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Escalators - The Singles

by Cute Machines

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1.
I don't like you, I never did With a dangerous body but the brain of a kid ‘Twas a poisonous folly but I offered you a bid Even you don't have to tell me that you're better than this And you still haunt me, yeah, I'll admit But I'm sick of the stop motion slowed to a skid If you want to take a picture and you get what you give Find a mirror and remember that you won't get shit Watch this fall to bits It’s so heavy with the Weight of the skin Stretching over the abyss No, no Blinded by a tryst You broke the levee With a shy smile and A metaphorical fist No, no Call me Rover, throw me a bone There’s a collar on my neck, but I’ve run away from home If you’re gonna be my owner then you gotta hold your own Lest I dig below the fence and leave you loyally alone We’ve lived this cycle, yeah, it’s been years You can build yourself a house with the walls made of fears I don’t want to play the game, you’ve got lips and I’ve got ears Or I’ll get back on my horse, and I’ll fucking disappear Watch this fall to bits It’s so heavy with the Weight of the skin Stretching over the abyss No, no Blinded by a kiss You broke the levee With a shy smile and A metaphorical fist No, no Jump, girl, take the risk It’s not noble knowing If you never live Then you don’t even exist No, no
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Synthesis 05:15
Let’s meet again up in the plastic jungle We’ll wring success out of our hair and clothes I saw the skin begin to crack and crumble But flowers spring out of the decomposed A broken promise is a necessary evil Lest our romance become a pessimist’s throne Although the miles can make a love turn feeble Our history remains engraved in stone I’m gonna tear you apart I’m gonna make a meal out of your skin and bones I’ll build a cage for your heart And carry on, a synthesis of both our souls If I go south to find my own direction And you go north to run away from home We’re bound to meet amidst our introspection You can’t escape the scent of my cologne With each example you’re imbedded in me stronger I only know the colors I’ve been shown Don’t even wait or it’ll feel much longer Bide your existence with a less cute clone And even though I let you go You never know just what the future hides You buried in under my skin Until the end, I can’t forget your eyes Things got just a little bit crazy Things got just a little bit cold But hold tight and we can make it back safely I know it’s right in the pit of my soul
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Now is not the time to pretend we have morals This isn’t a religion If it is, then call me god We can write our own commandments, but that only starts problems Plus I’d rather hear the stories I go swimming in your thoughts ‘Cause the day I left the suburbs I would plod through the fear How the hell were you to be with me if you weren’t even here? But then as the veil was lifted and the color was renewed I knew so long as I knew you there was nothing we couldn’t do So let’s go throw this motherfucker down ‘Cause I’m always gonna wear your motherfucking crown This is not the time to pretend we have boundaries If it lives in your desire then it might as well be true Who am I as your guy to asphyxiate your power? Plus the devil in me loves it when you walk in his shoes While I’m waiting for your letters I can guess every word All that’s strange and absurd My ambition’s undeterred ‘Cause even far away I can say that I’m still your little bird Like Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, your brainwaves go overheard

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released September 9, 2011

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Cute Machines New Orleans, Louisiana

Cute Machines began at college in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 2010 when twin brothers Sam and Collin McCabe teamed up with roommate Pat Testa, experimenting with live drums before transitioning to a drum machine. Within months, the group was building strong bridges and playing shows in the New Orleans area. The band's sound can be described as a blend of post-punk and dance music. ... more

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