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As Daylight Deceives​.​.​.

by My Mannequin

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Carl Thomas
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Carl Thomas My Mannequin are seriously good guitar driven, synthy gothic rock / deathrock. The vocalist sounds like a cross between Dave Vanian and David Sylvian. It'll be great to hear what they have in store for the future. Favorite track: Goodbye, Miss Creepy.
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1.
FOREVER HALLOWEEN IT’S FINALLY HERE, THE BEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR PUMPKINS, CANDLES, ALL PLEDGED TO FEAR YOUNG WITCHES, LITTLE MONSTERS, ZOMBIE KIDS SCARE DRIVING HOME I SMILE, INSIDE IN DESPAI SICK OF MISERY, I MADE UP MY MIND I’M LEAVING FRUSTRATION AND SADNESS BEHIND NO ONE WILL GRIEVE FOR THE END OF MY LIFE WHO’LL BE MY HEALER? ROPE, GUN OR KNIFE? I WANT THIS EVENING TO BE DIFFERENT, ALL RIGHT? THAT’S THE REASON WHY I’LL KILL MYSELF TONIGHT I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER HALLOWEEN JUST LIKE THE LOST BOYS FIGHTING ON THE SCREEN FOLLOW THE REAPER, HALLOWEEN FOREVER HALLOWEEN FOREVER I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER HALLOWEEN NOTHING TO ATONE, NO ONE TO REDEEM NIGHTMARE ETERNAL, HALLOWEEN FOREVER WELL, AIN’T THIS THE BEST TRICK OR TREAT EVER?! A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW AFTERLIFE IT’S A BIT CREEPY, A REAL FRIGHT NIGHT! PALE CHEERLEADERS SHOW THAT DEAD CAN DANCE FROM THE EMPTY VENUE NOT EVEN A GLANCE GHOSTS AND SPIRITS, SHADOWS OF THE PAST MY HOLLOW SOUL WILL JOIN THEM, AT LAST! NOW THE DEVIL GATHERS HIS WANDERING SHEEP I’LL BE BACK TO PULL YOUR SHEETS WHILE YOU SLEEP! I WANTED THIS EVENING TO BE SPECIAL, ALL RIGHT? THAT’S THE REASON WHY I KILLED MYSELF TONIGHT
2.
Addiction 04:25
ADDICTION ADDICTED TO FAITH, ADDICTED TO LOVE BELIEVE IN SOME KIND OF PRESENCE ABOVE EVERY DAY ANOTHER DEAD DREAM TO MOURN CONTROLLED BY POWER YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WAITING FOR YOUR MEAN LIFE TO TURN SUBTLE THEY ORDER AND YOU JUST GO! YOU COULDN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND NOTHING IS OR EVER WILL BE IN YOUR HAND ADDICTED TO LAWS, ADDICTED TO RULES ADDICTED TO OLD DICTATES OF YOUR MOTHER’S EVERY MOVE OF YOURS DECIDED BY OTHERS ADDICTED TO PREJUDICE OF FOOLS PUPPET WITH BRAND NEW BROKEN WINGS ADDICTED TO FEAR, ADDICTED TO HOPE UNAWARE OF THE HANGING ROPE FOREVER TIED TO THE PULLING STRINGS IT’S AN OPEN SECRET THAT YOUR MIND COULD NOT BEAR IT IS THE FATE OF THE MASS THAT SO MANY SHARE WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU ONLY KNEW YOU’RE ADDICTED TO A LIFE OF NO USE ADDICTED TO LOVE GAMES AND CHILD PLAYS ADDICTED TO WHAT SOME SKINNY DOLL SAYS ADDICTED TO SMOKE (FEEL GUILTY, IT’S A VICE!) CONSULTING HOROSCOPES FOR ADVICE FAKE NEWS, GOSSIP, REALITY SHOWS JUST LIKE CIRCUS IN ANCIENT ROME DISTRACTION WEAPONS KEEP YOU IN A ROW BIG BROTHER’S HOUSE BECOMES YOUR HOME THE WORLD DOESN’T HATE YOU, IT JUST IGNORES UNFAIR OR MEANINGLESS? WELL, ANYWAY THERE’S NO GOD TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH!
3.
