THE SUBTLE KNIFE, by ALEXANDER DIOGENES

THE SUBTLE KNIFE

by ALEXANDER DIOGENES

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1.	ALEXANDER DIOGENES 02:10	lyrics
hey hey hey hey hey hey! hey hey hey hey hey hey! hey hey hey hey hey hey! hey hey hey hey hey hey! i blacked out for a moment there [undecipherable] just as long as you've got nothing to lose that means youve got nothing to gain so save yourself the pain and strain and come with me and love again I know you think you want to abstain but i'm not staying in my own lane. there we go to the stereo (everything's so crazy and everything's so secret) come with me and love again! there we go to the stereo (everything's so crazy and everything's so secret) come with me and love again!
2.	BORN IN A TEST TUBE 01:26	lyrics
i get mono in the morning from kissing EVERY GIRL all 1300 all living in my world so i moved to a cave through actions depraved and you wouldnt believe how much money I saved I was BORN IN A TEST TUBE, RAISED IN A LAB truckin and fuckin is all that i have so I advise you to go because if you dont I'll make you fuckin stay here ive been so alone :( but do me a favour and dont call the cops or ill make sure u suffer till the day you drop we party tonight like apocalypse guys and let me reassure be loud if you cry
3.	LACTATION PARTY 01:44	lyrics
nursing a glass of gentle milk like from mothers breast. were all yelling at the top of our lungs putting mutual love to the test yeah. BREATHE!!!! you know what i need is a subtle touch from someone who understands I can't concieve of a grander master plan yeah!! nurse i need 50ccs of uncut love from someone else windows with curtains drawn I dont know how anyone i love smells BREATHE!!!! you know what i need is a subtle touch from someone who understands I can't concieve of a grander master plan yeah!! nothing is haurder than this brutal world im at a funeral for someone i didnt know and the preachers got an expensive car. and during the procession i get to see how fast it goes yeah BREATHE!!!! you know what i need is a subtle touch from someone who understands I can't concieve of a grander master plan yeah!!
4.	GOT ME 02:18	lyrics
woo! got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME woo! got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME woo! I'm sure you know how you made me glow I'm sure you know how you made me glow I'm sure you know how you made me glow I'm sure you know how you made me glow I'm sure you know how you made me glow I'm sure you know how you made me glow got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME got to say you got to say you got to say you GOT ME woo!
5.	ALLEY WAY 02:15	lyrics
ah fuck went down da corner of an alley way looking for somewhere warm to stay I knew what i knew and i said what i said so how could I have wondered how could i have praid I've been told its human nature to take until theres nothing left the truth is blurred but ive seen things, antique deity with His head cleft oh no no more, oh here i go, giving in the reaper of the seeds i sow dont you tell me I already know, and i have something to show there i fucking go again. there walks away my only friend its okay to be honest!! its okay to be rude!! I'm [???] I wasn't telling the truth everything is stupid everything is pointless but luckily that means I can make up my own point fuck not being happy fuck not being human fuck having sex f-... I've been told its human nature to take until theres nothing left the truth is blurred but ive seen things, antique deity with His head cleft oh no no more, oh here i go, giving in the reaper of the seeds i sow dont you tell me I already know, and i have something to show (sick guitar solo)
6.	DEMONIC POSSESSION (THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER DIOGENES) 02:26	lyrics
and that's why I was too cold calling all my options from a faraway place I cant bring me to look me in the face yeah demonic possession is just freedom of expression I wont go to the cruel session! a quiet hush falls like the night all the birds leave and take flight and all our oceans are running dry darling you are the apple of my eye... calling all my options from a faraway place I cant bring me to look me in the face yeah demonic possession is just freedom of expression yeah I wont go to the cruel session!!!!!!!!! I WONT GO TO THE CRUEL SESSION!!!!!!!!!!! (ALEXANDER DIOGENES HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN UTICA NY)
7.	GET A JOB 02:39	lyrics
one-y two-y gotta get in place. gotta get in place gotta get in place gotta get in place where I just went gotta get in place where I just went one-y two-y gotta get in place. gotta get in place gotta get in place gotta get in place where I just went gotta get in place where I just went one two gotta get employed gotta get a job at the super market. one two gotta get employed gotta get a job at the super market. one two gotta contribute to the society "we're making such a racket." BIDDY FOX: i dont understand what that could mean and i dont much care anyway! i dont understand what that could mean and i dont much care anyway! i dont understand what that could mean and i dont much care anyway! da da da da da da daaaaaaaaaaaa eeaauauuuueueuueueueueueuueuueeueu aaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenononononononononononono thats it ... AYAYAYYAYAYAY noooooooooooooooaaaEIIIIIIIIIIIIIII uuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ohhh yah!! ohh yah!!

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CREATED IN 2020 OUT OF SPITE BY BIDDY FOX AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERYONE ELSE LEARNED WHAT HYPERPOP WAS AND STARTED MAKING IT

THE ALEXANDER DIOGENES CODE:
1. DO NOT DO DRUGS. IDIOT
2. DO NOT TALK TO ME UNTIL I'VE HAD MY COFFEE
3. BECOME POSSESSED BY DEMONS
4. DO NOT HAVE SEX
5. DO NOT BE HUMAN OR ANIMAL
6. LIVE IN A SUBURBAN HOUSE AND GET A JOB
7. JUST STOP BEING DEPRESSED & DISCOVER THE JOYS OF PLANT LIFE

THE FINAL UN-NUMBERED MAXIM IS THUSLY: MAKE MUSIC THAT DOESN'T SUCK ASS (I.E. NOT HYPERPOP)

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THIS IS A CONCEPT WRECKORD INTENTIONALLY DEFYING MANY OF THE THEMES OF MODERN HYPERPOP. INSTEAD OF DUMB FUN AND WEED INDUCED ESCAPISM OR CATHARTICALLY OVERBLOWN DARKNESS THIS ALBUM IS TERRIFYINGLY SOBER, WRACKED WITH ANXIETY, APATHETIC INSTEAD OF CAREFREE, ALL IN MANNERS THAT ARE NOT GLAMOROUS OR FUN. THIS IS A BUNCH OF HIGH PITCHED OBNOXIOUS POP SONGS ABOUT THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF HEDONISM, THE USELESSNESS OF COUNTERCULTURE, THE LONELINESS OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES. IN THE END FOR ALEXANDER DIOGENES HAPPINESS MUST BE ATTAINED THROUGH STRIVING FOR SOMETHING LARGER, FINDING SOME GREATER MEANING THAN JUST SURVIVING, JUST SCRAPING BY. PURRHAPS IT WILL FIND ITSELF DEAD MILES FROM HOME OR IT WILL DISCOVER SOME TRUTH FROM THE RUINS OF MODERNITY. EITHER WAY IT HAS TO GO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE

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released February 11, 2022

vocals, instrumentation - Biddy Fox (as Alexander Diogenes)

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