a window
And then running feet
On the city street
I think they were looting the Tesco
Then the sun broke through
And the ravens flew
Searching for a new gothic writer
And the years unreel
Like a spinning wheel
The future couldn't be any brighter
By the afternoon
Of the honeymoon
The bride and the groom were not talking
And the brigadier
Made it crystal clear
None of the wounded were going to be walking
The sighs of sad men
Time and time again
The weight of the world on their shoulders
And the roaches crawl
Up the bathroom wall
Singing "Onward Christian Soldiers"
Try to understand
As you take my hand
How we came to this conclusion
Though my lines of verse
May be crude and terse
I apologise for any confusion
There is no space for your stupid face
No hiding place for your deep disgrace
You've got no future, you've got no friends
You'll never work in this town again
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Mark Automaton UK
Mark Automaton came to prominence as a founding member of the seminal “cassette culture” band the Instant Automatons, who
were instrumental in spearheading the UK DIY music scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Since then, Mark has been active as a producer, musical collaborator and solo artist, releasing music under his own name and also as 391 and randomk/automata.
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Mark Automaton recommends:
Sincerely Making A Noise
by Instant Automatons
Instant Automatons retrospective released by BFE Records
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12 errors of judgement
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Music and passion
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