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House of Black + White

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1.
------------------------------------ Lyrics: Welcome to the house of black and white Please step inside The walls are painted red blue and white A girl looks from a window at the street outside She’s waiting for the day The house of black and white Turns to gray In the house of black and white It's time to decide The streets are paved with a thousand lies The girl stands on the sidewalk she doesn't turn around And the house of black and white Is burning To the ground Burning to the ground The house of black and white You know it’s time to decide She’s waiting for the day The walls turn to gray But the house of black and white is caught in a lie We’re hurting Broken inside Uncertain Frozen in time We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside We’re hurting Welcome to the house of black and white it’s time for change A hundred million voices drowning out the flames A girl walks towards you She’s holding out a flower She steps in through the front door She’s feeling her power We’re hurting Broken inside Uncertain Frozen in time We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside Welcome to the house of black and white It’s turned to gray It happened way too late It doesn’t matter anyway The girl sits on the sidewalk Her hopes and dreams are dead And the house of black and white Has turned to red We’re hurting (We’re hurting) Broken inside Uncertain (Uncertain) Frozen in time We’re hurting (We’re hurting) The house of black and white Is burning (Is burning) It’s bleeding inside We’re hurting (We’re hurting) The house of black and white Is burning (Is burning) It’s bleeding inside bleeding inside
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: One last grey sky Fill my heart Like a tomb I don’t know why Am I meant to be alone? May the earth rest lightly on your bones My soul is broken What words have I left unspoken There’s no way for you In this dark room To break through The silver veil In my twilight In my twilight Free me Unchain me Allow me to see you again I can’t heal until I see Crimson Free me Unchain me This won’t be My last ditch Soft earth Blood to dust This can’t end Not all things are bound to rust Each drop of rain Is like a tear Even the sky is crying For you dear My life is broken Everything that’s left’s a token There’s no tomb for you Everything unsaid is true Forever by my side Soon you won’t have to hide In this dark room You’ll find me In my twilight In our twilight Free me I’m going to see you again I won’t heal until I see Crimson Free me Unchain me This won’t be My last ditch My last ditch
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Vampire 04:43 video
------------------------------------ Lyrics: I’d like to ask for a drop of your blood I try to imagine It must taste so good I lie in bed and wait out the day Longing for nightfall when my kind Come out to play Whoa There’s nowhere to shelter There’s nowhere to run I long for the day when we will be one We will be one Whoa I rise Rise again From the dead I rise Rise again From the dead I rise I rise again From the dead I rise again From the dead There’s a vampire Sleeping inside You believe what you want to believe There’s a vampire Sleeping inside It’s time to wake it up It’s time to set it free I just saw my reflection Turns out it was you You took another direction When you learned the truth Your stone heart seemed to beat In time with mine I just can’t control These feelings inside Can’t feel my heart beating There’s something amiss This world of torture Could be cured by just one kiss Could be cured by just one kiss Cured by just one kiss There’s a vampire Sleeping inside I’m spinning But am I still alive? There’s a vampire Sleeping inside There’s nowhere left to hide It’s time to set it free
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: See the tears Feel them burn When I saw you out with her today Happy Valentine’s Day Glad to see you're doing fine You never knew just where to draw the line I should have seen the signs You still love me in my dreams Where we endlessly play out the scene It doesn’t matter what I say And every day is Valentine’s Day Happy Valentine’s Day When I call you on the phone Your mother says He’s not home Leave him alone We’d been together for so long Can never listen to our favorite song It all went wrong You still love me in my dreams As we endlessly play out the scene It doesn’t matter what I say And every day is Valentine’s Day Happy Valentine’s Day You still love me in my dreams As we endlessly play out the scene It doesn’t matter what I say And every day is Valentine’s Day When I look at these four walls I have stop and think about it all Before the fall I think about you now and then Such a shame that we’re not still friends I’d do it all again You still love me in my dreams As we endlessly play out the scene Doesn’t matter what I say Every day is Valentine’s Day Happy Valentines Day Happy Valentines Day Happy Valentines Day
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Ghost of You 04:32
------------------------------------ Lyrics: Touch the flame Let it burn Feel the pain It’s just beginning Walk away It’s not your turn It’s too late to say You’re sorry Living with the consequences Owning up to my defenses I just called to let you know I’m living with the ghost of you The ghost of you I’ve been through the highs and lows I just think you ought to know I’m haunted by your ghost The ghost of you I’m haunted Haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you I’m haunted Haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you The ghost of you Tortured by my indecision Making up my own religion I hear you wanna talk It’s too late to catch me now It’s not really my concern You never even seem to learn I just called to let you know I’m living with the ghost of you The ghost of you I’ve been through the highs and lows I just think you ought to know I’m haunted by your ghost The ghost of you I’m haunted Haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you The ghost of you I’m haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you I’m haunted Haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you The ghost of you The ghost of you Haunted by Haunted by I’m haunted Haunted by Haunted by The ghost of you
