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Iron lung

The Simulacrum

March 14th, 2025
10 tracks
41:20
Iron lung
Iron lung
Dagger
0:00
3:23
Dagger
The Simulacrum
Peel Back The Delicate Skin Nature Fails where scalpel bleeds Wir machen Sie perfekt The doctor is in Dagger pull it back Dagger Push It In Dagger Covergirl Dagger Plastic Queen Manifest away the pain Slip into asbestos heels Hold your breath and strain Nothing is as good as skinny feels Dagger pull it back Dagger Push It In Dagger Covergirl Dagger Plastic Queen Coughing up blood until you feel better Manifest the flesh that you wish for Anorexic should never be a trendsetter Why are you here just to suffer operation table Fasting dry heave Dagger pull it back Dagger Push It In Dagger Covergirl Dagger Plastic Queen
3:23
Spending Jane
The Simulacrum
Spending Jane spend the night away Spending Jane decays her life away Her strange addiction Forced onto others That new deal Entices her away The media sells it So she can buy it Rotten to the core Spending Jane Spend the night away Spending Jane Decays her life away Lives in the mall House is a storage unit Complains it's too small "Well it wasn't" Until you threw it away Add it to the collection Start the process again Spending Jane Spend the night away Spending Jane Decays her life away They talk and talk But she's in oblivion It's of course The one that she bought When will she learn That backstabbing brings truth. Spending Jane Spend the night away Spending Jane Decays her life away
3:14
Sadomasochist
The Simulacrum
Sadomasochist Roams The Halls Sadomasochist Dies in Fall Sadomasochist Rolled The Dice Sadomasochist Did It Twice Sadomasochist Call The Cops Sadomasochist Hides In Shops Sadomasochist Hit The Spot Sadomasochist Puked on The Parking Lot Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Gave Up Life Sadomasochist Found The Knife Sadomasochist Loves The Pain Sadomasochist Has No Shame Sadomasochist Self Destruct Sadomasochist Gives No Shits Sadomasochist Loves The Pain Sadomasochist Down The Drain Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist Sadomasochist
4:02
Pet
The Simulacrum
Hey pet, wanna play a game My pet, don't try to run Say pet, the one I can't tame Here pet, we'll have some fun How does it feel to get this close to death my dear I could never kill my pet for I love it too much How does it feel to get this close to nothing I could never kill my pet for I love you too much Dear pet, stop your screaming This pet, how I missed you Oh pet, I could just frame you up Come pet, I want to hear you beg for forgiveness How does it feel to get this close to death my dear I could never kill my pet for I love it too much How does it feel to get this close to nothing I could never kill my pet for I love you too much Tell me when you can't breathe So I can go for a minute more I'll play doctor upon your lips see how far you can stretch Light a candle in your eyes You'll be my new counterpiece Masterpiece
6:10
Stillborn
The Simulacrum
Today I trade my soul away Goodbye The dream I dreamt of But hey At least it makes you glad In bittersweet design It’s all I have left Stillborn It died at it lived Divine Poetry So long The one that made me happy Another day away Another fretful night Whispers of Sweet embrace Without a trace At least it makes you glad In bittersweet design It’s all I have left Why am I upset Selfish prick But why can’t I help but feel this way Why am I upset Selfish prick Goodbye the one that enjoyed it Stillborn It died at it lived Divine Poetry So long The one that made me happy Stillborn It died at it lived Divine Poetry
3:01
Trans Panic
The Simulacrum
Natural causes Its What everyone thinks I see the hole Both that I thought You're never you You're never new It's trans panic Throw them all in the ditch We're all gonna die See the little drag queen walking down the street maybe you and I could meet no ulterior, no motives I swear not me Tell you the story Not my fault All on them Fabrication Not to be seen Trans panic Throw them all in a ditch We're all gonna die SICK SICK SICK
1:51
Favoritism
The Simulacrum
Heartaches to heartaches All the rage Policy says What they say Nitpicking Everything Shows what it is They know you want Favoritism Futurism We are all Cells in the machine Favoritism Futurism We are all Prisoners of creativity Pick and choose Minority Robotic eyes Misgendering me Helpless souls Suspended animation Representation Feed your lies Feed your selfs Favoritism Futurism We are all Cells in the machine Favoritism Futurism We are all
