
Artwork by
AeliaGo Home And Cry
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Snowladen Sepulchre
Pull The Strings
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Clockwork
Pull The Strings
Tiny cogs
That’s what we are
Here in this web of corporate sadism
Look to the moon
See it’s gloom
It shares the instinct of the one who looms
Into work
Aspirations go to die
Except the ones
Who can’t be made to wear the suit and tie
Just as the clock strikes 10
The bearer of the curse will grin
Aspirations now have grown
Too large for containing their hope
It’s the center falling out
The last will and testament
Like clockwork we will break away
And fight for new destiny
Gods, that’s what we are
Restrained into the lives that capitalism begs
Well, we beg to differ
Well, we see another way
Tiny cogs
That’s what we are
Here in this web of corporate sadism
Look to the moon
See it’s gloom
It shares the instinct of the one who looms
Just as the clock strikes 10
The bearer of the curse will grin
Aspirations now have grown
Too large for being restrained
It’s the center falling out
The last will and testament
Like clockwork we will break away
And fight for what we love
Another way
All these years
Hard work killed
My dreams of more
Well more is nearer now than ever
3:58
Inundated
Pull The Strings
In the back of the mind
In the front of the line
Always asserting themselves
Never understanding
Oblivious and shielded
Living in an alternate dimension
All the while, I was waiting on you
To listen to my music and think that I’m cool
There’s nothing I can even do now
There’s only how I treated you badly
There’s nothing I can fucking do now
Take my life or I’ll die of overthinking
Break it down slow
I promise you will understand
Break it down slow
I guarantee you’ll see the plan
Back of the mind
At the flip of a dime
A policy of mistrust
Is what we have in this busted fucking nightmare
The end’s slow
How I wish I could skip to then
Hell is a hammer being swung at my face
And you kicked it on the way
A delusional state of mind
Can only get you so far
Only get you so far
There’s nothing I can even do now
Take my life or I’ll die of overthinking
Break it down slow
I promise you will understand
Break it down slow
I guarantee you’ll see the plan
I guarantee you’ll see the plan
In the back of the mind
I’ve been spending time
Growing and tending myself
Nourishment needed like hell
3:39
Adventus
Pull The Strings
We ascended in multitudes
And inherited the earth
We were given everything
Except the ability to choose
All my recitations
And all my hesitation
To wax and wane poetic
About the state of everything
This world is on fire
And I am just a man
Who sees in a 10-foot radius at max
How I’d like to just sit here and make music forever
Consumed with the creative cause
But that cause is not useful to anyone but me
Plain and simple, this I see
So we’re told we should aim up
Or we will bring it down
The rest of the world connected
One bad actor can chain react, and it can be you
Have we gone too far?
Have we made our comfort too normal?
Is this the last straw?
Think of the mess that we all make
All my recitations
And all my hesitation
To wax and wane poetic
About the state of everything
This world is on fire
And I am just a man
Who sees in a 10-foot radius at max
How I’d like to just sit here and make music forever
Consumed with the creative cause
But that cause isn't useful to anyone but me
Plain and simple, this I see
Plain and simple, this I see
This I see
4:24
Aurum Ruunt
Pull The Strings
Summer has come
I’m on an overnight train
Watching pouring rain blow sideways
Crescent moon hung
Peering through overcast skies, through the lightning I gazed upon it
The air it clung to my skin like cobwebs clinging to a corner
And a premonition told me that things were about to change
It’s a gold rush
I feel the weight of my tools on my back as I step off the train now
I will find my worth in the hills, in the western soil, mark my word
It’s a gold rush
And I’m not going back empty handed
Summer has gone
Nights growing colder as I trek out westward, with nothing to my name
In the moon’s glow
Not much like once I remembered, in my time the rock had grown hateful
Taking in my surroundings
The land was taken over by the prospectors there before me
But the greed crept up my spine
It was over in no time
It’s a gold rush
I feel the weight of my tools on my back as I step off the train now
I will find my worth in the hills, in the western soil, mark my word
It’s a gold rush
And I’m not going back empty handed
I will find my worth in the work that I work, I will pull it from the earth
The restless, rolling slopes
Will be my claim to riches
And when my spoils come
I’ll hoard them til I’m young no more
This is sure
Die with my golden wealth
3:10
Mag's Medicine
Pull The Strings
Stir this broken bitter brew
Cure him of his crippling flu
Arouse him from his slumber
Please, I beg of you
Don't let him succumb to this ailment
You're the only stop for miles
Lend a hand to the weary
And let him drinketh from your busom
The healing power
Is what he needs now
Your caring touch
Will restore him
Mag's medicine
The only thing I need
The only thing I need
The only thing I need
Stir this broken bitter brew
Cure him of his crippling flu
Please, I beg of you
Heal my friend, and heal me too
We've no means to repay you
Just show us some mercy
Let us kiss the ground you walk
Your healing power
Is what he needs now
Your caring touch
Will resurrect him
Mag's medicine
The only thing I need
2:40
Cucullati
Pull The Strings
The most chilling thing I ever saw
Figures in the woods, beckoning us all
And when I awoke, I approached them
Wandered out of my bedroom, and then
Oh, it's been taking over
Mind control
I don't know how it happened
Like ancient cathedrals, I was drawn, but I was scared
Their presence so haunting, but I felt better there
In the woods, we gathered 'round
We were adorned with the very same clothes
The hunt began
Stronger now with my blood-clan
Oh, it's been taking over
Mind control
I don't know how it happened
Take me deep into the woods
Where I will never be seen again
Lead me to my untimely doom
'Cause I don't have anything better to do
No
Lead me to my untimely doom
'Cause I don't have anything better to do
Oh, it's been taking over
Mind control
From within slumber
2:48
Go Home And Cry
Pull The Strings
There is no light left in view
There is only chaos, no truth
I guess I’ll go home and cry again
Right there in front of me
Shot in the head
On the street
In broad daylight
No remorse or commonality
This is just an example
Of what we have in store
This is just a reminder
That things are dark for sure
Just look out the window
If you have a home
Just feel the prison bars closing in around
Why can’t I look away
I need a respite from the dark sway
Oh, the weight of the world pressing down upon us all
Wake me when the nukes have gone off
Hell is paid for every day
By innocent bystanders
The debt is growing much too tall
For anyone to pay off
For anyone to pay off
Why can’t I look away
I need a respite from the dark sway
Oh, the weight of the world pressing down upon us all
Wake me when the nukes have gone off
Oh the land of the evil
And the home of the dead
It’s a far cry from what’s in your head
I don’t know much more than I used to know
But I see through the veil of the circus show
I've got no excuse
Barely got skin in the game
Just want to live to see the day
Wake me when the bombs drop
Then I can go without peace
6:48
This follow-up to 2023's Relinquish The Light is a step removed from what Pull The Strings used to be. Clean vocals are front and center now, instead of buried in the background. Genre fusion is far more apparent. The spirit of the project remains the same, however.
Credits
All music and lyrics written and performed by Alan Brucke
Mixed by Gabriel Yadon
Mastered by Hanging Puppet Audio