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Electroshock Hearts & Immortal Ghosts

by The Facades

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1.
Preacher Man 03:15
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Come inside... Come inside... And you’ll see all the wonders that we have... Come inside... Stay awhile... If you don’t, you’ll regret it If you do, you’ll understand it Don’t you want to live forever for a day? Well dear friends, it’s been too long Since the last time I got to sing my song But listen to me now, I’m stronger than you’ll ever Know My church is for the outcasts Dying in the daylight of the World, welcome to midnight A lecture hall where the only rule is To follow God’s commands I am your God, I am your preacher man Become not bad believers Don’t forget to put your faith in me Fear the unconverted, for their Lies say my motives are misery It’s complicated, but fear Not the rising tide of insanity Just bring your worries home to Me My church is for the broken Dying in the moonlight of the World, welcome to midnight A lecture hall where the only rule is To follow my commands I am your God, I am your preacher man The priests of a forgotten nation stole words within their bibles and wrote up their damnation I tore the pages from their texts and watched as their dismay Turned from fear into a rage that tore upon the day I whispered blasphemy from within Eden’s trees I told the first crusaders that now heaven is appeased I come from megachurches with their growing greed I am the Thin Man, hear and take heed My church is for the broken Dying in the moonlight of the World, welcome to midnight A lecture hall where the only rule is To follow my commands I am your God, I am your preacher man
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Ghoul Mesh ft. Bad Rat? 03:54
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They rise again to try to see The wickedness becoming me Ghoul mesh writhing on my kitchen floor But when the twisted words I say Infect the ears that will obey Ghoul mesh covered up the written lore Don’t you worry about me I’m just fine you see Forever on the bleachers, but you’ll Be hanged before they catch ya To be frank, I wouldn’t miss ya But when we bring them back Forget to panic, more like a heart attack They rise again to try to see The wickedness becoming me Ghoul mesh writhing on my kitchen floor But when the twisted words I say Infect the ears that will obey Ghoul mesh covered up the written lore Preachers past all turned away Reading off their scripted plays Ghoul mesh always coming back for more Little vermin on their knees Sacrificing to appease Ghoul mesh balancing the divine score They ride atop the Hounds of hell, hounds of hell Burning like a furnace Trapped within the iron of a Cell. Seems like I was wrong Not just believers sing my song But if you have no doubts Check your inner vision, learn to wring it out They rise again to try to see The wickedness becoming me Ghoul mesh writhing on my kitchen floor But when the twisted words I say Infect the ears that will obey Ghoul mesh covered up the written lore Preachers past all turned away Reading off their scripted plays Ghoul mesh always coming back for more Little vermin on their knees Sacrificing to appease Ghoul mesh balancing the divine score Little vermin on their knees Sacrificing to appease Ghoul mesh balancing the divine score Little vermin on their knees Sacrificing to appease Ghoul mesh balancing the divine score
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To Box With God 03:15
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Daydream believer, what dreams do you see Visions of the ashes of your words You’re breaking melancholy down For those who can believe you, for those who can believe in You, I’ll tear apart my Faith, won’t look the other Way if you prove to me that You’re a worthy cause, but You, you never showed your Love, no olive branch by Dove, saints and sinners know Some crimes cannot be forgiven Evenly matched our bodies writhe Crisis of faith we held inside I don’t know how long we’ve been In the ring Our bloodied fists torn from the sky Still my unanswered questions why It seems to me that true belief Comes from the way to box with God Leaving heart-shaped bruises all over me, you seem to Be, akin to beasts of burden, working for a master never Seen, I don’t know if you think about me while you’re beating me down So I’ve got the spite to go all night, to break through You, I’ll tear apart my Faith, won’t look the other Way, cause you can’t prove to me that You’re a worthy cause, but You, you never showed your Love, no olive branch by Dove, saints and sinners know Some crimes cannot be forgiven Evenly matched our bodies writhe Crisis of faith we held inside I don’t know how long we’ve been In the ring Our bloodied fists torn from the sky Still my unanswered questions why It seems to me that true belief Comes from the way to box with God
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The Lucifer Gambit 05:01
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I am a fallen star from high above. Glowing brighter than the sun. You always preached to me of endless love. Through knowing he’s the only one. I’ll never pray again to be saved instead of damned. I’d rather rule over hell than suffer heaven for a slice of land. Got five aces up my sleeve, trying so hard to Alleviate the pain of getting your wings ripped off again. Never more than what thou art, I've got the cure for a broken Heart, you rage until you fall into the dark. For that little taste of heaven. I am made of hell in a human shape, to wallow in all that human hate. Preachers up above cannot let me be, but they play the fool down at heaven's gate. I'll never cease to be amazed by what fools these mortals be. Don't dare look behind the smile, cause you see. Got five aces up my sleeve, trying so hard to Alleviate the pain of getting your wings ripped off again. Never more than what thou art, I've got the cure for a broken Heart, you rage until you fall into the dark. For that little taste of heaven. We stand before you Today to celebrate the lives of the man we thought we knew. Preachers of war, come to my arms, don't rain on my parade, And all the filthy ones with hearts as dark as coal. Ghosts and liars circle round, for I'm the one who has your soul. Got five aces up my sleeve, trying so hard to Alleviate the pain of getting your wings ripped off again. Never more than what thou art, I've got the cure for a broken Heart, you rage until you fall into the dark. For that little taste of heaven.
