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* AnimeHair: Steven's hair is pretty gravity-defying.
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They have toured extensively with Music/{{Angelspit}}, Music/{{Ayria}}, The Crüxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and Music/{{Voltaire}} throughout Europe and North America and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
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They have toured extensively with Music/{{Angelspit}}, Music/{{Ayria}}, The Crüxshadows, The Ludovico Technique Music/TheCruxshadows and Music/{{Voltaire}} throughout Europe and North America and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
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* BookEnds: The first and last songs from Dragonfly end with "does that answer your question?".
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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Donna.
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* StockholmSyndrome: "I'm Not Mary Ann".
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* FilkSong: Their song ‘‘You Better Leave the Stars Alone’’ is about {{Stardust}}. It comes from a tribute album to NeilGaiman.
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** ''Funny Olde World'' as in [[Literature/GoodOmens "It'd be a funny old world, he reflected, if demons went round trusting one another."]]
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* {{Lilith}}: A few songs from ''Breedless'' seem to be sung from her perspective.
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* InTheBlood: ''The Devils In The Chemicals'':
--> ''The devils in the chemicals''\\
''The demons in the DNA''\
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''The demons in the DNA''\
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* InTheBlood: ''The Devils Devil's In The Chemicals'':
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Chemicals'' suggests this.
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* ReligionRantSong: ‘‘Save Your Serpent’’ in a rather Existentialist way.
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* [[ButterflyOfTransformation Dragonfly Of Transformation]]: The ''Dragonfly'' album has a strong theme of personal rebirth.
* FeatheredFiend: ‘’Aviary’’ doesn’t paint a particularly flattering picture of birds.
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* [[ButterflyOfTransformation Dragonfly Of Transformation]]: The ''Dragonfly'' album has a strong theme of personal rebirth.
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* KindHeartedCatLover: Steven and Donna live with their hairless cats, though they do seem to like making jokes about [[CatsAreMean their cruelty]].
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Donna has [[Music/{{Angelspit}} Amelia Arsenic]] set as her "Daughter" on Facebook.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Donna tends to wear these.
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* KindHeartedCatLover: Steven and Donna live with their hairless cats, though they do seem to like making jokes about [[CatsAreMean their cruelty]].
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Donna has [[Music/{{Angelspit}} Amelia Arsenic]] set as her "Daughter" on Facebook.
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* OfCorsetsSexy:Donna tends to wear these.Donna.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted in ''Save Your Serpent''.
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''We are of cruelty''\\
''And this is not our sin''\\
--> ''We are of mercy''\\
''We are of cruelty''\\
''And this is not our sin''\\
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted in ''Save Your Serpent''.
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* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}} and there’s a song called [[Literature/AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
* TheStoic: Steven in the ''Treacherous Thing'' video clip and promotional pictures. In reality, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
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* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}} and there’s a song called [[Literature/AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single. \n* TheStoic: Steven in the ''Treacherous Thing'' video clip and promotional pictures. In reality, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Steven has a couple of dreads that are dyed blue.
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* AntiNihilist: The message of ''Save Your Serpent''.
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* AntiNihilist: The message of ''Save TheAntiNihilist: Save Your Serpent''. Serpent:
--> ''Build no temple''\\
''Just remember''\\
''What you came from''\\
''Who you are''\\
''And you're owed nothing''\\
''Just feel lucky''\\
''To leave a trace of who you are''\\
--> ''Build no temple''\\
''Just remember''\\
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''Who you are''\\
''And you're owed nothing''\\
''Just feel lucky''\\
''To leave a trace of who you are''\\
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* BodyHorror: A lot of Steven Archer’s paintings.
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* OfCorsetsSexy: Donna wears one on the cover of ‘‘Breedless’’.
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* OfCorsetsSexy: Donna wears one on the cover of ‘‘Breedless’’. tends to wear these.
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* SurrealMusicVideo: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R5MuQh3BSw Treacherous Thing]].
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They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} throughout Europe and North America and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
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They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, Music/{{Angelspit}}, Music/{{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} Music/{{Voltaire}} throughout Europe and North America and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies Just your typical American couple.]]]]
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Taking their name from Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel 'Dune', the band began as an experimental/dark trip hop project. A demo called ‘Songs From a Dead City’, recorded on a four track, was released the same year.
