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from The Yellow Machine by American Fuck-Tape

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**PAYBACK OPTION**
Instant morning, not instant coffee
Nerves asunder; helpless wonder
Every lie, each masque of caring
Unfolds from your sleek clutch; “Don’t touch me!”
Months and Weeks and Days and Hours
Silence-bound, run aground, astounded
All I wanted & thought I needed-
So I compromised, complied and I pleaded.

I’ll save the day (again)
(and) You’ll walk away (babe, ‘cause)
This is how it’s played
(when) You exact your pay

Typing letters, typing people
The promises you broke; unspoken
Paving mileage; hardly hearing
Stuffed & shattered; bent & battered
Self-possessed, impressed by nothing
Your icy laughter; forever after.
First abandoned, then imprisoned
By your legs - and your mesmerism

I’ll pave the way (again)
(and) You’ll have your say (babe, ‘cause)
This is how it’s played
(and then) You get your way

Scars & stories; success & suffering
Always the martyr who had it harder
‘Show & Tell’ yet somehow Top Secret
Faux selective; for-real defective
It’s not just your guts that are disfigured;
Your heart and your mind are so misaligned
Heroic, stoic…yet pout and pucker?
You’re just a checked-out motherfucker

I’ll save the day (again)
(and) You’ll walk away (babe, ‘cause)
This is how it’s played
When it’s Slay or be Slain.

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from The Yellow Machine, released November 23, 2012
Anton L'Amiral - vox, guitar, rage
Ace "Big Big Mike" NoMarr - guitars, guitars, neck-snapping
Dr. Kyle "The" Jones - bass, synthesizer, wanderlust
Dox Carrside - drums, sustained groans

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American Fuck-Tape created the Rockeretta Spectacular - and accompanying full-length concept-record "The Yellow Machine".
...to prove you don't have to just sit there and take it.

Not Every Time.

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