- DISCOGRAPHY -
Legacy (2023)
The Bitter Truth (2022)
Horsemen (2021)
3vE (2019)
God Is A Martian (2018)
Einer Sie Gern (2014)
- Lyrics . Links . Notes -
(2023) ↑ The sixth & immensely collaborative release (& first proper GIVE/TAKE release, as well as the first LP since debut Einer Sie Gern) Legacy combines the band's vibraphone-laden industrial prowess with lcn1's deeply moving soundscapes to tell a tale doused in dynamic vocal harmony at first, then silenced halfway through to an instrumental fury of grief cycling through to acceptance & ending with intergalactic hope. ↓
(2022) ↑ An unorthodox "pre-mix" release titled The Bitter Truth serves as the initial ManifestiV offering through GIVE/TAKE Records, including remixes by old friend & new label-mate KPT & longtime cohort lcn1 who take the band's past & future original material on a journey taking off from a dying planet into an unpromising life in space. ↓
(2021) ↑ The ManifestiV fourth release Horsemen reflects upon an accidental foreshadow of the pandemic in speechless resonance, first devolving from rich ambient washes void of boundary before accumulating walls of decimated sound driven by relentless rhythm & bass into a void of dissonance laced with bowed vibraphones, echoing a welcome overstayed by our species on this planet. ↓
(2019) ↑ The remix accompaniment to God is a Martian and third ManifestiV release 3vE includes some of its songs reimagined by Bijou Noir and Bloodied from across Earth as well as a desolate reinterpretation of Radiohead's "Daydreaming" from home. ↓
(2018) ↑ The ManifestiV sophomore release God is a Martian depicts the journey of human emotion before transcending into the next life via judgement by ethereal beings, summing up a life ending far too rapidly. ↓
(2014) ↑ The ManifestiV debut Einer Sie Gern (rough German translation for "Of you, gladly" conveying a satirical salutation) narrates a commonly human journey from obscurity of self via distorted guidance & entrapment to the endless empowerment of confidence & awareness.
Paragraph's loungey croons & decimated guitars gracefully mingle alongside Lillith's far-eastern harmonies & electric vibraphones, all within soundscapes ranging from ambient washes to industrial walls, each according to the sentient emotion of each song. ↓
[Encaustic beeswax paintings by Lillith embody the spirit of each song as well as the album as a whole.]
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Lyrics-Links-Notes
- ↑ from Legacy (2023)
- Warning
- This Is Gone
- The Bitter Truth
- Memoir Again
- Build To Fall
- Lives Amount
- On The Line
- Spaceman
- ↑ from The Bitter Truth (2022)
- I Can't See You (blindfold)
- Arrival (departure)
- Drummer Dust (not well)
- Leave No Trace (the bitter truth)
- This Is Gone (deliciously eroded lungs)
- Warning (disregard)
- ↑ from Horsemen (2021)
- The Curve
- Arrival
- Drummer Dust
- Business As Usual
- ↑ from 3vE (2019)
- Baroque (Forest Stalker Mix)
- Fib Knot (Bloodied Mix)
- Daydreaming
- ↑ from God is a Martian (2018)
- Baroque
- Fib Knot
- Just Wait
- Sweetness
- Too Many Took
- God is a Martian
- ↑ from Einer Sie Gern (2014)
- Pop
- Stranger
- Snow
- Damage
- Rid of Me
- Me Again
- Screams
- Can't Stop
- I Can't See You
↑ L e g a c y
↓
Warning
“you don't want to see meas a warning for
what's about to go down
and what's still in store.
forgive me for scaring
you to solitude.
you were supposed to unite,
leaving here for good.
could've been halfway there,
but you continue
overstaying welcomes,
leaving overdue.
(instead, you fought.
squeezing what's not
yours til it popped.
see what you got?)
if you would've listened,
you'd be on your way,
but unfortunately,
you all chose to stay,
so here's what's next:
i'm a friendly fire
you shouldn't have put out.
there are many more
all with far less grace than I.
each one of us
leave far fewer than the last.
if you can't abide,
no humanity survives.”
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This Is Gone
what's left of what we all knew?how can we listen to the news?
...starring: "The End Of Everything:
This Is Gone, That Is Out,
This Is All The Time We Have Left"
without shutting down,
staying dead, closing in,
while everything looks just fine?
if everything is wrong,
then nothing can be right.
please feel free to prosper
with what has come to light.
soon there will be nothing
to fear losing again.
where can we go from here?
when will we go from now?
back to when we loved,
back to when we died.
back to when we made
this mess we’re in.
