CONSTITUTION

to bravely attack the wight 
to lose oneʼs head but not to lose the fight 
my baby, she wait at home 
a trusted warlord delivers my bones 
she take my remains to the local priests 
she offers silver and fall to her knees, pleading 
she loves me 
she loves me so 
wonʼt let me go 
and I awake whole again 
lit by the soft warmth of the bedroom window where within 
she and I lie so peacefully 
I once was dead 
now I am not 
what is happening? 
Baphomet, the Horned King, 
a stubborn goat ainʼt got nothing on me 
gotta get loot 
gonna get paid 
gotta skill up 
gonna come back if i get killed today 
my baby, she wait for proof 
her constitution going through the roof 
the minotaur can be a bullish breed 
but they grow weary when they start to bleed 
not me 
oh Wee Jas 
I pray on you to brace my lover for my loss 
she couldnʼt know that loving me would have such costs 
she didn't know to think such thoughts 
she couldnʼt know her heart would be in knots 
oh, my little Jasidin 
as selfless as she wanna be 
sheʼs scooping up whatʼs left of me 
and I awake whole again 
lit by the soft warmth of the bedroom window where within 
she and I lie so peacefully 
I once was dead 
now I am not 
what is happening?

Written and recorded by Chamber Band in the extended winter of 2012/2013. Produced and mixed by Michael Flannery at Bass Hit Studios in the neighborhood known to absolutely no one as “upper-Chelsea” New York City. 

Co-Produced by Chris Littler and Sam Monaco with Chamber Band. Tracked by David Darlington and Michael Flannery. Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, NYC, assisted by Rich Morales. Special thanks to Kyle Benson for appreciating antique lighting fixtures. 

Cover image by Jasmine Wigandt, with script by Margo Dittmer. The original cover art and design, and minotaur image, by Aaron Nestor at Death to All False Metal. Painted minotaur image by Anthony Cerretani. 

Constitution

Chamber Band plays songs about love, heartbreak, and dragons.