ᛞ 𝕯𝖆𝖗ƙׁׅ֑ 𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖉𝖔𝖒 ᛗ

Lyrics

My body has deceived me
Now all my thoughts are flawed
I want to stop them all

Whether tempest or breeze my
Feet have obeyed its laws
That module’s now been powered off

My eyes can hear for the very first time
I smell the tainted petals sprouting from my spine

I did not know this comfort
Swallowed in anodyne
Those photos of this tusk aren’t mine

Divorced from common reason
Binary override
What I once thought was truth has died

My wires have been crossed for the last time
My spirit wakens in me as the gears unwind

Chrysalis [Acoustic Demo]

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I see pain in the way that your hands shake
I hear pain in the cracks when your voice breaks
I thought that pain was love and I couldn't make it safe
Now I know, you know, I know, you know pain

Pain is vanished under mosses and molds
In undulations within every atoll
You gave me the piece that might have made you whole
Ashamed, shamed, shamed, now I know pain

[Chorus 1]
I know the name of the one who is to blame
Who proposed this sentiment that we should entertain
To walk before the babbling brooks from which we came
No rain, rain, rain, no; just pain

[Verse 2]
I thought that your words were reflections of me
And mirrored that which I took personally
And the result, which I am sorry to see,
Is you know, I know, you know, I know pain

I watched as your breath rose and fell into sleep
I listened as your sighs were beckoning me
Now, I forgive you, I won't ask anything
No claim, claim, claim, and no pain

[Chorus 2]
I am the same as this one who is to blame
For setting the future of our crossing paths aflame
Will you please forgive me if I don't think it was in vain?
No name, name, name, for this pain

[Verse 3]
I hope the bitter dew will turn summer-sweet
I hope where forests end, that some other fields will meet
And I hope meandering will lead you to the sea
Untrain, train, train until no pain
No chains, chains, chains, and no pain,
No rain, rain, rain, no more pain
No more shame, no more pain

Pain [Acoustic Demo]

Lyrics

[Chorus 1]
I woke up naked and afraid
And I seemed to have lost my memories
I was then shaken by a blaze
The flames danced to a melody
My eyes were reflected through the haze
And smoky demons next to me
They spoke as if I were Charlemagne
And pleaded for my clemency

[Verse 1]
I woke up naked; when I woke for the first time
I was all tangled up in blue, there was nothing that I could do
I tried to go back to sleep but my new friends poked and prodded
Playfully and said once you’re awake, you’re awake for good, and it’s for your own good
Beautiful days moved past me and the good times would outlast me; still I
Drank and drank that potion so I could get over commotion sickness


[Chorus 2]
Then I woke up naked and afraid
And I seemed to have lost my memories again
I was bound by tusk in a rusty cage
And came face to face with Hecate
She beckoned to a chalice then my lips
It glistened in cobalt-amethyst
She left me with one final kiss,
Then disappeared into the mist


[Verse 2]
I woke up naked; when I woke up the next time
I was covered in shattered glass, though I knew it would not last
I couldn’t go back to sleep so I picked out shards and made a shelter in the
Trees…and Beelzebub made good company
I took a stroll through Sodom, where I felt the pangs of destiny calling me
My fate was in the hands of the Valkyries


[Chorus 3]
Then I woke up naked and afraid
And I keep losing my memories
My heart is full, my head is a trapeze
So I keep pulling wires on the machine
All I recall is Eden tempting me
And on miasmatic plumes I’m choking, then
I wake up naked and afraid
I wake up naked and afraid, I wake up
Naked again in the bed of some stranger in a stranger land
I can no longer pretend I’m not a stranger with a stranger’s hands
Wrapped around my throat while the lady with the head of a goat
Is screaming to the demons jumping out of the boat
And the reaper’s guiding us through Styx
And I’m feeling like I’m gonna be sick, and he tells me that it better be quick or else, then
I wake up naked in a daze
But I no longer feel afraid
Every time this loop has slightly changed and now
I can break free from the chains

Naked And Afraid [Acoustic Demo]

Uncovered the original Ableton session for this one so I opened up the multiracks and re-mixed it. Even discovered a hidden vocal part in the process.

The Crushing Days 2024 Remix

The Moon's red as wine, pickups in a line, 
Somebody bit my side ‘neath the 'God Bless America' sign. 
Now my cornbread tastes bland, got a hunger I can’t stand— 
Traded *grains* for *brains* in this red-white-and-blue wasteland.
**Chorus:** 
I crave the craniums of the unvaxxed and rural, 
Flatbed drivers chugin’ cheap beer, chewin' straws. 
Only want them Christian cerebellums, pale and humble, 
‘Fore we chew through the last MAGA hat with our jaws! 
Oh, it’s *brains over grains* in this holy zombie nation, 
Convertin’ y’all ‘til there’s no one left to save. 
We’ll build a New South Heaven on Ford F-150 salvation— 
Then starve in the dark ‘cause we ate the buffet.
**Verse 2:** 
I used to pray in a pew, now I grab on heads and chew
With a "Don’t Tread on Me" sticker and a rebel flag tattoo. 
They said, "Trust the Good Lord’s plan!"—well, He led me to demand
the pink, gooy content of the skull of every man!
We’ll bite every uncle, cousin, and preacher, 
Turn Sunday service into a flesh-eater’s feature. 
But when the whole world’s a clone of my pickup truck creed, 
Who’s left to devour? Just dust, diesel, and need…
**Chorus:** 
I crave the craniums of the unvaxxed and rural, 
Flatbed drivers chugin’ cheap beer, chewin' straws. 
Only want them Christian cerebellums, pale and humble, 
‘Fore we chew through the last MAGA hat with our jaws! 
Yeah, it’s *brains over grains* in this holy zombie nation, 
Convertin’ y’all ‘til there’s no one left to save. 
We’ll build a New South Heaven on Ford F-150 salvation— 
Then starve in the dark ‘cause we ate the buffet.

So if you’re sippin’ suds in your John Deere cap, 
Better check your six when the Walmart lights snap. 
‘Cause we’re comin’ for kinfolk who “trust their own blood,” 
And the last brain left’s in aisle five… *next to the ammo and Bud.*

Brains Over Grains 🧟 🌾 🛻🧠

apocalyptic folk for the dark night of the soul

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“I wanna be like water if I can, cuz water doesn’t give a damn.” -David Berman

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