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My Zeros
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Madwomen in the Attic
04:17
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All the books upon the shelf are shades of yellow
The wallpaper is of a similar hue
People think that I'm a most engaging fellow
But I am not the man they thought they knew
One two three four
Turn the key and bolt the door
Five six seven eight
The room is cold, the hour is late
Nine ten, remember when
You loved those you now condemn?
Light filters through the windows of stained glass
All my favourite songs are cries of pain
The air is thick with dust from decades past
All the women in my attic are insane
One two three four
Wind blows hard across the moor
Five six seven eight
Embers dying in the grate
Nine ten, begin again
Light the candle, dip your pen
I will promise you the world, but I will lie
I shall sleep so long and rise so late
I will watch your hopes and dreams curl up and die
Smothered by the myths that I create
One two three four
Lying helpless on the floor
Five six seven eight
Accept this is now your fate
Nine ten, kneel and then
Offer up your last amen
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Last Star Fades
06:35
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Salt & Smoke
03:26
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Salt and smoke
Stones and sticks
Broken things
That can't be fixed
Night and day
Light and shade
Love has no value
In this penny arcade
The waning moon
A banshee's wail
Rings through the night
In a minor scale
A life defined
By empty space
Like a fishing net
Or a veil of lace
There's a fragile wall
Between here and gone
The seductive sound
Of the siren's song
In a sunlit meadow
Under cobalt skies
Floating free
Like butterflies
But count the steps
It's not so far
From the chrysalis
To the killing jar
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Your nails in the ground, as the last star fades,
Held her cold smile, kissed her bright eye.
She felt the funeral in her brain,
Drowning the world in its dusty lie.
High in the haze of the early east,
Through the sultry air, her voice cascades.
Filled with the twilight of old youth,
You look for her face as the last star fades.
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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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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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Music/Poetry/Video project by Will Vigar and Mark Automaton
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Asleep At The Wheel Of Love
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Sprightly, eccentric EP from a New Zealand-based post-punk outfit featuring members of Trust Punks, Cool Cult, and Long Distance.
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