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Masks

by Kwolek

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1.
Max Off 05:42
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Mask on your whole life Cover up, cover what lies inside Fever halo halo baby Burning up burning down Love it slow And never take off your clothes for no one no Mirror seemer Fragments radiate a pallid light Salo Salo Cutting your teeth on broken bones and Clever words won’t get my clothes off oh no Say hello Say hello Fraud is, fraud does Can’t confess a certain sense And say hello devil devil baby No one knows no one cares Self reflexive Parties and scenes, excuse himself from all Say hello Say hello I never wanted never be yours I never wanted never be your main man I never wanted never be yours no I wouldn’t be your main man no I guess you might say it’s love, but no I guess you might call it love, but no I never wanted never be yours I wouldn’t be your main man no Say hello Say hello So mask off for life Take if off, let the summer sun shine blind you I don’t want to be a coward I don’t want to be your whipping boy I’m in glitter sent to destroy
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Anomalies 07:06
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"Oh god, there's something wrong with the kids today" Says every old man with his guns and nine votes for every one of ours Drastic measures drastic measures They hide away in their glass towers On an island once inhabited by the New Wave dirtbag anarchists Drastic measures drastic measures Full of love "Oh lord, there's something off about the kids today" Says every old bag peering from behind the curtains of her flat They're terrified of us succeeding at anything So they take away every opportunity The tragedy is calling up a conscience we must overcome It's gonna take all our love I slide away from you I slide away from you No no no no no "Oh god, there's something off about the kids today They don't make no sense, they're all flash and craze" They're anomalies Drastic measures They hide away in their glass towers We're throwing our bricks and Molotov cocktails We're anomalies It's plain to see it's their complacency that we must overcome It's gonna take all our love All our love all our love all our love
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We're Invisible 04:13
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We have hated, separated We’re Satanists for Jesus, and of course they’ll believe us It’s not complicated, we know it’s wrong We planted bombs in palaces and in the halls of weapons manufacturers Because it’s only violence It’s just a little violence You see we know they had to go “Remorse is only a prelude to sin” Bodies in the streets, so many modern inconveniences Never the bully, always the prey Feminist cocks, pacifist cops, militant monks, puritan punks - you know we got them We have faded, deviated We’ve been hiding, but it’s time we finally showed ourselves With a little violence Just a touch of violence Because we know they had to go In reality I have nobody It’s just myself when I say “us”, you’ve gotta understand We’re invisible We’re invisible We’re invisible We’re burning bright but we cast no shadows In masks of memories, we’re invisible We seem so outta sight But all the while we’re dying to light it up And roam alone Still we’ve hated, separated It’s not complicated, but it’s still so wrong We record it or you won’t believe us We tap your phone and all the sites we know you frequent It’s violence, it makes no sense at all (Violated violating violated violating) We’re invisible
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I Get Low 03:29
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I get stuck I can’t figure it out I get stuck, baby I can’t work my way out Surrender is what they want No I get low I can’t dig my way out I get low low low I can’t think my way out Surrender is what they want No Surrender I get low I can’t dig my way out I get stuck I can’t fuck my way out So low, but no pity no public display My mask I’m hiding behind “I’m fine” - my line - “I’ve never been better” My deepest desires - I cannot remember Surrender is what they want Surrender No
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Made of Light 06:07
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We’re made of light So cold and bright We’re made of light So cold and bright We’re made of light So we must hide We’re made of light alone I feel the light alone I feel the light alone We watch for secret signs (We stay inside) We watch for secret signs from up above (We’re made of light) Came down from another sun Came down from another sun Came down from another sun Came down from another sun We never learned to love We never learned to love We must leave so pack your things No time to say our goodbyes If the weather looks right we leave tonight Don’t worry about a thing, I’ll be by your side
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The Numb 07:26
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Senators and congressmen Physicians and magicians all Surrounding her in a hospital bed In the corner of the parlor Slay her once and slay her twice Shoot her full of fire and ice And leave her there Hoping for an early death In the corner of the parlor With the camera bulbs exploding off See, I want the numb Feel, I want the numb As far as I can take it to the limit You know you gotta go Celebrity spokesmodels Vicious hounds and Buddhist monks Arrive in droves at her estate’s very elegant front gate With the bombs and torches and Slay her once and slay her twice Shoot her full of terrible advice And leave her there Fucking leave her there You leave her there with a bump of coke from her weave And the camera bulbs exploding off See, I want the numb Feel, I want the numb See Giving you what you wanted Gotta give us what we need We’re giving you what you wanted Gotta give us what we need Gotta give it up now As far as I can take it to the limit You know you gotta go
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Dreamfaces 05:11
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Cold walk home Turn in from the wind Dreamfaces I’ve known Featureless faces I’ve known Lock up the shop Brace against the wind Dreamfaces I’ve known Featureless faces I’ve known Moon sets early Streetlights, snow flurries Dreamfaces I’ve known Featureless faces I’ve known
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Metaphysics 01:49
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We alone we alone we alone We are the ones we are the ones we are the ones Your rotten metaphysics lifting you up While real physics gonna come and push you back down We alone we alone we alone Leave it alone leave it alone leave it alone Your evil metaphysics lifting you up But real physics gonna crush you crush you crush you crush you Down down down down
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Miscellaneous People 07:03
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All the colors running wild As the fog lifts off the mountainside Sun shimmers in our eyes As we’re slipping off our dark disguises As much as time allows Hold me now, hear me out Everything is meaningless And that’s just fine Life lasts forever, love Until it’s your time I said, hold me now, hear me out As long as we’re allowed Until they run us out of town Into the flatlands Into the flatlands I’ll see you They treat us like miscellaneous people, baby Don’t get it twisted brothers and sisters Make a fist, make a fist, make a fist And squeeze it tight And hold it high Better hold it high Insidious missives oft repeated start to sound profound Too many people who just want to burn it all down I said, hold it now Let’s think it out Gotta grab the power Better take what’s ours We are love We are love Into the flatlands I’ll see you
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For a Lark 04:04
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Textured, meticulous songs of protest, beauty and weirdness. Three years in the making. Get into it.

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released September 7, 2018

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Kwolek in a small apartment in Boulder, CO.

Field recordings captured at: Boulder, CO; 2017 Women's March in Denver, CO; New Orleans, LA; Nashville, TN; Glacier Bay, AK; Kruger National Park & Cape Town, South Africa.

Lyrical inspiration on Made of Light by Leema Mountain.

Mastering by Anna Frick at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, CO.

Cover art by Neil Yarnal (@currentbrainfeel).

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