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Dream Land

by No Mere Machine

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1.
Break The Wall 03:49
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Will I make it? I can't take it What they tell me isn't healthy Should I break it? Should I fake it? This is coming off the cuff It is probably just fluff No Angels above City of hellish love Smile of war, getting warm Mother fucking useless nothing You are stuffing You are nothing What can you without mother? What will you do without mother? What can you do without money? What will you do without money? Desperate child fucking sucking Desperate child, shame filled smile Desperate child burning tires Desperate child eating smiles What can you do without hover? What will you do without hover? What can you do without honey? What will you do without honey? Mother do you think they'll like my song? Mother do you hope they'll build the wall? Mother do you know how long? Mother can you see the forest burn? Jesus do you know your right from wrong? Jesus could you help scrape along? Jesus will this be my swan song? Jesus will you make the trees return? Father will you make it out alive? Father are the years all filled with cries? Father are the buildings meant to fall? Father would you help me break the wall?
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Rust Belt Yell 04:54
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Time darkens Forms slowly under my eyes I'm seeing white beside the lines In the vein of my mother, my vaines are showing What we have here, is a pooling pus of no matter Gripping on the cliff, losing my fist Iron on the sands of time My animal is dying The curse of this earth Watching in pain, nothing can save her The bliss of this rock is lost on me All the sages sit Proud, so egoless Casting scorn on those who don't speak their words Highbrowed they left the animal behind Yelling from their rocks Have an awful lot to say of the awful "Remember a time when all men were wise When cities put stones, when cities put stones in order" Rust on your belt The incredible hell, no one hears your yell Fuss over wealth The more you can sell, the stronger your cell Obey, obey, obey, obey Obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, Obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, Obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, you are cattle, Obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, obey Us, you are cattle, obey Us, you are cattle, obey Us
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Hold On, Stay Low 04:34
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A newlywed, a hanging man The beast is fed, make your bed Laughing, is your conscience leading or leaving, kneading? Hold on, stay low Last time, first show Words are missing They're not listening Monkey fist, a fisherman Pointlessness, we begin Friends above my fate Friends above my fate High time for a change High time for a change Friends above my fate High time for a change Hold on, stay low Last time, first show Words are missing They're not listening Tree swing on me Lead me to safety Untie these knots Lift me up to sky above A star has shined, died and went So those eyes, I see again I see again Hold on, stay low Last time, first show Words are missing They're not listening I've not understood a single word you've said Dreams vacate the waste inside of my head
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Vermillion Cradle 04:40
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Cut the crap off Billy What you selling today? I know your mouth is willing But I'm not here to play This may sound silly But I can hear you think I'm not one for killing But you've got me on the brink Leather thick skin Sheep will roll in Spoiled and rotten Lives forgotten Pope has come in Satan's dungeon Winter thickens No light sinks in Tattooed couches Hipster vouchers Heaven slouches Cleansed and doused in Gripes and grouches Thieves and mouse shit Leaky houses All be damned and doused in fire City full of piss And ones who grab your sack Philly's under smoke Under the overpass Taxes on this taxes on that Taxes on death taxes on crack Leather thick skin Sheep will roll in Spoiled and rotten Lives forgotten Pope has come in Satan's dungeon Winter thickens No light sinks in Tattooed couches Hipster vouchers Heaven slouches Cleansed and doused in Gripes and grouches Thieves and mouse shit Leaky houses All be damned and doused in fire
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Deaf Brother 03:20
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Bellow does your voice Rambling incessant noise The herd flock to the beat of your drum I sit, waiting to become Three, two, one Oh how your mouth does run Tick, tock, talk How holy your walk How holy your walk So meek you gave away all your toys Slick and sleek, preaching to hear your voice Your word is of otherworldly love I grit, rolling in the muck He can't find the soul in me Not much of a role in me He's going the way of bees Mary and his holy three Three, two, one Oh how your mouth does run Tick, tock, talk How holy your walk Liar liar liar I set your pants on fire Burn burn burn Get in your last words Get in your last words Roll away Holy roller, roll away Holy roller, roll away Holy roller, roll away
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Cancer 03:36
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Every word watched with great concern Lying down my privacy Hiding lines, singing silently Reading minds of tired violet praise A turnaround and now my target's you Nothing that you couldn’t see Hear me now as I shed the blue Even though I’ll never be free Let me get my shit up Let me buckle my cuff A rerun of your bluff This is what you call love Let me get my shit up Let me buckle my cuff A rerun of your bluff This is what you call love Hear the fear from above A question you haven’t thought of Here so near, leers over hugs This is what you call love Let me get my shit up Let me buckle my cuff A rerun of your bluff This is what you call love Let me get my shit up Let me buckle my cuff A rerun of your bluff This is what you call love Love
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Cusp 04:08
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Falling off the edge, on the cusp On the cusp of Cancer, the lion pulls Aborted and alone, limbs torn apart Lost the lion's share Share Lie on me, deny my name My God, everything's in my way And you I blame Snakes and spiders run, through my hair Swallow every crumb, the devil's spare Crawling on my body, under my skin Prideful blood is squeezed, shamed with sin Saw a soul so hollow, thinly walled Jump in be swallowed, fake the fall Rumbling ego starved, keep pushing rocks Growing suspicion locks Locks Lie on me, deny my name My God, everything's in my way And you I blame Cancer on the cusp Die if you must, die if you must Consign your trust In lies we trust, in lies we trust
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Dark Country 01:35
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Hot Desert Sun 04:36
