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VI: Don't Let Love Bog You Down

from IX by RENT STRIKE

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An infatuation with death? This was written for a dog

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VI - Don’t Let Love Bog You Down

Come on Lady, lay with me.
In the shade of the weeping willow trees, we will be.
Your eyes are like an amber dream,
Hair the color of honey.
Your skin tastes salty, like you just evolved and crawled out of the sea.
Come with me and waste away.
We will pick each other’s resting place.
Darling, it’s okay. Don’t be ashamed. Don’t be afraid.
They say even god does it, he’s been sleeping since that break on the seventh day.

I’ve heard the worms inside your chest.
Breathing down beneath your breast.
And when you speak, you speak of death.

Come on, file down your teeth.
We will have no need for them if we never eat.
Same day. Rinse, repeat.
Never ending fever dream.
No, I’m not exactly healthy, but I hesitate to call this a disease.
Darling dear, make up your mind.
I know it’s such a drag sometimes, but it’s fine.
Open, open wide. We will sink together in the rising tide.
No more worries. No more lies. Just drifting back to the black and brackish brine.

And I’ve seen the candle that you light.
Like a little specter in the night.
I’ll follow you. It’ll be alright.

Come on Lady, lay with me.
In the shade of the weeping willow trees, we will be.

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from IX, released January 11, 2018
John W - guitar n banjo n vox
Dakota P - percussion
Nicole G - harmonies
Duncan T - upright bass
Connor M - Viola

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