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Trust Issues

by randomk/automata

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1.
Compulsory Games 04:22
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I don't like you You don't like me But we're in this thing together So we might as well agree You don't know me I don't want to know you It may well be a cliché But we can't deny it's true Delete all the emails And turn off the phones Fighting off the boredom That seeps into our bones Pause and reflect On what we did today We just want to go back home But now we have to play Compulsory games Pretend to have fun You swing and you miss Trying for a home run Compulsory games Mandatory fun Worthless prizes Are waiting to be won It's hard to see, it's hard to breathe Standing silent in the moonlight Unhealthy bodies, unhealthy minds Out on the playing fields at midnight The food is cold and tasteless The portions are too small But the drinks are on the house And the writing's on the wall Yes, the writing's on the wall On the ceiling and the floor. It's Written there in blood so We cannot ignore it Grab the karaoke mic Sing along to "My Way" Desperately try To keep the sadness at bay Smile for the camera Smile the pain away Take another selfie And now it's time to play Compulsory games Pretend to have fun Dancing to the rhythm Of a submachine gun Compulsory games Mandatory fun You were stitched up like a kipper But now you've come undone
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A Tarot Reading for Aleister Crowley 03:56
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Cut the deck, draw the cards All we be explained To those who know, to those who seek By those who are ordained You planned a celebration But forgot to invite the guest Your reach, it far exceeds your grasp You fail at every test You're oppressed by time and sorrow A riddle worthy of a sphinx And now you have a hangover Though you haven't had a drink Surrender is your salvation Dissolve your pearl in wine Feel the rock beneath your feet Its structure and design Though the waters keep on rising As if to drown the world Your alchemy makes manifest The virtue of that pearl Although you fall and rise again You seem to have no aim You act on impulse, without a plan It's all a guessing-game Your universe is transforming You die a little more each day But every change is an act of love If you view it in the right way
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The Man Who Laughed Last 02:52
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I was the man who laughed longest I was the man who laughed last My reputation outlives me An outlaw and an outcast I signed my name across history Succeeded against all odds I waved my red rag at the bull And woke the sleeping dogs Fathers and brothers Sisters and mothers Lovers and fighters Husbands and wives Don't bend your knee To authority Take control of your lives My vision pierced like a needle And spread like a chestnut tree A shock to the prim and the straitlaced The scourge of the bourgeoise I was the man who laughed loudest Posterity will testify And although my body is ashes My laughter will never die
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This Haunted House 03:00
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This haunted house bears mute witness To solitude hard to express A hint of lavender perfume A phone rings in an empty room And red wine stains a party dress There is no wicked sorceress Or lovely damsel in distress To rescue from this living tomb, This haunted house Alone amid the wilderness It needs no priest to curse or bless The grand piano, out of tune Funeral lilies in full bloom Nature moves in to repossess This haunted house
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Pink Velvet Walls 03:50
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Pink velvet walls No window or door Just pink velvet walls Imprisoned once more I searched and I searched For an ember or a spark To shine like a jewel In the black velvet dark I toiled and I toiled Through black velvet night Til all was revealed In grey morning light Pink velvet walls Warm velvet skin Pink velvet walls Closing in It can't be denied Mistakes have been made But the price that was charged Has gladly been paid Long auburn hair Green velvet dress A love redefined An ideal made flesh Soft lights and music Leather and lace I remember your name But forget your face Now I'm alone In this pink padded cell Tried and convicted When I sought to rebel Now these walls won't crack Crumble and fall Stronger than stone These pink velvet walls
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Where The Summer Ends 02:57
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Sit down by the river Watch the river flow Underneath the railway bridge Past the old willow Walk down by the river To where the river bends Is this the place? Is this the place Where the summer ends? I'm not like my father No good at working with my hands Glass and wood and metal Won't respond to my commands So I screw some words together And hammer them into shape Trying to seal up the cracks So the meaning won't escape Many many years ago In a country far from here I had a map, I had a plan It all seemed very clear But maps can change and plans collapse And before we realise We're out of road and out of luck No more ghosts to exorcise Now I'm looking through the boxes Inside this old junk store Searching for the treasure I'm almost sure I saw Among the dust and cobwebs The illusions will persist And I'll know them when I see them That is, if they still exist
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Need 04:34
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here, here’s what you need everything but the blood you bleed All that lives in the fear and greed there, there’s where you are standing proud like a million miles have passed you by all cloaked in smiles
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Arrogance 04:36
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you broke the bow and arrow your mother gave you you didn’t understand its worth you split the difference clearly with all and sundry no witnesses no birth gods stand aside and admire your handiwork you were the childhood glory the present tense incarnate you were the one to end them all and now we look completely like fool’s gold absolutely we dig to find nothing at all gods stand aside and admire your handiwork i brought a tin piano i prepped the driver, baby we have the cover and the tease all gifts are given freely there is no retribution our acquiescence plain to see gods stand aside and admire your handiwork
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Want 05:12
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from where I am to where I end all I want and need the gap between the good and bad the decay, the avenged and the sold i want i want i want i want from where I fall to where I stand this is my call, my demand you disappear you melt away part of the deal, remains of the day
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Repentance 05:24
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seen, not seen the go-between the distance to the sea repentance heard, unheard a flightless bird the door without a key repentance broken down repeat these words broken down cut in to thirds love and guile trust and fate stay a while too late repentance
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Capitulation 05:28
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our greatest mistakes were not easily won like lessons we learned in the fire So open your hands to a secret, a gun the story begins with a choir capitulation all these demands on a daughter, a son are the fools washed away with the rain? all that will end was at some point begun with the holy rejecting their name capitulation drunk on a notion and high on a smile a cheque in the post guaranteed bloated and full of the murderous mile yes it’s true that all bleeders will bleed we cannot say what has led us this way is it bravery, possibly guile? all that is left is the soup of the day full of sentiments, bigots and bile
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Remainders 05:04
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it’s cold here, colder than I’m used to colder than I’d like to be in here it’s quiet here but I don't mind the quiet here it gives them a chance to speak to me in here what is left of what we had? to what is good but turning bad i lose myself in all your pain until it’s all that will remain physical things here they’re running out of time dear dissolving in my field of vision in here disappear the moments at the end of time the way you looked at me was clear what is left of what we had? to what is good but turning bad I lose myself in all your pain until it’s all that will remain remainders

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There are two sides to every story, and there are many ways in which artists can collaborate. The first two randomk/automata releases reflect a few of these techniques, and the new album “Trust Issues” displays yet another. For this collection, we decided that we would create our tracks separately and then combine them on the album. The initial plan was to interleave the tracks, but when it became clear that Richard’s tracks formed an interconnected suite, we took the decision to divide the album into two “sides”. Mark's tracks (Side 1) were chosen from a pool of fifteen that he had written so far this year, and are a more disparate collection (although three of them do relate to the same subject).

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released November 5, 2022

Side 1 (Tracks 1-6):
words & music by Mark Automaton
recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Automaton

Side 2 (Tracks 7-12):
words & music by Richard RandomK
recorded, mixed and mastered by Richard RandomK

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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. ... more

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