We're In Motion Pictures

by Mark Lenover

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Jessie Jayne Seriously never easy to pick a favorite track, but I loved this one because it's an awareness that we must adopt and soon, you are part of awakening in consciousness. I do love these lyrics because they pertain to the one which is of course everyone. you definitely have a grasp on realism as it really is.... if that makes any sense at all :-) it shows how I think we are all pretty much brainwashed since birth and that truly this society , it's a lie... the truth is so much better yet nobody wants to know it

great job again
Jessie Jayne Favorite track: All Mine.

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1.	We're In Motion Pictures 03:23	lyrics	buy track
We cut such imposing figures in motion pictures We will meet you there We've got the better part of an army digging tunnels deep inside your hearts We fill that emptiness, at your expense with the private lives of superstars We've got the better part of an army designing nothing, with the greatest care manufacturing needs, so we can bleed you drier than the desert air We will take you there We've got the better part of an army building a pedestal for idle dreams You'll never satisfy all your appetites You've been sowing what you cannot reap We've got the better part of an army We'll pretend to take you anywhere We'll let you tag along, 'till your money's all gone until you realize you're beyond repair We cut such heroic figures in motion pictures We were never here
2.	Ghosts Walk In Dreams 04:19	lyrics	buy track
Held underwater, like a cat in a bag These recurring dreams are such a drag Underwater, a meaty fist in my hair hot blood in my lungs instead of air The children are out of their beds, so keep them away from the windows The vultures, circling in, go around and round and round and round The serpent recoils and lashes out and somebody's calling my name A-haunting I'll go... Deep undercover, where my murderer sleeps I'm waiting patiently for him to dream of me underwater, with his fist in my hair as his gang fires round after round into the air The children are out of their beds, so keep them away from the windows The vultures, circling in, go around and round and round and round The serpent recoils and lashes out and somebody's calling my name A-haunting I'll go...
3.	All Mine 03:05	lyrics	buy track
Thanks for the mirrors and the bottomless pit Thanks for taking as much as you can get Thank you for herding us all into line Thank you for making us all of one mind Thanks for the billboards and the lessons they teach Thanks for always being just out of reach Thanks for the credit and the wolves at the door Thank you for leaving us hungry for more Thanks for the models and the beautiful lies for burning your images into our minds Thanks for the mannequin's hard plastic smile The profit's all yours and it's well worth your while Thanks for the filth and the fair-weather friends Thank you for showing us how the world ends: Not with a whimper and not with a bang, but with an epic contrivance and a deafening “Thanks!” Thanks for the models and the beautiful lies for burning your images into our minds Thanks for the mannequin's hard plastic smile The profit's all yours and it's well worth your while Avarice is what you get when you've got desire that never ends Forget the deficit and shop our latest fashion line All mine... All mine...
4.	I Don't Want to Be Anybody's Pet 03:15	lyrics	buy track
I won't put you up on a pedestal, as I might have in my youth I don't want to be at your beck and call, to tell you the truth Does anyone get through to you? I don't want to be anybody's pet I don't want to be kicked around again I don't want to be yours, always down on all fours I won't sit up or roll over for treats. I won't be trampled or used I won't kneel down and worship at your feet; Am I the first to refuse? Does anyone get through to you? I don't want to be anybody's pet I don't want to be kicked around again I don't want to be yours exploited then ignored I won't sing under your window in the rain, I just don't see the use I think I'll call it a night if it's all the same, I get so tired of you Does anyone get through? Does anyone get through?
5.	Bow Down Here 03:48	lyrics	buy track
I want to belong where you belong, you upright, commendable servants of God but I have to wait, where fear turns to hate in a grey, purgatorial, semi-fugue state Bow down here Bow down here In a moment you'll be whole I don't belong where you belong you facile, irreverent, bibulous throng You cast me out, as you cast about for cheap stimuli and reasonable doubt Bow down here (Tell me the last of your secrets) Bow down here (Strip yourself down to your bones) Bow down here (Tell Him what He already knows) In a moment you'll be whole Come one, come all Come one, come all Cut through the netting and shake off the frost Come one, come all Come one, come all You who are hungry and you who are lost
6.	Real People, Not Actors 01:41	lyrics	buy track
I cross my eyes and criticize the company I keep and no one cares I snipe and smile and fence awhile, then drink myself to sleep I'm not all there I haven't really got a broken heart to mend I don't amount to much, but I like to pretend I'm not all there and no one cares
7.	Burn Me Down 03:27	lyrics	buy track
