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Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Those tiny imps return for me each night
And fill me with their violent desires
My hands they grab so they may guide
Then down my gullet we will slide into
The chambers of my being
The things that they show, there's no unseeing
And they'll say, "It's better the devil you know than the one that you don't"
So I'll drag you down with me into the unknown
My ribs like rungs of a ladder
Are my only escape, but it doesn't matter
Climb out of my mouth into my room
Then back they pull me by my ankles to my doom
One is blue, the other's red
They make sleep torture in my bed, so
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
And they'll say, "It's better the devil you know than the one that you don't"
So I'll drag you down with me into the unknown
And they'll say, "You can trust me, I'll be the devil on your shoulder
These violent desires will make sense to you when you're older
These violent desires are a part of you
These violent desires are a part of you"
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The Chase
03:45
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You're a watercolor through the window
The sight of you is devastating from the outside looking in
And I can't wait to hold you tight
But the chase has always felt right for us
You were made in the image of Eve
Well I'm here to accelerate your fall, I'm here to take it all from you
And when you scream for Him my heart races
But there's no trace of God down here
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
My final girl would you stop running for one minute?
(Let me catch my breath)
I'll be your vice, I'll be your villain
Just come to me and all will be forgiven
I'll follow you to the end, my final girl would you stop running?
Your shoulder has skewed your view of me
Now there's no going back to how things were
Embrace the horrors you've endured my dear
And if killing me is your catharsis
Then you can slit my throat from ear to ear
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
My final girl would you stop running for one minute?
(Let me catch my breath)
I'll be your vice, I'll be your villain
Just come to me and all will be forgiven
I'll follow you to the end, my final girl would you stop running
Away, my final girl it would be better if you stayed
Delay the chase awhile, there's no one left, no where else to hide
In your dreams, under your bed
You can't escape, I'm in your head
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
She thrives on fear, I feast on it
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"Let's take a drive to the cabin," you said
"Bring a few of our friends
Throw your stuff in the Delta '88
Sing together until the very end," well
I didn't expect the end to come so soon
I didn't expect you to leave me howling at the moon
Get your story straight, lover boy
It's not that you aren't sweet
Put that jewelry around my neck
After pretending to be asleep, well
I'm not gonna dwell on how things could be
Not after you dismembered me
Dance with me
To the other side of your dreams
Dance with me
To the other side of your dreams
Of your dreams
Mhm
You better get to your sister
She is screaming bloody murder
Gnashing her teeth and mumbling about
Something in the woods wanting to hurt her
The trees did something reprehensible
Then she put that same sickness in me with her number 2 pencil
Singing, "We're gonna get you, we're gonna get you"
Lock her down in the cellar
Try to get some sleep, Ash
And in the morning, it'll be better
Now I'm laughing as you drag me by my feet
Laughing with the lamps and the taxidermy
Come find me
A stark cross will mark my debris
Dance with me
To the other side of your dreams
Of your dreams
Mhm
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Rings
02:47
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Cut me open
See the rings? Start counting
See them spiraling
Down to my creation
Life giver, vacant home
Hide in my hollow
Hidden there you'll find
Dead wood being eaten from the inside
I'll be your hiding place
I'll be your mortuary
I'll be your sweet embrace
Among the fruits and berries
And when we both rot
The Earth won't hesitate
Swallow our ferment wine
I hope it's worth the wait
So seal the wound, compartmentalize
Create a callus body-sized
Seal the wound, compartmentalize
Life and death by His design
Men will surround me
To look inside of me
Revel at the body
Maggots and canaries
I'll be your hiding place
I'll be your mortuary
I'll be your sweet embrace
Among the fruits and berries
And when we both rot
The Earth won't hesitate
Swallow our ferment wine
I hope it's worth the wait
So seal the wound, compartmentalize
Create a callus body-sized
Seal the wound, compartmentalize
Life and death by His design
Seal the wound, compartmentalize
Isn't it wonderful to be alive?
Seal the wound, compartmentalize
Life and death by His design
Life and death by His desire
Life and death by His design
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Wanted
03:41
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Season of the crush, saccharine Spring
Cherry blossoms envy the color of her blushing
As time advances so does he
And she should know better by now
But it feels so good to be
Wanted
Lush green and longing fill the night
Two cryptids want in stifling Summer heat
While the trees groan and creak under the building pressure
And she knows better by now
But it feels so damn good
When you said that the guilt wasn't needed
I could feel my self control start to decay
And when you said that the guilt wasn't needed
You were stroking your ego on full display
And I confess my ache outweighed the cost
When you called me your favorite sinner
I should have known that the lies would taste bitter
Did you get what you wanted?
She could see the writing on the wall barreling towards her
There was no escaping her shame as the Fall colors faded
She becomes a deeper hue of jaded
And she knows better by now
(They say it's better the devil you know)
And she knows better by now
(So give in, explore what lives below the surface)
And she knows better by now
But it felt so damn good to be
Wanted
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Mercenary
03:19
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You exist inside of a room
And when I'm lonely I run to you
This lechery, it won't go away
It takes everything in me not to stay
Inside of the room, just you and me
We could lock the door and lose the key
You exist inside of a room
It's the only place that I can talk to you
My heart aches when I open up the door
The weight of it brings me to the floor
I see you there, but what's left to say?
So I shut the door and run away
Mother! My skin is coming off
Mother, I feel so far away from everything
You exist inside of my mind
And I think about you all the time
These days I won't go near the door
To touch the handle means wanting more
That filthy handle's all I see
Put there by lustful motives mercenary
Mother! My skin is coming off
Mother, I feel so far away from everything
You exist, I do believe
But you may have been imaginary
Because the room is gone, there was no goodbye
It had to go with all our lies
The space once occupied is all that's left
By my patron saint of lonliness
Mother! My skin is coming off
Mother, I feel so far away from everything
Mother! My skin is coming off
Mother, I feel so far from it all
You exist inside of a room
It was the only place that I could talk to you
You exist, I do believe
You exist
Did you exist?
