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The Creator

by Thomas Christ

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Optimize Performance 03:41
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We are the makers We are the creators We are the muckrakers Never imitators Content generation Initialize production Birth to realization Enhancing our construction Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance Honing execution Rehearsing for perfection Endless evolution Narrows our direction Sharpening our steel To the fiercest sword We decide what's real When we hit record Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance When performance is optimized All our dreams are realized We become brilliantly modified And we are mentally deified Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance Minimize Reluctance Optimize Performance Maximize Endurance Optimize Performance
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Right About Now 03:37
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Now tell me don't you feel it It's coursing through your veins If you don't have it, you steal it Get it straight to your brain Feel the fire, burning inside ya It ignites us all somehow Never tire, connect the wire Exploding once again Right about now You've got the fuel inside you All it takes is a flame To start a raging inferno Illuminating what you became Feel the fire, burning inside ya It ignites us all somehow Never tire, connect the wire Exploding once again Right about now You'll be the phoenix rising You'll rise up from the dirt And you will be the creator Dream into flesh a new earth Be the hero or villain It's up to you to decide Just don't get left at the station You've got a ticket to ride Feel the fire, burning inside ya It ignites us all somehow Never tire, connect the wire Exploding once again Right about now Feel the fire, burning inside ya It ignites us all somehow Never tire, connect the wire Exploding once again Right about now
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Genesis Generation 03:16
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We are the ones who make There's not much left to take We've got to push to renew We dedicate our lives Living among the knives Exposing all that is true And when they see our plans They wanna tie our hands Knowing we'll carry it through We're hard as stone inside Working to bury the lies Eyes see in crystal clear view Hey! This is the genesis generation Hey! This is the genesis generation We are the freaks who seek To smack the other cheeks Our names across the marquee There is no time to die Got to secure our supply You're either fake or you're free And once we chart our course You will feel all of our force That is our guarantee Cause we've perfected the art No stopping once we start The creativity spree Hey! This is the genesis generation Hey! This is the genesis generation Wipe off your sour face Cause this is our new place New generation begins Once you were leading the rush But now you're beneath our crush Sure you can feel it within Already on the way out You still can't figure it out While we are pulling the pin Still you don't wanna believe Nothing your mind can conceive We built and we will win Hey! This is the genesis generation Hey! This is the genesis generation Hey! This is the genesis generation Hey! This is the genesis generation
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The Art That Makes The World Go Round 04:58
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This is a worldwide exhibition Not just art, this is a mission And we've got to get it started for sure We are the lords of our creation Let's take it to the nations They are hungry and they're starving for more All it takes is a big idea One in our hands is worth ten thousand in the bin And once we've got it, we will never lose Come from behind and now we're ready to win It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round More than just aesthetic We're peaceful, empathetic And we're changing our global priorities True genius but we're centered Still cunning like a leopard And opposing the oppressive authorities Might be weak when we're alone But strong when we're together Like a pantheon of gods from antiquity If you get in our way You better start to pray We're steamrollin' straight to total ubiquity It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round This is the art that makes the world go round Just step to the side when you hear the sound of Makers, creators, performers, illustrators Writers, uniters, real heavyweight fighters The gods of today, and there's no time like the present To jump to the fore and represent Connected to this world wide imminent onset Of creative ascent Ride this wave and connect your brain To the imagination train before you go insane Build new thoughts, new ideas, connections It all builds to a point of reflection Direction, until it forms an inception And never worry about perfection Never be afraid, don't ever be ashamed At the end of the day our reward will be claimed It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round It's us, we're the ones We've got to stand together With the art that makes the world go 'round Enough with the hatin We're lords of our creation With the art that makes the world go 'round
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Fail Harder 04:10