They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
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** CirclingVultures: The first verse...
--> In come the vultures/Through dusty air/To take you down and/Tear the ribbons from your hair
** RavensAndCrows: The third verse...
--> In come the blackbirds/In murders and in droves/To cover you in shadow/As they clean you to the bone
** {{Phoenix}}: The fourth verse...
--> And here I come, the firebird/Don't offer up your sorrow/Today you see me crash and burn/But I'll be back tomorrow
--> In come the vultures/Through dusty air/To take you down and/Tear the ribbons from your hair
** RavensAndCrows: The third verse...
--> In come the blackbirds/In murders and in droves/To cover you in shadow/As they clean you to the bone
** {{Phoenix}}: The fourth verse...
--> And here I come, the firebird/Don't offer up your sorrow/Today you see me crash and burn/But I'll be back tomorrow
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* [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Dragonfly Of Death And Rebirth]]: The ''Dragonfly'' album has a strong theme of personal rebirth.
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* [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth [[ButterflyOfTransformation Dragonfly Of Death And Rebirth]]: Transformation]]: The ''Dragonfly'' album has a strong theme of personal rebirth.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "You've connived and deceived and you've learned how to read."
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From the chorus of Burn Witch Burn
--> "You've connived and deceived and you've learned how to read."
--> "You've connived and deceived and you've learned how to read."
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* CrapsackWorld: A lot of their songs suggest this.
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* CrapsackWorld: A ''Funny Olde World'', ''Song For Samael'', ''Burn Witch Burn''. Yeah a lot of their songs suggest this.in general.
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* RedOniBlueOni: In the ''Treacherous Thing'' video clip; Donna is the red and Steven is the blue.
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* ‘’South’’ (2007)
* ‘’West’’ (2008)
* ‘’North’’ (2009)
* ‘’East’’ (2012)
* ‘’West’’ (2008)
* ‘’North’’ (2009)
* ‘’East’’ (2012)
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* ‘’South’’ ''South'' (2007)
*‘’West’’ ''West'' (2008)
*‘’North’’ ''North'' (2009)
*‘’East’’ ''East'' (2012)
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** And [[ThePolice Tea In The Sahara]].
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* GothRock
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: "Song for Samael" certainly seems to imply this:
-->''And man is just a child''\\
''Defective and diseased''\\
''And I grow so fearful for their kin''\\
''As I watch the sickness breed''\\
''Some will find them worthy of salvation''\\
''But to what end?''\\
''I've seen a man rape his only child''\\
''And murdered one who he called a friend''\\
** And again in ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> ''I've got this darkness in me''\\
''And there's no one to blame''\\
''It's just my human nature''\\
''It's just my human stain''\\
* {{Industrial}}
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: "Song for Samael" certainly seems to imply this:
-->''And man is just a child''\\
''Defective and diseased''\\
''And I grow so fearful for their kin''\\
''As I watch the sickness breed''\\
''Some will find them worthy of salvation''\\
''But to what end?''\\
''I've seen a man rape his only child''\\
''And murdered one who he called a friend''\\
** And again in ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> ''I've got this darkness in me''\\
''And there's no one to blame''\\
''It's just my human nature''\\
''It's just my human stain''\\
* {{Industrial}}
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-->''And man is just a child''\\
''Defective and diseased''\\
''And I grow so fearful for their kin''\\
''As I watch the sickness breed''\\
''Some will find them worthy of salvation''\\
''But to what end?''\\
''I've seen a man rape his only child''\\
''And murdered one who he called a friend''\\
** And again in ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> ''I've got
''And there's no one to blame''\\
''It's just my human nature''\\
''It's just my human stain''\\
* {{Industrial}}
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* ScheduleSlip: The ''Compass'' series was supposed to be four [=EPs=] over four years. However, ''East'' wasn't released until 2012.
* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}}.
** There’s a song called [[Literature/AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}}.
** There’s a song called [[Literature/AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
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* ScheduleSlip: The ''Compass'' series was supposed to be four [=EPs=] released over four years.years, starting in 2007. However, ''East'' wasn't released until 2012.
* ShoutOut: Their name is one to{{Dune}}.
