1. |
Magpie
03:47
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The sun is warming
the sky is glowing
So I’ll lay here
waste the day here
waste away here
Naked on the sand
I’ll watch the magpie fly away
Where the eels eat me alive
Tear my flesh away
Where the eels eat me alive
But leave my bones my bones
I want to stay
Lay me down, crossing my hands
under the sun
Tuck me in, close my eyes
you are the one
Hold the sand, take it with me
it's in my palms
It grows inside me
you cut inside me
But I can’t feel it
now I can’t feel anything
I’d rather die, it is my right
Just leave me here on the sand
Where the eels eat me alive
Tear my pain away
Where the eels eat me alive
But leave my bones my bones
I want to stay
Lay me down, crossing my hands
under the sun
Tuck me in, close my eyes,
you are the one
Hold the sand, take it with me,
it's in my palms
Well the river runs deep
and the river runs fast
River please leave my
skeleton bones in the cracks
My bones my bones
my bones my bones my
My bones my bones
my bones my bones my
Hear me out
I want to stay
I want to stay
I want to stay
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2. |
Hounds
03:15
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You are my baby girl
Don’t pretend to be happy
I know I’m disappointing you
It’s as plain as this red moon
Red moon, red moon
That you dance under
Red moon, red moon
Inside in time
take me through the night
Inside in time
take me to the light
Inside in time
elevate the light
The water moves like skin
The night is centering
Come walk with me
Hecate, call your hounds
You are my oracle
Descend down to me
My lunacy in your eyes
As big as this red moon
Red moon, red moon
That you dance under
Red moon, red moon
Inside in time
take me through the night
Inside in time
take me to the light
Inside in time
elevate the light
The water moves like skin
The night is centering
Come walk with me
Hecate, call your hounds
Call your hounds
Call your hounds
Call your hounds
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3. |
Winter
03:18
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I’m only good if I’m pure
And I’m only pure if you lie
Weakness gives me virtue
Death makes me beautiful
Is what you said
Paralyzed, trapped in ice,
terrorized, lost in lies
Look she was so peaceful
An angel bleeding out
Go high angel
Frozen before flight
I’m only good if I’m pure
Pure as the driven snow
Starving carcass
on your doorstep
Winter’s coming now
Paralyzed, trapped in ice,
terrorized, lost in lies
Look she was so peaceful
An angel bleeding out
Go high angel
Too pure to fight
These snowflakes circle round
Like ice shards on the ground
And these crystal towers
up above us
tumbling tumbling down
Winter’s coming now
I’m only good if I’m pure
And I’m only pure if you lie
Snowflakes circle round
Winter’s coming now
Winter’s coming now
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4. |
Drought
02:47
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I see the path I would take
I turn my back onto you
Shut the gate and lock it
What’s light in me will glow with life
In my eyes isolation
These dreams have sent me to endless nights
But when I got to the banks and the river was dry
I’m alone at last but sucked of life
And when I got to the banks and the river was dry
I’m alone at last but nothing’s right
There is sweat on my back
on my back on my back
There are clouds in my head
in my head in my head
There is sweat on my back
on my back on my back
There are clouds in my head
in my head in my head
They pull my hands
I turn my back onto you
Cut the leash and drag it
What darkens me will kill the beast in my eyes
Isolation
These dreams have sent me to endless nights
There is sweat on my back
on my back on my back
There are clouds in my head
in my head in my head
There is sweat on my back
on my back on my back
There are clouds in my head
in my head in my head
I turn my back on life
Cut the leash and drag it
What’s it for what’s it for?
I turn my back onto you
Cut the leash and drag it
What’s it for what’s it for?
What’s it for what’s it for?
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5. |
Ghosts
03:20
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All I know is I’m lost without you
Sink in sadness, cling to no one
But you’re the one
I can’t bring back here
Another love I lost in that year
In the dark I can't see
All of the voices following me
Losing time, I can't sleep
In the dark I am finally free
I’ll ride in this point of light
Through aether and stars and spacetime
All I want is to hear your voice now
Tell me something that’s brand new
But you’re a ghost of our desires
Of a love that we lost in that year
In the dark I can't see
All of the voices following me
Losing time, I can't sleep
In the dark I am finally free
I’ll ride in this point of light
Through aether and stars and spacetime
I’ll look for you in a dream
I’ll look for you endlessly
I’ll wait for you in a dream
I’ll wait for you endlessly
I’m falling over
I’m falling under
I’m sinking further
Where are you?
I’m falling over
I’m falling under
And for the living:
Where are you?
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6. |
Cruel Economy
03:26
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Reflections turned upside down
Letting go of your expectations
Chasing shadows on the walls
Can you walk away from it all?
I see your tears
It’s a cruel economy
I lie, you lie, we all are family
Will you fight for me
or will you fight me?
Calculated, is that what love is?
Reflections of us on the ground
Eviction is the expectation
Fading shadows on the walls
What will you take from it all?
I see your tears
It’s a cruel economy
I lie, you lie, we all are family
Will you fight for me
or will you fight me?
Calculated, is that what love is?
We live hand to mouth
We live mouth to gut
We live gut to mind
Your heart breaks every time
Love will not pay for
Pay for anything
Love will not make a home
Take me home
Take me home
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7. |
Charms
02:28
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Casting shadows on my grave
I caught shivers
Holding on to my breath
I won't lose my soul
where the wanderers rest
Superstition Superstition
Superstition Superstition
Seven spinning circles
turning around my luck
Clenching onto my rabbit foot
Bad luck curses won't catch me
Hanging horse shoes guarantee
Ignite another
black candlestick
Superstition Superstition
Superstition Superstition
one for sorrow
two for joy
three for a girl
four for a boy
five for silver
six for gold
seven for a secret
never to be told
eight for a wish
nine for a kiss
ten for a bird
you must not miss
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8. |
Six Candles
03:07
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Her hair is
scattered by the wind
And her skin is weathered
Her dress is darkest leather
By her side sits her familiar
She casts her spell upon me
Then she’ll waltz around me
All around me and
all around me and
all around me and
all around me
Deep inside the forest
In a circle of protection
She lights six candles
She flickers with conviction
She casts her spell upon me
Then she’ll waltz around me
All around me and
all around me and
all around me and
all around me
Take my life
I lay myself
down by your side
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9. |
Sunbeam
03:06
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I remember dark clouds
strong wind
You moved through them
into them
burst back again
When did I forget you?
I don't know when
attention intention impermanent
my friend impermanent
Pictures filling up my head
Into my insides filling
It's all let in
It's all my insides burning
Remember back to a choice
you never made
and they can't describe you still
particle or wave
I still find you dancing
mid-spectrum
receptors receive you
just you just you and
my friend impermanent
Memories filling til I'm dead
All my insides filled in
until it's ended
until my insides are dead
no one can control you
no one can conceive of you
no one can own you
no one can conceive of you
my friend impermanent
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10. |
Stigmata
02:13
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Stigmata
Stigmata
There are holes in my hands
There are holes in my feet
Sitting on the fence
The old and the young
for your protection
I can’t move my hands
Climbing at all will cut them
Staring at the fence
They want to cage me
Incarcerate me
If I don’t climb
I will never ever
escape this life
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Near Dark Oakland, California
Oakland label specializing in dark punk, anarcho, goth & darkwave. Look out for Near Dark Fest Sept 2022!
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