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Surrogate Other

by The Dark Monarchy

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1.
You lie about the truth of tomorrow,
 You plead and instill every story. 
You feed on impending sorrow,
 You write and they read, and they believe... Raise your head and open your eyes, 
To the influence and the lies, 
Force feeding you again, and it tastes good. 
And the dread is how they unite, 
Sharing anger and spreading fright, 
Force feeding you again, and it tastes good. We won't let this be the end, 
This is what we recommend. 
Put your choices in our hands, 
We will help you understand. 
You can't do this on your own,
 We won't let you be alone, 
Here's your mind, ready or not, 
Here's an X to mark the spot.

 And so they fall, and so they fall, and so they fall for you. 
They always fall, they always fall, they always fall for you.
2.
I can seize, I can freeze more than I require,
 I'll bury you under these shelves.
 We convene every day in a quenchless fire,
 It's every man for himself.
 I can't fight this irrational desire,
I need and therefore I shall have.
 We'll complain that the world has gone haywire,
 Then burn everyone in our path. We won't do as we're told,
 What a sight to behold. And we follow the cluster because we have to,
 They panic and we follow suit. 
And we swim through the hot water together, 
Bathing in bitter dispute. 
Now that I cannot leave I can feel the twitching, 
I won't do what I have been told. 
I can feel the revulsion, hear the bitching, 
No fucks for the young nor the old. We won't do as we're told, What a sight to behold. Open a hole in the ground, make a pit for all the
 Fools who don't know how to turn around,
 In a broken era.
 Digital faces and sounds, they are here but not here,
 Before we can breathe, we must drown, 
Let's not wash ourselves away. Waiting and praying for headaches of old.
 Yearning and craving our fool's gold. I can't fight this irrational desire,
 I need and therefore I shall have.
 We'll complain that the world has gone haywire,
 Then burn everyone on our path. We won't do as we're told, 
What a sight to behold. Open a hole in the ground, make a pit for all the
 Fools who don't know how to turn around,
 In a broken era.
 Digital faces and sounds, they are here but not here,
 Before we can breathe, we must drown, 
Let's not wash ourselves away. Waiting and praying for headaches of old.
 Yearning and craving our fool's gold.
3.
I can seize, I can freeze more than I require,
 I'll bury you under these shelves.
 We convene every day in a quenchless fire,
 It's every man for himself.
 I can't fight this irrational desire,
I need and therefore I shall have.
 We'll complain that the world has gone haywire,
 Then burn everyone in our path. We won't do as we're told,
 What a sight to behold. And we follow the cluster because we have to,
 They panic and we follow suit. 
And we swim through the hot water together, 
Bathing in bitter dispute. 
Now that I cannot leave I can feel the twitching, 
I won't do what I have been told. 
I can feel the revulsion, hear the bitching, 
No fucks for the young nor the old. We won't do as we're told, What a sight to behold. Open a hole in the ground, make a pit for all the
 Fools who don't know how to turn around,
 In a broken era.
 Digital faces and sounds, they are here but not here,
 Before we can breathe, we must drown, 
Let's not wash ourselves away. Waiting and praying for headaches of old.
 Yearning and craving our fool's gold. I can't fight this irrational desire,
 I need and therefore I shall have.
 We'll complain that the world has gone haywire,
 Then burn everyone on our path. We won't do as we're told, 
What a sight to behold. Open a hole in the ground, make a pit for all the
 Fools who don't know how to turn around,
 In a broken era.
 Digital faces and sounds, they are here but not here,
 Before we can breathe, we must drown, 
Let's not wash ourselves away. Waiting and praying for headaches of old.
 Yearning and craving our fool's gold.

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This is a special Record Store Day release.
Its a digital only release...which makes it interesting as usually this event celebrates physical releases...but we figure digital releases are just as popular these days. This E.P. has one unreleased song...one special remake and an album version of a song.
We hope you enjoy this and thank you so much for your support.

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released August 29, 2020

**All Songs are in High Res 24bit/48kHz**

Produced by: Mark Anthony K and Joe Bailey
Engineered by: Mark Anthony K and Joe Bailey
Recorded at : The Almighty Blue Room Studio, Brampton, Ontario, Canada and at Cotswold Studios, UK
Mixed and Mastered by: Mark Anthony K at The Almighty Blue Room Studio, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Cover Art by: Ste Holland
Song Registered with SOCAN

Mark Anthony K: All Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Drums, Mini Moog Solo, and Vocals
Joe Bailey: All Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals and Drums and Orchestrations.

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The Dark Monarchy Brampton, Ontario

The Dark Monarchy consists of Mark Anthony K (Projekt Gemineye) and Joe Bailey (Joe Bailey). After contributing some vocals to the latest Projekt Gemineye album, Mark and Joe decided to work on some songs together. The results were so good they decided that it would be a shame not to form a band and release them. With that said...so begins The Dark Monarchy. ... more

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