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A young fiend, so fresh and green You think that you're ready for trouble But you don't even know what it means And when it finds you, it will be double Hope to get it, but prepare for failure Cause it will be your middle name Don't be discouraged, don't be dissuaded And try not to let it drive you insane If at first you don't succeed You know you gotta bleed It's all part of the plan So you better just exhale You know you're gonna fail so Fail harder Don't wait, don't you hesitate A new God isn't crowned in a day A million battles are what will await you So you better start your mission today You will get kicked and punched in the mouth What doesn't kill you will harden for war And every failure has a silver lining Can't reach the sky until you fall to the floor If at first you don't succeed You know you gotta bleed It's all part of the plan So you better just exhale You know you're gonna fail so Fail harder Nobody said this would be easy Prepare to fall, and fail completely But this will never become your ruin Don't be a victim of the illusion If at first you don't succeed You know you gotta bleed It's all part of the plan So you better just exhale You know you're gonna fail so Fail harder
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Assembly Mind 03:52
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Manufacturing mayhem Directing destruction From my assembly mind Comes pyrolytic production Compositing cacophony And fabricating hype Fortifying formulations For these vapid prototypes Smash up all the parts Put them together again Magnifying madness To a glorious end Supply without demand Keeping my nowhere-house stocked Piled to the ceiling Locked and scarred-board boxed This is a product Of my assembly mind Breaking the pieces I form into the whole This is a product Of my assembly mind Down my conveyor belt To complete control Ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk Sounds of extruding the steel Clanging to the floor Becoming something I can feel In my furious foundry Melting all meaning to sludge Transforms to scarlet paint That I smear and I smudge Fires ever burning Fuel insidious industry Pernicious product line The art that consumes my history Envisioned for extinction Massacre by this machine Sedated by the sound Of this acoustic halothane This is a product Of my assembly mind Breaking the pieces I form into the whole This is a product Of my assembly mind Down my conveyor belt To complete control Ever glowing This inferno keeps growing I am the phoenix Never ever slowing Ever glowing This inferno keeps growing I am the phoenix Never ever slowing This is a product Of my assembly mind Breaking the pieces I form into the whole This is a product Of my assembly mind Down my conveyor belt To complete control This is my art, this is my life Complete control This is my art, this is my life Complete control This is my art, this is my life Complete control This is my art, this is my life Complete control
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Add Chaos 04:01
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Throwing my monkey wrench into every plan Eliciting disaster by my own hands Whisking you all away to my dance Throwing your minds straight for a darkened expanse A wake up call for the dead of the night Make the sounds louder and the lights flash bright This is a jackhammer inside of your soul Draining your base desire for control Divide demons Subtract saints Multiply mischief Add chaos Divide demons Subtract saints Multiply mischief Add chaos Press on the nails, but this is not cosmetic You're getting brain sugery with no anesthetic Rhythmic brutality is my favorite asthetic Screeching "nevermore", it's Edgar Alan Poe-etic You scream, they scream, when they hear my scream Main dream of my scheme is to keep it extreme The devil down in Georgia finally smashed that damn fiddle Every mind is scrambled by this hypersonic riddle Divide demons Subtract saints Multiply mischief Add chaos Divide demons Subtract saints Multiply mischief Add chaos Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at I want, I need, this is internal combat Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at I want, I need, this is internal combat Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at This can become, whatever you need to feel numb This can begin, whenever you want it within I think that this could really break your brain And it just might turn you completely insane There's no divide between the sacred and profane And you are listening to aural cocaine I think that this could really break your brain And it just might turn you completely insane There's no divide between the sacred and profane And you are listening to aural cocaine I think that this could really break your brain And it just might turn you completely insane There's no divide between the sacred and profane And you are listening to aural cocaine I think that this could really break your brain And it just might turn you completely insane There's no divide between the sacred and profane And you are listening to aural cocaine
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Brand New Revelation 04:21
