a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

lyrics:
she sings from somewhere you can't see
she sits in the top of the greenest tree
she sends out an aroma of undefined love
and it drips on down in a mist from above

she's just the girl, the girl you want

you hear her calling everywhere you turn
you know you're headed for the pleasure burn
but the words get stuck on the tip of your tongue
she's the real thing but you knew it all along

look at you with your mouth watering
look at you with your mind spinning
why don't we just admit it's all over
she's just the girl you want

Girl U Want [Bonus Track]

a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

lyrics:
somnambulist
lucid enough and i can still sense
you're a narcissist
you're never wrong in the plastic mist

if i decay to fate and theft
maybe i could forfeit my own death
i could exist a machine
grinding flesh in between my geared teeth
so sick of all of this rage
but i am still just a rat in a cage
too late to try and fit in
and i wish i buried you farther within

so i burn
and i break
and under my skin
i can see your face

i'm a circus freak
hiding my face so i won't see
you're a super creep
holding me down like the thrill is cheap

i am the last one left
i could save myself if i could sense
all this time i tried to resist
and i turned to fluoxetine and absinthe
nowhere to run to know 
and i'm a stranger in my own hometown
riddled with so many holes
and smoke pours out when i rake these coals

so i burn
and i break
and under my skin
i can see your face

delete my senses, i got no chance to survive
i might be manic, depressive, all of these crimes
i got nowhere to run, i got nowhere to hide
i can only delude myself for a short time

deep down nothing can stop me now

(far away
i feel no pain
call my name
drenched in rain)

so i burn
and i break
and under my skin
i can see your face

so just forget it

Absinthe

a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

lyrics:
sundown upon me
but no one's concerned
shaded from the heat
but i can still feel the burn
a dose of saccharine
cause i hate the sour taste
the soma and morphine
are you just gonna watch me bleed?

just gimme one good reason to not give up on everything
right now i'm at rock bottom and i'm free to do anything

the sun sets upon me
and everyone's watching
even when there far away
i can feel their eyes staring
i can raze all the feelings
i can cover deformities
but it's starting to break free
the pulsing demon seed

just gimme one good reason to not give up on everything
right now i'm at rock bottom and i'm free to do anything

"we'll be legends, we'll be immortalized
we'll go and lose ourselves but we will never die"
choking on my tongue i can never see the way out
i love the way you hold me down

just gimme one good reason to not give up on everything
right now i'm at rock bottom and i'm free to do anything

cause nothing special happens here
so maybe never knows best

Firestarters

a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

lyrics:

you don't know this but i foretold it
fly too high and you'll start to plummet
can't escape the heat, the lies the deceit
so bite the concrete and grit those teeth

i shout against the cold floor
and swallow my pride as you slam the door
used up, what's worse than the silence
trying to break down lies and reliance
heartache? don't get me fuckin started
douse it and you'll feel less disheartened
self punishment, thinking it's cool
time's almost up, who the fuck you tryna fool

cold bare pale and thin
eyes all upon your skin
so fucking transparent 
i can see all your errors
you can't concede
i can taste your apathy
are you trying to herd me like i'm a lamb
just who the hell do you think that i am?

sacred point 5 milligram whore
begging for the strength to open the door
add it up: ten reasons to give
inside the mind: no reason to quit
i emphathize but won't sympathize
try to realign then we might realize
it's easier to speak then to release
don't tell the tale, bitch, learn from the feat

cold bare pale and thin
eyes all upon your skin
so fucking transparent 
i can see all your errors
you can't concede
i can taste your apathy
are you trying to herd me like i'm a lamb
just who the hell do you think that i am?

you don't know this but i foretold it
fly too high and you'll start to plummet
can't escape the heat, the lies the deceit
so bite the concrete and grit those teeth

cold bare pale and thin
eyes all upon your skin
so fucking transparent 
i can see all your errors
you can't concede
i can taste your apathy
are you trying to herd me like i'm a lamb
just who the hell do you think that i am?

rifles drawn from an uncharted dimension
spiraling down into a newfound ommission
like a spectre breaks from the wall of death
a collision course that can stop your breath
safer ways to erase all of this dismay
but your complex seems to like life that way
activist, yet so passive. enjoy the kiss
the concrete blitz, a slacker's bliss

