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Hurt Cause Machine

by Aristotle's Hope

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9-minute epic single. I asked myself "of all the songs in my backlog which song will I regret the most for not having released?" This song raised its hand. It contains some of my all-time favorite riffs.

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Hurt Cause Machine

Love, did you see your prints charred in the fireplace?
You went and torched yourself, abominable disgrace
Did you ever think of the damage of your strokes?
Ah, such a tiny sin, a penny shall replace

Woe, walls kill the strum
Of our requiem
Jelly dusty perfect for this brain
When I’m fused with you
Ungracefully
We go down the amber dirt stained drain
I will embrace
You claw out your face
Soil once pale white straightjacket lace
Seal it and flee
Obliterate the tree
Rooted in the dungeon of endless chase

Never thought I would fall this far
Never knew I would fall this far
Never thought I would fall this far
Never knew I would fall this far

Down the dry well, alive in an air-drained cell

If you live, if you live your life through crawling beneath the floor
If you weep, if you weep out loud while evening out the score
When you shatter, when you unravel and dismantle your core
You find yourself a consequence of the life under their arch

Oh my fragile love
Let us all break
Our redundant hurt cause machine
Oh my precious child
Let us turn frail
And reveal the face with no more sheen
Raise your arms and give in
Surrender your last fin
And float, float, float
Float to a bigger end

If you live, if you live your life through crawling beneath the floor
If you weep, if you weep out loud while evening out the score
When you shatter, when you unravel and dismantle your core
Come, take my hand, it's time we leave this life under their arch

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released April 26, 2021
Written, performed and produced by Ari Koinuma
Drums by Apple Logic Drummer
I ripped off a few notes from In Flames "Take This Life"
Cover image by Ari Koinuma

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Aristotle's Hope Saint Paul, Minnesota

Progressive rock about existential crises.

AH is a solo rock project of songwriter, guitarist, YouTuber Ari Koinuma.

Influences: Toad the Wet Sprocket, King's X, Cloud Cult, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots. Though my songs tend to get longer and be more prog. ... more

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