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No prophecy could have told You'd draw a star and invent a nation Might you never thought you could hold Has become your burning revelation Not in some book from the past Or thin words of indoctrination Within you, truth that will last No limit to imagination You are the God of your world When you initiate creation Smart as the devil with the power of Thor This is your brand new revelation When you put pen to the page Or scream your words shining in the red light That's when your power is engaged And your fire will explode and ignite Some people just won't understand They will all become your Judas someday Wield your torch and stick to your plan You will triumph while they rot and decay You are the God of your world When you initiate creation Smart as the devil with the power of Thor This is your brand new revelation Just keep pushing, you'll be a big success Fuck what they say, it only raises stress Build your kingdom, starts with a lonely brick Clock keeps winding, don't waste a single tick Just keep pushing, you'll be a big success Fuck what they say, it only raises stress Build your kingdom, starts with a lonely brick Clock keeps winding, don't waste a single tick You are the God of your world When you initiate creation Smart as the devil with the power of Thor This is your brand new revelation You are the God of your world When you initiate creation Smart as the devil with the power of Thor This is your brand new revelation
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In The Dark Of Night 04:16
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I light my candles but I never pray I'm just searching for the words to say In the absence of the light of day And it doesn't matter anyway Exactly who are you to judge Can't imagine anyone would begrudge I stay awake with the slime and the sludge The flamelight dances on these words so smudged I write my songs in the dark of night Don't know if this is good or right Makin' music in the middle of the night And it's alright, alright I feel the rhythms that you hear in the dark When you see your creativity spark Brightens the air like an electric arc With the magic that will leave its mark So if you're nocturnal creatures too And you tap into this mystical brew When the sun is gone and day is through You know precisely what you must do I write my songs in the dark of night Don't know if this is good or right Makin' music in the middle of the night And it's alright, alright And when you're not blinded by the sunshine At the at the hour of noon You could be dressed in black, drinking blood red wine By the light of the moon And when you're not distracted by the colors You can see every shade of grey Cause when the whole world's tucked in sleeping Won't hear the nonsense they say I write my songs in the dark of night Don't know if this is good or right Makin' music in the middle of the night And it's alright, alright I write my songs in the dark of night Don't know if this is good or right Makin' music in the middle of the night And it's alright, alright
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We Are The Creators 04:46
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We've got a plan that they just don't understand And they never could We're the creators and we're in command Just like we said we would We set the style, we start the trends All across the planet We compose the music and we draw the designs What you love, we began it We are the creators Got no time for haters 57 different flavors Because we're innovators Sometimes instigators Performers, illustrators Writers, entertainers We are the creators Big or small, the architects of it all We are the real life gods Manufacturing our own worlds Creativity explodes like bombs We assemble and arrange the big picture We put details in our devils Doing lines that let us form all our shapes We're revolutionaries and we are rebels We are the creators Got no time for haters 57 different flavors Because we're innovators Sometimes instigators Performers, illustrators Writers, entertainers We are the creators Creators rock and force the world to roll Like a stone and it smokes like a bowl We get you high when you're feeling so low Moving fast while time is passing too slow It will hit you like an art attack We've got a gift you can never take back When us creators put our brains to the grind The sparks will ignite in these worlds we define We are the creators Got no time for haters 57 different flavors Because we're innovators Sometimes instigators Performers, illustrators Writers, entertainers We are the creators We are the creators We are the creators We are the creators We are the creators
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Enjoy The Show 04:23
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Living my life on this battlefield It's been this way for years and years Got some wounds that never heal I've let you count up all my tears And some things they will never change Except the light from this fading star Staying somewhat disengaged They say "We still don't know what you are Now, you can see my rage Every time I take the stage I'm the one in this cage And you can feel my Pain, an emotional drain Feeling like a man deranged But I just want you know Hope you enjoy the show Did my time on the human wheel Up and down and round and round Sometimes it just gets too surreal A propensity to confound There's authenticity in agony All these bruises are bona fide Marking up all my anatomy The art of living like I've died Now, you can see my rage Every time I take the stage I'm the one in this cage And you can feel my Pain, an emotional drain Feeling like a man deranged But I just want you know Hope you enjoy the show Been tossed around Feel like I've nearly drowned Classic tragedy clown No king, no crown Now, you can see my rage Every time I take the stage I'm the one in this cage And you can feel my Pain, an emotional drain Feeling like a man deranged But I just want you know Hope you enjoy the show Now, you can see my rage Every time I take the stage I'm the one in this cage And you can feel my Pain, an emotional drain Feeling like a man deranged But I just want you know Hope you enjoy the show
