Subterfuge (Single)

06/10/2022

Subterfuge (feat. Deathboy)

Broken (Assemblage 23 Remix)

Unbelievable. Unpredictable.
You’ll stop at nothing
You’re always on your knees
Always sucking
Always dodging
You can’t do anything
Just looking for a cock to tease

I know I’ve thought about it once or twice before
The many times I wanted to walk right out the door
And all the times you said that I was all you need
All for nothing, all for nothing

So much for fate and your damned expectation
Our words only lost... just wounded frustration
Blinded by attrition... emotional castration
Determined to taste my total submission

Unforgivable. Unacceptable.
Your love is tainted
It rots like a deadly disease
Masquerading
So degrading
Disturbed and scathing
Push the knife in further, please

Confused and broken is all I see
Empty you still hold... on to me
Too pathetic to be on your own
What you deserve is to die alone

I may have thought about this, once or twice before
The many times I walked right out the door
And all times you said that, I was all you need
All for nothing
You said that i was all you need
It rots like a deadly disease

Lyrics by Quinones
Music by Quinones / Baker
© 2015 ASCAP musica eternal
AnalogueTrash Records UK

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www.analoguetrash.co.uk

So Much For Fate (All For Nothing)

Listen
It may be hard to understand
We may have tried so many ways
We may have tried to learn to walk
Crawled each and everyday
If I could take away the pain
From the endless tiring reminder
That everything we do is wrong
It may be time we must move on
Move on...

Tell me
I want to try and understand
What really spins inside your head
The insecurities will eat your soul
And we just can't pretend
You have to try to trust again
Have hope in anything
That we can save ourselves
Before we go our separate ways

Maybe we’ve lost our way
Can we find it again another day
Can we take back the lies we ever said
I must admit I am the one who's lost

Hold on
You know that we are both to blame
It could have come at any hour
And we just had so many days
So tired that we just fell apart
I need to try to love again
I need to see it in your eyes
I need to feel your warm embrace
Before I say my last goodbye

This isn’t what we wanted
And not what we both need
Destroyed nearly everything
It's just my time to leave
This isn't what we wanted
And not what we both need
Destroyed nearly everything
And you were everything to me

Lyrics by Quinones
Music by Quinones / Baker
© 2015 ASCAP musica eternal
AnalogueTrash Records UK

www.vainmachine.com
www.analoguetrash.co.uk

Lost

Swiftly following up their anthemic rework of the famous KISS song I Was Made For Lovin’ You – released as a free download earlier this year - Vain Machine are back with a brand new three track EP in the form of Harm, marking the band’s first original material to be released since 2015. 

Rippling with their signature mix of driving basslines, electronic percussion and acerbic vocal lines delivered by frontman, lyricist and driving force Omar Quinones, the Harm EP features the powerful and stark title track; the winding, introspective ballad Security and the haunting, piano-led instrumental piece Doubt. 

Quinones describes the inspiration for the EP’s three, distinctive yet complementary tracks: 

“Over the last year in writing the new album I found myself really thinking about what Vain Machine is and what the music means to the listener. I found myself inspired by all different genres and wanted to pull all these great elements to do something we hadn't done before. I’ve always considered those artists that have a vision of what and how they want to tell their story and felt this was the path I needed to continue to take. 

All the songs are personal in nature dealing with my own life journey and the challenges anyone faces and overcomes. I tend not to look too deep into the overall message of any song I write. We all experience disappointment, pain, loss, insecurity … the list can go on. This is just my method of storytelling.” 

All three tracks were mixed and mastered by German alternative electronic mastermind Daniel Myer (Covenant/Haujobb). 

Harm is released via AnalogueTrash on the 21st of September 2018 on Bandcamp and all good download and streaming services. The band are planning a series of live dates to promote their new material and upcoming full-length album, including a UK and European tour scheduled for 2019. 
credits
releases September 21, 2018 

Written and produced by Omar Quiñones 
Mixed and mastered by Daniel Myer 
Artwork by Jack Leeson

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Harm

Can you believe?
I'm not so crazy
An uphill battle
You’re not deserving
Please don’t leave me
I'm not much trouble
I don’t take much space
Please don’t be doubtful

I can assure you
I can’t keep promises
Let me convince you
Please take a chance on me today

My pledge to you
Is once you see me
You'll see my struggle 
It’s overwhelming
The pain just swallows me
So much that I can’t breathe
Don’t feel sorry
Don't do anything

Any start of a new day
Will bring uncertainty 
I can’t control it
I wish that we could run away
That we could run away
To another place 

You are all that I need 
You are my everything 

Written and Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Myer
Artwrork by Jack Leeson

