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lyrics
I love the taste of falling to victim.
(She wore “I do” like a fashion)
I love the poison that flows through your veins
(The kind that pulls at your teeth)
I was the one consumed by your arrogance.
(Between diamonds and empathy)
You were the muse for brides of prey.
(Lies ever after)
I’ve given up, I’ve given in
I’ve given up, Shall we begin?
(The gaze and the shimmer, the sheen and the shine
Cut glass in the night leave the poor boy behind
In the dust of the road where the path took its thorns
And vows that meant nothing once rich became poor)
I’ve given up, I’ve given in
Her lips were the taste of mescaline
Waves that would crash and sweep me in
Where do I end and you begin?
I’ve given in, I’ve given up
Follow the rabbit through the dark
The rooms, they shift and pull apart
Tear at the string that line my heart
(Snuff out the spark
Replacing the void with…)
(White noise), the truth
(White lies), is laced
(White flash), with loves
(Love dies). Decay
(White noise), the truth
(White lies), is laced
(White flash), oh love
(Love dies). What a shame.
I’ve given in, I’ve given up
I’ve given in, Is that enough?
(Through sickness and health
We saw eternity
Lay itself down
in the course of a year)
I’ve given up, I’ve given in
Her lips were the taste of mescaline
(So fly south)
Waves that would crash and sweep me in
Where do I end and you begin?
(Into the breast of the beast chiding death on your fantasies.)
I’ve given in, I’ve given up
Follow the rabbit through the dark
(So fly south)
The rooms, they shift and pull apart
Tear at the string that line my heart
(Into hope through decay seeding breath into fallacies.)
The truth is laced in loves decay (Am I the stench of loves decay?)
Follow the rabbit to your grave (Are you the muse for brides of prey?)
I’ve given in, I’ve given up
(Is it enough? Is it enough?)
I’ve given in, I’ve given up
(Is it enough? Is it enough?)
credits
released April 21, 2023
Matt Ostler: Vocals
Jessie Martinez: Vocals
Anthony Rivera: Guitar
Brad Spyhalski: Bass
Jalen Conway: Drums
Recording and Mastering: Andrew Doran
Artwork: Matt Ostler
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