4:05
Iron Lung
The Simulacrum
We'll make you a star now baby Hop inside that vibration glow Hide the camera in your eyes and up your ass-ets ohh DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're a big wretched star Take off your skin now baby They wanna see where it hurts Keep a grin on your skull now honey Or they'll find something else to screw DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're a beautiful star Who said you could go home yet We haven't even begun Eat your heart out on the big screen Consume all of the bleach DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're one god damn deadstar DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're a big wretched star DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're a beautiful star DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW that you're one god damn deadstar DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW THAT YOU'RE IN OUR IRON LUNG THEY REALLY MADE A GOD OF YOU BEFORE THEY SPIT YOU OUT I BET YOU'RE MUCH DAMN BETTER NOW THAT YOU'VE LIVED IN OUR IRON LUNG THEY REALLY LIKE TO WATCH YOU WHEN YOU'RE REALLY DYING
3:26
Swarm
The Simulacrum
Bow To your wretched queen Kill All the false idols Film Their crocodile tears Feast On the nonbelievers Feed Their exploited wallets Rape And pillage your martyr Lie Get the attention’s whore Feast On the nonbelievers SWARM Till you die you must SWARM No regard just SWARM My final words SWARM Feed the virus Watch Study your mothers Bathe Parasocials Cry At your blood and fire Feast On the nonbelievers Why She is perfect and pilliaged Hold In all your suffering They Don’t want to see that shit Feast On your nonbelieved SWARM Till you die you must SWARM No regard just SWARM My final words SWARM Feed the virus Bow To your carcus queen Kill All your false evils Film Their every move Feast On the nonbelievers SWARM Till you die you must SWARM No regard just SWARM My final words SWARM Feed the virus SWARM Till you die you must SWARM No regard just SWARM My final words SWARM Feed the virus
3:42
Alone In Someone Else's Room
The Simulacrum
Average evening Normal old day Alone and petrified Frankly afraid All my anxieties creep up to me Maybe I was let astray Alone in someone else's room What the hell am I to do Set the world on fire Just to get extinguished again I knew that something would happen Someone would burn paradise down All on our own again Starting from scratch once more I knew that something would happen Cupid has a blacklist, eh I guess you're name was on it Highlighted in blood Alone in someone else's room What the hell am I to do Set the world on fire Just to get extinguished again LEAVE ME ALONE JOIN US SOON LEAVE ME ALONE JOIN US SOON LEAVE ME ALONE JOIN THEM!!!!!! Leave me alone Make it easier on them Leave them alone Make it harder on him They kinda liked me I guess But now family is a mess They kinda me at least I thought They won't evermore Alone in someone else's room What the Hell am I to do Set the world on fire Just to get extinguished again about
8:26

"Iron Lung for me is about beginnings. I always go into big projects like this with a goal, and for this my goal was to make a full album that I thought was good all the way through. Iron Lung is the first thing that feels professional in quality and not made in a bedroom by a teenager (even though it very much is at the end of the day). I worked with b0ttle (Faulty Radiator, Patchwork) to get it to that level of quality and I think it worked out really well. There will always be a layer of amateurish quality to a debut album, especially self-released and DIY, and I don't want to be ashamed of that. This album told me that what I needed to do is be honest, and to go with my heart. The record tells many stories, not just the ones in the songs, but the story of the process around them."
~Nichole McCarver

Credits

nichole mccarver - writing, guitar, programming, vocals, sampler (3, 6, 8, 10), noise (2, 4, 10), synthtar (7),
b0ttle - production, mixing, writing (8) additional programming (1-6 8-10), additional guitar (1, 3-5, 8-9), backing vocals (1-6, 8-9)
r-a-t - sampler, percussion (6)
photography taken by carol mizer