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Drama Queen
04:36
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Welcome back, said the ocean to the rain
Much has changed while you were away
But I can see that you’ve also changed
You’re not the same, you’re not the same
Was it the dark earth that devoured you?
Did they bury you? Did they die for you?
You were supposed to flow through all life
And not evaporate under the bright lights
Oh, you filthy little thing
Sold your mother’s dear purity ring
Such a disappointment, such a drag
Well, come now, pollute me
The drama queen dancing in the forest at night
Dancing slowly and around her nothing is what it seems
The drama queen and the things she’s done to me
Well, I’d still reach out to her
I would dance slowly, too
Slowly with you
Skin like silk paper, eaten by moths
Covered in mildew, stained by loss
The rivers run dry and so you crawl to me
The digestive tract of a leech, teeth of a nocturnal beast
But forgive these cruel animals for what they are
They’re guided by parasites, making their way to the body farm
And another changeling appears
Through a door that wasn’t here yesterday
And another changeling appears
Through the rain, through the fog, past the traps that I made
Oh, you filthy little thing
Sold your mother’s dear purity ring
Such a disappointment, such a drag
Well, come now and dance with me
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Leper
03:23
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The soul is the parasite, the body is the host
And you rot prematurely, you decompose
Still you dwell in decay and refuse to let go
Hibernate in dead meat just like a ghost
Don’t call it life just because you’re still breathing
Dear Dorian
Pretty in portraits
Walk the never-ending pier
Follow what you left behind
Walk the never-ending pier
And wonder was there ever a shore
Say your name three times in front of the mirror
Maybe someday your reflection will appear
The emptiness you see is all that’s real
Sleep sound now, the end is always near
Come ye silent and the meek
My eye for your eye, my teeth for your teeth
Give them to me
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Ah, I unravel from the seams and reveal things that can’t be seen And without you I fall apart like the leper from my dream
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Bone Rosary
03:52
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That rattling sound calls out to me again
The rosary resonates with me
The wind whistles a coy melody
Oh, Mother Moon, the things I’d do for you
Tracing the rim of forthcoming night
I’ve danced on my grave a thousand times
Sacrificing all them vacuous thoughts
Oh, Mother, what have I done?
The moon bares its teeth
Sink ’em in
Bones of Mary
Scattered on the spiral staircase, listen up
Bones of Mary
I’m cursed to descend forever
Did you close your eyes? Did you count the time?
Did we make it past midnight?
Were we alive when the end was just another milestone?
Did you close your eyes and lose track of time?
Was there nothing past midnight?
And we aligned when the end was something to die for
The mausoleum corridors scream madly
I’ve been reaching for the beacon that smiles at me
I hold these bones close and wait for rapture
Oh, Mother Moon, it’s all for you
Come on, sink ’em in
Moon bares its teeth
Now close your eyes
Until we align, until midnight
Now close your eyes and lose track of time
Was there nothing past midnight?
Until we align, one last midnight
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Antlers
03:45
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I inhale existence, it filters through a cloth
What remains as stains are purpose and who we are
The essential vacuum in the mind
Come, let’s cause contempt
The well-seasoned ignorance
Vague notion of a beating heart
If you want to escape, if you want to live
Come now and watch TV
And remember to grow as you implode
Struggle to smile as the void sucks you dry
I wear them like a crown
Embed in my head
One with the tangled bone
These antlers I have grown
I wear them like a crown
Embed in my head
Where solitude is god
I am home
Love marinades the meat
Come feed it to the feral beast
With fear you dominate the feast
Preserved in salt, embalmed with plastic
Step-by-step climb a pyramid scheme
Reach a parallel cosmos and end up on the streets
When you are gone, I am home
Oh, wear it on your sleeve
Apathy and greed
You control the weathe
With pollution and grief
How much more do you need?
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Human Wardobe
03:09
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I bow and make a scene like you want me to
I dance and smile according to your style
And love you when I am allowed to
Tonight we define what you are
You have seams that need to come apart
Tonight we define what we’ve become
We’ll be fine inside a glass jar
Flinched
Adored you
I want to cross-dress with your skin and you want it, too
Fill your mouth with compulsive happiness
Then purge yourself with bulimia
I adored you so much
Tonight we define the roles we play
Tonight we decide that no safe words can save me
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Amygdala Is Dead
04:16
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I assimilate past with dead leaves
Crows circling the corners of my eyes
And the tighter I hold on, the more it crumbles
Earth devours the leaves, something else is born
And memories turn into lies
They wane, hibernate and then die
If you’re stuck, you’re stuck forever
Like that doll in the attic
With its eyes half open
And unable to wake up
If you’re stuck, you’re stuck forever
But we’re in this together
Facing the wall, you can’t see
I’m stuck just like you
My family has always been
A thousand years pass and they never age
And my son is the ghost of my father
He disappears and something else is born
Amygdala is dead
When the hell in one’s heart burns brighter than love
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Nocturnal Brooding
04:13
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40 milligrammes of other realities on the nightstand
Arranged in colors, labeled by horror
I can barely breathe
In the mausoleum that’s expected of me
It’s too much to take
Somehow I endure, but for whom?