Security

Written and Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Myer
Artwrork by Jack Leeson

Doubt

i think I need a moment 
I really need to clear my mind
I don't know how we even got here 
Neglect is the worst of crimes
Is that what you really want?
To take this away from me
I don't care if you play the victim 
Take the opportunity 

Time feels like eternity 
When the wound is cut so deep

CHORUS
All the harm you ever done 
So what's the cost for everyone 
Everything is clear to see
Run so fast you won't break free 
And after all the harm is done 
Disaster caused by a megaton of fear 

Now it's all so clear….
Man to man I'm trying to be sincere 

It's always something about you
Couldn't even be discreet
You feel you're a person of value
Not worth a penny on the streets 
I can feel any way I want
You won’t change a single thing 
I don't not know the entire story
All of us deceive

All the harm you ever done 
What's the cost for everyone?
Run so fast you won't break free 
Can you mend the hemorrhaging?

Is this what you really wanted?
To cause the wounds to bleed
Finish what you started 
You're the master of mislead

Finish what you started
Finish what you started

All the harm you ever done 
What's the cost for everyone
All the harm you ever done 
What's the cost for everyone 
What's the cost for everyone 

Take me away from here 
Is this what you wanted?
Any place but here

Lyrics and music by Omar Quinones
Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed by Omar Quinones
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon, UK
Artwork by Jack Leeson / Jack Of Arts, Benidorm ES

Disconnect

Harm (NTDM Version)

Music by Omar Quinones
Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed by Omar Quinones
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon, UK
Artwork by Jack Leeson / Jack Of Arts, Benidorm ES

The Box

It may seem I disappoint you
That I don’t know who I am
I have said you shouldn't worry
I just hope you understand 

You may think that I'm unstable
Or feel that I am unable 
It cuts deep
Your words are loud enough for me
If we could just live free 

I'm just simply being honest 
I'm just saying what's on my mind
Pay attention to your actions 
You're the one who is confined

CHORUS
Imperfect. I can see you
Disgusted. I can feel you 
Distorted. I can’t hear you 
Broken. I assure you 
These are objects that you define
Hearing voices within your mind 
It's hopeless 
Read between the lines 
Disconnect you from my life

Everything will be alright 
I promise that I won't come back
Everything will be alright 
I promise that I won't look back

Lyrics and music by Omar Quinones
Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed by Omar Quinones
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon, UK
Artwork by Jack Leeson / Jack Of Arts, Benidorm ES

Exposed

Give it up
Give me a reason
Give it up
Give me a reason 

Give it up
Give me a reason 
Give me more so I can rest my head 
Give it up
Give me the reason
Give me pills so I wont feel so dead 

Take it all
Take what you need and
Take back everything you ever said
We all fall 
Fall on to your knees
Beg for mercy once again
Ask for forgiveness for our beliefs and
Deliver from evil
To plastic Jesus
Give us this day
Give us our daily bread

Give it up
Ask for forgiveness
Give us this day
Plastic Jesus

CHORUS
I can’t stop what’s happening to me  
I know I just have to get away
Somethings wrong and they can all tell
There must be a way I can escape
This is just a nervous breakdown
That’s what all others keep on saying

I know you 
Can see right through to my soul 
I’m still here just 
I have no self-control
Today
Can you take the pain away

Lyrics and music by Omar Quinones
Produced by Omar Quinones
Mixed by Omar Quinones
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon, UK
Artwork by Jack Leeson / Jack Of Arts, Benidorm ES

Breakdown

Perpetuate

Trust You

I can feel the panic
Getting closer
I don’t feel the same
If the meds don’t work
Will I get over
What I just explained?

It happens over and over
This hostile takeover
I can’t break this chain
The strain is pulling me under
It’s practically torture
And I can’t escape

CHORUS
Why
Do I feel
So alone
Stimulation overload
Why
Do I feel
So alone
Someone tell me, tell me

What I thought was normal
I’ve concluded
That my mind’s restrained
Is it chemical or just genetic?
It’s my life of pain

It happens over and over
This hostile takeover
I can’t break these chains
The strain is pulling me under
It’s practically torture
And I can’t escape

I don't care what happens to me
I don't care, how I’m perceived

I'm not the only one
Who wants to disappear
Sometimes I come undone
I'm scared they'll keep me here
I'm not the only one
I'm not the only one

I’m not the only one, how did it come to this?
Taken so many drugs, sunk down a deep abyss
This time I won't succumb, I know I'm not a risk
Retrieve my shattered core, let me walk out of here

Music, lyrics, production, mix by Omar Quinones
Artwork by Jack Leeson
Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering - Devon, UK

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