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Papaver Somniferum EP

by Stranger Killings

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1.
sleep for me 05:02
Sleep for Me you don’t sleep much for yourself but you sleep so well for me your weight and breath and scent are safe round here your sleep is sound round here there needn’t be a sound here but a famished sigh and a laugh that sates all hunger sleep, sleep for me and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe you don’t sleep much for yourself but here you can rest you can hide you can sleep through the night I’ll be right by your side to draw the fever from all of your dreams sleep,sleep for me and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe and pray to the sleepless saints to keep vigil here with me you don’t sleep much for yourself but you sleep so well for me I’ll keep myself between you and the dawn and the rude light that calls you on to a day that is just an ache in the bones of the sky a day that’s just an ache in the skull of the night sleep, sleep for me and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe, keep you safe through the cold, and the dark of the night
2.
hand in hand 05:10
Hand in Hand Hand in hand The sky will marry us Avalanche will bury us Hand in hand Hand in hand The sky will marry us Avalanche will bury us The avalanche will carry us To a bed beneath the snow The vicar voice of wind and rain The welkin’s choking collar is broken But our vows are not Not our vows Not our vows Not our vows We are lying here Hand in hand Hand in hand Bound together hand to hand The sky will marry us Avalanche will bury us X 2 We are not victims Of the prayer of hours Pricks of light through vaulted bone Are just a memory We are safe and alone As we lie in our bed of snow Hand in hand Hand in hand Bound together hand to hand
3.
romans 05:21
Romans Romans kiss Then kill with hands and fingers Slip the tongue between the teeth With little venom stingers [bar] Romans made the art that makes me sink Romans conquer And corso wanders Romans stole god from our mouths You studied under Romans [bar] The art that sets my mouth to move Romans could slip some mercy Between my ribs Did they know what you would do with their invention [bar] The seat of the soul is in your mouth Romans smashed faces into faces And teeth made war Then tongues forgave [bar] But took the flaming hearts for slaves Romans woke the dead And made the dead And gave us reasons For the blood we shed You studied under Romans [bar] The art that makes me weak I could never say no to Romans And everything they taught And all the pain they wrought upon the world Mouths never burned till the Romans fed them fire You drank from their forges And now my mouth is burned Now everything has turned into water And our chins are dripping with the mess You studied under Romans [bar] And turned your tongue into a weapon that stabbed me in the breast. You studied under Romans The art that put us to the lash That sets my mouth to water Led millions to the slaughter And turned cities into ash You must have studied under Romans Because My mouth is drunk on your mouth And I don’t think my breath will last
4.
on waking 02:11
On Waking Kiss me once after you wake and once before you leave I’ll fall right back to sleep and stitch you in my dreams there is sorrow on waking and fear before sleeping kiss me once when you wake and once before leaving when sleep cannot find me I’m not where I should be at your back with a hand on your waist and breathing the breath that you’re breathing there is sorrow on waking and fear before sleeping the day shakes as it’s aching tears on the cheek of the night as the stars are all weeping the days become hungry and I become famished but I’m finished with eating sleep only comes with my hand on your hip while I’m breathing the air that you’re breathing save me my sorrow and fear of the evening just kiss me once when you wake and once before leaving.
5.
summer’s finally gone my crop is strong I’m bringing it home for my love I’m bringing it home for our table, and bed I’m bringing home my harvest of snow a gift of white makes eyes so clear and freezes tears to cheeks of a ripeness bodies were made to blush sparkle shine glow harvest of snow at winter’s touch. I’m bringing it home for our table and bed I’m bringing it home for my love l am reaping the tears of a hundred years the stalks of sleet, and fruits of frost we’re far past the oranges, the yellows, and reds the snow that falls behind your eyes now blankets our bed and the sprawl of a world that has grossly dispatched the greens, and oranges. the yellows, and reds summer’s finally gone my crop is strong I’m bringing it home for my love I’m bringing it home for our table, and bed I’m bringing home my harvest of snow

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released March 4, 2016

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