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Consumed

by Jessie Williams

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1.
I was drawn into the maze like a moth is drawn to flame/it was foolish, yes and still I went ahead/Tangled in the spiraled haze I emerged with bruise and scrape/and was thankful that I made it through the winding lattice fence Further in I drew my sword so as not to be absorbed/ by all of these hallucinatory dreams/ I'm not scared to face myself even in a different realm/Death is just another journey waiting patiently for me I went searching for the source and I was surfaced by a force/that brought me back into this body I possess/This instrument I use in life the savage curse of humankind/it never felt authentic when it wasn't my choice to accept Further in I lost my way a calmness set across my face/this is what it means to be truly over everything/I'm not scared to face the wrath at the end of circumstance/Death is just another journey I can't mold within my hands
2.
Call me the thief of Pima County, sweat pouring into my eyes/running from the bounties set above my head so high/goodbye my gracious lover, farewell my aging son/I'll see you on the other side when all is said and done/A hunger too consuming, searching for salvation/In an old scrapyard in Dewey, I foresaw no complications/now I'm deep inside this desert, with a pistol and a shovel/Gonna bury all my efforts, under mounds of dirt and rubble/Dying to remember a time of joy and song/But all that I can render is this pain that lingers on/As she lie still beside me, my forsaken angel/I would keep from crying if only I were able/And he succumbs to sickness, my one and only spawn/I never been religious but now I'm cursing god/Gonna buy myself 3 coffins and find myself some land/Take the pistol from my pocket and put a bullet in my head
3.
Children rest your bones and sleep/a youthful dawn is beckoning/I venture to Behemoth’s hole/and offer him my bleeding soul/I’ve come to be reborn/I scream it towards Behemoth’s door/I’ve come to serve you King/I’ve come unseen, we meet beneath the bridge of gluttony/Bursting with a blackened gleam/I near it’s dreadful blabbering/Behold your fate King Beezlebub/Lord of flies, reduced to crumbs/I’ve come to serve my king/To seize the hearts Behemoth marks/I’ve come to cleanse this fued/I’ve come too soon, the lord of flies draws power from the moon/Dragged below I join the feast/A formal fair of gods and beasts/I gaze into the druids eyes/The scum will dine like kings tonight/I came to be reborn/Between the gums of Beezlebub/I’ve come to serve my king/I’ve come unclean, a failure and a rotten human being
4.
I’ve made my mind up, I’m going to West Virginia/I’m gonna cut me a nice slice of solitude/I’m gonna settle down in the mountains blowing reefer at the moon/And when I wake up I am in Alabama/Cursing god and chewing on pumpkin seeds/Gods riding shotgun outside my window telling me I am alone because no one knows if I am me These moments leave us for a time but they always come back too soon/Out of place and scrambled up inside and in the end you find that there is not a lie you haven’t used And when I try to gain a lead the shit storm comes and drops a load on me/I crawl to safety on broken glass/on my bloody knees, grit on my teeth, shit on my hands These moments leave us for a time but they always come back too soon/Out of place and scrambled up inside and in the end you find that there is not a lie you haven’t used And we are distanced only because it helps us to pump out our chests/When we come down off our iron horses we are bombarded by a sea of hypocrites
5.
Unwind 05:07
Its been a long trip, I am exhausted I'd rather sleep now then fight And though it may seem I'm resting angry Come the sunrise it'll all be alright And when I see that morning light Reflected in your curls I'll be reminded that all that fighting Was just a waste of words So if you need me then wake me easy Shake me gently and I'll comply It's hard to deal with these endless feelings Sometimes I need your help to unwind Sometimes I need your help when I Get lost inside myself To put it simply just don't forget me When I'm winding down Fall is dying and desert linings Hold our fates inside their range And we are stripped down, we have been found out Now our own true selves remain And all I see is all I need I feel this through and through And in this knowing I am holding Nothing back from you
6.
Creature 03:11
