Brutal Deluxe EP

Stay Safe

Hey, Arnold Karma
When you coming outside? 
Hey, Arnold Karma
They're all waiting here for you
Hey, Arnold Karma 
They all stole and they lied
We're here, Arnold Karma
And we're ready for voodoo

Hey! We need you now
Sell it in pieces 
Hey! We'll change somehow
Over several releases 

Everybody's an
Anchor for a soul
That is dying to leave and
Flow in a dimension 
Full of sound, full of colour 
Where time's just a fabric
And a pattern to weave
And love is a shade
That really couldn't be duller

Hey! We need you now
We know we're not ready 
Hey! We'll change somehow
Little unsteady
Hey! Please come soon
Water is rising
Hey! Please come soon
Get stabilising 

Another human being anything that she likes
Another human being anything that they told her
Stop! Don't you move, don't you run from the strikes
Hold it tight, push it down, it'll keep till you're older

Hey! Where are you man?
I don't think he's coming
We don't understand 
This tune that you're humming

Give us what we know
With minor variations
Change that's measured and slow
Small accumulations

Arnold, where have you gone?
Did we say something wrong?
What if he won't come back?
What if we fade to black?

Arnold Karma

Sunrise (feat. Deonne) Lyrics

Sunrise
Underwater, soon
Another sunrise
Cresting another dune
Maybe our future’s still unwritten
Maybe our future’s not our hell
Burning
 
We’ve only got one Earth to walk on
We’ve only got one Earth that’s ours
Make your voice heard
 
Cos if we lose it now
We’ll never get it again
Our positive feedback loop draws in
With every life at stake
It’s way too late to abstain
Become the revolution, win
 
Sunrise
Gilding hurricanes
A hazy sunrise
Through the acid rains
If we don’t fight then it’s all over
If we don’t fight to save our lives
No one will
 
If we lose it now
We’ll never get it again
Our positive feedback loop draws in
Every life at stake
It’s way too late to abstain
Become the revolution, win
If we lose it now
We’ll never get it again
Our positive feedback loop draws in
Every life at stake
It’s way too late to abstain
Become the revolution, win
 
Buildings fall
I call
But I cannot find you
Floods may
Wash away all the
Beauty we knew
Fevered thirst
Accursed
A sea of dirt and bones
Broken dawn
Reborn
Onto jagged stones
 
If we lose it now
We’ll never get it again
Our positive feedback loop draws in
Every life at stake
It’s way too late to abstain
Become the revolution, win
If we lose it now
We’ll never get it again
Our positive feedback loop draws in
Every life at stake
It’s way too late to abstain
Become the revolution, win

Sunrise (feat. Deonne)

Here's the tale of Brendan Dassey 
He can't walk these streets anymore 
Isolated and railroaded 
You don't count if you're born country poor 
America, where are you hiding 
Where's your truth and where is your love 
America, your sons are dying 
Justice sleeps when push comes to shove 

Justice sleeps 
When push comes to shove 
Justice sleeps 
When push comes to shove 

Coerced without representation 
Over and over and over again 
Forty eight hour duration 
Scared and tired and prey for the men 
Sweet sixteen and his life's over 
Twenty forty eight's when he gets out 
Another young at-risk pushover 
For their machine to chew up and spit out 

For their machine 
To chew and spit out 
For their machine 
To chew and spit out 
Another day another life 
For their machine 
To chew and spit out 
Their machine 
To chew and spit out 

Every bar a silent friend 
I pray to find out when it will end 
Looking up, I see no stars 
And god's as quiet as these iron bars 
Could there be someone for me 
If I live long enough to be free 
Will I recognise the world 
And will the world save a place for me 
Will the people that I love still be around 
And where will they be 
If I never get out and I fade and die 
Then will I be free 

Will I be free 
Will I be free

The Tale Of Brendan Dassey (feat. Kristian Westmacott)

LYRICS

Every day alone
Every day is the same
Memories of children calling your name
Flies around your food bowl
Crust in your eyes
Surrender ain't sweet
Hell will fail to surprise

Oh, Leron
Those days are dead and gone
Oh, my Leron
Those days are gone

What did I do wrong?
Where did our love go?
From a warm family to
Out in the cold
Memories of meadow runs
World so alive
Curled up with the boy on a
Sunset drive
Thought this was forever
I thought love was true
Thought you needed me the way that
I need you
As the shadows lengthened and
The darkness came
The child, now a man
Left me here on a chain