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The Bitter Truth
what a tragedy to lose thefinal tether to before the lie.
where's the comedy in feeling
we belong yet never reach the sky?
who believes we're bickering to
stay apart and remain here to die?
when the writing on the wall is
out in space we'll never forget why.
if you love it, leave (x6)
how below before we go to
o ther places we might not survive?
spread the seed of life to show a
whole new world just how to be alive.
overstay another welcome
and we cannot continue to thrive.
look beyond the edge of galaxies
before we take another dive.
when can we go?
by tomorrow,
when we have no home,
of our own.
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Memoir Again
Such longmemories,
deep &
buried...
with everything they meant to me,
now it’s time to sleep.
long forgotten (if they stay, deep within).
in case remembering pulls up anything,
let’s hope it’s warm, comforting, & fleeting.
...or else, time dies.
past binds now’s mind.
present absence,
future hears the now.
memoir again...
back from the dead.
try to forget
the pain that’s left.
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Build To Fall
¶ grief reflects and infuriates while surviving← Back to lyrics
Lives Amount
¶ each vibraphone note grieves a life lost← Back to lyrics
On The Line
¶ when so much is, why not live a lot?← Back to lyrics
Spaceman
¶ conceived on a Bowie & Hawking shared birthday← Back to lyrics
↑ T h e B i t t e r T r u t h
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I Cant See You
- blindfold
I can't see you, you can't know meI will be you if there's no me
This is what we end up doing
If I still feel you inside me
I can't see you, you can't know me
I will be you when there's no me
This is what we both are doing
When I still feel you inside me
I can't see you, you can't know me
I cannot see you beside me
I can't see you (I can't see you)
I can't see you (I can't see you)
I can't see you (I can't see you)
I can't see you
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Arrival
- departure
¶ gears retract← Back to lyrics
Drummer Dust
- not well
¶ decimation of rapid decent← Back to lyrics
Leave No Trace
- the bitter truth
what a tragedy to lose thefinal tether to before the lie?
where's the comedy in feeling
we belong yet never reach the sky?
who believes we're bickering to
stay apart and remain here to die?
when the writing on the wall is
out in space we'll never forget why
if you love it, leave (x8)
how below before we go to
o ther places we might not survive?
spread the seed of life to show a
whole new world just how to be alive
overstay another welcome
and we cannot continue to thrive
look beyond the edge of galaxies
before we take another dive
when can we go?
by tomorrow
when we have no home
of our own
if you love it, leave (x9)
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This Is Gone
- deliciously eroded lungs
what's left of what we all knew?how can we listen to the news,
starring: "The End of Everything,
This Is Gone, That Is Out,
This Is All The Time We Have Left"
without shutting down?
staying dead, closing in
while everything looks just fine
if everything is wrong,
then nothing can be right
please feel free to prosper
with what has come to light
soon there will be nothing
...to fear losing again
where can we go from here?
again (x9)
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Warning
- disregard
what's next?(what's next)
what's next.
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↑ H o r s e m e n
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The Curve
¶ together, alone← Back to lyrics
Arrival
¶ gear hitting the ground← Back to lyrics
Drummer Dust
¶ sampler of random intent← Back to lyrics
Business As Usual
Narrates the IPCC AR6+ Latest +1.5° C Climate Change Report
ending excerpt from United Nations
Attorney General António Guterres
State of the Planet Address 201202:
To put it simply,
The state of the planet is broken.
Humanity is waging war on nature.
This is suicidal.
Nature always strikes back.
And it is doing so with
Growing force & fury.
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↑ 3 v E
↓
Baroque
- Forest Stalker Mix
¶ 16th note & vibe-laden Bijou Noir remix of "Baroque"← Back to lyrics
Fib Knot
- Bloodied Mix
Down, We go, To whereThe worst, Of them, Despair
Here, We are, Again
Trying, To be, Your friend
You can wallow
In everything that won't go right
Fib knot, would they?
Seems like you're right
In just how all this will end soon
Here goes, Ready?
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Daydreaming
Dreamers, they never learn(They never learn)
Beyond the point of no return
(Of no return)
and it's too late
The damage is done
The damage is done.
This goes beyond me
Beyond you
A white room by a window
Where the sun comes through
We are just happy to serve
Just happy to serve you.
¶ Radiohead composition
ManifestiV reinterpretation
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↑ G o d i s a
M a r t i a n
↓
Baroque
If it ain't baroque,don't fix it.
¶ one long solo
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Fib Knot
Down we go to wherethe worst of them despair.
You can wallow
in everything that won't go right.
Fib knot, would they?
Seems like you're right
in just how all this will end soon.
Here goes, ready?
Here we are again,
trying to be your friends.
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Just Wait
Seasons change,The sun has set for you.
We're the same,
Except we'll make it through.
Here we are again.
Call us your friends,
even though during dark times,
we were nowhere to be found.
Don't block out the sun.
The worst is yet to come.
Just wait...
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Sweetness
¶ heartbreaking discovery of added sugar influencing lifelong depression← Back to lyrics
Too Many Took
You felt the fight was over?It always followed you.
