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The cult of personality will never change itself, that much has been made blatantly obvious. We cannot rely on heroes anymore, instead, we must build ourselves and our closest allies into our own heroes.

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It’s easy to believe that
There’s a city made of gold
Filled with those who fame has blessed
Just as cursed with rotten souls
And when the pop stars of the
Wi-fi sell us bottled hope
We can seize our own performance
Loosen knots on velvet ropes

Our creators have abandoned,
The world that they once bore.
Our heroes have ascended
Past the shackles that they wore.
The systems and the stories
All betrayed their protégés,
So when we burn the
Old ways, we build new gods!

They say there’s kings and queens of
Pop all free from human sin
But we see betrayal in the
People hurt for record spins
Buy company from companies
Who claim the human touch
A mirage of friendliness with
Money as the social crutch

Our creators have abandoned,
The world that they once bore.
Our heroes have ascended
Past the shackles that they wore.
The systems and the stories
All betrayed their protégés,
So when we burn the
Old ways, we build new gods!

We know that there were never
Celebrities made of gold
Make ourselves our idols, making
Art against their rotten souls
So when the parasocial
Friendships break when truth is shown
Know that it was all illusion
Devils are not always known

Our creators have abandoned,
The world that they once bore.
Our heroes have ascended
Past the shackles that they wore.
The systems and the stories
All betrayed their protégés,
So when we burn the
Old ways, we build new gods!

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from Hindsight & The Poisoned Root, released December 30, 2022

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The Facades Amherst, Massachusetts

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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