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chapels.
05:05
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i awoke
bathing
in this endless drifting moonlight
kissed by the weight of my sins
ensnared by the vines
diving courage
calculate the words of silence
encased in the lies of
the life i lead
clairvoyant blasphemy
i've been waiting
my whole life
to hear the sound of
the sirens in my ears
the chapels were burning
carving symbols of hope
in my skin
damned by your hand
healed by the lamb
sacrilegious faults
i've been waiting
my whole life
to hear the sound of
the sirens in my ears
the chapels were burning
clawing symbols of hope
In my skin
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a communion.
04:09
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they towered miles above me
inverted slaves to a crucifix
these forgiven sons
crying coaxed confessions
upon the cheek that was kissed
two coins stacked upon their eyes
we danced upon their graves
we cried under their bodies
swaying limbs torch the branch
he has risen his body up above
sing your songs for your sins
he has risen
he who's yet to come
sweet melody, forgiven one
the songs we sing are sung for no one
untempered harmonies
moral indiscrepancies defile their names
what began as a lie
now transfixed to rusted nails of sacrifice
pulling teeth in succession
now it waits. now it wakes
damn them all
curse the sky
broken paths, the kindled feet still stalk the night
pulling teeth in succession
now it waits. now it wakes
for you
the veil of clay that blinds you so well
the tongue, the teeth
that curses you awake at night
time waits for no man
the sweet sting of sulfur
this fire in my lungs
i wait for no man
we speak the ancient parables
the passing of the sun
covet your remains of heaven
the warm hatred in the heart
the cold ice atop the spine
what began as a lie
now transfixed to rusted nails of sacrifice
pulling teeth in succession
now it waits. now it wakes
swaying limbs torch the branch
he has risen
he who's yet to come
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the solipsist.
04:32
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we amass this as a campaign
virtue detained
counting each broken sheep again
we count this as the entrails
shrapnel’d details
scribe the broken teeth again
we displayed our heavy hands
charred pyres, false pretense
we burned them alive to raise the dead
(syphilitic witches watch us)
(disillusioned eyes upon us now)
we, the fallen few, harken hands renewed
(cryptographic chapters chanted)
(red ashen heavens cascade down)
fan the flames
cleanse me
a pound of flesh
have mercy upon my name
salvation
we burned them alive to raise the dead
(syphilitic witches watch us)
(disillusioned eyes upon us now)
we, the fallen few, harken hands renewed
(cryptographic chapters chanted)
(red ashen heavens cascade down)
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an offering.
04:49
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take everything you meant to say
escape the lives you lived
the hearts you took to break our faith
intrepid and alone
fallen and forgotten
you were all that i had ever known
i can feel the roots
the roots are digging deeper
there are fingers in the soil
creaks in the grain
the whites of their eyes say
i came to die here today
stone statues steal us away from this, lingered
wax-winged seraphims askew
can we ask the questions of paradise
is this real
when you breathe
chances are less when you deceive
all of those around you and say
open-palmed solutions
oil-soaked delusions
we communicate
i can feel the roots
the roots are digging deeper
there are fingers in the soil
creaks in the grain
the whites of their eyes say
we came the die here today
and i came to die here today
take everything
everything you meant to say to me
how can i believe the things you said to me
when i was young
twisting the knife between my bones into my lungs
i am paradise
i am he who lies
within you echoing your afterlife
i am parasite
these vines metastasize
blood and teeth to pay the asking price
and every single lie
told from these gallows' eyes
i'll carry with me for the rest of time
my wrists will face the sky
told from these shallow lives
i'll carry with me for the rest of mine
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ourfathers. Oakland, California
With the catalyst of the founding members fathers passing away- They wrote an ode to the recently deceased asking for
advice; expecting no answers.
These songs are what they have left of the memories of the men who raised them and the widows they left behind.
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