Viral

a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

lyrics:
interrogation
you want something from me 
you're so sadistic
you think you know everything
but i've got to get on my feet to lick the wounds and restart
but you can only swallow so much of your own blood
before you know that you're done

with a nail in my hand
you'll never hold back cause supply meets demand (you want to know what i've thought)
i'll resist and sew it all shut
one blow to shatter this peridot

are you listening?
i bet you couldn't hear
you made me lose my voice over these years
but i've got to get on my feet to lick the wounds and restart
but you can only swallow so much of your own blood
before you know that you're done

with a nail in my hand
you'll never hold back cause supply meets demand (you want to know what i've thought)
i'll resist and sew it all shut
one blow to shatter this peridot
with your spear in my side
you're so entranced with how I rot (you want to see how i rot?)
i wither i bend i break
the blow that shattered this peridot

you wanna find a system that will weather me
down, or place pressue on the truss
i never wanted to see
the analysis of what i could have and should have been
but now i'm left with a knot in my gut
and the reclamation process is defunct
but with a pencil grip like a pistol whip
i got the guts to make these lies come undone

with a nail in my hand
you'll never hold back cause supply meets demand (you want to know what i've thought)
i'll resist and sew it all shut
one blow to shatter this peridot
spear in my side
you're so entranced with how I rot (you want to see how i rot?)
i wither i bend i break
the blow that shattered this peridot

i tell myself i'll be okay 
but everyone is just so very far away
just so very far away
just so very far away

Peridot

a very special thanks (in no particular order) to:
mi familia, the people who gave a damn,
the crazy bastards in kf, all the fanboys and girls, 
all the engineering nerds, all the ib preps,
the alumni, and the artists and influences
who will only hear this if i get to their level,
and everyone who enjoys a bit of sonic anarchy

no thanks to you know who you fucking are

rex romanum is a one man project. 
all instruments, programming, production and mixing done by me
tracks 1 through 7 written by me
track 8 written by gerald casale & mark mothersbaugh (originally performed by devo)

expect more to come.

"whoever will be free must make himself free." - max stirner

These Are The Stakes

cringecore (live demo)

lyrics:

purchasing the means of production
smells and sounds like gentrification
when you need permission to resist
copy and paste becomes a protest
they'll give me a medal after i'm dead
they're making it easy for me to defect
they want my blood drained onto the floor
they want me kneeling and begging for more

there's nothing left to be said
we gotta go backwards
they're just recycling
we gotta burn it down

pack it up, we'll bring you down
and you'll eat what i pick (oi oi oi oi)
pack it up, we'll bring you down
i know you'll choke on it (oi oi oi oi)

cultures defined by who owns the rights
defining the laws that drain pockets dry
information and age continue to clash
quickly i'll pass by their stock car crash
they'll throw me a parade after i'm dead
lethal injection equals closed casket
they want my blood drained behind closed doors
they want you kneeling like a common whore

there's nothing left to be said
we gotta go backwards
they're just recycling
we gotta burn it down

pack it up, we'll bring you down
and you'll eat what i pick (oi oi oi oi)
pack it up, we'll bring you down
i know you'll choke on it (oi oi oi oi)

(one man two fists i'm pissed
i'll take what i have missed
sit back relax and i'll put you on the blacklist)

we'll bring you down
you'll never stop the war
we'll bring you down
by knocking down your door
we'll bring you down
you knew it all along
we'll bring you down
with our copywrong

(one man two fists i'm pissed
i'll take what i have missed)

rxrm live are:
gt - public relations 
cm - human resources 
xg - outsourcing 
tm - information technology 
ja - research and development 
ec - accounting and financing

Copywrong (Instrumental)

Meltdown

Copywrong

credits:
gt - performance, lyrics, production
sb - production

Korean Death Regiment

lyrics:

a thousand days, a liar
excessive use of fire
i swallowed every sentiment
i was born to be brain dead
now i'm choking on chlorine gas
labeled me the arsonist
the street clears and sweeps away
but my broken body invites the new day

lie to me, and feed me your patronizing lies to me
make me focus on the real enemy
living in stables bred
circuses to help us forget
about the hangman's sunday best
a tightrope around your neck

you need to exorcise your demons
or at least exercise suicide
forcefed like ducklings
chained to the floor for supple flesh
bleeding out oil and teething on soil

the future's dead and gone
but still i continue to fight this battle
why should i try to resist decline
because one day this will be all mine

so i fight just to prove i'm alive

fuck you, i'll never repent
i'll never relent while death remains a constant

all performance and production by gt.

special thanks to the legion.
no thanks to you know who.

digital hardcore will never die. - gt

Malthusian

yes i am aware it sounds exactly like a.06
yes there is a windows xp sample in the beat
happy 20th anniversary hybrid theory
rip chester

ps: i may come back and put some scratches once i get a turntable. meteora version mayhaps?

Linkin Park Type Beat

a cause for concern

vienna

remix of an old track

lyrics: 

fisticuffs. trench knife. chlorinated, the skyline
sawed off shotgun. here they come. machine gun

and we move along in hordes of fodder
we bleed red under sins of the father
we kill men because we hate each other
we drop 'em so fast they call it industrial

war, to end all wars
war - what the fuck am i fighting for?

collective suicide in rank and file
they give me orders and i live with denial
gunpowder and artillery fire
i could protest but god i'm so tired

what the fuck is this all for
empires fall and disorder is born
my feet are rotten and my lungs are sore
and my limbs scream as their ripped and torn

special thanks to you know who you are
special no thanks to you know who you fucking are
performance and production by rbm

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