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Fiend

by Fortezza

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1.
Slip out of bed to the shower and start off the day Skyline is red from the sun, wish that it'd go away Start up the car and I roll down my windows to see What kind of weather is here to welcome me Pull in the driveway and solemnly knock on the door Corny but funny old welcome mat on the floor Door opens wide and I peak my head in there to see What kind of people are here to welcome me
2.
Doak 02:52
I remember, not long ago Guy at the skate park showing off what he don't know Broke his neck, snapped right in half Instead of helping, all his friends just sat and laughed So now you know what it's like in the scene Even after all these years, people all aren't what they seem Few minutes later, they were back Turned around real quick, thought they heard a crack There he was, he had a knife Barely had any time to run for their lives So now you know what it's like in the scene If you're listening late at night, you can hear their screams
3.
Red Foot 03:30
Out of the shadows and out of hand Creeps a villain who once was a man Don't know where he came from or who he is The fault of everything is obviously his A freak of nature who roamed the lands Who sailed the waters and then tread the sands And now he suffers his lonesome curse, and he said "By god, my life just can't get any worse." He lived his life as strong as can be He met his maker and now, now he's free They all forgot him so now he lay Beneath the snow somewhere and there he will remain
4.
White Lily 05:38
And her bed sank lower than it did before And her face turns a lovely shade of blue As her soul leaves her body through her hazel eyes And I know that it's warm where he's going next In the garden where her body lay All the children drop down to their knees and pray On a night where the air is so cold The white lily says the tale is told And his head bears a burden more heavy than before And his eyes shoot open, fixed upon the bedroom door Then his gaze meets the one of the pretty hazel eyes And he meets them with a sense of pure surprise
5.
Shoulder 04:07
Days go by a little too fast with you Grapes on a vine turn a little too sour too soon A little too restless to sleep off my pained migraine The clock skips an hour, think that I'm insane I'm too far for my hands to hold her Another bad file to add to my folder Ice in the bath so I can feel colder Nails in my neck keep my head on my shoulder I can't read the notes you write on black paper The feelings you felt seem to wither and taper My heart's on a shelf and you stick it down on the floor They say loves a battle but I think that I've lost the war I'm too far for my hands to hold her Another bad file to add to my folder Ice in the bath so I can feel colder Nails in my neck keep my head on my shoulder
6.
Lines of men all march forth Grab your stone and carve it down Don't say a word, just do your job This wall of stone won't build itself Light was cast from cracks in the wall They just walk past, they don't care at all But one did stop to look through the crack And what he saw took him aback From beyond, beyond the wall Mountains cry and oceans soar Valleys stretch for miles away We must find a way through the break
7.
Manifesto 02:31
Interaction, Inter-Reaction, it's all the same to me Spread your wings and fly like a falcon Leap into the sea Altercation, Alter-Narration, the story stays the same Cutthroat thugs from other dimensions Return from whence you came
8.
Who's that laughing in the hall? Lightning strikes and shakes the wall Feel those eyes upon my own Burns my neck and chills the bone Who's that standing by the stairs? Moving, shaking, rocking chairs? Don't think they care for me at all Strike me down and watch me fall
9.
Tin Windmill 02:07
There in the dead of night Voices whisper your name Under pale moonlight Footsteps reach through the halls and Slowly spin the blades As the tin windmill degrades
10.
Posture 04:41
11.
FM 03:22
12.
It's after the show The street lights aglow We stand in the lot under December snow It's past twelve o'clock We hang out and talk I stare at the ground as I'm kicking up rocks We smoke cigarettes And state our regrets Then sadly exclaim "That's as bad as it gets" Emotions will rise Through a smiling disguise As the life that we live slowly crumbles and dies
13.
Now that the day has finally reached its end Through the front door to the basement I slowly descend Sit in my room and I stare at the crack in the wall Hoping that some day this building will crumble and fall Slip back to bed as the clock strikes a quarter past ten Familiar old bedroom I've seen time and again Let loose all thoughts and answer the call of the void With a solemn goodbye to the people who I once enjoyed

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Self Released.

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released December 1, 2018

Tristan Smith - Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Chamberlin, Organ
Maddie Kendrick - Bass, Vocals, Scary Noises
Matty Garau - Drums, Percussion, Madness Orchestration, Chef
Missy Thangs - Engineering, Mixing, Badassery
Mastering - Tristan Smith
Album Art by Sylvia Randall

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Avant-Garage doom punk from Asheville, NC.

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