Lay the eggs no one adores
Minutes away from doomsday, how could I sleep?
There’s still time to try but no one can escape
It crawls into the mind and bends the loop inside
This midnight dormant in time
I can barely breathe
As I see the door disappear
And it’s too much to take
While you stand in the corner, whispering my name
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Somnambulist
03:38
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Slow waves alter me
I’ve reached something that I can’t see
Every night it waits for me
While I make sure the door’s ajar
Yeah, they’ve got it in for me
Teeth snarling and caked with old blood
Yeah, I walk among them
Not sure if I want to wake up
And in the rhymes of lullabies, I hide in plain sight
’Cause I’ve got everything I need, it’s real enough for me
And in the rhymes of lullabies, no reason to be found
Yeah, I’ve got everything I need, don’t take it away from me
I can’t suffocate them
They whisper under my pillow
The words seep through the linen
Soft whimpers, never wake up
Sing me a lullaby I can dance to
Reality wears stitches on its skin
Unravel them and see what it’s like
I hibernate and the winter never ends
Let me walk this earth dreaming I’m somewhere else
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9. |
Cartoon Violence
03:33
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I’m a sensitive sociopath
I mourn for you and drag you to my limbo
I’m a posthumous paradox
Born to confuse the dopey kids
The trademark animals love to smile and kill, kill, kill
The trademark animals will fill you with thrill
Tame it all
With copyrighted catchphrases
Tame it all
With animals singing da da da da da
Born free
Into this vortex
Born free
Singing da da da da da
I’m a formless hole in your plot
But you made me so I belong here
And I’d rather be a paradox
Than have to stand another second of this
Let me go
In your house
There are rooms without doors
There are corridors that don’t exist
But you’re born free, you’re free to leave
That’s all, folks!
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Mysteries of Being
04:37
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I have stared long enough at the ocean
To see patterns in the waves
I have longed for more than I have lost
Hence I feel like there’s nothing at all
And the fools who dream, they never live
But at least they see something more than this
In my dreams I am never asleep
Eyes on the wall, can you see beyond?
Born into the never-ending maze
Tear down the obstacles in vain
It can’t be, it can’t be, it can’t be just another wall
Just breathe, just breathe, just breathe, we can escape
Those sceptic words still echo in my head
Although I don’t know why
’Cause I’d rather be delusional
Than spend a lifetime staring at walls
Here I am, I stand my ground
It crumbles but I stand my ground Shed my dead leaves
No one waters the wallflowers
But we’re still breathing
It can't be / can't beat it
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Death of Electricity
03:51
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A cord in the heart of being
There are roots within roots
They’re branching forever without cause
And nothing ever happened?
Hold me close, let’s just recharge
Hold me close now and forever
And you’re scaring me, you’re scaring me
So just hold me, never let go
And your wounds and fears, they need keys to heal
Still you’re standing tall in the vortex you have locked
Why can’t you see? Why can’t you see?
Your demons were here before you
Let it flow through you, set it in its place
Oh, can’t we unite on the other side of the other side?
Your demons were here before you, waiting to sink their teeth...
Darling, can’t you see? Darling, can’t you see?
Then let your fingers trace the shapes over your swollen eyes
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12. |
White Lung
05:35
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We’re the only ones awake tonight
And yet it feels like we’re sharing a dream
The patterns that breathe behind invisible things
They align, take form and find the right shape
But have we shared such silence before?
Have words ever been more trivial?
Out here I can see my soul flee
From reality that we all share
Take my voice
And don’t you dare to suffocate the silence
Just breathe it in
The white lung in silence tonight
And if you try to catch it as it falls
I’ll devote myself and trace the shapes of your footprints
And don’t you dare to suffocate the silence
Don’t even whisper
And the white lung inhales our sorrow
In a snow globe
Stuck in here
And don’t you dare to suffocate the silence
Don’t even whisper
The white lung inhales our sorrow
Where the shapes we made
Get buried and adapt with the snow
Someday the secret will be cast on the clouds
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