Oh, Leron
Those days are done and gone
Oh, my Leron
Sweet days are gone

Time changes everything
Time takes its toll
Time changes everything
Time takes its toll

Heart pounds at that time of day
When he comes round to top up my water
Panting, eyes transfixed upon the highway
Vision dim, tail used to be faster
Wishing, always wishing that he will stay
Roughs my hair and he speaks softly to me
Turns his back and slowly he drives away
I watch him go
Every day it destroys me

How can love change
How can it change
How can love change
How can it change

Every day alone
Every day is the same
Memories of children calling your name
Flies around your food bowl
Crust in your eyes
Surrender ain't sweet
Hell will fail to surprise

Oh, Leron
Those days are done and gone
Oh, my Leron
Those days are gone
Oh, Leron
Those days are dead and gone
Oh, my Leron
Love is real and then it's gone

Leron (feat. Kristian Westmacott)

Featuring RosieMay on Vocals and Richie Westmacott on Guitars and Bass.

DEEP IN THE NOW

Every single time that you put me down
You know a crack emerged and a light peeped through it
I could see a life without your love
And the more I saw
The less I feared it

Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you, honey
Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you
Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you, honey
Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you

Days are so much warmer without your shade
And my confidence is slowly growing
When it gets cold I still think of you
And your empty eyes
Soul destroying

Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you, honey
Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you

And I know I'm enough now
Roads are opening up now

Deep in the now
Here
Deep in the now
Things are clear
Deep in the now
Without fear
You
Disappear

Learning not to make similar mistakes
Not to write and rewrite that same old story
Breaking habits seemingly set in stone
Laying new foundations of who I can be

Deep in the now
My heart beats stronger without you near me
Deep in the now
My heart beats on without you
Deep in the now
My heart beats stronger without you near me
Deep in the now
My heart beats stronger without you

Deep In The Now (feat. RosieMay)

Raise your guns
Steady your hands and fire
I'm not for pleading, tell me
Does my gaze
Unnerve you as you squeeze
Your little triggers, and
Remember this day as you cut down an orchid
Among dandelions
And this kiss that I blow to you
As your commander
Raises his sabre

Thunderous applause and I slowly
Bow to my knees
I will not hide my face
From you, from heaven, raise your pistol to my temple

And hell will hold no surprise
So come on, fire
And hell will hold no surprise
So come on, fire
And hell will hold no surprise
Fire
And hell will hold no surprise
So come on
Fire

Da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da da

Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire

And hell will hold no surprise
So come on, fire
And hell will hold no surprise
So come on, fire
And hell will hold no surprise
So come on, fire
And hell will hold no surprise
Fire

Son, here I come
Son, here I come
Son, here I come
Son, here I come

Mata Hari (feat. Becki Seddiki)

Destroy
Destroy
Destroy
Destroy

I'm all fire
I'm all fire

Always
Always
Always
Always

Denied
Yeah yeah yo
Denied
Yeah yeah yo
Denied
Yeah yeah yo
Denied

I'll dance in fallout like it was September snow
I'll candy coat the hand that lands the killer blow
Another dawn, another chance to die inside
So many words, so many places I can hide

The light, the hush, my heart's endeavour
That day
It just felt like now or never
I gave
You my heart to hold forever
Your gaze
Seemed so locked only to sever

Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo
Destroy
Yeah yeah yo

Destroy

HOME (feat. RACHEL TAYLOR-BEALES)

When you gonna come back
Home
Really want you back here
Home
Don't you know the streets are all the same
All the people smile when they hear your name

I thought I saw your shadow fall
On my door
I thought I heard your foot fall
On my floor
My heart skips and I turn around to face
A silent memory in an empty place
Where you

Stood when we were young when
Days were long and time was on our side
Now those days have left us
With a bittersweet pain inside

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I've missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Thinking 'bout the times we used to
Share
Thinking 'bout how you were always
There
All the different cracks that we slipped between
Now I need to tell ya' how much you mean
To

Me, I'm just here waiting
Waiting for you to arrive
All seems still and listless
Needing you for things to come alive

So come back home
Come back and see me
I'll be waiting
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I've missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Say what you want to say
I won't move away
Say what you want to say, I know
You'll do it anyway

Whoa whoa whoa ho
Whoa ho ho
Whoa whoa whoa ho
Whoa ho ho
We all get it right and we'll get it wrong
Doesn't really matter when you belong

Whoa whoa whoa ho
Whoa ho ho
Whoa whoa whoa ho
Whoa ho ho
Door is always open, walk on through
Sit and take a load off, say what's new

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I've missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Come back home
Come back and see me
Yeah, I missed you
Hiraeth, a hole
Fill when you're ready

Home (feat. Rachel Taylor-Beales)

Opening track from debut EP, They're Coming to Get You, Barbara. Artwork by norris nuvo.

