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January Knife - Live Demos

by January Knife

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Yellow lines on a concrete floor was my home I can't go back no more bleeding ulcers lumps and sores it was home I can't go back no more I'm sorry I'm worried no no no productivity was slower it was home I can't go back no more I'm sorry I'm worried one two three four my badge won't work on the door five six seven eight I'm too sick to litigate nine ten eleven twelve I can't pay for this myself thirteen help me fourteen help me fifteen help me sixteen it's tough be tough it's tough be tough walk off of the floor I'm off the floor I can't go home no more they saw the sores I can't go home no more I'm off the floor I can't go home no more.
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wish death on everything that crosses your path i'm so sure that won't bite you in the ass. death on everything everything that crosses your path oh kitty cat you are my friend if you go out will you come back again oh kitty cat oh kitty cat i feel like sh*t i want to die i feel like sh*t i want to die oh kitty cat oh kitty cat i'm so f*cking tired death on everything everything that crosses your path wish death on everything that crosses your path
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I'm sorry that they cut you loose They cooked your silly little goose Oh no You're burned and torn up all to hell You post online your doing well Oh no Would it do What would it do A ZIPPER-MOUTH on a cartoon face Says keep it secret keep it safe Oh no You post online you're doing fine I see you on there all the time Oh No Would it do What would it do I was poisoned I was poisoned mother I'm sorry that they cut you loose They cooked your silly little goose Oh no You post online you're doing well The posters in the hallways tell Do Not Get Hurt Do Do Not Miss Work
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I made a mistake And now I get to lay awake All night and all day. Brain hates Brain Again do it again I do it again. Why am I alive? Why am I still alive? I haven't done anything. Why am I still alive? Don't lie.
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Every ounce of dopamine has split the scene brains blame me brains blame me brains blame me brains blame me I pulled the strings I pulled the strings Candy Bar from the Ivory Coast where the Kids get hurt the most What a bargain What a bargain I pulled the strings I pulled the strings
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Put your head in your hands. Make a plan, don't make a plan. What if you are a walking bomb where would you go to fix what's wrong? Put your head in your hands. Make a plan, don't make a plan If you are an EID what change would you see? The 55 point IQ homeless man wasn't gonna hurt you. The schizophrenic mentally disabled homeless man wasn't gonna hurt you. The cell is OK the inmate's OK they wrote it down every day The cell is OK the inmate's OK He starved to death and the cells OK Well you can wait and hold yer breath until you suffocate to death or you could sit and hold your head and join the walking living dead. You though if you just hang on and something better would comes along Put your into a box, cram yourself into a slot. I know that you like to watch, I know that you like All the pain and all the mess and all anger, he starved to death Make a plan Don't make a plan
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hate this hate this hate this couch weakness sadness selfish couch do you like this i bought this do you like this i bought this weakness sadness selfish couch hate this hate this hate this couch there you are with your depression and that dirty laundry that you can quite get around to hey why don't you go out get of of the couch were you hate yourself and and your mental heath why not die outside there you are with your depression and that dirty laundry that you can quite get around to weakness sadness selfish i bought this couch
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Real real real was it real awkwardly recite they were so polite awkwardly recite recite they were so polite was it real real real was it real it was real at the funeral fun for no one was there no one there dust mask immigrant throws out your sh*t it was real real real it was real it was real at the funeral fun for no one was there no one there you broke the wheel chair broke the wheel chair broke the wheel chair IT WAS THE SADDEST STAND-UP ROUTE it was the saddest real real real it was real at the funeral fun for no one is there no one is there.
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I'll be free I'm sorry I carry you you changed so much i want to I'm sorry i carry you I'm sorry the punk rock Antichrist is now a born-again a bitter Anti-Muslim a cancer a father of four children children father of four children children I'm sorry I carry you I'm sorry I carry you one day Satan will come he will blow his horn you'll jump into his car I'll be free I'm sorry i carry you.
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Weight more weight newborn rock star dying in a hot car what are you going to do kick and scream pull your hair out what are you going to do everything is fine like a child in a diamond mine newborn sad lad soldering an ipad what are you are going to do THROW YOURSELF RIGHT OFF THE ROOF what are you are going to do everything is set for a man in a suicide net. ennui on me more weight newborn rock star dying in a hot car what are you going to do kick and scream pull your hair out what are you going to do everything is fine like a child in a diamond mine ennui on me more weight dying hot car dying hot car.
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It's a snack time treat that can't be beat I want the poison covered in gold i want the poison that I've always known I want the poison behind my eyes I want the poison I don't know why it's a snack time treat that can't be beat it's a snack time treat that can't be beat it's a snack time treat that can't be beat it's a snack time treat that can't be beat I want the poison behind my eyes I want the poison I don't know why don't want to live and don't want to die and don't want to live and don't want to die it's a snack time treat that can't be beat it's a snack time treat that can't be beat it's a snack time treat that can't be beat weak weak weak weak animal wake.