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Burn It Down 03:03
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Sometimes you gotta destroy your creation With devastation, a celebration Consisting of fire and mayhem Repay them, I'd rather disobey them Or display them as they really are Welcome to my world of the bizarre Load up the blowtorch, light em up System explode, disrupt Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Destruction is a form of construction Addition by subtraction, engage the suction Bring your enemies down to their knees It's a squeeze and there's no guarantees That I won't light it on fire Along with hope, promise, all desire Engulf it all in kerosene Strike the match, erase the dream Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch The gasoline is the oil And the spark is the pigment The world is our canvas We'll paint it black with fire The gasoline is the oil And the spark is the pigment The world is our canvas We'll paint it black with fire Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down With a blowtorch
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Trials And Errors 04:54
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You're lost and you've been searching For something you can't define And deep within you're yearning For inspiration from the divine You know it will never find you If you're too afraid to try This is what can blind you If you walk, you'll never fly These trials And errors Might test and May scare or Discover A strange road Mind open This new mode If you're stuck in a rut Don't wanna leave your mind shut Unlock the damn door There's so much you can explore The chances you haven't taken Are closing up your eyes The bread that you're not baking You'll never see it rise Take your mind where is hasn't traveled Open up a fresh new view Tap into another channel of thought You'll be surprised what might come through These trials And errors Might test and May scare or Discover A strange road Mind open This new mode If you're too paralyzed to go What could be, you'll never know Don't think it, just do it Open a new eye and look through it Why are you so afraid To experience something new When it's so easy to upgrade From all that you outgrew Change the wiring in your brain And unlock your brand new eye Stop toiling in vain Begin to do instead of try When you're looking through that eye You will understand why Once your brain gets wired right It will end your longest night These trials And errors Might test and May scare or Discover A strange road Mind open This new mode These trials And errors These trials And errors These trials And errors These trials And errors
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Flaw In My Design 04:22
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I cannot function anymore I've hit a snag, I've lost the plot And I really think I might be fine It's just disaster in my mind Again, but no one knows for sure The prognosis is the sickness When it all comes out in the wash This flaw that drew on unforeseen And it's alright And it's okay It's just the flaw in my design And it's alright And it's okay It's just the flaw in my design Beaten, at least I know the score Everything worked out on paper We all know dimension does its worst And composition keeps no secrets Sculpt myself into this tragic form And I'm weathered on the surface Fragile I might erode to dust This bust with no face to discern And it's alright And it's okay It's just the flaw in my design And it's alright And it's okay It's just the flaw in my design I could have been something special But there's an error in creation What did you think that I would become How did think that I would grow There's something wrong about this picture It is flawed in its design What did you think that I would become How did think that I would grow There's something wrong about this picture It is flawed in its design
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Cyanide Blue 04:22
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With a palette of twisted colors On the winds of unsettling sounds Is how our minds are watered And the greatest beauty is found We will mold this ash black clay Into the shape of brand new lands We will sing our somber anthems That are played by our broken bands I'll paint the sky cyanide blue Color the grass a seasick green And I'll sketch a space for you Will you design a place for me Cause this is our own world And we imagined it in our minds Developed this perfect pearl Where the light forever shines What you see is our creation We grew it up from seed to flower And these black and tender roses Are the fruits of our strongest power Just maybe there is room here For love like we never knew To embrace even the grotesque stranger Our former fears we bid adieu I'll paint the sky cyanide blue Color the grass a seasick green And I'll sketch a space for you Will you design a place for me Cause this is our own world And we imagined it in our minds Developed this perfect pearl Where the light forever shines Yeah, where the light forever shines
