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I Am Your Emperor

from Hopeful Monsters by Charlie Nieland

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Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s story “Harrison Bergeron” from WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE

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I Am Your Emperor

It's all so fantastic
You're so plugged in that it's hard to believe

But isn't it tragic
You cannot feel what you cannot perceive

And all your attention
Scattered and holding you down like the weights round your neck

So strike up the music
I'm here to set you on fire

I am your emperor
I am your conqueror

Now everything's even
Even the words that fall out of your mouth

Blasted by reason
The things that you can't figure out

But I am here now
Banishing thoughts like the sirens that wail in your mind

And up to the ceiling
I am defying your gravity

I am your emperor
I am your conqueror

Who will be my bride?

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from Hopeful Monsters, released September 28, 2016
Charlie Nieland: Piano, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drum Kit, Vocals

Mia Pixley: Cello

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Charlie Nieland Brooklyn, New York

Musician/producer Charlie Nieland creates a variety of cinematic music. Engaging the boundless creativity within his musical community, including the band Her Vanished Grace, the duo Lusterlit & the Bushwick Book Club, he reaches for an ever widening range of songcraft & textured sound. hervanishedgrace.bandcamp.com
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