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Pure Desperation

by Dancing Plague

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fruitbythepunch
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fruitbythepunch This album warms my weary bones on this second pandemic winter. Favorite track: No Drive.
Dylan Johnson
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Dylan Johnson So many good songs! What a phenomenal album, I heard 'Cataracts' a couple months ago, but a friend reminded about the album. A definite must have!! Favorite track: Decades Go By.
gargoyle
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gargoyle great synth wave with a pinch of Elektro Favorite track: Cataracts.
Christian Schaefer
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Christian Schaefer Featured this album on the thirty fifth issue of RULE of THREE (bit.ly/RULEofTHREEbc). Pounding retro synths, a stomping beat and claps create this amazingly strong darkwave gem that immediately urges you to turn to the dancefloor. The mournful vocals add a sinister atmosphere that makes An Endless Want so enjoyable. Night gives me life, life gives me time. Favorite track: An Endless Want.
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1.
Slow Years 05:05
Defending my dark pleasures, I’ll make up my mind if I’m still alive, if time’s on my side. I sold my only treasures because who knows what I’ll find if I’m still alive. She sees pictures when she shuts her eyes, I want to be in those images forever. I’m still sick but she makes it better, and I still hate breathing but she makes it better. And then we dream. I’ll give you the sun. I’ll drain the ocean from your eyes. I’ll be the one that helps you dream, forever.
2.
You’ve lost all will to trust, but something rips away every shred of inhibition. You’re taken by the lust of someone else’s dreams but they’re nothing like yours. You’re waiting out the dawn for promises that were never kept, the lying words that sit tight around your neck. And I’m still holding out for the day when everything that I’ve ever loved doesn’t slowly fade far away from me. What drives you to feel? Pure desperation.
3.
Cataracts 05:06
I can't lift my eyes to meet your lonely gaze. You can't tell me why we must separate. I know sometimes it’s a cold drive back to your place. If I took my own life would you celebrate? Level me with your eyes, level me with your smile.
4.
You were only there to put me down, and I’ll never forget the way you made me doubt myself. But maybe you were right, somehow. Who am I to trust that anyone would care? Maybe I should end it all. Who would miss me? Give it a few days, then see who still cares. I put trust in time, but decades go by and I’m still alive. No love without shame, and decades go by and I’m still in pain.
5.
Ache 05:35
She needs more than the life I live, there’s only so much I can give. Patience is wasted on the silence of her cries, pleasure is only there to distract her if she tries. She sits here waiting for the right time, her head is filled with reasons to not be alive. But she’s fine, at least tonight. I ache for another taste of her life, I yearn for a view of the world through her eyes. I wonder if she’ll ever forget about me. I miss her so much, sometimes I just want to die. But we're fine, at least tonight.
6.
Forget 05:13
No lack of shame can numb the pain and save your life. I feel the same, but would you cut away what keeps us down? It’s what you feel, it isn’t much but it’s real. We shared the load then she ripped the knife out of my hands. In good time I’d carry her so far away from here, but it’s not her dream and I couldn’t change. I cannot wait to breathe inside that empty place, it’s far away but it’s mine to claim. She forgets my name, then she fades away. She sees nothing when she sleeps, and in her dreams I found god.
7.
That night we danced in a dark hall, it felt right but there was no love in your eyes. No sight of you could bring back that day, now when I see your face I think only of the pain. Now I can’t sleep even if I try, dreams of suicide keep me up at night. I couldn’t cry, I’m only aging. And the whites of your eyes, they couldn’t save me.
8.
No Drive 05:22
I believe that there's more than this simple ground. It's too dark to hide alone in this worthless town. I can't breathe when you're standing next to me. I fall asleep and suffocate weightlessly. But she haunts me if ever I speak. I need more than the love that she's gives me but I can't leave. I try to reconcile but there's no drive.
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10.
I couldn’t speak up every time, she holds impatience at her side. No better place to end my life, but it’s not my time. There’s voices keeping me awake reminding me what’s at stake. I’ve only a few moment until they decide my fate, but I’ll make them wait. Night gives me life, life gives me time.

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released March 15, 2018

Written, Performed, and Recorded by Dancing Plague
Mixed and Mastered by Ramsey Troxel

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