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VIII: Shadow & Gloom Lyrics by RENT STRIKE

IX

2018

Mother of mine, mother of mine
I awoke in a sweat in the middle of the night
In the east, where the shadows lie
Where the dawn won't come, and the sun won't rise
This weight gets too heavy to bear
It crushes my lungs as I come up for air
And everything is so clear
When I just..disappear
Chemical bank, chemical bank
My credit's shot at the chemical bank
I just wanted one little taste
But now, everything's rotten, everything's rank
It all boils down into poisonous ash
That rains down on me in a vomitous mass
And static is all I can hear
When I just disappear
Now, I'm having an out of money experience
This fever's getting higher and I'm getting delirious
Elbow room, elbow room
Can I get some elbow room?
I just need to breathe for a minute or two
Can I get some elbow room?
I just want some fucking sleep
I've been writhing around on the ground like a cat in heat
Nothing is sacred, nothing is pure
I just disappear
And now I'm stuck in the middle of a mass extinction event
The extinction of all of the good that they want to forget
They suck the light out from the room
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Mounted on creatures, eyes red and blue
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Oh humans, once humans too?
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Drag me down, down into
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
I'm a heat seeking missile locked in on my doom
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
My body's a temple, my body's a tomb
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Rise from the dead! Body exhumed!
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Drag me down, down into
(Shadow and Gloom, Shadow and Gloom)
Mother of mine, mother of mine
Can you hear me? I'm losing what's left of my mind
Credits
RENT STRIKE

RENT STRIKE

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