We will tell you what to think
World events without a link
We will use your tiny pain
For sustained financial gain

Fabricated, true enough
Sit right back, consume this stuff
Blame your neighbour, blame your friend
Blame it on some growing trend
This is how we keep you down
Every city, every town
Our fake news is winning
Our fake news is winning
Our fake news is winning
We’re what you saw, we’re what you read
Our fake news is winning
We’re in your home, we’re in your head

We are the way (rpt)

Out of scope
Out of scope it happens
You won’t see the change because it’s all
Out of scope
Out of scope it happens
You won’t know the truth when we’re

Live against a green screen
Dubbing in a shrill scream
Windows and white helmets
Arming only moderates
Chemical attack
Flying a false flag
Vilify the poor
Start another war

They're Coming to Get You, Barbara

Fake News

Watch the music video for God of the Gaps (feat. Amanda Sanderson) here:

https://youtu.be/3vM6R5pLSNw

Taken from our new EP, 'There Wolf, There Castle.' Vocals by Amanda Sanderson; guitar by Vince Dyke; other stuff by AJ.

God Of The Gaps (feat. Amanda Sanderson)

Check out the music video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/XY2jMl_PkgY

'Happy Happy Meat Song' is taken from our new EP, 'There Wolf, There Castle' (2018).

Happy Happy Meat Song

From the third EP by Canton Synths, called Brutal Deluxe.

BRUTAL DELUXE
1. Casanova Frankenstein
2. This This is Exist
3. Stay Safe
4. Arson Kites

Official release date for Casanova Frankenstein is Friday 4th September 2020.

LYRICS

Warm hands and a
Cold heart
Still streets
Restart
 
Taking
Taking
Taking
Taking
 
Faking every move and they fell for you
Fighting for the morsels you threw
Every little lie that you tell yourself just
Another shadow waiting to haunt you
 
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
 
Casanova Frankenstein
You sold your heart
Casanova Frankenstein
For plastic art
Either expose
Or just dispose
Who cares, who knows?
It comes, it goes
 
Oh - Casanova Frankenstein
You have your needs
Casanova Frankenstein
It moves, it bleeds
Go before they know
Your love was worn for show
Draw a heart
To tug and tear apart
 
Casanova Frankenstein
Casanova Frankenstein
 
Cold, inert
Do you hurt?
So chop them up into bits
And find some part of them that fits
 
You move like a disease
Infecting open arms with ease
Thirst unsatisfied
Flowers by the wayside
 
I don’t wanna be the next Tank Murdock
I don’t wanna be the next Tank Murdock
I don’t wanna be the next Tank Murdock
I don’t wanna be the next Tank Murdock

Casanova Frankenstein

Starting in 2017 and based in Cardiff, Wales (UK), I make dark, melodic tunes that illustrate issues I care about.

Genres include dream pop; alternative rock; dark wave; goth; and shoegaze. You know, all the happy ones.

My musical influences include The Voidz, Beach House, The Verve, Chromatics, Interpol and The Doors, among many others.

Works include:

Mata Hari (feat. Becki Seddiki) (Single, 2023)
Deep in the Now (feat. RosieMay) (Single, 2023)
Leron (feat. Kristian Westmacott) (Single, 2022)
The Tale of Brendan Dassey (feat. Kristian Westmacott) (Single, 2022)
Sunrise (feat. Deonne) (Single, 2022)
Arnold Karma (Single, 2021)

Brutal Deluxe (EP, 2020)
1. Casanova Frankenstein
2. This This is Exist
3. Stay Safe
4. Arson Kites

There Wolf, There Castle (EP, 2018)
1. Angry Fighting Catholic Priests
2. God of the Gaps (feat. Amanda Sanderson)
3. Be Leavable (feat. Cat Southall)
4. Happy Happy Meat Song

They’re Coming to Get You, Barbara (EP, 2017)
1. Fake News
2. Ebbw Vale
3. Disappear

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