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Where to even start with this one? It's maybe one of the most emotional, honest and deliberate songs i've ever written. It was written for someone incredibly special in my life and I still consider this song to be theirs.

The imagery in the lyrics was heavily inspired by Tim Burton movies, specifically "The Nightmare Before Christmas". This person and I are huge fans of his work and other spooky things so it was fun to play with the classic boy meets girl with a creepy twist. You can almost taste the Burton influence in the last lines of the song because it's pretty much a play by play of the hill scene at the end of "Nightmare".

This song went through many, many drafts lyrically. I wanted desperately to get my genuine feelings in every single word. Even now I think of ways that I could make them that much better, that much more honest, but what remains is what was said in the booth and I couldn't be more happy with what I've etched into eternity.

lyrics

I AM ASSORTED TO MY GHOSTS!
THIS ENDLESS APATHY-
THREATENS DESTRUCTION
ENDLESS ENEMIES-
STILL PLOT THE DEATH OF ME-
THEIR SWORD OF DAMOCLES
HANGS OVER MY SOLEMN BROW!

THESE HALLOWED THOUGHTS
SEEKING TO DRIVE
INFECTION
TO THE BETTER PART OF MY WEAKENED STATE!

I'M SPENDING MOST DAYS
KILLING SUNLIGHT IN SPLINTERS
MY HANDS SO SEEPED IN BLOOD
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE LOSS
I'M CARVED OF ROTTING BOINES
NO LONGER LIVING
I'M THE PRODUCT OF MY WOES
THE PRODUCT OF MY WOES!

CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?
CAN I FORGIVE MYSELF?
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?
CAN I FORGIVE MYSELF?

NO!
I CAN'T FORGIVE MYSELF!
I CAN'T FORGIVE MYSELF!
I CAN'T FORGIVE MYSELF!
I CAN'T FORGIVE MYSELF!

HAUNTED MBY MELANCHOLY
AND RESTLESS EVEN IN SLEEP
ONLY YOU
CAN BRING AN END TO MY SUFFERING!

I'M SPENDING MOST DAYS
KILLING SUNLIGHT IN SPLINTERS
BLOOD IN THE SNOW
AND YET YOU'VE
PUT ME
TOGETHER!
TRUST IN THAT,
WE WILL NOT PART!
I HAD NEVER NOTICED ALL THE RED THREAD BETWEEN US
AND IT ALMOST COST ME
MY
LIFE!

WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO CREEP IN,
AND ADORN YOUR PALE FACE
WITH DEADLY SUNLIGHT!
WITH DEADLY SUNLIGHT!

PROMISE ME ONE THING
JUST PROMISE ME ONE THING
THAT I'LL DISSOLVE IN THE LIGHT
WE'LL LIVE IN DARK FOR ALL TIME!

PROMISE ME ONE THING
JUST PROMISE ME ONE THING
THAT I'LL DISSOLVE IN THE LIGHT
WE'LL LIVE IN DARK FOR ALL TIME!

PROMISE ME ONE THING
JUST PROMISE ME ONE THING
THAT I'LL DISSOLVE IN THE LIGHT
WE'LL LIVE IN DARK FOR ALL TIME!!!

IF YOUR LOVE IS DEATH
WELL THEN, I WELCOME IT WHOLLY
COME LET THE SWORD
LET THE SUNLIGHT
ERODE ME!

SUFFER NO MORE,
MY DEAR FRIEND-
ON THAT HILLTOP
WHERE WE GAZE INTO
THE STARS
I'LL TAKE YOUR HAND
IN
MINE!!!

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from D O R S I A, released August 1, 2018

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