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The Stranglehold of Empathy

by Robot Maria

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1.
Almodovar 04:13
Chained to be enamored To pain that cuts inside Accustomed to the eyelids Shutting down for the ride A black stain that remains engraved Remains engraved in my memory Look at my bursting soul How frightening it is to come out Of this ocean of doubt Too fragile to depend on Death in tenement house Death seems a distant thing ignoring The impending long long nocturnal As we walk the walk of life’s uncharted way Uncharted way Treating unknown paths leading To unknown unknown places
2.
Amapola 04:39
Eons ago Under the light She vanished within thin air No sign of light Flickering tongues Seduce at night Let’s run away tonight my love Let’s run away tonight tonight Radiant eyes and rays of hate Illuminate the color of death Scattered scars left from tumults of war Darkness at shallower depths Blind epic machine builds cadavers The echoing sounds of cemeteries Demonic days approach and slowly Takes us closer to the end Luminous nights stretch longer as explosives Catapult over a citadel Constellations watch us as clouds scatter Constellations watch us as the sky falls down The jealous hope has come and gone Without a lucid sign we must return in tears And blind.
3.
Whispers of the shadow of the trees Echo under the moonlight White sky from the darkened ambiance Striking grounds with murky rays The power of ancestral sins Ignites this novelistic dream Kings and queens rise from The depths of black and deliver victory Kings and queens will rise from the abyss Triumphantly into a kingdom Tyrannical the masters lurk within the shadows Battle for emancipation and survival Simultaneous fighting of spiritual forces The masters of tyranny join their visions into darkness
4.
Coward 04:27
5.
Provocador 04:28
Uninvited sailor maps his way Through the eyes of dawn seeks its prey A pleasant sharp taste of bait awaits Penetrating white stimulant A wall of sound decays to the unknown What a sight this is We wrap the night around all evil Provocative provocative Cold and fragile nostrils appear Facing chapters of painted fears A pleasant sharp taste of bait awaits Penetrating white stimulant An empire bursting in flames
6.
Celestial clock has clicked Spoken words undone words undone A final minute Spoken words undone undone The shadow of the moon is compared to The radiant and tireless stare of the children in despair The fury in their eyes has faded from false promises There’s anarchy in their movements But at the same time someone controls them Their eyes reflect anguish Their eyes reflect pain And what is said of this blind justice And what is said of this plague of death
7.
Lament filled with pain Is heard throughout the night Enraged dressed in black Revenge is on her mind Her face sometimes that of A horse often horribly blank Her long fingernails Gleam like polished tin in the moonlight Her pride and jealousy drove her to acts Of pure vengeance Intruders from across the sea Paid the price in her presence And now every night There’s a haunting voice that screams out Cannot rest until they’re found Until they’re found Cannot rest until they’re found Until they’re found Cannot rest until they’re found Until they're found The ghostly woman wanders Along canals and rivers Crying for her children looking for her children The ghostly woman wanders Along canals and rivers Crying for her children looking for her children Cannot rest until they’re found Until they’re found Cannot rest until they’re found Until they’re found Cannot rest until they’re found Until they’re found
8.
Diamanda 03:51

credits

released June 4, 2017

Vocals: Ivan Mendoza
Guitar: Chris Skinner
Bass: Vincent Venegoni
Drums, Programming: Justin Schaefers

Mixed & engineered by: Justin Schaefers
Mastered by: TJ Callaway
Produced by: Justin Schaefers and Robot Maria

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Robot Maria Dallas, Texas

We were a four piece post-rock band from Dallas, TX. Check out our first album, The Stranglehold of Empathy. Two more albums were recorded prior to our breakup in 2020. We still plan to release those eventually. Enjoy!

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