You'll get the best of me 'cause I lost my bearings You'll make a mess of me 'cause I lost my bearings I'm rotten down to my core I don't know myself anymore You'll all think less of me 'cause I lost my bearings I've got the weight of the world on my shoulders Burn me down Figure me out I'll pray, I'll sing and I'll shout: Burn me down You'll get the best of me 'cause I lost my balance You'll make a mess of me 'cause I lost my balance No guts and not enough heart Corrupt and falling apart You'll all think less of me 'cause I lost my balance I've got the weight of the world on my shoulders Burn me down Figure me out I'll pray, I'll sing and I'll shout: Burn me down
8.	Let's Pretend 04:06	lyrics	buy track
We could settle and retreat into meaningless pleasantries exchanging platitudes, reflexive and inane We'd pretend to have some fun until we convinced everyone that we were meant to be and then we could pretend to come apart I'd take you down another peg You'd laugh and pull the other leg I could never let you down I could never let you down I could take you in my arms it wouldn't do us any harm to play the part of the romantics for a while I could sweep you off your feet making promises I can't keep telling our friends that you will always have a place inside my heart We'll exude social grace and tact with fingers crossed behind our backs I will never let you down I will never let you down I will never let you down 'till we pretend to break each other's hearts It's not love, it's so bloodless posing and pretending with you A scant meal, it's not real, it's tiresome to tell you the truth I'll spoil your fairy tales for kicks You'll spin me 'round until I'm sick telling tall tales about misanthropy and filth I will never let you down I will never let you down I will never let you down 'till we pretend to tear ourselves apart
9.	Promises, Promises 03:33	lyrics	buy track
We will meet you there past your loneliness You will be our guest, we swear We will meet you there Once your dues are paid you will be remade You'll have style, and friends to spare We will meet you there We will meet you there Dressed in designer jeans we'll do shocking things on air We will meet you there Once your ticket's torn you will be reborn with white teeth and perfect hair We will meet you there We'll take cash and fervent prayer We will meet you there
10.	I Can't Get You Out of My Head 05:14	lyrics	buy track
You're paid to reach us from a far-off place You know which chords to pull A silver tongue and an angelic face We're all so tractable You teach the curious to suffocate the wise to be beguiled You teach the multitude to masturbate when love becomes a trial I can't get you out of my head Do you love me now? I can't get you out of my head No, I can't I can't get you out of my head No, I don't know how I can't get you out of my head No, I can't You deal in flattery and addiction We cheer until we're hoarse Where do we end and where do you begin? We are what you endorse I can't get you out of my head Do you love me now? I can't get you out of my head No, I can't I can't get you out of my head No, I don't know how I can't get you out of my head No, I can't
11.	It's Always Darkest... 05:13	lyrics	buy track
I really don't know much about the sun but I do know it shines down on everyone It'll tax us or sustain us 'till the human race is run but I really don't know much about the sun Though I really don't know much about the rain it magnifies your pleasures and your pain You start to run for cover but it isn't worth the strain I really don't know much about the rain I really don't know much about your fear It draws your eye and whispers in your ear It makes every obstruction greater than it first appears but I really don't know much about your fear I really don't know much about despair but when you haven't got the energy to care it makes the slightest burden seem impossible to bear but I really don't know much about despair I really don't know much about the stars those brilliant little pin-holes in the dark but whenever one falls you can bet it leaves a mark I really don't know much about the stars and I really don't know much about the dawn once the terrors of the night have shuffled on I reflect upon the sunlight until all the ghosts are gone but I really don't know much about the dawn

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“We're In Motion Pictures”, Mark Lenover's 8th full-length album, touches upon a range of subjects, focusing primarily on the reductive, homogenizing effect mass marketing has on the consumer. The album explores and condemns our cultural obsession with material wealth and celebrity, and decries the way in which marketers celebrate narcissism while simultaneously undermining the consumer's self-esteem, cynically capitalizing on a universal fear of rejection and inadequacy. Finally, Lenover contends that one's self-worth need not be dependent upon aesthetic perfection, material prosperity or traditional conjugal/romantic partnerships, insisting instead that one can be both alone and fully realized; flawed and admirable; strange and attractive; scarred and beautiful. Musically, the album consists of a beguiling fusion of folk and synth-pop, most directly influenced by acts such as David Bowie, Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and The Mountain Goats.

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released July 23, 2014

Written, Performed and Recorded by Mark Lenover in Chatham, ON

Cover art by Mark Lenover

Mastered by David Disher in Hamilton, ON

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Through a distinctive fusion of folk, rock, theatre and electronica, Mark Lenover critically examines pop culture’s ubiquitous influence, its moral philosophy and the potentially devastating effects of drug abuse and mental illness. His recent work frequently challenges an increasingly pervasive culture of celebrity, self-indulgence, distraction and desire. ... more

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