Behind these fences burning bodies spread their kiss
always lethal and detestable
we're wandering from the flames to the abyss
I did not wish for this, why would you favor this?
Plucked from home without a care, without consent
incinerated and reduced
to a state of decay and discontent
a break we cannot mend, a schism to prevent
Please don't ruin our fates
Please don’t open those gates
to the city of woe
our sphere of sorrow
Please don’t bankrupt our love
please don’t give it that shove
I will never follow
a heart that’s hollow
and as we spy on the wretched urchins through a crack
I feel your hands around my neck
we can't defend against an internal attack
well you can steer this wreck, I'm never coming back
please don’t soil our truce
please don’t tighten that noose
when the war drums come banging
don’t leave me hanging
The former frontman of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart lets loose with a passionate, Dylan-esque record full of razor-sharp lyricism. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 2, 2021
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