Lift this madness from the edge of my mind,
Tell the sorrow there’s no mistress to find.
Forgive the ancients, their morals ran too wide,
Bodies floating on the rising tide. . .
Fingers trace the snow inside my skin,
Mouthing the sparks of where the fire begins.
Bound and tied there’s no hand to lend,
Up and run; find the offer—and the end. . .
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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.
Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooooo,
Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo—ooo ooo,
Ooo ooo ooo, ooo ooo—ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo. . .
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Stone is clay when it’s in the right hands,
Those who lay betray those who stand.
We’re the hunted sheltered in this hour,
Watched and strung from the farthest of your towers.
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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh oh oh, oh oh—oh oh,
Oh oh oh, oh oh-ooo-oh. . .
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When you’re asleep do we ever haunt your dreams?
Do you pretend you’re the innocent you seem?
If they knew where the serpent shed its skin,
You’d be drowned in the water you washed us in. . .
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No, I can’t take the mercy of you now—
I bare the marks of all that you allowed.
Untether me from this fractured twist of ours—
Maybe then I’ll be more than just my scars.
© Evans/Glatthorn. All Rights Reserved.
Music & Lyrics by Shannon Denise Evans
Musical Arrangements by Shannon Denise Evans & Dylan Glatthorn
Produced by Alex Venguer, Shannon Denise Evans and Dylan Glatthorn
Additional Vocal Production by Andrea Green
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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Additional Vocals by Dylan Glatthorn and Andy Rinn Martinek
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano, Rhodes & Hammond B-3 by Dylan Glatthorn
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Sear Sound in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Owen Mulholland, Grant Valentine, Justin Berger, Nikolas Beugnot (2nd)
Additional Recording at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Engineering by Christopher Benham
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