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Ode to Perdition
03:05
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Texturalinguistics
unravel this yarn
under a blood meridian
getting dark
there’s the Judge
he’s blotting out the sky
he is dancing as the hideous fiddlers grin
he says that he will never die
on the road to perdition
fire your guns
don’t wait for permission
to join in the fun
hear this ode to perdition
fathers and sons
we lie by omission
to hide what we’ve done
done
souls blacken mourning
a burning orange sun
mad laughing purgatory
the day has just begun
and the Judge
still blotting out the sky
hold your grudge
oh Saturn let it die
I’m the ghost of perdition
foretold the one
don’t wait for your vision
to adjust to the reveries
hear this ode to perdition
a mother’s tears flood
and drown out salvation
daughters of dust die
in the jaws of ambition
coming undone
the eyes of the hangman
the cover of rust
hear my ode to perdition
oh everyone won
a war of attrition
what have we done?
Done?
it is done
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It's a cold, dark world
I said that it's a cold, dark world
it's much too cold
can't you see?
it's a dark, dark world
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Unresolved
03:30
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Last night this
faceless haunted chorus bid
me talk my way right out
of a bad dream
piper pied
carving runes in ancient stone
polar opposite of pop
goes the weasel
ghost of dawn
sing round the fire
around the campfire
close to each other
for warmth and comfort
we talk and listen
infused with stormlight
we glow to heaven
without a guidebook
we’re lost forever
remember:
Oh, Sebastian I love you
You are my buddy, boy
Oh yeah, I love you so
bless, your mother has my back
she’s fantastic in the sacramental
daily rites of requited partnership
sing round the fire
around the bonfire
close to each other
in warmth and bonhomie
we finally listen
all of this tension
is purely argumentative
drawing focus forward
better left pensive
unresolved
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The Work
04:58
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This song speaks intention
and I’ll state it clear
it’s a sword and a shield
now defeat your fears
namely self-doubt
don’t let those flames sear
your spirit to ash
like I did for years
Now I can conceive
of authentic self-worth
in this fleeting daydream
on the garden of earth
I’m nurturing seeds
sown by sweat in the dirt
and I don’t have to believe
to keep putting in the work
If the floor dropped away
and I fell into hell
where burning souls shriek
and man’s vengeful gods dwell
I’d try to ignore
the sweet sickening smell
and draw healing water
from my inner well
I invoke the sea
to flood spiritual dearth
to quench buried heat
in the forest absurd
I’m watering trees
planted before my birth
and I’m starting to see
value in the work
I don’t think I’m special
I don’t think I’m wise
I only know the truth
as perceived by my eyes
It’s been a hell of a trip
and I’m still traumatized
but the work is to persist
on the path til we die
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