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Speak Now 04:04
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If you didn’t wanna fight with me You should have known my way, I Look right through the majesty of a Person with nothing to say I am a tragedy Scripted from the start And if you wanna be written into It, prepare to break your heart I am the resonance Reverberating through your feet I am the energy that Feeds on you but cannot eat I am the liar telling Truth through Orphean lyre And there’s something I should Say Ignorance is bliss, but my Mouth betrays all of my fears The world is growing sick, but my Hands are shackled to my ears I can’t save the world, but your Strength gives me the strength to carry On, so speak Now I’m a devil in the details But an angel when I’m handcuffed to your Bed, your train of thought now derailed And that’s when my enemies stood up and Said “Your lies are magical, but They will never mean a thing.” Well, It was never my intention to Hurt you but now, off goes the ring. I am the resonance Reverberating through your feet I am the energy that Feeds on you but cannot eat I am the liar telling Truth through Orphean lyre And there’s something I should Say Ignorance is bliss, but my Mouth betrays all of my fears The world is growing sick, but my Hands are shackled to my ears I can’t save the world, but your Strength gives me the strength to carry On, so speak Now Don’t tear apart my Reasons, but I know this world is Damned, so why bother under- Standing, if we’re all doomed in the End, but your gravity is Rising, the waters rising too And now I have the courage to Say, that Ignorance is bliss, but my Mouth betrays all of my fears The world is growing sick, but my Hands are shackled to my ears I can’t save the world, but your Strength gives me the strength to carry On, so speak Now
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Forever Hold Your Peace 03:07
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Or forever hold your peace! Don’t worry about broken vows no more It’s all about the useless junk we had before You claim to be the only one that moves me Until another one walks by and you happen to see Oh, dream weaver, you’re a beauty when you lie When you dance around the issues like you aren’t afraid to die So best put on our Sunday best until we fall apart The glory in a dressed-up breaking heart We’ll bury spite beneath our jewelry, and Horns behind our halos just to prove That even though we’re blessed, we’re damned to hell the same So praise the congregation, they saw but forever held their peace We were together once, trapped through obligation Now I fear my train of thought hasn’t left the station Twisting on the sacred rocks we gave each other A blessing in disguise now turned to curse A melancholic supernova warped into a cage Another version thanks you for repressing all my endless rage So raise your glass to thank the gods for interventions But when your fate is spun I’ll cut the thread, but We’ll bury spite beneath our jewelry, and Horns behind our halos just to prove That even though we’re blessed, we’re damned to hell the same So praise the congregation, they saw but forever held their peace We’ll bury spite beneath our jewelry, and Horns behind our halos just to prove That even though we’re blessed, we’re damned to hell the same So praise the congregation, they saw but forever held their peace
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Sucker For A Punch Line 03:28
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You, you’ll never be my Friend, enemies til the End. Our names are birthed from sin, Regret-filled and hell-sent. Midnight rager to the morning light, against your will I’ll always Fight, alcoholic wicked lights, and kamikaze stagedives My mind is full of toil, let my emotions roil But there’s no fun in the likes of folks like you... Cause I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you never had a hook There's a fool born every minute if you Only knew where to look I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you always were the joke Flatline emotions, you're the One that never spoke, woah Between the robot rocks and anthems of the broken I preach about the oldest emotions that have been spoken Cynical but dangerous, not paralyzed by anxious rust And here they all are saying that I ain’t someone to trust I am untouchable, though they say never say forever I look outside my cage and I find I’m untethered I’ll grab the cords of my resolve, make damn sure that the reins are mine No need to question, now don’t you move... Cause I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you never had a hook There's a fool born every minute if you Only knew where to look I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you always were the joke Flatline emotions, you're the One that never spoke, woah And though it's hard to look away sometimes, I Wonder if you've ever known at all Just how vicious I can choose to be You can't escape me if you only crawl Just one Second, Thin Man, I hear you’re here to diss but you’d Get better shit from shutting up, taking your fist and Snapping rubber gloves on it for safety, I insist, then Stick it up your ass until your throat decides to kiss it You’re a coward in a cage, a product of repression And all your spite pollutes this brain with overdone depression It’s indefinite detention with no way out, you’ve been laid Out by the robot rock who won’t fade out You like to think that we’ve entrapped you for attention But you’ve taken six tracks without us, pure pretention You’ve got all this aggression that’s directed all wrong, writing Thong in the back of your exes ass crack songs, but this is My featurette, you’re the belle with no balls, I bet you’re Glad I never speak cause when Glitchtech calls, you Learn your anger’s strong but no more so than mine Who are you now? Cause I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you never had a hook There's a fool born every minute if you Only knew where to look I'm a sucker for a punch line, woah But you always were the joke Flatline emotions, you're the One that never spoke, woah
