“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
You could climb all the mountains in the world
and still not be half as high as you are now
you wear your anger like a crown
and it will always weigh you down
no one will ever love you
like you love yourself
I promise you we tried
but couldn’t find a reason
what will you do when the smoke clears
and you’re the only one still standing upside down
your feet are in the clouds
but your head’s still underground
and we won’t be around when you come down
so just calm down
all that you hide behind your eyes
the crushing weight of your disguise
you try so hard to see it through
but I can see it’s killing you
everything that is born will die
that doesn’t make your life a lie
but when your fading star falls down
there’ll be no sound
don’t you know that were all on a path
what is it you think that we want from you
it’s not your fame
it’s not your life
it’s not your love
it’s not your time
just give us what we want
it is your never ending absence
all that you hide behind your eyes
the crushing weight of your disguise
you try so hard to see it through
but I can see it’s killing you
everything that is born will die
that doesn’t make your life a lie
but when your fading star falls down
there’ll be no sound
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
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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