The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara - Count the Dead

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The human race has been living in fear for years
No one to trust
Who do we blame
Millions have died because their leaders gambled with lives
Who are they to decide who lives and who dies

They put wealth
Over our health
They count us dead
While we are alive
They let bodies pile
Then feed us lies

Here
Don’t lie
Don’t waste my timе

The culling of man
The great dividе
Priority to the rich
The poor die like flies

{Chorus}
Thrive and despise
No more love
For those demised
You count the dead
Before they die
You prosper on fucking lies

A great chasm has formed within our societies
A story of two nations, rich and poor
Rising inequality and injustice
The worst of human nature, amplified
You let the masses congregate
Knowing thousands will die
You gamble with lives
Ignore the science
Your policy has cost thousands of lives
You look away
As the bodies pile high
You count us dead
While we are alive
Count the dead
Before they die

{Chorus}
Thrive and despise
No more love
For those demised
You count the dead
Before they die
You prosper on fucking lies

Thrive and despise
No more love
For those demised
You count the dead
Before they die
You prosper on fucking lies

Here
Don’t lie
Don’t waste my time

Now is time for the human race to rise up
Our leaders have fed us lies for far too long
What humanity needs is a great reset
Find ways to harmonise
Not polarise

Follow no leader
But leave no one behind

Release Date: October 08, 2021

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Hailed as “pioneers of a new form of expression” through the performance of poetry in music, The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a UK-based duo comprising Daphne Ang (Vocals, Piano, Keyboard) who hails from Singapore, and Andrea Papi (Guitar, Bass, Vocals) from Italy. Based out of the heart of London’s vibrant rock scene in Camden Town, London, The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara came together in London in early 2020 to record their debut album, “Full Spectrum” (released on 26 February 2021).

Drawing inspiration from many sources stemming from Devin Townsend and Tool through to Kraftwerk and Russian Circles, as well as absorbing the poetry of Virginia Woolf and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS admirably strive to fill a gap in music by bringing literature and history together into an arena where rock and metal meets electronica.

Their musical and lyrical themes are very much rooted in the duo’s interests in classical literature and theatre, as well as in the fields of philosophy, history, and psychology. Their musical innovations are a result of a collaborative process beginning with the composition and arrangement of the music, which Samara then casts into verbal form. By setting a poetic/narrative text within the musical composition in lyric mode which is spoken, recited and narrated instead of sung, this inter-artistic mode of transfer goes beyond placing brief interludes of spoken word over an instrumental composition.