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The Cytokine Deception

by Cytokine

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1.
CAMWHORE 03:56
Chiseled from porcelain, a decoration for all to see. Setting standards ever higher, an influence to all. An influence to all, an influence to all. Weeping diamonds, you’ve sold your body not your soul. Reaping diamonds, you’ve sold your body not your soul. Aesthetically pleasing your flesh radiates beauty. Aesthetically pleasing your flesh radiates beauty. Your flesh radiates beauty. So you want to be a model? Let’s see who wants to follow. A desperate flower, a tragic rose. I’ve seen less daddy issues at a goddamn orphanage. Is this how you pay your rent? You spread your legs and sell that smut. Just another E-girl fuck Just another E-girl fuck Where do you get off, think you’re above all the rest. Just another E-girl fuck Where do you get off, think you’re above all the rest. She doesn’t want. She doesn’t want want to be saved. So stop wasting your time So stop wasting your time And when I close my eyes at night I still see you You’re trapped behind the glass Can I save you? I still see you in my dreams too
2.
MAN ON FIRE 05:05
So this is how you think it is Like the pictures you see on the screen Nothing is what it seems And life isn't very fair You are not the Man on Fire you are not even the shit that he is stepping in You're stuck to bit fucking parts You You've got a lot of nerve pretending to be something you are not Focus on the similarities between your ego and the sun The engines are turning They cannot be stopped They cannot be stopped You are just another character in the big production You are the least common denominator Spinning in circles It won't get you anywhere Like the scene Watch you So take a look around kid cause you've got a lot of shit coming You think you deserve so much more Well here's to you kid Well here's to you kid To put things in perspective you think you're above all the rest There is no level playing field there never was You can join the family but there's no leaving alive We warned you but all there are is lies What a crock of shit you've been fed So do yourself a favor pull your head out of your ass Pull your head out of your ass It doesn't even matter how hard you fucking try no one seems to give a fuck you are not the Man on Fire You are not the Man on Fire You are not even the shit that he is stepping in So show me what you have got No one ever said that life was fucking fair Now show me what you've got
3.
coming back into my life where've you been all this time searching for the other half of me it's getting under my skin I've always wanted to be so alone but to be so alone be alone inching my way to social starvation an apathetic outlook on the rest of the world pushing everything aside connections mean nothing to me now nothing to me finding faith in the all the wrong places these vices are what's making me sick I tried to cut you out out of my life through rose colored lenses these memories play colors fading to grey I start to realize things are not what they once were these feelings are not how I remembered a churning in my stomach held tight, a crushing grip caresses my throat caresses my throat colors fading to grey I start to realize things are not what they once were these feelings are not how I remembered a churning in my stomach why can't you just leave me alone all I ever wanted was my space suffocating embrace the double edged sword is love the double edged sword is love all I ever wanted was my space through rose colored lenses these memories are fading a churning in my stomach inhale
4.
You will find me contemplating what it would be like to see To see the world from a different view these voices inside me speak what comes after what is next for me I don't have those answers yet I am too scared to seek them out fear is the weakness but its not mine the attraction to the unknown is what's killing me is what's killing me inside these voices speak what's next, what's after for me if I end it all tonight will I wake up in the morning I'm too scared to find out but I will find the strength to carry on so you made it up to the top I want to see you jump this monotony is killing me I want to see the view from halfway down will you show me what's next for me this is the view from halfway down I know there is nothing next this black is all there is ever left what comes after what is next for me I can't figure it out please help me Where am I headed where the fuck am I going Will I wake up from this dream or is this an endless nightmare?
5.
I have this strange feeling inside like something gnawing away at me a cancer growing or maybe a false alarm body aching senses reeling I just can't seem to figure it out please make it go away I can feel it from the inside out My trust in you has ended this is where you wanted it to go how could I be so blind to this you fucked me in the end I I guess that I was wrong And this is the Cytokine Deception what is the meaning of this you couldn't leave well enough alone grasping at straws for excuse you shouldn't have come home I was everything to you but you threw it all away, threw it all away, threw it all away threw it all away threw it all and that is the Cytokine Deception and that is the Cytokine Deception And that is, and that is the Cytokine Deception And that is the Cytokine Deception I trusted you, but I guess I was wrong

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Recorded by ERIC ZUCHOWSKI and CYTOKINE at THE MONTREAHL BAH in LITCHFIELD, NH
Mixed and Mastered by DANIEL THABET of LIQUID STUDIOS in DORSET, VT
Photography: BRYAN ZIOLKOWSKI of OAKSEEDER
Layout: ANTHONY LUSK-SIMONE of ZENBEAST MEDIA
Models: JASON BALFE (patient) & TRACY BUREAU (therapist)

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released April 9, 2021

CYTOKINE IS

ERIC ZUCHOWSKI - VOCALS
ROBSKI - GUITAR
AJ BALZANO - BASS
JOHNO "THE MACHINE" JOHNSON - DRUMS

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Cytokine New Hampshire

4 piece Alt Metal band from Southern NH. 5 track EP coming out 4/9 on all major streaming platforms and limited CD run.

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