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Manticore

by Thana Orchard

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its hard to understand myself (myself) data shifting around my house (my house) my minds shifting around mindlessly gawking nonfunctioning host how do we send the warning i cant see inside my own mind its hard to understand myself (myself) data shifting around my house (my house) my minds shifting around mindlessly gawking nonfunctioning host how do we send the warning youre an embarrassment dang'rously relevant cant get out of the bed sound the alarms again ive been to hell and back my minds under attack dont project your shit hope you get over it while you are finding who you are will you be happy with who you were while you are finding who you are will you be happy with who you were while you are finding who you are will you be happy with who you were gotta help myself understand my shell i fucking love myself, whatever i fucking love myself i have to say it every day or i start to slip away i fucking love myself i have to say it every day or i start to slip away slip away self medicate stay awake get on your knees and fucking pray while youre finding who you are will you be happy with who you were while youre finding who you are will you be happy with who you were my eyes are blinded by the glow when my reality is frozen, it wont grow while youre finding who you are will you remember who you were
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nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? crafting carapaces that i cant exist in (tell me whyd i do that) just so i can break them and learn how, how that happened and begin anew (please just end it) callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana i did not ask for this life of mine my body bears a curse passed down in time i must ask if this is honestly the best you can give me or more to find im a weapon programmed by spirits of my new growth, roots dying and im afraid, i wanna see a future ahead i must ask if this is honestly the best you can give me or more to find im a weapon programmed by spirits of my new growth, roots dying and im afraid, i wanna see a future ahead i wanna see a future ahead i wanna see a future ahead i wanna see a future ahead nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana nana nana nana nanana nana nana nananana callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? callin me a gift from god but i am a gift for whom? when your callin me a gift from god what kind of god would make me? when your callin me a gift from god what kind of god would make me? crafting carapaces that i cant exist in just so i can break them and learn how, how that happened and begin anew
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jesters 02:58
keep thinkin bout about how these systems turn all of us into jesters performing for a chance at surviving in this thing knock them out one by one understand what needs undone look for patterns that hold our friends back and harm our communities machines chew meat and generate too much heat poison cant breathe evolving to cope with misery machines chew meat and generate too much heat poison cant breathe evolving to cope with misery knock them out one by one understand what needs undone look for patterns that hold our friends back and harm our communities knock them out one by one understand what needs undone look for patterns that hold our friends back and harm our communities i dont want to work to live i want the will to live and love those around me but i feel p-p-paralyzed by my conditioning
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spending all this time waiting for the warm sun to aid me and the bright lights come saying shut up my friends' love is clouds keeping me around gonna be a long long way down trying to protect my fall with nothing but clipped feathers it (they) may save me from dying but ill be scarred forever afraid to be too loud annoy you with my sounds while im calling you out arguing is problematic conversation is catastrophic understanding misunderstood you dont want to learn this anti-argument philosophy you dont want to learn anything my friends are the only thing keeping me alive holding me above the fog line im disabled by others' desire to kill me but theyre not gonna fucking get it my friends are the only thing keeping me alive because i really wanna fucking die die die die die die die die die understanding misunderstood you dont want to learn this anti-argument philosophy you dont want to learn anything friends keeping me alive machines wanting me dead afraid to be too loud annoy you with my sounds
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root rot 02:29
when i say die i mean die i mean you stay under the fucking ground shoving you under the plants they can handle your mind twisted trauma roots forged from false supremacies we have become the fools infected at the root twisted trauma roots forged from false supremacies we have become (the) fools infected at the root when i say die i mean die i mean you stay under the fucking ground shoving you under the plants they can handle your mind when i say die its cause you want my blood born in a sack of meat just so you can feast on my memories i would rather sacrifice my consciousness into the ether the ether she will have better luck with it than you than you than you i would rather sacrifice my consciousness into the ether the ether they will have better luck with it than you than you than you i am cursed blood i am undead i am cursed blood i am undead i am cursed blood i am undead i am cursed blood i am undead
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blooddemon 02:17
you think you could put this here on me and i would not eventually see you think you could put this here on me and i would not eventually see the destruction youve created planting seeds your corpse rotting legacy your war you created carefully hidden demons warded by their own swarm your days are numbered you will be torn asunder the blades of consequence and fate will be the end of your name the destruction youve created planting seeds that feed on our misery seeds that feed on our misery, endless pain i am the bixie i will sting you i am the bones of en-ter-net-y i am the forest who you breathe i am the fungus i will eat your corpse until the curse you gave me is not inside me i must grow shields of my flesh with patternshapes for protecting (teehee)
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i might kill you i might kill you i might kill you from second hand embarrassment i might kill you i might kill you i might kill you from second hand embarrassment look at me look at me tranny faggot easy target for burning look at me look at me tranny faggot easy target for burning i know you want to kill me another sacrifice so you can rub one out tonight do it and you will see my dead body for eternity i will haunt your dreams and mutilate your soul until you look appetizing enough to eat get the fuck away from me get the fuck away from me 5 million knives 5 million knives 5 million knives 5 million knives

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an energetic fusion of post-hardcore, mathrock, mathcore, and fm chiptune

themes of executive dysfunction, oppressive power structures and the ways they impact our communities, ancestral trauma and violence

watch the full album stream on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jev1-1flXwk

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released December 17, 2021

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Thana California

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I make chiptune-y synth stuff and sometimes guitar things

~currently uploading backlog of >100 tracks from 2006-2022~

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