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Horse Girl
03:10
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Be careful what you pray for, darling
I've been on my knees all day and all night
I begged God to make me the wind or the water
So I could feel what Heaven's like
So I could feel what Heaven's like
Oh is this what it means to be free?
Raised wild just for life to break me
Well He forced me down on all four
Cinched the flank rope tight around my core
Flogged me senseless, oh how sweet
Then He nailed the horseshoes to my feet
He nailed those horseshoes to my feet
Oh is this what it means to be free?
Raised wild just for life to break me
The bridal bit sits pretty on my tongue
As I salivate at the thought of salvation
It couldn't get here any faster
As I feel the weight of my new Master
"If you're looking for Heaven, you're too far South,"
That's gospel straight from the horse's mouth
Oh is this what it means to be free?
Raised wild just for life to break me down
Oh is this what it means to be free?
Raised wild just for life to fuck me up
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8. |
Study of a Crucifixion
03:49
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Let me paint you naked
Translate your nervous system onto canvas
Undressed, split wide
Second coming, crucified on the gambrel hook
People like us bear fruit in the dirt
Stroke and stroke my brush 'til it hurts
We weren't born this brutal but the world can be so
Cruel and unforgiving
Let me paint you a landscape
See every desperate thing crawling under
The guise of beauty
Insects beneath the leaves cannibalize each other
Creatures like us blossom in the weeds
Stroke and stroke my brush 'til I bleed
We weren't born this brutal but the world made me so
Cruel and unforgiving
Hear the mother's giving birth to screaming babies?
Born screaming, born writhing
Born human, born dying
Left to our own devices
We thrive in the mud, we thrive in violence
The heat of Hell is in our hands
So drink up, though the body's bland
You know the blood runs sweet
We weren't born this brutal but the world can be so
Cruel and unforgiving
We weren't born this brutal but the world made me so
Cruel and unforgiving
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Misophonia
03:03
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I hear a sound, I wanna pull my ears off
I hear a noise, I wanna pull my ears off
Anticipate it, I'm gonna pull my ears off
I get enraged when I can't seem to find the source
Can you find the source?
The faucet drip, drip, drips, it drives me crazy
The clock ticks, it's consistent but it's fine
Smacking lips, inconsistent, it drives me crazy
It's all I seem to think about all of the time
Imagine going through life
The background noise is turned up to 11
It eats away at your insides until there's nothing left
Imagine going through life
The background noise is turned up to 11
It eats away at your, it eats away at your insides
Until the only thing left
The only thing left is your own destruction
Can't escape as the bombs detonate in my head
Run and hide in pink noise and thunder
Heavy breathing, I'm seeing red
Pull it together, pull it together
Can't escape as the bombs detonate in my head
Run and hide in pink noise and thunder
Teeth clenched, I'm seeing red
Can't escape the static on the back of my eyelids
My boss and teachers say I just need to find my focus
But I don't hear them, their chewing gum is all I notice
The downstairs neighbors laugh it rattles something in my soul
Why does their happiness make me feel so out of control?
Imagine going through life
The background noise is turned up to 11
It eats away at your insides until there's nothing left
Imagine going through life
The background noise is turned up to 11
It eats away at your, it eats away at your insides
Until the only thing left
The only thing left is your own destruction
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10. |
Punisher
03:54
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Sixteen, passive masochist
Paralyzed by my desires
Seeking pleasure in powerlessness
And furnishing my soul with ruthless sentiments
To satisfy my emptiness
I'd do anything
I've tried pain
I've tried abandoning control
When those failed me I thought fucking would finally make me whole
Now the home I'd built inside myself was a torture chamber
And the only lover left to hold me was my inner sadist
Sometimes I wish someone outside of me
Would take the reigns from her
But she's the only one I trust to be my
Punisher
She gives me what I need
Whether I'm on the wheel or bound by my hands and feet
She makes me bleed, but I don't mind
I can take it, I'll submit, I'll resign
If you remind me how it felt to be scared for the first time
Hair on end, adrenaline coursing through my veins
She makes me bleed but I can take it
I'll submit, I'll submit every time
If you remind me what it felt like to be scared for the first time
Remind me how it felt to be scared for the first time
Sometimes I wish someone outside of me
Would take the reigns from her
But she's the only one I trust to be my punisher
Sometimes I wish someone outside of me
Would take the reigns from her
There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher
There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher
There's no one that can hurt me like my punisher
There's no one else that can hurt me anymore
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11. |
What's Below
04:00
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Mare, oh Mare
You prophetic monster
Mirror to my psyche
Straddling my body
Every night I'm scrying
See corpse woman crying
Mare, my Mare
You horrible monster
Don't be scared of what's below
(It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't)
Get down, get down with your shadow
You can trust me I'll be the devil on your shoulder
Mare, oh Mare
You devious monster
Pinch myself to feel
Show me what is real
Entangled, we're screaming
Remember I'm dreaming
Mare, night Mare
You forsaken monster
Don't be scared of what's below
(It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't)
Get down, get down with your shadow
(You can trust me, I'll be the devil on your shoulder)
Don't be scared of what's below
(It's better the devil you know than the devil you don't)
When there's a world outside your window
Here I am, lying down to sleep
No nightmare shall plague me anymore
God, please put me out to pasture
My body's callused, my heart's fractured
Filled me with secrets, filled me with lies
Filled me with their violent desires
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