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if we pull them off the street if we put them in little cages if we bury them beneath the gravel would you be happy would you live forever would you would you If we pull them out of the schools if we pull them from their homes at night if we bury them beneath the gravel would you be happy would you live forever would you a picture of yourself that makes you hate yourself I a head smashed open a picture broke a picture of yourself that makes you hate yourself a head smashed open a picture would you would you if we pull them off the street if we put them in little cages if we bury them beneath the gravel would you be happy would you live forever would you be happy would you live forever would you be happy would you live forever would you be happy would you live forever
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When you die and go to hell and slide down a hill of skulls to dwell in a ocean of fire and all is well I'll be worried about you I'll be worried about you you told me about the show you told me you wanted to go and now I'm here and all alone and i am worried about you what is wrong with me i surround myself with you what is wrong with me you are stuck at work stuck in traffic half asleep liar in the end we'll meet in hell. i'll be burning beside you i'll be burning beside you worried about you worried about you worried about you worried about you what is wrong with me i surround myself with you what is wrong with me you are stuck at work stuck in traffic half asleep liar.
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Human they are human and when you look in the mirror you recognize what you see and with the lines growing clearer another ashtray is what you need. Hey. Get out of the way. all the boys in the golf cart say. Hey. Get out of the way. Make them an ashtray. Exotic. imported. Gorilla hand ashtray. Hey. And when they look in a mirror they know exactly what they see.
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Let's tear down the idols. You betrayed us. There is no one watching like a cop up in the sky. Drive your car into some kids. No one will bat an eye. Be a pig and split a wig. Its a gig. Its just a gig. We called them cause they need help. Don't want no one to die naked on the freezing street. No one will bats an eye. Be a pig and split a wig. Its a gig. Its just a gig. You betrayed us. You betrayed us.
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Here they come to our town they hate you here they come carrying guns they hate you here they come blocking roads they hate you here they come waving flags town they hate you all we had to do is press a button but we all stayed home all we had to do is press a button but we all stayed home here they come to our town they hate you heading home on the interstates they hate you all we had to do is press a button but we all stayed home all we had to do is press a button but we all stayed home here they come to our town they hate you.
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One two three you will never be free you're bigger than me i got a can of pepper spray it will blind you do as you may I'm not very strong but I can swing away with a hammer at a face and you'll never walk away and i'll never hear you say January Knife mother f*cker one two three you will never be free your bigger than me concealed in a parking lot concealed one two three you will never be free you're bigger than me.
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There's a light the dark there's a light in my heart it's a light it's a light there is a light in my heart there is a light the dark it's a light shining bright bright bright there's a death camp in myanmar there's a death camp in chechnya we watch them die we watch them die there's a death camp in myanmar there's a death camp in chechnya we watch them die we watch them die it is not a lie we watch them die.
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Good. Be Good. Be Good. Be Good. Be good and good things will happen Keep your nose clean keep their toes tapping Believe in something and they all start laughing Prove them all wrong prove them all wrong. The Devil In the Basement at the Pizza Shop Got a lot of little kids tied up The Devil's in the Basement at the Pizza Shop No buts no buts no buts I need to see your basement I swear to god I'll use this thing I need to see your basement I swear to god I'll use this thing I need to see your basement I swear to god I swear to god I'll Prove you all wrong prove you all wrong. A... R... 1... 5... Prove them all wrong make them all cry Thrown your life away and make them all cry 1...5...1...5... A... R... 1... 5... Thrown your life away and make them all cry 1...5...1...5... Good. Be Good. Be Good. Be Good.
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She's so nice, she's so sweet, she could do so much better that me i mean him, I admit we're one and the same, one day you will learn. That will be a shame, you get to see the look on my face, i get to slide back in my place and, We are the same. We are the same. Inadequate. Inadequate. He's so mean, He's so cruel. He can do so much better than you, I mean me. I admit we're one and the same, one day you will learn. That will be a shame, you get to see the look on my face, i get to slide back in my place and, We are the same. We are the same. Inadequate. Inadequate. Hack hack hack at the root of it all.

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released August 20, 2020

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January Knife Charlotte, North Carolina

One-man synth rock band, A sweaty live Drummer singing with a Vocoder while frantically Triggering Loops.

Use Linux
Use a Vocoder.
Play Drums.
Trigger Loops.
Hate yourself.

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