Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow" from 'The Lioness'  released 01/17/00 via Secretly Canadian

Opening with an epic and ending with a little spartan ode, THE LIONESS is songwriter Jason Molina's fourth and most dynamic and empassioned full-length album to date. Recorded at Chem19 Studio in Glasgow, Scotland, with his Glaswegian friends Aidan Moffat and David Gow of Arab Strap, and Alasdair Roberts of Appendix Out, as well as with Songs: Ohia veterans Geof Comings and Jonathan Cargill, it is, on its exterior, a much darker affair than each of its predecessors. Perhaps it was the Scottish weather and company which gave it such a feel, for at the core of THE LIONESS, there is a warmth and tenderness unmatched by previous Songs: Ohia recordings. Indeed, this is a dark and sultry record, but not a melancholy one. While the last Songs: Ohia album AXXESS & ACE was an album which revealed many of the painful truths about love through its loss, this is an album about the beauty of love as seen from its rich foundational and experiential stages.

Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow" from 'The Lioness'  released 01/17/00 via Secretly Canadian


The Lioness

The Black Crow

Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow"

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Calm Your Eyes (Acoustic)

🎵 SUGAR & SIN

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INTRO

Sugar…
Sin…
Here we go again.


VERSE 1

Sweet on the outside, poison in the core,
Every time you knock, I open up the door.
You kiss like candy, talk like trouble,
Pull me in once and I’m seeing double.

You got that velvet-danger grin,
One look at me and I cave right in.
Baby, you’re no good — that’s the truth,
But hell if I can stay away from you.


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PRE-CHORUS

I tell myself I’m done…
then you say my name again.
My halo hits the floor —
and I’m yours like I’ve always been.


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CHORUS

You taste like sugar and sin,
I know you’re bad, but I let you in.
You’re trouble wrapped in a perfect skin,
Baby, I break — and you always win.

You taste like sugar and sin…
(I know, I know, I know…)
but I let you in.


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VERSE 2

You call at midnight, ask me what I’m doing,
Baby, don’t pretend — we both know what’s brewing.
You say you’ve changed, I say I won’t fall,
But you breathe my name and I lose it all.

I swear I’m stronger, swear I’ve grown,
But you show up and I’m skin and bone.
Guess some lessons never stick,
When the poison tastes this sick.


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PRE-CHORUS

I tell myself I’m fine…
but you’re under my skin again.
You pull me to the edge —
and I jump like it’s pretend.


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CHORUS 

You taste like sugar and sin,
I know you’re bad, but I let you in.
You’re trouble wrapped in a perfect skin,
Baby, I break — and you always win.

You taste like sugar and sin…
(I know, I know, I know…)
but I let you in.


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POST-CHORUS DROP

Mm-mm, sugar…
Mm-mm, sin…
Every time I swear I’m done,
you pull me back again.

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BRIDGE 

I blame you,
then I blame myself.
Call it love,
but it feels like hell.

I want out —
but then you pull me in…
Guess angels fall
for a devil’s grin.

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FINAL CHORUS

You taste like sugar and sin,
I know you’re bad, but I let you in.
My flaws, your fire — where do I begin?
Baby, I lose — just to let you win.

You taste like sugar and sin…
(I know, I know, I know…)
but I let you in.


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OUTRO

Sugar…
Sin…
Here we go again.


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