1. |
Bone Meal
03:18
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i came by the headstones
in that cold grey light
just to see if you were really gone
truly completely
and now i can start breathing
you showed up late that night
an apparition by the headboard
i didn’t call you inside
but still you crossed the threshold
can i banish you from sight
can i banish you from memory
i’ve tried and i’ve tried but i’ll walk this path to it's finish
go now
turn your face
so i can start breathing
in my mind
still this voice haunts and shatters my reason
and in my mouth
still the taste
see how i’m constantly bleeding
i won’t wait for a better day
i know i won’t be defeated
i call out now to the ancient ones
cleave from my hearth
your lost ignoble son
and charge my words
so the heavens might know
i’ve cast them out
i’ve ground their bones
and now the air is clearing
you’re haunting me
i came by the headstones
just to see if you were really gone
you showed up that night
an apparition by the headboard
go now
turn your face
so i can stop bleeding
in my mouth
still the taste
haunts and shatters my reason
go now
turn your face
i banish you from this place
ghost leave
turn your face
i banish you from this place
i call out now to the ancient ones
cleave from my hearth
your lost ignoble son
and charge my words
so the heavens might know
i’ve cast them out
i’ve ground their bones
and now the air is clearing
i banish thee i banish thee
i’ve ground your bones
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2. |
Tied Down
02:42
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don’t come here don’t call me
you left for a reason
don’t come here don’t call me
not even for a change in the seasons
i was walking with you for a while
now i walk alone
so claim your space
i’ll make my way on my own
tied down
begging me for freedom
tied down
i’m not the one putting chains on you
don’t come here don’t call me
it’s like i never even met you
don’t come here don’t call me
don’t give me reason to regret you
i’ve been taking my time
happily sleeping alone
some things are better left unsaid
even better left unknown
i was going with you for a time
now i go it alone
so keep your space
i don’t need you at all
tied down
begging me for freedom
tied down
i’m not the one putting chains on you
but tell me do you still feel
how we would waste all day in that secret way
and sweat and shake and fuck and ache
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3. |
Take It!
02:57
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their boots ring out
they’re coming now
to claim their gold
they’ll take it all
your house your home
all that you own for
those bills you owe
and now you can’t afford to live at all
landlord’s raising my rent
employers aren’t raising my wages
my safety net’s been worn through in so many places
we try to live our lives
but we don’t have the riches
we try to heal ourselves
but the government just cuts at the stitches
we’ve been living like this for years
landlord’s raising my rent
employers aren’t raising my wages
my safety net’s been torn through in so many places
we try to fix our lives
but we don’t have the riches
we try to heal ourselves
but the government just cuts at the stitches
we’ve been dying like this for years
can you hear them coming
boots ringing out
can you see them coming
sirens flashing out
they want it all
can you hear them coming
boots ringing out
can you see them coming
smoke rising up
they’ll take it all
the boots ringing out
the smoke rising
let’s tear them down
but when you complain
all they tell you is take it take it
when you complain all they say is take it take it
let’s tear them down from their riches and thrones
we work til we bleed
we work til we die
for rich men who didn’t have to work for anything
for rulers who never had to work for anything
let’s tear them down
but when we complain
all they say is take it take it
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4. |
Earthseed
04:26
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in order to rise from its own ashes
a phoenix first must burn
we have lived before
and we will live again
we will be silk stone star
there is no end to what a living world will demand of you
all that you touch you change
and all that you change changes you
unite or be divided
robbed ruled killed
in order to rise from its own ashes a phoenix first must burn
there is no end to what a living world will demand of you
all that you touch you change
all that you change changes you
unite or be divided
robbed ruled killed
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5. |
Caliban And The Witch
04:56
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they led them out
four women bound
bound with rope
four stakes in the earth
they struggled
they wailed
they cried
they prayed
as they died
i howled
i wept
i cursed
i wailed
as they burnt
one day they’ll lead me out
a woman bound
bound with rope
a stake in the earth
and i’ll watch
all while
they gather the kindling around me
and struggle
and wail
and weep
with none to weep for me
but i won’t pray
all they’ll get is curses from me
and with my last breath
i swear i’ll take them all to hell with me
it’s quiet now
the fire died down
i’d take the bodies with me
but there’s no bodies left
the crowd has mostly gone now
home with smoke in their lungs
smoke and death
a heady combination
if i could tell them they were all wrong
would any even listen
all i can do is carry with me
the knowledge of my sisters
and when the new dawn comes
will these ashes even fade
you can kill a witch
but her memory remains
so what will you pay your way to heaven with
burnt bodies strewn
and bloodied limbs
you ask me how i let the devil in
