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No One Wins

by Shank Godley Butcher

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No One Wins 02:56
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No One Wins It’s a lose/lose situation no one wins When the post project analysis begins And there’s no use trying to audit all our sins The only truth is what we meant But was it all an accident? Was it all an accident? I lunged, I gripped, I squeezed, I slipped You fell away I swear I didn’t mean it I dived, I strived, I promise you I tried You fell away I swear I didn’t mean it But lately I’ve been thinking that I did Our intimacy just got in the way All those honest cruel confessions Whispered in the old days The revelations, instigations Forgiven not forgotten One real truth: our intent It wasn’t all an accident I lunged, I gripped, I squeezed, I slipped You fell away I swear I didn’t mean it I dived, I strived, I promise you I tried You fell away I swear I didn’t mean it But lately I’ve been thinking that I did
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A Matter Of Love 04:46
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A Matter Of Love I could hide here in the warm folds of the distance I could survive here in the spaces between two instants There’s no one else here, no more laws here in the numb There’s just one pulse here, no applause here For the deaf and the definitely dumb I guess I never left a trail back home I’m never coming back to you But girl, it’s not a matter of love I didn’t stroll here, I didn’t wander to the dark I was pushed here by the soft hands of a love Now I must stay here with this armour around my heart Please don’t come here, don’t invade me You’ll find the end is waiting at the start I guess I never left a trail back home I’m never coming back to you But girl, it’s not a matter of love I could drown here in the thunder of a breath Lightning strikes here on the same place on my chest And it’ll crack down until there’s simply nothing left But I survived you, so this torture Is something that I’ll readily accept I guess I never left a trail back home I’m never coming back to you But girl, it’s not a matter of love A matter of love
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Run 03:42
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Run You are lost and you think That you've found a home in me I guarantee that I'll break it in the end Its a spell Just a trick And it seems the jokes on you You shake your head But I'm afraid that its all true And if you knew what was good for you You would Run Kill the love When it dies You'll be free It might seem like bad promotion But if you're looking Don't choose me Fuck your heart Let it break As long as it breaks clean While you're at it Cut your losses And get away from me Cause if you knew what was good for you You would Run You perceive something sweet Something hiding in the deep A feeling I've forgotten Something growing where it's rotten Once I'd search for what's hidden But I'm simply tired of digging Can't you see that this strange romance Has got no chance of living If you knew what was good for you You would Run You would run
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At The End Of The Line 02:44
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At The End Of The Line Calm down, it’s fine You got yours, I got mine And at the end of the line You’ll be sure that I got mine I got what I deserved Calm down, it’s fine Blow your nose and have another line Then wash it down with white wine Dream of the day when I get mine I’ll get what I deserve Calm down, it’s fine I’ll get mine I’ll get what I deserve
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Harmonise 03:15
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Harmonise Got a pain at the back of my eyes Ringing all those warning bells Is it the drugs or my natural demeanour? Lately it’s been hard to tell I think society’s as sweet as a song It’s just that I can’t harmonise Harmonise Got to maintain a thousand lies They’re like children living their own lives Artificial angels or natural devils? Lately it’s been hard to tell I think the truth is as sweet as a song It’s just that I can’t harmonise Harmonise Got to blame what’s behind the eyes All my personalities are riding high We even convinced that psych But every single one of us are liars I think sanity’s as sweet as a song It’s just that I can’t harmonise Harmonise Gotta blame what’s behind the eyes
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Humanity (Bring Me Down) 03:27
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Humanity I got a white angelic skin hiding a black soul underneath Sunshine in my smile but there’s a storm locked in my cavities I like to think I stand for good but I keep bad company I got a feeling I personify humanity Bring me down Dethrone me Disown me I got a God-given flair for charm and a goddamn knack for grief I’d change but we all know there’s only two sides to each leaf And if I’m here to hang and rot, I’m going to poison this whole tree Damn each twisted branch of your humanity Bring me down Dethrone me Disown me I’m bound to leave my mark; will it be peace or misery? Will I choose to love my maker or hang with Mephistopheles? And with a cold hand on my heart and my fingers crossed behind me Come judgement day I’ll swear I love humanity Bring me down Dethrone me Disown me
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Success 03:26
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Success I've successfully subtracted me from all I see I'm in blessed insignificance So call on me Call me often Call me daily As if it makes a difference to me I've successfully subtracted me from all I see As if it makes a difference I've successfully enacted all my fantasies So where the hell's my happiness? So call on me Call me often Call me daily It's got to make a difference to me I've successfully subtracted me from all I see As if it makes a difference