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Hot desert sun Beam down on my head now Bless me with the paramount Hot desert sun Spin the voices around Find my heart in arid ground Hot desert sun Fill me with your sound Till my dirt is found Hot desert sun Take my soul up and down Give me wings to Babylon My sun, my sun points me My sun, my sun points me The cards laid out a sign A figure that pointed west Make the most of her time Never knowing what comes next In the dunes I gathered a wine Met with spirits that couldn't exist I staggered back just in time To a heart left amiss Scorched western sky Send me up in spirals Soaring swirls escape the night Scorched western sky Search my plains far and wide Leave the pain all behind Scorched western sky Mountains reach into the night Valleys filled with salt lines Scorched western sky Bring me home to her smile Wisdom wash away cries My sun, my sun points me My sun, my sun points me Looking back a hide and cows eyes Break the horse's neck My cotton mouth and aching sides The rattle is shaking death A burning hell to cast aside For sunburn and winding steps This will be my final tide An ocean I won't miss Hot desert sun Plant in me your perfect drug Water me to become Hot desert sun Cure the listless tired love A heart fulfilled from above Hot desert sun Inspire life affirming cries With eyes upon velvet skies Hot desert sun Below the rocks you drift and hide Sleep for now, you've saved a life
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Dreams Are Mine 04:03
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I awoke in your home Staggering, slanted floors With this feeling I had I was not alone In a dream we'd lived Once before With this feeling I had I was not alone These dreams are mine These dreams bend lines These dreams are time In them you're mine, in them you're mine In them you're mine, in them you're mine In them you're mine Down winded staircase and outside your window A red range of rocks Spinning around your covered stones and unknown bones I tended to our flock These dreams are mine These dreams bend lines These dreams are time In them you're mine, in them you're mine In them you're mine, in them you're mine In them you're mine
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Low and Wet 03:21
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Low and wet regretting everything I can't forget among this mess City lights and candle fights reshaping lives, films that can't unwind Looming in the middle is an uncivil judge who plays god Sloth and sleep Losing teeth We tried the best we can Sloth and sleep Losing teeth We tried the best we can Our pride is all we have Sugar sweet on bended knee, decaying at the thought of need Nothing seems to penetrate this beast of since past reeds Yelling and reselling stories of nothing but wart and worry There must be something Bigger than nothing Trust and touch me Sloth and sleep Losing teeth We tried the best we can Sloth and sleep Losing teeth We tried the best we can Our pride is all we have
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Dr. J 04:00
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Pavement, cracks unfold underneath my feat I eyed tallest mountains I can't reach Dis eye pointed Dis eye pointed Dis eye pointed Dis eye pointed Growing, folding underneath dis-ease Frozen, oh how I long to chew this leash I can't relieve this, be this Reaching for stars, sparks so far Amount to nothing so far, why'd I bother trying this hard? Amount to nothing so far, why'd I bother trying? See the flock grinning, winning, all the while sitting pretty See the flock grinning, winning Amount to nothing so far, why'd I bother trying this hard? Amount to nothing so far, why'd I bother trying? See the flock grinning, winning, all the while sitting pretty See the flock grinning, winning, sitting pretty I can't relieve this, be this Reaching for stars, sparks so far Bleed into me, begin me What never could be, rescind me
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Rock in the Family Tree 04:45
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You a rock in da family tree You a cog clogging this big fat machine You a clock with no time to read You a block holding up nothing Still young, so you say Drawing blood, pulling greys In this flood I was raised Treading loveless ocean waves In the hour of mourning dreams A bitter shower wakes reality Your idol cowers next to streams Of burdened towers shot or left hanging Dinosaurs roar and cry and moan They swore they'd die before they're old So I tore out a painted rose Time flies with you when your wheels slow You a rock in da family tree You a cog clogging this big fat machine You a clock with no time to read You a block holding up nothing
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Dreamboat 05:37
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I can hear the voice surround me I do fear the heavens glow I grow near to angels singing I am dear to devil's home This cheer of my upbringing A mere machine outgrown I steer my ears to ringing A sphere that's not my home Free fall this is not my story I walled up this fire enclosed All talk is your coming glory I walk all too slow Your hair is old and graying Your fair skin turns to bone You wear what's only breaking Your stare leaves you alone You've counted all your blessings You've rounded your knife You floundered in obsessing You've founded all your strife Free fall this is not my story I walled up this fire enclosed All talk is your coming glory I walk all too slow My dreamboat, my life float My dreamboat My dreamboat, my life float My dreamboat Your hair is old and graying Your fair skin turns to bone You wear what's only breaking Your stare leaves you alone You've counted all your blessings You've rounded your knife You floundered in obsessing You've founded all your strife Free fall this is not my story I walled up this fire enclosed All talk is your coming glory I walk all too slow
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Black Cure 05:49
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I'm not here to preach Not here to teach Not sure I'm here for anything In the slaughterhouse of doom There's a room for you Kept by a god who's sick of you May god rest Your weary eyes Just stay away from the heart that's mine, mine Can you guess What makes me cry? I can't show what I can't hide, hide Bed ridden, sick Lay down in my pit This is my body, eat of it With this tiny life And death by our side God rest these weary eyes And as we stumble down that road Stealing words and selling our souls Therein lies the question we can't hide Will pride be a knife in the side? May god rest Your weary eyes Just stay away from the heart that's mine, mine Can you guess What makes me cry? I can't show what I can't hide, hide

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"Dream Land" was written and recorded over a period of several years, the bulk being recorded when the world died. I recorded everything myself in two separate living situations, across two states, moving during the pandemic.

Special thanks to Arj Chennat for listening to and giving feedback on my mixes and playing the solos on "Dreamboat".

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released October 31, 2021

No Mere Machine is James Swetland

Produced, performed, engineered, mixed and mastered by No Mere Machine

Music, lyrics, and artwork by James Swetland

Lead guitar on "Dreamboat" performed by Arj Chennat

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