as you push a knife underneath my skin
so tell me how i’ve sinned
and tell me how i should burn for it
string me up
weigh me down
it won’t save your soul
when you’re in the ground
if i burn you burn
i’ll take you all to hell with me
your prayer won’t save you when the devil calls
your prayer won’t save you now
i’ll take you all to hell with me
if i burn you burn
i’ll drag you all to hell with me
but still they burn
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6. |
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he’s fading in front of me
shedding skin and humanity
wastes away in a fever
but cries out in hunger
this creature plagues my family
another one comes
another lost soul
heart ripped out
another one down
another one comes
another lost soul
blood drained out
another one down
this creature plagues my family
when will it get me
quick now
tear the cloth
from the bed frame
and wrap the body in the soiled linens
and all those silk fastenings
tear the curtain
from the window
we’ll build a pyre
build a pyre for my lost brother
watch his soul as it spirals its way to heaven
he is lost to us now
his bright smile faded
his strong frame j
ust ragged skin and bone
the creature prowls at night
does he come for me
i hear him scraping down the street
i lock my windows and bar my doors
wrap this quilt
close to ragged skin and bone
i am stronger than my family
let the creature come for me
my righteous blade will swing
and cleave him limb from limb
from ragged skin and bone
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how come you always show up here
at the worst time
spreading discord and lies
presenting us with nothing more than a bad choice at the worse time mother has it always been like this
father has it always been this way
each time they speak
my eyes roll right back in my head
it’s just a bad choice at the worst time
you’re the worst choice at best of times
you know you talk so much shit
i can smell you coming for miles
so please explain to me what the reach is
of my democratic rights
right now i don’t feel particularly enfranchised
it’s just a bad choice at the worst time
how am i expected to stand here
without turning up my nose
at all the effluence that flows forth from your mouth
it’s just a bad choice at the worst time
you’re the worst choice at the best of times
you know
you dig up the streets and burn the bridges
can you see the smoke rising
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7. |
Teeth
02:12
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wearily and warily i have ranged these lands
from the mountains to the sea
the same tale plays out
not every shelter offered is a place safe from harm
my my teeth grew larger
not every kind face offers kind intentions
not every kind face offers a kind heart
some want only to consume your flesh and spit out your bones
my my my teeth grew larger
i sprouted claws
stood up even taller
my my what big eyes i have
i need these big eyes to see all the shit you’ve been doing to me
all the better to see through the shit you’ve been pulling on me
you brought out my teeth
i smell a predator in my midst
you brought out my claws
i smell the blood on your lips
you’ve never had the strength i have in me
run now
while you still can
the full moon rises
and i shed my skin
my my my teeth grew larger
i sprouted claws
stood up even taller
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8. |
Just Keep Going Straight
01:53
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9. |
Calls From The Abyss
03:24
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reduced to a shell
a crumbling carapace
where once i held strong
now i’m crushed by the weight
see how my fields lie
fallow a salted desolate place
my blood is weak
my organs swell with poison
i’m bleeding out
i’m crying out
at the edge of oblivion
i retreat to the inside
bloodied and battle-worn
i keep licking my wounds but they won’t scar closed
as if even the stale air seems to tear at the holes
i lay curled fists clenched against the cold
i pick the scabs from my shins
and watch the blood slowly flow each time
i stumble to my feet
i’m knocked down further below
i keep my back to wall
but the claws just tear at my chest
i keep my back to the wall but my hands just claw at my head
the claws tear at my chest
my hands claw at my head
i’m drowning
i’m glad you set yourself free
because i’m still drowning in shit
i reach out for something
but all i feel is nothing
i reach out for something
but everything i touch just crumbles to dust
so i reach out for something
but all i feel is nothing
i’m drowning in shit
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10. |
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hold me close i’m coming up
i can’t have you close enough
we can’t ride this fast enough
so sweat it out
until the sweat soaks down through your sheets
we can ride this wave all night
i don’t even need to sleep
so hold me close i’m coming up
i can’t have you close enough
i can’t ride you fast enough
so wait it out
until your rushing blood pleads for release
we can play this game all night
do you even need to sleep
i’m coming up
i can’t have you close enough
we can’t ride this fast enough
so sweat it out
and wait for me
we can play all night
if you just beg for me
beg for me
we can go all night
i’ll tell you what’s in my head
it’s as if no world exists beyond this bed
so come a little closer to me
my face is flushing red
it’ll be alright
i just need you to beg
i didn’t hear you right the first time
so let’s try that again
keep looking up at me
clear your throat and beg
hold me close
i’m coming up
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