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: All the young things Like cool machines Lighting up the streets Like you’ve never seen In her little black dress She’s on fire Dancing in the light Like a diamond in the night Break it down The wars we’ve lost Turn around We’re done crying now All our lives The pain that grows inside And the little black dress It’s torn to shreds Torn to shreds Torn to shreds Torn to shreds All the promises Falling down like rain Eyes on fire She’s dancing in the dark again In her little black dress She’s a diamond in the night Counting down the years She still shines so bright Take my hand The wars we’ve lost Take a stand We’re done fighting now All your life The fear that grows inside And the little black dress It’s torn to shreds The little black dress Is torn to shreds Torn to shreds Torn to shreds
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: It’s not gonna change Gets clearer day by day I’d rather be in chains Than turn my back and walk the other way I’m so sick of wasting time Looking for answers I’ll never find There’s no time to look behind When we live in silence we die There’s trouble in the world today They say that love conquers hate We need to believe it one more time There is something we can do It’s time for us to tell the truth It’s time to stop believing all the lies What are we fighting for Time to stand against the war When we live in silence we die When we live in silence we die You're not gonna change There’s nothing left to say I’d rather go insane Than listen to your lies for one more day When everything was on the line You sold your soul for a dime There’s no time to look behind When we live in silence we die There’s sickness in the world today They say that love conquers hate We need to believe it one more time There is something we can do It’s time for us to tell the truth It’s time to stop retweeting all the lies What are we fighting for Time to say what your standing for When we live in silence we die When we live in silence we die There’s no time to look away The future’s happening today When we live in silence we die What will it take To get a reaction To cure the disease A new interaction We need change To get a reaction To cure the disease There’s danger in the world today They say that love conquers hate We need to believe it one more time There is something we can do It’s time for us to tell the truth It’s time to stop repeating all the lies What are we dying for Time to stand against the war When we live in silence we die When we live in silence we die
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Falling Down 04:31
------------------------------------ Lyrics: I’m scared that I’ll lose myself in you I’m so confused Please tell me what to do It’s all so sudden and so new I’m losing myself I’m so into you Another big decision made in haste Can’t let this chance just slip away I’ve got to hope it’s not too late I’ve got to find myself again Leaning on my self control When the going gets tough It’s never enough It’s never enough Drowning in your love It’s never enough I’m falling I’m falling down That’s why I’m hurtin’ So uncertain I’m falling down Falling Falling down So uncertain The subversion Falling down That’s why I’m hurting Under the surface Falling down Whoa Drowning in your love It’s never enough I’m falling I’m falling Drowning in your love It’s never enough I’m falling I’m falling down Do you know the price of love Whatever you pay it’s still not enough If you think I’m giving up You better think twice No such luck You make me nervous Under the surface Just hope it’s worth it It’s never enough Never enough Falling down (Falling) Falling down I’m falling down So uncertain That’s why I’m hurting Falling down Drowning in your love It’s never enough I’m falling I’m falling down You got me hurtin’ Falling down Drowning in your love It’s never enough I’m falling down So uncertain The subversion I’m falling
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The Bauhaus 04:11
------------------------------------ Lyrics: Form follows function Follows shape Follows line Follows fate In the Brave New World Pray to the brand Worship the grand design Boys and girls Take a bow Never say you’re sorry Function first Catch the sun Words are never enough For my digital self And the image of the Bauhaus Erinnerst du dich die Perfektion Neue Sachlichkeit The zeitgeist of the Bauhaus Of the Bauhaus Synthesize me I’m not ideal Optimize me I’m not real Blur the lines Between what’s inside And how I’m supposed to feel I’m not real Not real Red follows yellow Follows blue Follows red Follows black In this perfect world Made by machine A world of colors and dreams So perfect and clean We never told your story Straight to the heart Of engineering and art Like an electric guitar And the image of the Bauhaus Erinnerst du dich Die Unvollkommenheit Entartete Kunst Der Untergang of the Bauhaus Of the Bauhaus Synthesize me I’m not ideal Optimize me I’m not real Blur the lines Between what’s inside And how I’m supposed to feel I’m not real Not real
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Gaslight 03:50
------------------------------------ Lyrics: You can’t fight Your smartphone parasite Gaslight In the hive mind Leave yours behind Gaslight Gaslight I’m a perfect fusion of AI and human Gaslight Gaslight We're trying to save the world To stay alive But it's the nation of manipulation The venom enters your veins Enters your veins Enters your veins When the venom enters your veins You start to drift away Can you feel the undertow, it's so cold Even in my dreams I'm drowning And the gaslight Is clawing at my soul In a war zone Far from home You know that the boys are coming home There's a street fight Between left and right Come on This just ain't right In the gaslight We’re all living in the gaslight We’re trying to change the world To stay alive And the venom enters your veins Enters your veins Enters your veins When the venom enters your veins You start to drift away Can you feel the undertow, it's getting old Waking from my dreams I'm screaming And the gaslight Is clawing at my soul As the venom enters your veins Enters your veins Enters your veins Enters your veins