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Beautiful 04:00
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Beautiful The neon eyes of night are focusing on you Don’t worry They cover lying lights and the darkness shines right through Paint over memory ‘cause what you need is something new You’ve given it your best For so many years, your life seemed like a test And that’s no way to behave When you could be so beautiful When you could have it all Do-gooders prop you up, they call you everyday Don’t worry They’re all drinking from the cup When optimism fades They’ll turn to see that you have found a better way And you’ll do it on your own Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find your home So stay with me Resist your instincts They’re all lying Just tell me you’ll keep trying Are you lost? Are you hiding? Are you safely locked away? Hidden in black, scared of each day Are you trapped? Is there a key? Do you already know the way out? The town’s infecting you You’re feeling every ache Don’t worry It’s just a sympathy, it shares your misery This city’s countless heartbreaks and scarlet history The city, night and I We have a faith in you We believe you could be so beautiful You could have it all
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Mean 03:38
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Mean You're afraid of being mean to me You're afraid of being mean This isn't my first Sure won't be my last So say just what you mean, to me You can say just what you mean I'm well aware that this thing's ending No need to be so condescending I was the love of your life Yet here we are at goodbye So say just what you mean to me You can say just what you mean I hear it's happening all over Got a feeling I'll survive I must say you're cute Cute won't save my life So say just what you mean to me You can say just what you mean
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You Cannot Destroy Me 05:47
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You Cannot Destroy Me An interesting development, news has come to hand With facts and figures the statisticians are helping me understand I hope it wasn’t hard for you Were you cringing under each caress? Inadmissible evidence; the facts are on remand Hindsight delivers a hundred shivers I finally understand And in the distance I can see another you Another hurt, another joy to get through I’ll take it on with no recourse to any law You will not destroy me A line of mucus sediment; a hair though just a strand It’s the sound of a finger rubbing a trigger I’d rather not understand I wish I wasn’t hard for you I’ve been cringing under each caress And in the distance I can see another you Another hurt, another joy to get through I’ll take it on with no recourse to any law You will not destroy me An interesting development, news has come to hand With facts and figures the statisticians are helping me understand I wish I wasn’t hard for you I’ve been cringing under each caress And in the distance I can see another you Another hurt, another joy to get through I’ll take it on with no recourse to any law You will not destroy me You cannot destroy me
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One Chance 04:55
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One Chance Just a whisker from the black I pushed myself into the light I’m not here to be alone I’m not here to say I’m sorry I fled the terror, I won’t go back I want fire, I need it bright I’m not here to be unknown A whisper through the trees A hostile voice of love Inferno slowly breathes Bitch-slap from the gods Fishing from above Drags me from my knees You have one chance left One chance My account was in the red I begged for one more line of credit There’ll be time to be alone There’ll be time to say I’m sorry I dodged some horror, I’m back on track No puzzles now, I think I get it There’ll be time to be unknown A whisper from the sea Hostile voice of love The darkness slowly leaves Sharp rap from the gods The spirits playing rough Drags me from the deep You have one chance left One chance
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The Same 04:28
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The Same You ran away to be an ancient mystery My conscience holds you here, you’re hardly history You left a lasting mark, distinctive imprint Not just a jagged heart, you left a scar And late at night, girls ask me what it is And when I tell the truth, they run their fingers down it And you know what, you bitch? Sometimes when I’m alone Got this house to my own I do the same I still do the same You ran away from me and just left pity An air of bitterness; what did you think you’d taught me? A year of wondering; two years of second-guessing As for the introspection, hardly a lesson And late at night, girls ask me why I’m drinking And they’d be horrified if they knew what I’m thinking Cause even in their arms, even inside them Despite their pretty words, I can’t feel the same I can’t feel the same You ran away from me I can’t feel I can’t feel the same

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Best of the demos (2003 - 2013)

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released March 20, 2014

Shank plays mainly acoustic bass, a little bit of acoustic and electric guitar, programs drums and strings, and tries to play percussion

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Shank Godley Butcher Sydney, Australia

An infamous master of acoustic bass, demigod of dulcet crooning and lyrical leviathan, Shank's twisted tunes have attracted compliments and complaints since 2003. A prolific artist, Butcher has recorded over a 100 tracks and will cap off a decade of disturbing dirge by releasing a compilation of demos on Bandcamp. It promises to be as handsome as the man himself. He may have written his own bio. ... more

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