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Soft Animus Heart

by black kite

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cbcreepy A true masterpiece, it touches me in the darkest parts of my soul. From the angelic vocals to the intensity of the drums, I dare you to try to not dance to it. I personally believe it to be impossible. Favorite track: Dark Details.
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1.
you were blue there was a time when no one wanted you and I was red I saw you coming from far off in my head don’t lie to me; I can look at you and know the truth you hid your secret heart where the eagles told you to you always did as you’re told and it stirred a violence in me like I had never known unknown in my heart, but not at home I knew you when you were young I was young too your soft animal heart beat for approval approval and love and I dangled it like meat before a hungry cat so I could feel for a moment a power I’d never had and I felt so powerful when you left your secrets out you left your secrets out and I scattered them around I could see them coming as we were hunted, so I fled you named me as your killer ‘cause I hid while you bled admittedly, I called on the birds for rescue but I did not send them to you I did not send them to you you wore black you burned your candles to keep them from coming back so I sailed away afraid, ashamed how? how do we abide the horror we carry inside? we carry inside inside
2.
Dark Details 04:01
there she goes into that blue room without words she cannot hear you like moving through tar she cannot breathe her words are dark when they escape they can’t be seen you hold no gravity for her it’s the only way she tethers you should try to understand one day you’ll find her gone one day you’ll find her in the dark details that are left behind the dark details in the dark details in other minds the dark deep pain is the needle that keeps her awake when the world is asleep she doesn’t know another way to give the people she needs what they need she moves better in the dark she sees better with her eyes closed she moves better in the dark she sees better in the dark in the dark details that are left behind the dark details in the dark details in other minds the dark deep she absorbs the light like she owns the night in the dark
3.
Wanting 04:21
you are a ghost fading from slipping like ice from this dimension your white form hardly a whisper anymore I still imagine the force of your pulse I keep you here with my longing and I bring you nearer with my childish wanting but now you’re really no one nothing I can remember the way you looked in pictures but not the way you looked alive your voice in my head is a song on a mixtape your name is the only thing that’s survived that and those eyes we speak in hushed tones and we won’t let you go where you long to be whisper in darkness hoping you will hear us give us what we need everybody needs a seance and a tragedy you are living on another planet you are older than you could possibly be you’re still on the verge of becoming you’re still my muse and I’m still not free I pretend you can still see me like a ghost that’s not moved on but now you’re really no one nothing you are gone
4.
Terror 05:39
don’t stand up; don’t make waves you have nothing to say say your prayers; don’t forget thanks you have nothing without us there was never a future for me that wasn’t yours I couldn’t find comfort in that I found a terror in the house of god and when the moon went red I hid under my bed I tore that part out of my flesh but it sits in my bones I used to wish every one of them dead now I wanna be left alone left alone don’t apologize; don’t tell lies we are nothing, nothing alike I can see so far ahead now that the elders are dead at least the ones in my head there was never a future for me that wasn’t yours I couldn’t find comfort in that I found a terror in the house of god and when the moon went red I hid under my bed I tore that part out of my flesh but it lives in my bones I used to wish every one of them dead now I wanna be left alone left alone there was never a future for me that wasn’t yours (don't apologize; don't tell lies) I couldn’t find comfort in that I can see so far ahead now that the elders are dead the lie I never believed it cuts into me cuts into me you'll only get so far without our god you'll only get so far without our love I’d rather have a gun I’d rather have a gun in my hand I’d rather have a gun I’d rather have a gun to my head to my head the lie i never i never i never i never the lie
5.
Apostate 07:26
you are a rare species in time an enduring virus with a conscious mind your love is a superstition so you won’t float alone that’s not to say I know better but I know I don’t need a savior and your crisis is not mine my christ is not divine

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released September 17, 2016

vocals: vicki + drums: james
music + lyrics by vicki except "apostate" - music by james, melody + lyrics by vicki
arranged by james
additional arrangements by ed gardiner
mixed and produced by dan workman
additional production on "dark details" by john guel
mastered by chris longwood
mixed + produced + mastered @ sugarhill studios

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