GOODBYE, MISS CREEPY IN HIGH SCHOOL WERE NOT HARD TO FIND WOLFPACK PEOPLE, BLOOD IN THEIR MIND THEY’D CALL YOU CREEPY, CALL YOU A NERD SAY YOU’RE UGLY, NOT EVEN A GIRL THEY WOULD PLAY HARD, THEY’D PLAY MEAN SHATTERING, GRINDING YOUR SELF ESTEEM CHEAP OFFENDERS, LIARS AND SLANDERS NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, KILL FOR A LAUGH GOODBYE, MISS CREEPY I HOPE THE DAWN WILL SEE YOU ALIVE HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL MISS YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO DIE GOODBYE, MISS CREEPY I HOPE YOU’LL SHOW AGAIN YOUR SMILE OR WILL YOU JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SURRENDER TO THE NIGHT LITTLE SIS LIVES IN WONDERLAND SHE’S A TOP MODEL FOR MAJOR BRANDS MUM’S DISAPPOINTED, YOU’RE NOT LIKE HER ALWAYS UNDERLINES IT, WHEN YOU GO THERE THAT’S WHY YOU DON’T GO VISIT HER MUCH GOT NO FRIENDS, YOU DON’T KEEP IN TOUCH SLAVE TO THE GRIND, AS LONELY AS A DOG NOT THE UGLY SWAN, NOR A PRINCELESS FROG
4.
WE, THE NIGHTBREED TRODDEN BY THEIR IRON HEEL BOUND IN CHAINS THAT NEVER MELT I KNOW WELL THE WAY YOU FEEL IT’S THE SAME THAT I ONCE FELT THE PRESSURE WILL JUST RISE FOR HOW LONG CAN YOU ENDURE? YOUR SOUL CONFRONTS DEMISE CAN YOU KEEP IT TRUE AND PURE? NOBODY WILL UNDERSTAND WE ARE LINES THE MOST CAN’T READ CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TAKE MY HAND LEAVING ALL THAT’S WRONG BEHIND THROUGH THE DARK WE’RE GAINING SPEED FREE OF SPIRIT, FLESH AND MIND WE’RE THE NIGHTBREED! STARS WILL WATCH OUR WINGLESS FLIGHT SISTERS TO OUR SOULS ENTWINED MOON WILL BLESS OUR HOLY FIGHT MOTHER IN OUR HEARTS ENSHRINED AS THE LIGHT OF DAY DECEIVES IN THE ARMS OF NIGHT WE’LL HIDE RIGHT NOW, CHOOSE WHAT TO BELIEVE TIME TO RULE THE NIGHT AND RIDE!
5.
Winterheart 04:58
WINTERHEART (contains THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING) I WILL SHOW YOU, MY DEAR OLD FRIEND WHAT I ADORE THE MOST: MAJESTIC LANDSCAPE OF NORTHERN LANDS COVERED BY THE WINTER FROST I'M JUST A MAN OF SOLITUDE IN LOVE WITH THE WINTER WHEN THE SUN MELTS, HEART OF THE ICE I KNOW MY HEART WILL SPLINTER WHEN THE LAST SEPTEMBER’S SUNSET FADES INTO OCTOBER’S RAIN BE LONGING FOR NOVEMBER’S END WHEN I’LL BE BORN, BE BORN AGAIN WHEN THE BLESSED DAYS OF DECEMBER ARE SEALED BY THE KISS OF SNOW I'LL TAKE MY VERY FIRST BREATH IT’S ALL THAT I NEED, ALL THAT I KNOW IF THERE COULD COME FENRIR OR SKOLL THE SUN TO SWALLOW OBSCURITY WILL JOIN THE COLD MY SOUL WILL FOLLOW I WILL FEEL SAFE AND SOUND AND FREE A PASSING SANCTUARY SPRING THEN WILL CHAIN AND SENTENCE ME THE SUMMER KILL AND BURY THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING (instrumental)

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released March 7, 2016

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My Mannequin Trieste, Italy

Established in 2012, My Mannequin weave nightly Gothic Rock melodies. In 2021 the new album emerged from the darkness to haunt your dreams...
VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_TtBW88O_4

Michele Gorini: Bass
GB Ossi: Drums
J.V. Metterling: Vocals
Nora Biondi: Keyboards

(session guitar Luigi Pressacco & Luca Pipolo)
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