“Kill the Light” is SYSTEM SYN’s latest and most synthpop-oriented album to date. Expertly mixed and mastered by Ted Phelps (Imperative Reaction), the album takes the listener on an emotionally engaging journey, showcasing Carney’s vocal and lyrical talents like never before. The songs of “Kill the Light” range from haunting and heartbreaking, to heavy-hitting club tracks, yet all retain the sound that is so uniquely SYSTEM SYN. "Kill the Light" also features backing vocals and guitar on selected tracks by SYSTEM SYN live members, Tash Cox and Scott Landes.
1 · Kill the Light
2 · Where Is the Love I Was Promised
3 · Everything Is Different Now
4 · Ashes in the Wind
5 · The Light Was a Lie
6 · Endless
7 · Goodbye Fellow Traveler
8 · We Hold This Time
9 · There Will Be No Sound
10 · The Muse
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lyrics
I’d rush into the flames
if I could die inside your arms
no one to save
nothing to say
just two imploding stars
too many words died inside me
they wanted to scream but they couldn’t break free
it’s not too late when you’re endless
and we’re nothing if not this
my life, I give it all to you
I know it’s not what humans do
in spite of what they told me
yet somehow I found you
never loved anyone
never saw anything
until I looked into your eyes
I am a hopeless fool
but I would do anything
to be close to you
to be close to you
you were born in a melody
I could not sing or hope to feel
but as the waters pulled from shore
I sang until the notes were real
too many words died inside me
they wanted to scream but they couldn’t break free
it’s not too late when you’re endless
and we’re nothing if not this
I was born beneath your sky
blind until I found your light
I will fall down on my knees
I will breathe the endless night
to be a witness to your life
and bring the world into your eyes
and I need you, to be the light
that I might understand
when I don’t know what’s right
I need you here
I need you here
I need you here
credits
from Kill the Light,
released September 22, 2023
Written and Performed by Clint Carney
Mixed and Mastered by Ted Phelps
A stellar cast of artists put their own shadowy spins on recent Bestial Mouths material—toward the goth club floor or into pure noise. Bandcamp New & Notable May 11, 2021
I have been following VNV and attending their concerts for years. They are an amazing band, so prolific, well travelled, classy, and down to earth. Ronan is such a humble, amazing fellow. I'll never forget his taking a person's cellphone so he could give the person on the other end in hospital a front row experience. But this track, their music, is so moving. Lyrics are so well thought out, and their sound so consistently emotive over the years. Can't say enough good about VNV. realbibliodude