Abandoned Discarded and Disavowed

from RACEHORSES by Stranger Killings

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Abandoned Discarded Disavowed

he shut up his eyes
and I disappeared
he he shut his eyes
oh that I might shut mine too

his true blood
flowed through my streets
and his breath
came through my windows
he turned his head
and murderous union
soaks in every bed
I am covered in lice
I am choked with waste
I am ornamented
in scum
and bile
and disgrace

he shut his eyes
oh that i could shut mine too

I am painted in mud
I am built from lust
once he walked my streets
but now my stones
are just bare stones

I am a harbour for
rats and pestilence
the men are just dogs
that eat from the table
and the women are just snakes
that strike from the shadows

my tears are urine
and my windows are wounds
my doorways are snares
my alleyways are cunts
that give birth to obscenities
wet with wine
the caul on their heads
are just children
ripped from their beds
who’s dreams were of venom
and vomit
and red
the curves of my arches
are the curves of a whore
oh god I wish I could close all my doors

there was an olive tree
that thrived in me
but now it’s covered in flame

there is no one left
who remembers your name
except me
you could see me even if
you just opened one eye
and ignored all the maggots
that bloomed into flies
the sky is all black
there’s nothing left of the blue

you shut your eyes
oh that i could shut mine too

credits

from RACEHORSES, released February 14, 2016

license

about

Stranger Killings Portland, Oregon

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Stranger Killings

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Stranger Killings recommends:

In Youth
by Caution Crow

I'm back on the ward, and my heart breaks for your broken heart. Stranger Killings
go to album
Special Education vol. 1
by CURRICULUM VITAE

Vocals: haunted, and subversive. Guitars: splintered shrieks. Drum machine: grim, unrelenting nausea. Visceral noise, with a hook that gets stuck in in your throat. Just try spitting them out. Stranger Killings
go to album

If you like Stranger Killings, you may also like:

You Want It Real
by lié

Post-punk group lié’ transcend their refererence points to become a true force to be reckoned with. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 27, 2020
go to album
Gestalt LP
by Negative Space

High-wire minimalist post-punk of the finest sort: the poetry of daily banality spit over molten guitar solos and elastic rhythms. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 20, 2017
go to album
Last Year's Savage
by Shilpa Ray

Grab the pre-order to receive a limited-edition, satirical zine authored by Ray, who bares all in her Northern Spy debut. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2015
go to album
Silhouettes
by Yama Uba

Layering guitars and saxes over synths and drum machines, this Oakland duo's darkwave is as melodically potent as it is texturally rich. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2024
go to album