The Spine That Binds Us
from #1 by Putrid Shark
by Lillith of the Mariana Trench (https://lillithofthevalley.bandcamp.com/) - Songwriting, guitars, mixing OK Scavenger (@OKScavenger) - Bass Max Uh Million (maxuhmillion.bandcamp.com) - vocals, harmony arrangement
The Spine that binds us all We’ve been impaled from birth The backbone of our world Our blood drains to its core Birthed with good intent The saviour of our minds Then they got hold of it Now we rot on its branches Pull yourself towards the centre Force yourself across the ridges Callus your hands pull your body Like a zombie, glorified corpse You don’t need thoughts where you’re going Retch them out along with your mind Shed your skin and unique features Conform to this binding spine. They tell us to just keep going Even when our arms are failing They smile about what's at the end But I see the death so clearly Try to pullback, try to reclaim All that has been taken from me If they see that they will surely Stop me dead and push me on Macabre Weeping Willow Thorny Tree of Bone A factory of death Our youth doomed to it’s fate Thoughts beaten from their minds Hope sucked out from their eyes I’ve felt the grizzly fate No more. No more. Pull yourself towards the centre Force yourself across the ridges Callus your hands pull your body Like a zombie, glorified corpse You don’t need thoughts where you’re going Retch them out along with your mind Shed your skin and unique features Conform to this binding spine. My Body falls to earth Limp bones they make a splat They skies do not look grey Colour. I. am. free.