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I Understand Why

from Sterilize

July 25th, 2026
12 tracks
47:17
Sterilize
Sterilize
I Understand Why
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I Understand Why
The Simulacrum
[Verse 1] I love you, I love you so Could I ever tell you so? Depreciate, Depreciate, the hands of god Initiate, Initiate, anxiety thaws [Chorus] Everyone hates me I understand why I think I hate myself too I think I could die [Verse 2] Talk to me, walk with me I will deny Hypocrite, song of a bitch I cannot defy I wish I could live I’m stuck here against you I wish you were here I wish I was with you I’m sucked of all my energy dry [Chorus] Everyone hates me I understand why I think I hate myself too I think I could die Everyone hates me I understand why (Will it matter if I leave?) I think I hate myself too I think I could die (Do I even have the energy to leave?) [Spoken Word] I can’t do it anymore The sun doesn’t shine here, it hasn’t for months If it was anybody else I’d make sure they got the help But it’s me, it’s me, oh god [Outro] I’ve become nothing I’ve become pain I’ve become death I’ve become shame I’ve become hell I’ve become hate I’ve become hollow And I’ve become ache
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“war songs for the digital age”

‘sterilize’ is industrial rock project the simulacrum’s second studio record, and her first self-produced and self recorded
work. the album contains guest vocals from birmingham alabama’s very own Domesticatrix it is a much more jagged & angry sounding album than it’s older sibling iron lung, while keeping the same emotional desperation as it’s counterpart.

Credits

Vocals, guitar, programming, noise, mixing, & mastering by Nichole McCarver

Vocals (11) by Francine Ulla, & engineered by Ulla

A Push & Pull Records release; PPR-54