** There’s{{Dune}} and there’s a song called [[Literature/AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
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** There’s a song called [[AliceInWonderland I’m Not Mary Ann]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
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* ScheduleSlip: The ''Compass'' series was supposed to be four Extended Plays over four years. However, ''East'' wasn't released until 2012.
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* AntiNihilist: The message of ‘’Save Your Serpent’’.
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* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy ‘‘Afterhours’’]]
** And [[ThePolice ‘‘Tea In The Sahara’’]]
* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy ‘‘Afterhours’’]]
** And [[ThePolice ‘‘Tea In The Sahara’’]]
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* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy‘‘Afterhours’’]]
Afterhours]];
** And [[ThePolice‘‘Tea Tea In The Sahara’’]]Sahara]].
* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy
** And [[ThePolice
* TheDeterminator: ''Raise Your Red Flags'':
--> ''Burn your white flags''\\
''Refuse to surrender''\\
''Then raise your red flags''\\
''To remember''\\
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''Refuse to surrender''\\
''Then raise your red flags''\\
''To remember''\\
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“And there's no one to blame’’\\
“It's just my human nature’’\\
‘‘It's just my human stain’’\\
“And there's no one to blame’’\\
“It's just my human nature’’\\
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“Andme''\\
''And there's no one toblame’’\\
“It'sblame''\\
''It's just my humannature’’\\
‘‘It'snature''\\
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‘‘The demons in the DNA’’\\
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‘‘The demons in the DNA’’\\
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Chemicals'':
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‘‘Thechemicals''\\
''The demons in theDNA’’\\ DNA''\
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‘‘And this is not our sin’’\\
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‘‘Wemercy''\\
''We are ofcruelty’’\\
‘‘Andcruelty''\\
''And this is not oursin’’\\
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Ego Likeness is a Darkwave/Industrial Rock band from Baltimore. Maryland. It was formed in 1999 by artist Steven Archer and writer Donna Lynch, the same year as their marriage.
Taking their name from Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel 'Dune', the band began as an experimental/dark trip hop project. A demo called ‘Songs From a Dead City’, recorded on a four track, was released the same year.
They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
'''Discography:'''
'''Albums'''
* ''Songs From A Dead City'' (Demo, 1999)
* ''Dragonfly'' (2000 and re-released in 2012)
* ''Water To The Dead'' (2004)
* ''Order Of The Reptile'' (2006)
* ''Breedless'' (2010)
'''The ''Compass'' series of Extended Plays'''
* ‘’South’’ (2007)
* ‘’West’’ (2008)
* ‘’North’’ (2009)
* ‘’East’’ (2012)
'''Singles'''
* ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' (2008)
* ''Treacherous Thing'' (2012)
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!Tropes relating to Ego Likeness:
* AntiNihilist: The message of ‘’Save Your Serpent’’.
* BadassBeard: Steven has a rather nice one.
* BodyHorror: A lot of Steven Archer’s paintings.
* BurnTheWitch: ‘‘Burn Witch Burn’’.
* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy ‘‘Afterhours’’]]
** And [[ThePolice ‘‘Tea In The Sahara’’]]
* CrapsackWorld: A lot of their songs suggest this.
* CreatorCouple
* DarkWave
* FeatheredFiend: ‘’Aviary’’ doesn’t paint a particularly flattering picture of birds.
* FilkSong: Their song ‘‘You Better Leave the Stars Alone’’ is about {{Stardust}}. It comes from a tribute album to NeilGaiman.
* GothRock
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: "Song for Samael" certainly seems to imply this:
-->''And man is just a child''\\
''Defective and diseased''\\
''And I grow so fearful for their kin''\\
''As I watch the sickness breed''\\
''Some will find them worthy of salvation''\\
''But to what end?''\\
''I've seen a man rape his only child''\\
''And murdered one who he called a friend''\\
** And again in ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> ‘‘I've got this darkness in me’’\\
“And there's no one to blame’’\\
“It's just my human nature’’\\
‘‘It's just my human stain’’\\
* {{Industrial}}
* InTheBlood: ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> “The devils in the chemicals’’\\
‘‘The demons in the DNA’’\\
* KindHeartedCatLover: Steven and Donna live with their hairless cats, though they do seem to like making jokes about [[CatsAreMean their cruelty]].
* OfCorsetsSexy: Donna wears one on the cover of ‘‘Breedless’’.