You started off as a simple seed thus grew your inner strength/Now I hear your name in the wind and leaves and I miss your everyday/Free as the earth and real as the truth it hurt to watch you go/But way deep down I always knew you needed room to grow/So I let you walk away/A crude but true escape/You don’t need me it’s time to see/You need to walk away/And I will too find somewhere new where validation reigns/A little shack off a beaten path to console these woes of change/As I find myself only time will tell how long the hurt will last/And I will find new ways to reduce the pain, new ways to heal the past/ So I let you walk away/A crude but true escape/You don’t need me it’s time to see/You need to walk away/ So I let you walk away/A crude but true escape/You don’t need me it’s time to free/the creature you’ve contained
7.
She held the scissors to her gut/Said all the voices were destroying her and she had had enough/This wasn’t something of routine/I watched it eating her in trying to retrieve an opening/I was alive when I dozed off/And then it time it all went wrong/I didn’t mean to be involved/I guess that people are as evil as the things they call upon/She held the key above my head/I didn’t seek it but it found me in a fetal state and said/I will not guide you lest you ask/Then something in me started spitting out these questions seeking paths/I was alive before her call/I lost my mind inside it all/and now I hold an aching head/I guess some questions are best left alone to float among the dead/she died before I made it home/she just decided to let go/I couldn’t bind her to a name/her spirit wanders like the water of a roaring tidal wave/I carve her symbol in my flesh/I have unveiled my emptiness/a silence beats within my chest/I am the seed of broken beings who now fiend to live again
8.
Shaky Faith 04:22
In you I am reminded of everything I’m not/in you I see the worst of things to come/I lay amongst the skeletons of everyone I lost/and tally up the sons of holocaust/and you say it’s okay because everyone’s gotta go someday/waiting by the mailbox for any sign of news/the housewife with nails of skin and stub/she’s gripping on her prayer book and sweating like a fuse/begging to the good lord up above/it’s such a shaky faith to hold/it’s such a shaky faith to hold/it leaves you out there in the cold/it’s such a shaky faith to hold/it turns men into animals/it’s such a shaky faith to hold/it’s such a shaky faith to hold when you know they’re never coming home/wooden creaks and cobwebs fill my humble heart/I’ve memorized your letters word for word/so if you’re never coming back around these parts/at least I’ll still have something left to burn
9.
What is Left 03:53
Tear off your flesh and see What is buried underneath Your sagging skin, your tattered limbs are finally Free from the silent shroud You are dripping from the mouth And you have reached it but it seems too easy Now, what is left to hate, what is left to love There is nothing and nothing is ever good enough Rip out your veins and watch As all structure falls apart And you uncover all the harshness in your Heart is designed to roll On forever so were told To never let up, it gets better don’t you know What is left to want, what is left to judge There is nothing and nothing is ever good enough Break out your bones and laugh As the fragments turn to ash The night is grueling, though it’s fueling your Collapse on the empty earth You are swimming through the dirt And you are nothing and there is nothing left to learn
10.
Day after day I try to remain good hearted, honest and modestly sane/and night after night I’m shook right to death by the real grinding force of the bad hearted men/state after state I’m running away from the people who hold and control me the same/and time after time I end up alone, it’s better this way I say because I know If I can’t get along on my own I’ll only drag you down/Life is a quest a search for worth hidden deep inside of yourself She came to me in my age of need she only wanted to make me whole/and though I held on I was still drawn to drag this thing so far below/just as I had worried the earth stopped turning and the truth became so triggering/as we got lost among the frost of this cosmic destiny If I can’t get along on my own I’ll only drag you down/Life is a quest a search for worth hidden deep inside of yourself Day after day I try to retain healthy advise with wealthy restraint/and night after night it all seems to end with the poison enjoyment of tragic content/state after state my mind can’t escape the folds that expose my awful mistakes/and time after time they find me again to show I’m eloped to a life I resent

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released December 24, 2015

Mixed and Mastered by Robby Coleman

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