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Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite 02:36
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Staring at the ceiling in my Bed again Dreaming of the miracles that Dance within my head I wrote your bedtime stories To keep you safe at night Without my magic incantations I pray that you don’t let the bedbugs bite Witchcraft in the painted Lines that mark your face There’s a devil working in the Details you cannot erase If I dare to dream again Of the time when we were friends I’ll forget my incantations, and Pray that you don’t let the bedbugs bite
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Monochrome 03:27
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One day I had a nightmare, That I couldn’t see The omnipresent horror But dysphoria allieved The devil in a three-piece suit A monster in a dress The world around me ordering Who I should dance with next Now I don’t know who you are But I sure as hell know me I’m not the painting of a perfect Little groom-to-be The night has been fantastic And you’re fantastic too But I am a work in progress Not ready to transform you We are the monochrome, locked within what people know Into a world where gender is a curse (where gender is the law) But if you watch me for a little longer You’ll see I’ll soon be monochrome no more You’ll see I’ll soon be monochrome no more There's a thing about the way we live We show off who we can be until there's nothing more of us to give There's a way to make it through this wicked world Survival of the fittest, of the meanest, of the kindest too And if you haven't felt like you've been trapped within your skin Listened carefully to why your existence is a sin Then beg for our forgiveness though it's never guaranteed cause the World is so much brighter than your dualistic creed We are the monochrome, locked within what people know Into a world where gender is a curse (where gender is the law) But if you watch me for a little longer You’ll see I’ll soon be monochrome no more You’ll see I’ll soon be monochrome no more Now you know it's not the easy way But to the maelstrom I must go I'll chart a course through the fog, through confusion and Hate, but I'll be back, just wait and see We were the monochrome, locked within what people know Now to a world where gender flows like wine (where gender flows like wine) And if you watch me for a little longer You’ll see that I am monochrome no more You’ll see that I am monochrome no more
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Deal With The Devil 03:46
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When the devil met the Thin Man, it was Near to perfect black The sky was filled with thunderclouds And sudden lightning cracks As midnight struck upon the eve, The Thin Man made to speak, but the Devil put a finger to his Lips and said these words I’ll now repeat “Now little Boy, you’re my toy soldier like No one ever was, in light of This, don’t resist my gifts of Gratitude, don’t fight it dude! I’ve got a deal that’ll make you feel like A regular demigod The updated contract’s in your hand I’m sure your host will understand Old Scratch has your best interests in Mind! So why won’t you just go ahead and Sign?” Now the Thin Man knew the Devil well, and Knew his wicked game But the Thin Man played his own as well As part of his shared brain One look at the contract, it was Shredded in the dirt And the Thin Man looked at Satan with His eyes aflame to give some just desserts “So Luci- fer, you’re still a filthy Hack, I’m never coming Back after you’ve given me no Reason. I May have loved your power then but I’ve surpassed it to ascend, your Sympathetic words are out of Season. I’ve got a team, they’re my regime and you’re Nowhere near a god The Facades have checked your little plan Our host realized they aren’t a fan I’m the one they trust to be so Driven I’m proud to be the story’s villain Spiteful words that make a killing Don’t come back, sincerely, the Thin Man.” Now Satan is a clever man who Knows when he’s been beat But to his favorite customer he can’t Turn the other cheek “Now listen here tall dark and mean I’ll have you back again, like Flies to vinegar your rage just Draws me back in.” But the Thin Man shot back twice as hard, the Same rage in his veins. “Now Lucifer don’t tempt me to Become the latest Cain. I’m a Force of wickedness but there are Rules I must obey, I’m not Here to try and kill my host From within my everlasting cage” While the Thin Man talked to the Prince of Sin Zyote figured out a way to butt back in Glitchtech turned the Devil down, while Aces Wild grinned, they said “Thin Man, we’re all back now, and we're making sure we’ll win.” So the Thin Man saw what the Devil never knew The Facades will always have his back if he would have theirs too From the parties through depression weeks, his seat at the table will be Waiting when he wants to make a deal, with the angels

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The fury and the pain of the Thin Man is always present, even while he is locked away in the back of our mind. He's been waiting for a long time to be able to take control, and while Zyote and Glitchtech may work hard to ensure he never fully escapes his shackles of emotional repression, he has sent out a message to his true believers. This is that message, and his irrepressible tales of unleashed anger, confronting faith, cruel heartbreak, and occult dealings will strike a chord with all who find themselves wronged by their world.

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released December 13, 2019

This album was composed, arranged, performed, tracked, mixed, mastered, and suitably messed with by Violet Hausthor except for:

Guest vocals and production on Ghoul Mesh by Marc Kamil from the band Bad Rat?. Thanks dude, check out their work at badratband.bandcamp.com!

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The Facades is the solo project of a queer electronic music composer (she/they) who thinks consistent gender and consistent genre are for scrubs. The characters they portray take a front seat, with a witty lyrical edge to speak truth to power.

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