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In the Nervous Light of Sunday Lyrics by Circle Takes the Square

As the Roots Undo

2004

Whispers invoke
Whispers invoke the artists of this
Tragically seemless, ill fated tapestry
Blistered, blistered, fingers, fingers
Are tending, are tending their loom
She collects the strands to braid
Into life, logging the weft of an ageless, woven infinity
Countless, countless raw fibers
Fibers are clawing, are clawing the frame
A woman's work is never done, never done
But the final stitch has got to come
And so three witches, slowly, contend, and contending
To slice, to slice the very last thread
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
But nothing's immortal
And comfort is not guaranteed
A yearling who bears our sincere passions
Is chosen, frozen, and quivering
Like a thread in the wake of a blade
And so we compromise, so we compromise
So we sacrifice (Go!)
Compromise nothing, but that which secures a comfortable life
Risk as the indication of a healing sacrifice
Destroy the altar whose boundaries tides will never exceed
Ignite the pyres underneath a sedated mythology
Five decades his lifetime
And his life's work is just fading scratches in stone
Just fading scratches in stone, she tends the numerals
Counting fingers, counting her toes
Keeping track of the time racing, years wasting
Dance to the sound of his weight-bearing, back-breaking
Infinite ages, the length of this quilt's making
And we dance, and we dance in the stronghold
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
That you curse, curse constantly
Do you feel this thin strand resting in a pinch?
That's the thread that you curse, curse constantly
Do you feel this thin strand resting in a pinch?
That's the thread that you curse, curse constantly
Constantly curse
Do you feel this thin strand resting in a pinch?
That's the thread that you curse
An eternal patch on a quilt that hangs
From a wall in a throw frought with our decay
An eternal patch on a quilt that hangs
From a wall in a throw frought with our decay
An eternal patch on a quilt that hangs
From a wall in a throw frought with our decay
An eternal patch on a quilt that hangs
Remember forever till it goes away
From six states away
Five years of guilt postmarked four days before my escape
All I ever asked was for a clean break
In the first nervous light of the day
Collecting the novels whose scribes sought to keep me contained
All I ever asked was for a clean break
My dad's favorite novel on top of the pile
In the self-conscious first light, shake the memory of his smile
Igniting these volumes
Igniting these volumes, I'm warmed by the flames
Alter the deafening earthen tones
Alter the deafening earthen tones
In the nervous light
I dance in the nervous light, and I'm warmed by the flames
Dance to the sound of his weight-bearing, back fucking breaking
Fucking breaking
Dictate the deafening earthen tones
Alter the pitch of his weight-bearing, back-breaking
Dictate the pitch of our weight-bearing, back-breaking
Alter the tone of your weight-bearing, back-breaking
We can mend all the seams that were torn during our backs slowly breaking
In the nervous light, in the nervous light of sunday
In the nervous light, in the nervous light of sunday
In the nervous light, in the nervous light of sunday
In the nervous light, in the nervous light of sunday
In the nervous light, the nervous light of sunday
In the nervous light, the nervous light of sunday
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Circle Takes the Square

Circle Takes the Square

About “In the Nervous Light of Sunday” by Circle Takes the Square

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