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The Emperor's New Clothes

from Treppenwitz by Mark Loughrey

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lyrics

Keep me away from the emperor’s new clothes
Cause they don’t seem to fit me, at all
Keep me down on the ground with the ants
Free from all the sycophants,
Cause they don’t speak for you or for me, at all.

Giant screens in townhall squares,
Phospherescent vacant stares,
What are you really being told, what are you really being sold?
Do you ever stop to ask?

Formaldehyde new car seat smells
Smartphones mined from living hells,
Sure the price may be clear but the cost they keep dear
To their chests from prying eyes.

Tell me we’re not the same,
Tell me we’re not too blame,
And tell me I’m not the same…as them.


Keep me away from the emperor’s new clothes
Cause they don’t seem to fit me, at all.

Objectify kids from the womb,
Barcode genders, pink or blue?
Marketing ploys for the girls and/or boys
And that’s the start of the noise

Next, it’s politics and parlour tricks,
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts
Like tweets from the beaks of parakeets in the mirror

Tell me we’re not the same
Pimped out pawns in a chess game
Tell me I’m not to blame…for them.

Keep me away from the emperor’s new clothes
Cause they don’t seem to fit me, at all.
Keep me down on the ground with the ants
Free from all the sycophants
Cause power resides wherever men lie,
No less, no more.

credits

from Treppenwitz, released October 13, 2017
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth - Mark Loughrey.
B.Vocals -Emer Maguire.
Drums - Craig Meek.
Drums (during transistion) - Jake Lennox.

Music & lyrics by Mark Loughrey.
Recorded & mixed by Carl Small.
Mastered by Gus White.

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Mark Loughrey Belfast, UK

Mark Loughrey is an Alt-Folk singer-songwriter born in the North of Ireland but currently living in Berlin. In October 2017, whilst living in Belfast, he self-released his debut album 'Treppenwitz' before moving to Germany.

He has just finished a self-produced E.P. entitled 'On Through the Veil Anew' which can be expected on the 11th December.
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