* PerkyGoth: Both Steven and Donna.
* ReligionRantSong: ‘‘Save Your Serpent’’ in a rather Existentialist way.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Zig-Zagged in ‘’Save Your Serpent’’.
--> ‘‘We are of mercy’’\\
‘‘We are of cruelty’’\\
‘‘And this is not our sin’’\\
* ScheduleSlip: The ‘‘Compass’
* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}}.
** There’s a song called [[AliceInWonderland ‘‘I’m Not Mary Ann’’]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
* TheStoic: Steven in the ''Treacherous Thing'' video clip and promotional pictures. In reality, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
* ThemeNaming: The ''Compass'' EPs.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Donna.
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Steven has a couple of dreads that are dyed blue.
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Taking their name from Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel 'Dune', the band began as an experimental/dark trip hop project. A demo called ‘Songs From a Dead City’, recorded on a four track, was released the same year.
They have toured extensively with {{Angelspit}}, {{Ayria}}, The Cruxshadows, The Ludovico Technique and {{Voltaire}} and are currently signed to Metropolis records.
'''Discography:'''
'''Albums'''
* ''Songs From A Dead City'' (Demo, 1999)
* ''Dragonfly'' (2000 and re-released in 2012)
* ''Water To The Dead'' (2004)
* ''Order Of The Reptile'' (2006)
* ''Breedless'' (2010)
'''The ''Compass'' series of Extended Plays'''
* ‘’South’’ (2007)
* ‘’West’’ (2008)
* ‘’North’’ (2009)
* ‘’East’’ (2012)
'''Singles'''
* ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' (2008)
* ''Treacherous Thing'' (2012)
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!Tropes relating to Ego Likeness:
* AntiNihilist: The message of ‘’Save Your Serpent’’.
* BadassBeard: Steven has a rather nice one.
* BodyHorror: A lot of Steven Archer’s paintings.
* BurnTheWitch: ‘‘Burn Witch Burn’’.
* CoverVersion: Of [[TheSistersOfMercy ‘‘Afterhours’’]]
** And [[ThePolice ‘‘Tea In The Sahara’’]]
* CrapsackWorld: A lot of their songs suggest this.
* CreatorCouple
* DarkWave
* FeatheredFiend: ‘’Aviary’’ doesn’t paint a particularly flattering picture of birds.
* FilkSong: Their song ‘‘You Better Leave the Stars Alone’’ is about {{Stardust}}. It comes from a tribute album to NeilGaiman.
* GothRock
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: "Song for Samael" certainly seems to imply this:
-->''And man is just a child''\\
''Defective and diseased''\\
''And I grow so fearful for their kin''\\
''As I watch the sickness breed''\\
''Some will find them worthy of salvation''\\
''But to what end?''\\
''I've seen a man rape his only child''\\
''And murdered one who he called a friend''\\
** And again in ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> ‘‘I've got this darkness in me’’\\
“And there's no one to blame’’\\
“It's just my human nature’’\\
‘‘It's just my human stain’’\\
* {{Industrial}}
* InTheBlood: ‘‘The Devils In The Chemicals’’:
--> “The devils in the chemicals’’\\
‘‘The demons in the DNA’’\\
* KindHeartedCatLover: Steven and Donna live with their hairless cats, though they do seem to like making jokes about [[CatsAreMean their cruelty]].
* OfCorsetsSexy: Donna wears one on the cover of ‘‘Breedless’’.
* PerkyGoth: Both Steven and Donna.
* ReligionRantSong: ‘‘Save Your Serpent’’ in a rather Existentialist way.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Zig-Zagged in ‘’Save Your Serpent’’.
--> ‘‘We are of mercy’’\\
‘‘We are of cruelty’’\\
‘‘And this is not our sin’’\\
* ScheduleSlip: The ‘‘Compass’
* ShoutOut: Their name is one to {{Dune}}.
** There’s a song called [[AliceInWonderland ‘‘I’m Not Mary Ann’’]] on the ''The Lowest Place On Earth'' single.
* TheStoic: Steven in the ''Treacherous Thing'' video clip and promotional pictures. In reality, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
* ThemeNaming: The ''Compass'' EPs.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Donna.
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Steven has a couple of dreads that are dyed blue.
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