cut.rate.box took shape in Florida and has since existed in Chicago, North … Read Full Bio ↴cut.rate.box took shape in Florida and has since existed in Chicago, North Carolina, and currently, New Orleans. They take influence from many diverse sources - from the powerful atmospheres of Coil to the dancefloor energy of Front242 - yet all the while mutating and advancing towards an expanding style of flowing energy and mature lyrical concept.

cut.rate.box consists of g.wygonik and clint sand. Both share songwriting, orchestration, production, concept and graphic design, while live g.wygonik provides vocals and clint manipulates guitars and keyboards.

The cut.rate.box live performance is an emotion-filled and intense experience. To maintain an original and expressive performance, each song in the set is altered from the original album version. Because of the intricacy of the material, pre-recorded backing tracks are used, but are combined with spontaneously created synth, drum, samples, and guitar manipulations.

The cut.rate.box live experience is the combustion of the ideas originally presented in CD form.

In addition to their headlining slots, cut.rate.box has performed as opening act for many industrial favorites including Nine Inch Nails, Pop Will Eat Itself, Pigface, Die Warsau, Alien Sex Fiend, Foetus, Sheep On Drugs, VAST, Covenant, VNV Nation, Beborn Beton, and Clear Vision.

cut.rate.box has label representation with WTII Records in North American. European releases were handled through ACCESSION RECORDS.

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enigma
cut.rate.box Lyrics

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i've sat and watched you for days
mesmerized
memorizing
every line every curve
i breathe to feel you
you tremble
hands grip tight
you feel me

i move

the poetry of silence is mine
i feel you in my heart and in my mind
the strength that i've shown in this game
is frozen in my heart like your name

i'd wipe the sweat from your face
open your eyes
taste your skin
something so familiar
safe
a little boy
a mother's arms

as shadows dance upon our wall
my longing removed

Overall Meaning

In "Enigma," cut.rate.box sings about their intense fixation on someone, watching them for days and memorizing every detail of their appearance. The imagery in the lyrics suggests a voyeuristic and obsessive tone, with the singer describing how they "breathe to feel" the person they are watching and how their hands grip tight when they feel a connection. The singer is clearly enamoured with this person, seeing poetry in the "silence" between them and feeling their presence in their heart and mind. The lyrics suggest a sense of isolation, with the subject of the song serving as a lifeline, a connection to something safe and familiar in a world that seems full of shadows and longing.

Despite the dark and intense themes of the song, there is also a sense of tenderness and vulnerability in the lyrics. The singer's desire to wipe the sweat from the face of the person they are watching, to taste their skin, and to be with them in a way that feels just like being held in a mother's arms all suggest a desire for closeness and intimacy. The last line of the song, "my longing removed," suggests that the singer's fixation on this person may have provided them with a sense of release or relief from their own isolation.

Line by Line Meaning

i've sat and watched you for days
I have been observing you for several days now.

mesmerized
I am captivated.

memorizing
I am committing every aspect of yours to memory.

every line every curve
Every single detail of your physical appearance is important to me.

i breathe to feel you
To feel your presence, I must inhale deeply.

you tremble
I can sense that you are shaking.

hands grip tight
Your hands have firmly grasped mine.

you feel me
You are aware of my presence.

i move
I am making subtle movements.

the poetry of silence is mine
I find beauty in the quietness that surrounds us.

i feel you in my heart and in my mind
You reside in both my thoughts and emotions.