Dead friends that left all the best for you
depend on when ever you fall through.
You knew your night was over.
Too many took from you.
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God is a Martian
Feel the weight above you, andfear the dark among you, inside.
See your life before you
proceed into another, just like...
← Back to lyrics
↑ E i n e r
S i e G e r n
↓
Pop
¶ introductory lyrically ironic sampler← Back to lyrics
Stranger
Stranger, stay that way.Strangely, I only wanted
dangerous & delicious
regrets to leave me haunted.
For the last time I need to forget you
ever moved a single part of me.
Just remember, burn up all our memories
and forget there ever was a we.
Danger, keep away.
We'll lose momentum out there.
Persist in being our best
unlike to one another.
Stranger, I care for ones not there.
← Back to lyrics
Snow
Snow falls, everything does,lost and center.
Snow's nowhere to be found
in our winter.
Feel it all melt away,
stop the heat.
No matter what choice we had in it,
it isn't real.
No matter what faith we stored in it,
it isn't worth it anymore.
Not sleeping, it isn't real.
Just dreaming, could it be real?
We end, everything does,
part of growing.
Prosper, burn strong then fade,
I've stopped glowing.
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Damage
Please believe these things that I conceive.They're not for you, just for me.
You do not concern me.
Please just leave the memories of we.
What might have been & never could
have ever been complete.
All that I've told you, you already know.
And if you heard me, then why can't you go?
Why must you prod at what we only know?
Carry on for me, relentlessly so.
Please move on, and stay gone.
Please relieve yourself of all that grief.
You will be fine some other time,
just feel out your defeat.
Please just see past all your disbelief.
Just close your eyes & fall upon
those wings kept underneath.
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Rid of Me
Whatcha gonna dowhen I never say to you
what I'm gonna do
even after all of you
knew I'd never stay?
(You would never anyway.)
Wish I wasn't like
Everything that I
Grew to hate in you.
I don't wanna say
I'll stick around for you.
I just want to
keep you wanting me.
There was never need
for me to say to you
anything like
I'd get rid of me.
How's it gonna feel
when you see me gone is real?
Could you really face
quitting quite the chase,
given time to heal?
We can always say
it was you that went away.
Wish I didn't strike
Everything that I
Never did for you.
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Me Again
Dunno why we're stuck in this rut.Maybe cause we feel our door is never shut.
Why do I see you in me again?
Because we're slipping backwards.
Why don't we pretend this is the end?
Because we're falling forwards.
Not quite sure just how'll be
alone this time.
Dunno what you think you're doing
putting someone else in my shoes.
You think that will make me love you?
Now you've got another one to lose.
(Don't see what all this'll do
for us this time.)
Maybe nothing...
In fact, I'm sure that you mean
nothing to me again.
This time's the end.
(Dunno what you think you're doing
putting someone else in my shoes.)
They don't belong, like I ever did.
Good luck chasing that one.
Dunno what I did this time to get
you not giving up on
me again...
...When I gave up on you again,
so you shouldn't listen to
me again.
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Screams
I am so happy to seewhat you have done without me.
Nothing to do with what made you
beautiful way before
he came & trashed you all up.
None of it seems to add up.
Maybe I'm not quite as I thought
beautiful enough for
You to drag around,
quarantined & bound.
He can have what I had,
screams that make no sound.
Miss me all you want.
You can have carte blanche
over him, good riddance
to you having your shot.
Look at him get to do
everything I used to.
He doesn't like every surprise
happening because of...
You know what it's like to see
all of this because of me?
Twisting insides, feel more alive,
all because I needed
You to drag around,
quarantined & bound.
He can have what I had,
screams that make no sound.
Miss me all you want.
You can have carte blanche
over him, good riddance
to you having your shot.
[Screams that make no sound:]
Here is my tongue.
Hope you have fun
knowing you've run
out everyone.
I will die young,
'less you are done
Letting go & back again with me.
(Screams of thought that always haunt you)
Pick a side & let us both be free.
(Freedom from these dreams about you)
Cross the line too many times for
Me to care & be scared I'll
never hear your
Screams of fear for me.
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Cant Stop
Draw me into you,leading me on through,
where you can have me.
(Dreams must be lovely.)
Can't stop loving who I hate the most.
Can't stop wanting who I hurt so much.
Can't stop hating who you love the most.
Can't stop hurting who you want.
All is against you.
Want me to test you?
Results have come in.
We're both addicted.
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I Cant See You
I can't see you, you can't know me.I will be you if there's no me.
This is what we end up doing
if I still see you inside me.
I can't see you, you can't know me.
I will be you when there's no me.
This is what we both are doing
when I still feel you inside me.
I can't see you, you can't know me.
I cannot see you beside me.
I can't see you and me side by side anymore.
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