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: I’ve been saving myself for you But your negativity Has got me confused I want to give you everything You cannot lose But everything seems to mean nothing to you I keep seeing danger signs But I can’t resist I’ve been waiting all this time to taste our first kiss I can’t deny my feelings I’m living in pain Why do you always have to say Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain You’re hiding your feelings I see it on your face We can turn down the stress level And shelter in place No matter what I try to do it’s never enough This whole situation is just too damn tough If you share your troubles you’re going to find I’m picking up the pieces of my own broken mind I never want to hurt you But it’s still not too late But why do you always have to say Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain I wake up in the morning and wonder what I should do Should I call Or should I not When will I see you I guess I’ll just come over We’ll argue then I’ll leave Tomorrow I’ll be right back With my heart upon my sleeve In the end there is just one thing I think you ought to know I really must admit that I love it when you go Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain On a sunny day Where’s the rain Where’s the rain Where’s the rain Where’s the rain
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: In your room Glass shattered everywhere I look into your eyes There’s nobody there You can’t see what’s right in front of you Do you even know what I’ve been going through What do you think you’re doing to me Where is the end to this insanity In this cage I feel so afraid I’m trapped here by the love I gave away I won’t calm down Cuts to my soul Gonna break down I’m out of control I won’t stand down You don’t even know I won’t come around I’m out of control Out of control Look at me You’ve got to understand I didn’t mean for this to get so out of hand Everyone makes mistakes you know Nothing left to say nothing more to show So for now I still live in these chains Caged by regret and trapped inside my pain I won’t calm down Cuts to my soul Gonna break down I’m out of control I won’t stand down You don’t even know I won’t come around I’m out of control Out of control I’m out of control I’m out of control
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Witchfinder 05:57
------------------------------------ Lyrics: Sink or float We see the form of a goat River doth judge Upon what do you fix? We shall name thee a strix Feed on the sludge Find yourself in flight Round in circles at night Twix’t hell and earth You’ve never even given birth The mark on your side Proves that you’re a bride With His Darkness You’ll take your final ride In flames You’ll utter no more names Your malefica Has taken its toll In flames You’ll utter no more names Your malefica Has taken its toll May God judge lightly your soul Loose of the tongue We’ll have thee hung Your your hands are idle Parcel of land without a man? Only by the devil’s brand For you, the scold’s bridle You’ve made a pact unholy Reveal your nature slowly Round the circle again You and he are t’wain Black words do you incant Steal the breath of an infant In this darkness You’ll take your final ride In flames You’ll bring us no more shame Your heresy Has taken its toll In flames You’ll bring us no more shame Your heresy Has taken its toll May God judge lightly your soul Burn
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: I just wanna lie Under the clear blue sky Just don’t ask me why I feel so cold inside So separated It’s complicated Impersonating myself I feel exhausted by you I want to wish you well But it’s time I told the truth Straight from the heart I’m gonna bare my soul I want you to know The real me There’s only so much room For crazy in my life I’m so frustrated It’s understated We can’t let this die Under the clear blue sky You should know by now That I’m wasting away Was high and proud So much to say Now I’m crying out loud It’s just the price I had to pay Just you and me and the clear blue sky The love and rage that we hold inside I don’t want to choose another high Just you and me and the clear blue sky Clear blue sky Clear blue sky I just want to lie under the clear blue sky Just don’t ask me why I feel so warm inside Liberated Intoxicated Exonerating myself I feel confounded by you Now you've learned the truth What are we gonna do? Straight from the heart I’m gonna bare my soul I want you to know The real me There’s only so much room For lonely in my life I’m so frustrated It’s complicated All I want is you and the clear blue sky With all the empathy and rage we hold inside Don’t want to choose another high Just you and me and the clear blue sky The clear blue sky Clear blue sky
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Over You 03:47
------------------------------------ Lyrics: The glass feels cold against my face as I kiss the screen The image fades away as my breath mists up the scene I swear you looked at me But I don’t know what it means It’s been so long I've cried so many tears over you It’s never going to be the same In the house of black and white I thought I saw your ghost last night I’m falling down but where’s the rain I need to wash myself away I’m out of control but it’s not too late In my little black dress on Valentine’s Day It’s never going to be the same I’ll never get over you My heart is ripped in two Never get over you I’ve got to face the truth I’ll never get over you It’ll never be the same Never get over you My heart is ripped in two Never get over you I’ve got to face the truth Never get over you Over you I've got to get over you Over you
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------------------------------------ Lyrics: Welcome to the house of black and white Please step inside The walls are painted red blue and white A girl looks from a window at the street outside She’s waiting for the day The house of black and white Turns to gray In the house of black and white It's time to decide The streets are paved with a thousand lies The girl stands on the sidewalk she doesn't turn around And the house of black and white Is burning To the ground Burning to the ground The house of black and white You know it’s time to decide She’s waiting for the day The walls turn to gray But the house of black and white is caught in a lie We’re hurting Broken inside Uncertain Frozen in time We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside We’re hurting Welcome to the house of black and white it’s time for change A hundred million voices drowning out the flames A girl walks towards you She’s holding out a flower She steps in through the front door She’s feeling her power We’re hurting Broken inside Uncertain Frozen in time We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside Welcome to the house of black and white It’s turned to gray It happened way too late It doesn’t matter anyway The girl sits on the sidewalk Her hopes and dreams are dead And the house of black and white Has turned to red We’re hurting Broken inside Uncertain Frozen in time We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside We’re hurting The house of black and white Is burning It’s bleeding inside bleeding inside

