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Alchemy
05:16
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Why did I torture myself
I had no self esteem
I wasn’t made for this world
This world rejected me
I built up walls and walls
In my own self defense
To cultivate the space where
Truth begins and fiction ends
Manifest mythology
Springs from the suffering of the soul
Like some strange alchemy
Turning the darkness into gold
And all the pain and hurt
Burning behind your eyes
As the spirit they beat down
Begins to rise
Rise
Rise
A high and winding path
Is that on which we walk
And those who seek to bring us down
They envy what we’ve got
Those who throw the stones
Do so because they’re weak
Projecting their self doubt
With all that hateful speak
And this is not a lie
And this is no pretense
This self mythology
Rises up in self defense
Springs from the suffering of the soul
Like some strange alchemy
Turning the darkness into gold
It’s the healing, it’s the scars
Past the ceiling shines the stars
It’s the struggle not the goal
Broken pieces make the whole
Manifest mythology
Springs from the suffering of the soul
Like some strange alchemy
Turning the darkness into gold
Manifest mythology
Springs from the suffering of the soul
Like some strange alchemy
Turning the darkness into gold
And all the pain and hurt
Burns as your heart ascends
And the spirit they beat down
Won’t be beat down again
No no no no
It won’t be beat down again
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2. |
The Bedroom
02:49
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Here I made myself a bedroom
For to play out love and lust
Dredged up from some burlesque bedlam
Scented with a rectal musk
Here I felt the earth split open
I’ve felt oceans fall and rise
At the ceaseless thrusting motion
At the flexing of those thighs
At the grinding of our groins
At the tearing of our teeth
Both our bodies grappled here
'Till mine was the one underneath
Here where we made our nest of skin
Here where we played out every part
Here where I let the knife dip in
Here where it haemorrhaged my heart
Something shook me from my sleep
My feeble form, shivering and wet
Grasps for the dreams I longed to keep
Seeped from my pores with cold night sweat
This night I grapple with disease
Locked in a dialogue with death
Searching my soul for calm and peace
Love for this fastly fading flesh
Here where we made our nest of skin
Here where we played out every part
Here where I let the knife dip in
Here where it haemorrhaged my heart
Give me one more chance to begin
Take back my bedroom to its start
Before I let the knife dip in
Before it hemorrhaged my
Heart
My heart
My heart
My heart
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3. |
Beast
05:17
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There is nothing of me left
You have sentenced me to death
I cannot love, I cannot breathe
I cannot live with your disease
I should have never let you in
You laid your seeds beneath my skin
Mine is the flesh on which it feasts
When grief becomes the beast
When grief becomes the beast
I can’t continue as before
Can’t be that person anymore
Don’t want to fight your bloody war
My heart is beaten, bruised and raw
Will this suffering ever cease
My bleeding heart is under siege
There’s no relief and no release
When grief becomes the beast
When grief becomes the beast
When grief becomes the beast
All the terrors slowly creep
When grief becomes the beast
And these fears infect my sleep
When grief becomes the beast
Now the future seems so bleak
When grief becomes the beast
It’s just so hard to keep belief
Ahhhhhh
My sense of self-worth has decreased
Ahhhhhh
Now I’m the person I like least
Ahhhhhh
I just wish I were deceased
And since you broke all bonds of trust
I cannot love I cannot lust
I cannot let any one in
I wouldn’t know where to begin
My heart won’t open anymore
Since you have welded shut the door
Oh what a monster we unleash
When grief becomes the beast
When grief becomes the beast
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4. |
Waste
03:36
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Do you remember that night
Those few wild hours of our lust
I was young and didn't know you
But I wanted love and gave my trust
I who you fucked with great fury up the arse
I who you fucked firstly slow and then too fast
I who you fucked faster, to the bouncing of the bed
I who you fucked faster, 'till my guts were torn and bled
Don't leave me here all alone since we did what we did
Don't leave me here all alone, since you gave me your seed
Don't leave me here all alone, in the hollow of my hate
Don't leave me here all alone, as my soul degenerates
As your seed germinates
So now I drink every night
I just get drunk to forget
I cruise my way from bar to bar
And drown in drink all my regrets
When I met you in the bar
I thought that you looked so fine
I knew when I spoke to you
You'd be coming back to mine
We'd be necking all the booze
And we'd be snorting all the drugs
We would lock our lips and loins
As we both rolled upon the rug
You who I fucked with great fury up the arse
You who I fucked firstly slow and then too fast
You who I fucked faster, hoping that you wouldn't bleed
You who I fucked faster, as I passed on my disease
Oh please
So now my flesh wastes away
As wretched as is my soul
Which also wastes at each mistake
And grows more bitter ...and more cold
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Spleen are a five-piece alternative, post-punk, queercore group from Brighton UK, with electro / disco influences and Gothic Sensibilities.
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