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The Feeling Dies 04:34
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Churning out the mediocre Like a heart that pumps grey blood This art left fake and lifeless A light drizzle won't cause a flood What's left devoid of purpose Like a snake without a head This alligator's toothless Can't bite you when it's dead Taboo blots out all meaning And art can never thrive Hard truth can't pass the screening That's when the feeling dies Prohibition feeds the junk fish That muddy up the tank Encouraging wrong ideas And then it's us who sank Our art can raise the tide if We keep it free and seen Don't water down or hide it Or wash and strip it clean Taboo blots out all meaning And art can never thrive Hard truth can't pass the screening That's when the feeling dies What are you doing? You can't pretend this doesn't exist What are you doing? You're swimming in denial You keep running, no one's chasing What are you afraid of facing You keep running, no one's chasing What are you afraid of facing Taboo blots out all meaning And art can never thrive Hard truth can't pass the screening That's when the feeling dies Taboo blots out all meaning And art can never thrive Hard truth can't pass the screening That's when the feeling dies Our truth will last forever Your kingdom's built on lies Our truth will last forever Your kingdom's built on lies Our truth will last forever Your kingdom's built on lies Our truth will last forever Your kingdom's built on lies
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Procrastinator 05:55
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So much time wasted, a half a lifetime gone Always saving for tomorrow what I could do today It never changes, my clock is rotted black The meter is running still, and I'm the one who'll pay Procrastinator - my life flies idly by The promise of tomorrow, clouds the failure of now Procrastinator - the one who sits and stares An empty shell, hiatus hell, my interrupted vow All that could have been gained, has turned to total loss And the simple act of doing is the bridge I can not cross And I will live with this shame I deserve all of the blame My life is grade incomplete Sleeping I sweat through the sheets Thinking of what could have been Snatching defeat from a win Maybe someone can relate Always the one far too late Procrastinator - I'm guilty of this sin I've missed every shot I've ever had that I just didn't take Procrastinator - always running from myself I became the villain who doesn't let me come awake I guess this is my fate, the ticket I have drawn To procrastinate, obliterate, and never see the dawn
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Mercurochrome 04:11
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Deep cuts, bleeding on the floor again Hands stained with ink from the point of my pen Reach for the deadly mercurochrome Take a walk with me in my displeasuredome Disinfect, take all this pain away Where did I go wrong, where did I go astray Just burning fuel on this nowhere road The more I've had to pay the more that I owe I dyed everything red The sting of lies I was fed I dyed everything red And the dream now is dead "This time is different" is the biggest lie I know The more I try to hide my scars, the more they show All the things that I created have been destroyed And there's not much left that I can still avoid Wearing my soul on my sleeve anymore If they can't see you die, then you're just a bore It's all this shit that I've been forced to bear Sooner or later see no one fucking cares I dyed everything red The sting of lies I was fed I dyed everything red And the dream now is dead I dyed everything red The sting of lies I was fed I dyed everything red And the dream now is dead I dyed everything red The sting of lies I was fed I dyed everything red And the dream now is dead

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The Creator is an industrial rock, electrorock, synthrock journey through the mind of a creator. The first side of this record (tracks 1-10) represent the more postive, encouraging, and freeing aspects of being a creative artist, while the second side (tracks 11-18) embody the more frustrating, difficult, depressive, and nihilistic side of creativity in our modern context. A wide variety of musical styles are utilized on the record, all underpinned by an ever present industrial rock aesthetic.

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released September 3, 2021

Thomas Christ - Vocals, Synths, Guitars, Programming

Jade Starr - Mastering

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Hailing from Pittsburgh PA, Thomas Christ is an industrial rock/electro rock solo project that began in 1999. With 18 albums (and counting), Thomas Christ continues to deliver emotionally and politically charged rock and electronic music that draws inspiration from a wide variety of genres an aggressive, industrial edge that must be heard to be appreciated. ... more

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