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I Am Your Emperor

from Hopeful Monsters by Charlie Nieland

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Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s story “Harrison Bergeron” from WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE

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I Am Your Emperor

It's all so fantastic
You're so plugged in that it's hard to believe

But isn't it tragic
You cannot feel what you cannot perceive

And all your attention
Scattered and holding you down like the weights round your neck

So strike up the music
I'm here to set you on fire

I am your emperor
I am your conqueror

Now everything's even
Even the words that fall out of your mouth

Blasted by reason
The things that you can't figure out

But I am here now
Banishing thoughts like the sirens that wail in your mind

And up to the ceiling
I am defying your gravity

I am your emperor
I am your conqueror

Who will be my bride?

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from Hopeful Monsters, released September 28, 2016
Charlie Nieland: Piano, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drum Kit, Vocals

Mia Pixley: Cello

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Lusterlit Brooklyn, New York

With their songs created for Bushwick Book Club, BBC founder, Susan Hwang and BBC contributor and producer, Charlie Nieland, have joined forces to perform as the new, literature-inspired duo—Lusterlit. Both vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, Charlie and Susan alternate lead vocals and harmonies while supporting each other on guitar, bass, synth, traditional Korean drum and accordion. ... more

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