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my dead blood
03:26
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Shards of bone pierce my flesh
Grind the corpses into slurry
Curdled milk
From the mother's udders
Smothers the child's remains
-chorus-
I drown you in dead blood
I drown you in dead blood
I bury you in dead blood
I drown you in my dead blood
The lake of fire rages
The tunnel caves in endlessly
Until the ashes of the charnel house
Join the castoffs
Of the marrow
Of my longest bones
(chorus)
[chant]
[solo]
Acid and mucus wage eternal war
A battlefield the length of me five times over
Fueled by the
Death of a
Thousand sacrificial calves
I damn you to your grave destroyed
I down you to my serpentine void
I damn you to the latrine pit of history
The nothing at the core of me
...i drown you in my dead blood...
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2. |
black hole pulse
04:14
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[v1]
my physical therapist says its amazing how im standing strong
black hole heartbeats dont usually last very long
so theres no precedent for this singularity
just brace and bear the weight: a walking zombie
[prec1]
and you say
nothings changed
like i can’t
feel my body null and void,
cosmic hum
in my veins, made over
[chorus]
your heart beats twice as fast as mine
like its chasing the safety of keeping in time
and im already far too gone
my black hole pulse is gonna swallow you away
if you knew what i knew you wouldnt have me stay
so i’d rather be already gone
[v2]
it’s in your eyes, the way it starts to take its toll
slow motion windup like you’re loathe to let it go
desperate to see you smile, but i’m damned to pull you in
event horizon mirrored, we’re due to cross within the year
[prec2]
swallow pride
with the moon;
pack your bags
for a fate we can't outrun
counting down
to collapse of the sun
[chorus]
your heart beats twice as fast as mine
like its chasing the safety of keeping in time
and im already far too gone
my black hole pulse is gonna swallow you whole
if you knew what I'd say you wouldn't ask at all
so i’d rather be already gone
[bridge]
[sick instrumentals]
how can i keep running?
how are we to keep running?
why do i keep running?
maybe i'm still hungry
as long as I'm still standing
fate will have to catch me
[chorus]
your heart beats twice as fast as mine
like its chasing the safety of keeping in time
and im already far too gone
my black hole pulse would’ve swallowed you whole
you wouldn't hold onto hope if you knew what I know
so i’d rather be already gone
your heart beats twice as fast as mine
so determined to stay; to keep us synched in time
but i'm already far too gone
my black hole pulse would've swallowed you away
i couldn't live with myself if i let you stay
so i'm sorry, i'm already gone
[outro]
the scientists say its amazing how im holding on
black hole heartbeats dont usually last very long
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3. |
dear vault
04:09
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you took me in from the biting cold
you made me feel like my weight in gold
gave me everything i asked for, all the gilt i could withstand
but no one ever taught you to understand
i told you everything that was weighing on my mind
the faded memories i was scared to leave behind
you pondered for a second, did the only thing you know
but no one ever taught you to let go
and i said,
dear vault, can you take me somewhere else
dear vault, show me where i can be myself
and it said,
there within the twisting walls is the journey that you seek
i hope you find the place of which you speak
as i wandered derelict paths
a thousand hallways of broken glass
you offered me a way out, i said i'd find it on my own
no one ever taught me to be alone
do you remember when i told you
that i was running out of time
and you tore yourself to pieces
so i could stay forever prime
now i realize you only ever wanted me to live
but no one ever taught me to forgive, to forgive–
and i said,
dear vault, can you take me somewhere else
(somewhere far away from here)
dear vault, show me where i can be myself
(if you ever find it)
and it said,
there within the twisting walls is the journey that you seek
i hope you found the place of which you speak
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first:
take away the control i have over myself
so that i cannot tell which sins are my own
this way i'm never to blame for what you leave in ashes.