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House of Black + White is a bass-driven dark rock experience led by powerful female vocals. Each track is channeled from raw emotion and the exploration of concepts that only grow more profound with time. It is intense – yet nuanced – rock music that will activate you. It feels like victory with a side order of bitterness and despair, only to kick life back in the teeth with a steel-toed boot.

A labor of love, we present this audio collection to you, dear listener.

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released April 20, 2021

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Amulet is:

MJ Phoenix - bass, guitar, background vocals, keys, writing
Stephanie Stryker - vocals, writing

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Extremely valuable contributions by:

John Taylor - guitars, keys, musical consulting
Caleb Gilbreath/Battery Life Studios - drums and percussion
Devin Spear/Exhale Studios/Blue Room Studios - production
Lori Taylor - keys
Gavin Shire - guitar, background vocals
Conrad Osipowicz/Blue Room Studios - mastering
John Lowry - Protools assistance
Carl Simon - Inspiration on Valentine's Day

Sony ACID loops used in "Gaslight," "The Bauhaus," "Falling Down," and as inspiration for and during development of other tracks.

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Amulet Washington, D.C.

Signed to Distortion Productions, Amulet is bass-driven, dark romantic electro-rock with powerful female vocals. With a theatrical performance ranging from high-energy post punk to soulful a cappella movements, to electronic dance beats, Amulet is a ride through the emotional journey that is the dark side of the human experience. ... more

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