it's that old recurring dream where you're drowning
flailing your arms out, fearful and frantic
and black waves are curling and pounding
down onto your head somewhere in the Atlantic
through the fathoms below you a shadow
is gliding up towards you with singular purpose
and hundreds of thousands of gallons
of ocean froth and foam as it breaks the surface

its black eyes find you almost at once
you can't hide, swim away or take air into your lungs
to scream for help that won't come

and oftentimes I am awoken 
at three in the morning by screams in the attic
I'll run upstairs, wrench the door open
call out a warning (and try not to sound panicked)
but my hammering heart hears the voices
of spirits that tempt us, the scorn that they've spoken
I'll remember the sad frightened noises
of an old friend who dreamt once of storms on the ocean

and black eyes looking up from below

Black Eyes (EP version)

Work in progress from the upcoming album 'Doom Sickness' which will release whenever I finish it.

Always Ringing (rough draft)

From the album Beat the Champ, out April 7, 2015 (North America) / April 13 (Europe) on Merge Records.
http://www.mergerecords.com/beat-the-champ

Beat the Champ

Order from Merge

The Mountain Goats "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero"

Sodus

Hollow
You're a sight to see, so hollow
You can't conceal it
Sorrow
Colors all you see, such sorrow
But there's no one to heal it

You're a stone in name
But you wither all the same

Wallow
As a statue you will wallow
When you start to feel it
Borrow
All the light meant for tomorrow
Till you deplete it

When you feel the ground
In fear you'll turn around
Look at what you missed
But you'll only catch a glimpse

Lungs grow cold, mind erodes
There is no relief
You will feel the reap

In Oblivion

You Will Feel the Reap

Emperor X "Oversleepers International" out Spring 2017 on Tiny Engines

Oversleepers International

Emperor X - €30,000

From the upcoming Emperor X LP "Oversleepers International" out Spring 2017 on Tiny Engines

Bandcamp: http://tnyn.gs/empx-single
Apple Music + iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wasted-on-senate-floor-single/id1170127062
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3rI52eFVrjqYVdAKFS35Bb

Emperor X - Wasted on the Senate Floor

In The Picture (feat. Kristin Witko)

Possibly in Michigan" is a musical about cannibalism in Middle America. Two women are stalked through a shopping mall by a masked man, who follows them home.  There the victims become the aggressors.

"Animal Cannibal" was written for "Possibly in Michigan" by Karen Skladany.

Black Eyes (EP version)

david.wirsig