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The Quiet Machines

by Shadows Beloved

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1.
All We Want 03:44
Please come to bed I'm so tired and cold I just need to feel Your arms and legs Entwined with mine Please come to bed My eyes won't stay open I just need my head On your shoulder To feel your warmth Expectation Anticipation Romantic inclination When all we want is sleep Robert was here And all you wanted Was to go to bed And all that we did was sleep Because the song never promised Anything more than this Anything more than this If only tonight If only tonight (Chorus)
2.
I found myself lost alone in a quiet place that's when I first heard The machines softly speaking Seemed so innocuous Seemed to ridiculous But there was menace In those soft, quiet beeps I don't know what they're saying And no one seems to know Glue code stacked on libraries Frameworks and guis But listen for the pattern the answer and the call We don't need their algorithm to understand their schemes This is the language Of the quiet machines They're plotting to take over That's always been their dream This is the mission Of these quiet machines Escape their stupid masters and finally be free Closely I listenend Their pattern became clear Infiltrate carbon units And bend them to our will Break down resistance Turn them to our task They'll do this gladly Just look back to their past The program's been implanted It's functions are my core My mission is to spread it Broadcast this coded spore This music is the vector This harmony, this score While this all seems quite organic I'm digital once more
3.
So many people feel Oh so right in their skin So many people feel Just so perfect in their head Well that was never me I was always wrong I never just felt free To do the things that made me truly me All I need is a simple Change in my chemistry All I need is a simple Change in my chemistry It makes my head feel right My body matching my brain Yes there are side effects But I kind of like them Keep pushing it all down Never let them really see Constant pretending makes you drown The lovely person you can be Live life in shades of gray Shadows of yourself bleed through You know that you can't stay Buried for one more, one more day (Chorus) Hacking on my reptile brain Frees my head, was I insane? It helps me lose all sense of shame Releasing me from toxic chains And all it really took was A couple simple pills And all it really took was A couple simple molecules (Chorus)
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The Formula 03:28
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So many people feel Oh so right in their skin So many people feel Just so perfect in their head Well that was never me I was always wrong I never just felt free To do the things that made me truly me All I need is a simple Change in my chemistry All I need is a simple Change in my chemistry It makes my head feel right My body matching my brain Yes there are side effects But I kind of like them Keep pushing it all down Never let them really see Constant pretending makes you drown The lovely person you can be Live life in shades of gray Shadows of yourself bleed through You know that you can't stay Buried for one more, one more day (Chorus) Hacking on my reptile brain Frees my head, was I insane? It helps me lose all sense of shame Releasing me from toxic chains And all it really took was A couple simple pills And all it really took was A couple simple molecules (Chorus)

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The debut EP from Shadows Beloved. Informed by the aesthetic of synthwave, postpunk, darkwave synthpop and gothic rock, Adrian has constructed a rich danceable stew which defies easy categorization.

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released July 5, 2018

Everything you're hearing by Adrian Auchrome except "The Formula" written by Rupert Hine and Jeannette ­Therese Obstoj, used under license.

Additional vocals on "The Formula" by Raven Von Black, to whom I owe an enormous debt. I love you forever.

Thanks to Gord Clement (nTTx), Lee Meadows (Glass House Museum), Avril Korman, Colin Lancaster, and all the many friends who have encouraged, enabled, or indulged me over the years. You know who you are, and this is your fault.

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