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VIII: Shadow&Gloom

from IX by RENT STRIKE

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VIII - Shadow&Gloom

Mother of mine! Mother of mine!
I awoke in a sweat in the middle of the night!
In the East, where the shadows lie,
Where the dawn won’t come and the sun won’t rise!
But, oh, this weight gets too heavy to bear.
It crushes my lungs as I come up for air.
And everything is soooo clear
When I just disappear.

Chemical bank! Chemical bank!
My credit’s been shot at the chemical bank!
And I just want ONE little taste,
But everything’s rotten! Everything’s rank!
It all boils down into poisonous ash,
That rains down on me in a vomitous mass.
And static is all I can hear
So I just disappear.

And now I’m having an out-of-money experience!
This fever’s getting higher and I’m getting delirious!

Elbow room! Elbow room?
Can I get some elbow room?
I just need to breathe for a minute or two,
Can I get some elbow room??
I just want some fucking sleep!
I’ve been writhing around on the ground like a cat in heat!
And nothing is sacred or pure!
So I just disappear!

And now I’m stuck in the middle of a mass extinction event!
The extinction of all of the good that they want to forget!

They suck the light out from the room. (Shadow&Gloom)
Mounted on creatures, eyes red and blue. (Shadow&Gloom)
Oh, humans! Once humans too?! (Shadow&Gloom)
Drag me down! Down into (Shadow&Gloom)
I’m a heat seeking missile locked in on my doom! (Shadow&Gloom)
My body’s a temple! My body’s a tomb! (Shadow&Gloom)
Rise from the dead! Body exhumed! (Shadow&Gloom)
Drag me down! Down into (Shadow&Gloom)

Mother of mine! Mother of mine!
Can you hear me? I’m losing what’s left of my mind!

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from IX, released January 11, 2018
John W - banjo n guitar n vox
Nicole G - bass n gang vox
Dakota P - percussion n gang vox
Will McP - accordion
Mariette H - help with gang vox

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