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With Intent
04:57
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BRANCHES FRAME THE LIGHT
OF THE MOON ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT
DOGS READY TO BITE
FOR OGRES THAT HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
PAST THE TOMBS AND THE GRAVES
AND THE WRETCHED HEROIN SLAVES
THAT STEAL WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO RETREAD WHERE THEIR SICKNESS BEGAN
HEXES THAT REVEAL THE GAMES
THE MARKED ONES THE BITTER AND SHAMED
FACES YOU’RE NOT SURE ARE THERE
BINDING THE LOCKS OF YOUR HAIR
VISIONS RISE UP FROM THE FLAMES
ASHES REVEALING THEIR NAMES
STEEL THAT SHINES IN THE NIGHT
FROM A BLADE CAUGHT BY STREET LIGHT
NECKS THAT WERE TATTOOED IN SPITE
FOR FATHERS WHO TOOK THEIR FLIGHT
VICTIMS OF THE AGE
BURNING WORDS FROM THE PAGE
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
THE ONLY ONE THEY’VE NEVER HEARD
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Murderess
05:28
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HERE LIES THE GRAVE
OF SOME OLD DESPERATE MAN
MONEY CHANGING HANDS FOR YOUR
COMFORT OF DECAY
DID YOUR BODY BURN?
AS SHE LOST HER MIND
SHE WILL NOT EVER RETURN
FROM THE PRISON IN HER MIND
THE TOUCH OF HER FLESH THAT KEEPS YOU YOUNG.
YOU’RE SPLASHING OUT YOUR RETIREMENT FUND
PAYING FOR TRINKETS YOU THINK ARE LOVE.
DEMENTIA SETS IN IT’S ROTTING YOUR BLOOD
YOU TELL YOURSELF SHE ENJOYS YOUR TIME
AS SHE THOWS BACK YOUR EXPENSIVE WINE
YOU LIE ABOUT ALL THE SPOILS OF WAR
YOUR LIFE HAS ALL BEEN A TIRESOME BORE
SHE’S SO CONVINCING, YOU BUY THE SMILE
YOUR AGEING SKIN LIKE A DYING REPTILE.
YOU THINK TO ENTER WILL MAKE YOU YOUNG.
FORGET THE SHADOWS APPEARED ON YOUR LUNG
THE SILKEN TWINE OF THE THREADS YOU BOUGHT
REMIND YOU OF OTHER GIRLS YOU HAVE TAUGHT
THAT MEN ARE BESTIAL AND ALL THE SAME
AND SO DESERVING OF THIS SHOCK TO THE BRAIN..
CURSE THE GLASS
AWAKE THE ASP
CANDLE BLACK
EYES TURN BACKWARDS
SPIRITS MOVE
THE ROOM
A TOMB
THE BREW IT HITS LIKE A THOUSAND KNIVES
YOUR FLESH IT BURNS LIKE YOUR WRETCHED INSIDES
SHE STAND ABOVE YOU HER EYES ARE COLD
SMILE OF PSYCHOSIS YOUR STORYS BEEN TOLD
YOU WERE SOLD
WOMAN BOLD
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Lip Killer
04:57
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THEY’RE QUEING UP FOR THE FASHION
NATURE OR NUTURE A COMMON DESIRE
FULL LIPS THAT FALSIFY PASION.
PETRUDING OUTWARDS TO HIDE WHATS INSIDE
TRUTH WILL FALL TODAY
AS VESSELS MELT AWAY
THERE’S RUPTURE IN THE RAPTURE
HURTS TO SEE YOU TOW THE LINE
OF SOME VACUOUS CONCUBINE
DENY THE GRACIOUSNESS OF LIFE
AND SEIZE THE DAY
YOU THINK YOUR BEAUTIES BEEN ENHANCED
FROM YOUR COSMETIC ULTRA TRANCE
ITS MASS HYPNOSIS FROM THE SCREEN
MASS MARKET DREAMS.
THEY MARKET NEEDLES OF POISON
AND PREY UPON ALL YOUR INSECURE NIGHTS
YOU LAY AWAKE IN THE DARKNESS
COMPARING PICTURES THAT INFLUENCE LIES
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Running In Dreams
06:17
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MY LEGS THEY BEND THEY BUCKLE FAST
SHADOWS BEHIND ME THEY PULL AND THEY GRASP
AS IF FROM RUBBER MY LEGS HAD BEEN MADE
MY BREATH IT DRAWS LIKE A SHALLOW GRAVE
SLICES OF DEATH APPEAR
FALL INTO THE WIER
REEDS HOLD ME DOWN
SERPENTS SEEK TO DROWN
IM RISING UP ABOVE THE WATER
THE MOON LIGHTS THE WAY TO RUN
THE FORCE FOLLOWS RIGHT BEHIND ME
IT WHISPERS MY TIME HAS COME.
THE BATTLES DONE IT’S FOUGHT AND WON
BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP.
I WILL HAVE RETURNED TO THE DUST
I TELL MYSELF IT’S JUST A DREAM
BUT I CAN’T WAKE FROM THE FORCES UNSEEN
A SUCCUBI TAKES A HOLD OF ME
MY SPIRIT DRAINED IS THIS THE LIGHT I SEE?
I FIGHT FOR LIFE WITH TOOTH AND NAIL
ALICE PASSED HER VORPAL BLADE
THE FORCES APPEAR BEFORE ME
TRANSFIGURED DEEP INSIDE THE GLADE
I SLICE THE VEINS OF FACELESS MONSTERS
IN MY WAKE
IF I CAN MAKE IT TO TOMORROW
I’LL SURVIVE.
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Hieronymus Apocalypse England, UK
A darker side of multi-instrumentalist Joseph Cave.
Josephcave.bandcamp.com
Orignally going to be released under his own name as the Hieronymus Apocalypse EP. Joseph realised this would be a musical world he would want to revisit again. And so now Hieronymus Apocalypse is a new home where the darker sides of life can be exorcised.
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