next:
take away my voice, arrest it in my throat
so that nobody can tell that i want to be yours
that way i can pretend that i care about what we damage
third:
take away my form i will be yours to mold
erase my edges, discard my shape in the glow
i want to lose myself in the pulse of our drumbeat
then
take away the ties that bind me to my home
make sure there's nothing left of the safety i know
dissolve me into the rhythm
we're about to get haunted
now dance with me
now dance with me
i'll be your favorite one to break
(a closer friend)
i need to feel the beat again
(now dance with me)
i'll be your favorite one to break
(a closer friend)
i need to feel the beat again
so take me away
(now dance with me)
away
away
away
i'll be your favorite one to break
now dance with me
first:
take away the control i have over myself
so that i cannot tell which sins are my own
this way i'm never to blame for what you leave in ashes
next:
take away my voice, arrest it in my throat
so that nobody can tell that i want to be yours
that way i can pretend that i care about what we damage
third:
take away my form i will be yours to mold
erase my edges, discard my shape in the glow
i want to lose myself in the pulse of our drumbeat
then:
take away the ties that bind me to my home
make sure there's nothing left of the safety i know
dissolve me into the rhythm
i need this to haunt me
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5. |
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where is spooky town
where has it gone
and what have you done with our bones
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6. |
beach bones
04:34
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Lost my heart in Spooky Town, when I struck out with you
They're all just bones in Spooky Town, so they took the rest of my innards too
And now you're callin' and sayin' hey baby, maybe you'd take me back
But I think if you saw me now you'd have yourself a heart attack
Turns out these bones they love to shamble
So I will rove and I will ramble
And I'll leave the world of flesh and blood behind me
So if you're thinking of me someday
and you find yourself a-wonderin'
where I've gone, then Spooky Town is where you'll find me
But you won't find me
Lost my heart in Spooky Town, a swing and a miss
Well you struck me down and the umps called me out, without even a goodbye kiss
Now you're callin' and sayin', hey baby, maybe we could try again
But I'm thinking it's better to leave things lie where they met their end
Turns out these bones they love to shamble
So I will rove and I will ramble
And I'll leave the world of flesh and blood behind me
So if you're thinking of me someday
and you find yourself a-wonderin'
where I've gone, then Spooky Town is where you'll find me
But you won't find me
Baby tell me do you only want me for my body? 'Cause I left it behind
But then again, looking at your friends, I don't know if I'd rather you want me for my mind
[zombie noises]
So if you're wondering where I've left my heart, Spooky Town's the place
It's buried deep way out in center field and my right arm's at third base
And now you're callin' and wailin', hey baby, please come back to me
But I'm looking around at this unhallowed ground and there's nowhere else I'd rather be
You see these bones they love to shamble
So I have roved and I have rambled
I have left the world of flesh and blood behind me
So if you're thinking of me someday
and you find yourself a-wonderin'
where I've gone, then Spooky Town is where you'll find me
But you won't find me
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7. |
free space
03:21
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Out beyond the field it’s all open space
We could settle down and buy some real estate
Leave the others all behind
They’re mostly dead so they won’t mind
If we never left the elsewhere
I tried to fix their stupid mess, and somehow left it all worse
I never made it to second, so now i’ll put myself first
I can feel it like it’s real, I can feel like it’s here
I’m free and clear
Out beyond the field, it’s all rolling hills
We could settle down, and start a farm for thrills
Feel the dirt between our toes
plant a garden all in rows
And never leave our elsewhere
I tried to fix their stupid mess, but somehow it got reversed
I never made it to second, so now i’ll put myself first
I can feel you like you’re real, I can feel you like you’re here
I’m free and clear
Out beyond the field, we can find escape
We could settle down, let go of form and shape
Everything would cease to be
Nothing else but you and me
If we never left the elsewhere
Never left the elsewhere
Never left the elsewhere
Never left the elsewhere
Never left
I’ve gotta get out and see the world
I never made it to second, so now i’ll put myself first
Not afraid to disappear, but I’ll drown if I stay here
I’m free and clear
Never left the elsewhere
God, get me anywhere else
Never left the elsewhere
Just get me anywhere else
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8. |
recongealed
05:49
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a flood of new beginnings
we’re down three in as many innings
we need a change up
something they can’t chain up
something like a stranger
brand-new guardian angel
nobody’s coming to save us, you knew that
no five-star slugger coming in to dispute that
somebody here’s gotta step up, volunteer
a he-ro, supposedly
it might as well be
i was uncertain
now i am sure
since i've been elsewhere
i know there's no cure
now that my real self
has been revealed
i am a new me
i'm recongealed
i guess some people are scared of change
i know it’s new but it ain’t so strange
you wanted saviour, angel, you got it
but now i’ve got ten eyes, and bloody teeth, you don’t want it?
i guess some people are just too scared of change
they want me happy til it makes me too strange
you can call me deranged, you can wish i remained
but the fangs and blood and horror stay
are you too scared to?
i was uncertain
now i am sure
since i've been elsewhere
i know there's no cure
now that my real self
has been revealed
i am a new me
i'm recongealed
i was uncertain
now i am sure
since i've been elsewhere
i know there's no cure
now that my real self
has been revealed
i am a new me
i'm recongealed
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garages, an anarcho-syndicalist blaseball band from the fictional location of seattle. we make songs about being gay, the apocalypse, and fighting the gods.
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