Deliver Me From Clever Art

from Circular Mill EP by Actor|Observer

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You represent everything that I’ve ever fought against
I spend my days hoping the crowd can spot the difference
But with each day I start to wonder who’s at most offense
Am I just like you?

Will I ever get through?


Our hopes and dreams it seems are such a fucking paradox
But we play along and sing the song because it’s all we’ve got

Make sure it’s packaged right

And in the proper light
Sell yourself or you’ll fall by the wayside



It’s such a shame to see them churning out aggression

For nothing more than a fashionable obsession

Isn’t that what drove us away in the first place?

It’s not ironic
It’s fucking toxic


We tell ourselves
We are not salesmen
We tell ourselves
We have no price
Still we can’t sleep at night


I wanna tell it like it is
We’re falling victim to the same machine
The same mistakes
And those who will survive
Will have to compromise
But I’m gonna tell it like it is


You say that you are weaving a story?
Oh spare me
I know your kind
And your self-righteous glory

Our art is suffering
And now everything is goin’ to shit


I will
I will not
I will not bend
I will not break



Can you recall the first time
That you heard a song and it changed your life?
I’d like to say that I do
But feelings like that seem far and few
From this point onward
I curse all concepts
Of art that costs me
My own conscience
It doesn’t have to be this way

All is not lost

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from Circular Mill EP, released August 2, 2013

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Actor|Observer Boston, Massachusetts

Bred from the once thriving Boston hardcore scene of the early 2000’s, Actor Observer are the embodiment of bold sincerity and relentless determination. They use every live performance as an opportunity to draw out the raw and vulnerable feelings that isolate yet bind us all. Their debut full length Pareidolia, released in 2018 on No Sleep Records, is followed by their newest single “Cargo Cult.” ... more

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