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Erasing Faces

from Erasing Faces by Extar

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The lyrics on this are loosely about Facebook, that should be pretty clear really.

I tried to put into practice all the crap I'm always banging on about with regard to songwriting.

I went crazy with double tracks on this.

I didn't want to do an entire song of talky vocals again so I added some sing-songy bits after the first verse. I made the decision to try and play to my own vocal abilities and make the vocals sound like Depeche Mode.

I did another one of my 'big solos' which are increasingly at risk of becoming prefixed with 'signature'.

If it wasn't immediately obvious, the new NIN song 'Came Back Haunted' was a pretty big influence on the song.

The artwork source was stolen from cupofjacksquat.com I think the photographer is called Kristina Slade. The photo is from the Berlin Holocaust Memorial.

lyrics

Start the system, Look at the time,
Get no signal, Cross the line,
Your hopes and dreams, Across the screen,
Nothing written, Nothing seen,
Awaiting comments, Words and thoughts,
Beneath the skin, Left within,
No opinions, No remorse,
Taking solace, In others thoughts.

Chorus:
It's all in focus becoming clear,
Erasing faces nothing left here,
Your eyes are empty shell for a heart,
Erasing faces so far apart.

First you breathe, then you swallow,
All your mistakes, Leave you hollow,
Trying so hard, Just can't find,
You're on the ground, You're out of time,
Anger seeping, Into your head,
Spinning round, What others said,
It has no meaning, You do not know,
What you just said, Is just for show.

Chorus

Close the system, Screens are blank
On the streets, And in your hand,
Your hopes and dreams, Across the screen,
Nothing written, Nothing seen,
Pull it down, Won't go away,
All your secrets, Are here to stay,
Stay in line, Don't look ahead,
Let you know, When you are dead.

You just can't find what you're looking for,
You'll never know there is no more,
In the distance you think you see,
How you used to, who you could be.

It's all a game when you're inside,
It doesn't matter enjoy the ride,
Taking pictures of a life,
You cannot live you cannot hide.

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from Erasing Faces, track released August 20, 2013

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