From the recording Not Your Machine-Single

2026 Release-Not Your Machine, moves the band in both a familiar and new musical direction. Fans of Mawcore will find the familiar sound that is distinctively their own, while recognizing a new, more aggressive direction.

Lyrics

Not Your Machine
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Lyrics by Joshua Redding/Music by Mawcore
One more down
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One more tossed
Broken
m
old
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Increases cost
Protocol
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m
ake them fit the vision
Structure
d
w
alls
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Increase division
Try to build the perfect Empire
While the
w
orld is setting fire
Get to the top
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Before the other
Prove your place
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Destroy your brother
Chorus:
You
c
an’t
change
m
y life
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Like you
c
hange a
s
cene
You
c
an’t shut me down
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No
You can’t
change
my life
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Like you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
Make a beat
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And they will follow
Like
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Mindless Sheep
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They’re feeling hollow
Empty words
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Control emotion
Strike a chord
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Ignite a blinding devotion
Chorus:
You can’t change my life
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Like you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
-
No
You can’t change my life
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Life you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
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I’m not your
----
Machine
Bridge
You may try to move the ground
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Controlling movement with rhythmic sound
Offer up your useless muse
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You can win them
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But they will lose.
Chorus:
You can’t change my life
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Like you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
-
No
You can’t change my life
-
Like you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
-
No
You can’t change my life
-
Like you change a scene
You can’t shut me down
-
I’m not your
----
Machine
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Mawcore Music