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No Blood, Clean Exit

by Civilian

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1.
The man lays down, upon his bed of death. Trying to breathe this world’s void. Strangled by life’s grasp on the neck. Salvage the last taste of life. The wolves surround you. The wolves are parading. As the last moments come near. You are trapped as the last moments come near. Eyelids close. The stars roll past my eyes reaching for my life fading. The fragility, The complexity of my own endgame, Defeated. Millions of people die every single day. Millions of people born into this living hell. Karma strikes twice, As the end comes towards you now. The tranquility, The effigy, The voyage of death begins. Every pain is here, everywhere, all around. I’m still in this living hell I chose. Blood runs, cascades into the valleys. Creating my new found being. Sinking in, Into her essence now. Coming back to the beginning now. Only to die the same way again. Entombed in the soil. Embodied in the orb. In the ground. Blood runs, cascades into valleys. Creating my new found beings. My conquest lingers on. My dominion conquers all. Sarcophagus of my mind raptures all. My fingers touch the earth and fade into her. My fingers touch the earth and fade.
2.
I’m opening my eyes for the first time. I’m witnessing the end and the origin all at once. The skin touches the velvet frontier. My body becomes electric. Desire reborn. My sanctuary, this is my time. We cease to be, but exist in this moment. By flesh, we are bound and inoculated. Cosmic alignment of our bodies. Breathe in the air, Let it overwhelm. Breathe in the air, Let touch overwhelm you. Breathe in the air, Let it take you, Breathe in the air, Let it take you away. We cease to be. By the gods, we ravage each other. We cease to be, but thrive in this moment. By flesh, we are one and consumed. Cosmic alignment of our soul. The weight of the burden as it travels through the world. I have forgotten, all about you, my identity is gone. Gone, so gone, without you, within you. Breathe in the air, Let it take you, Breathe in the air, Let it take you away. Without you, within you. Without you, within you. I’m gone.
3.
Desire reborn. My hour is born. Desire reborn. Reborn... Staying up all night, something isn’t right. I want to sleep, but I can't. Wide awake, I can’t sleep. If I wanted to, If I only wanted to disconnect. Wide awake, I can't sleep. The hour is not mine to own. Wide awake, I can’t sleep. It's haunted me for so long. I'm empty and my own burden reigns. My mind wonders on. Is this it? Is this all there is? Am I hollow? Restless nights, Bound and alone, Pained mind underneath this cloak, I dive head first into the void. Street lights shine through the window of my last exit.
4.
I’m standing against the edge. Profound loneliness in masses. Marching along the precipice. The fog is behind me. I’m closing my eyes and looking down the vast ocean. The tidal waves crash into the rock eroding away the earth. The flock screams towards the heavens. Ascending into the sky. So now, how did the conversation go? So now, how did confession go? Staring into darkness. Estranged by love. The grin of the joker as he forces me to the edge. Addicted (to the touch) Addicted (to the sound)

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released February 12, 2016

All tracks recorded in December of 2015 at La La Land in Louisville, KY. Engineered and produced by Kevin Ratterman and Anne Gauthier.
All lyrics by Paul Chenault.
Cover image by Carlos Schwabe.

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