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demons ; 10nov2016
🕑 Added 2021-05-04 17:45:59 +0000 UTCDemons is the first song I wrote for mandolin. It's kind of a creepy one. I was in Nome, and the mandolin was a bit of an impulse buy, as I didn't have the foresight to bring any instruments with me to my summer internship. I was 20, so that puts the genesis of this song around midsummer 2012. I still have that mandolin, and it still holds a tune if you're willing to squint your ears a little. Feat. Josh Vann on cello, Adam Hall on drums, and Luke Soren Nielsen on melodica and trumpet. Lyrics follow.
Demons
laura, take my number
and call me when you're older,
if you dare to let me carve
a message in your skin,
and take your cobweb veins
and spin them into rope
to save you
laura, tiptoe softly
quiet, but lively
for time can hear your creaking bones
and if he catches you
he'll trap you in his hands
and watch you fade away
if you want me to pull you in
just give me the word
tug on that rope of sins
it's all that you're worth
but don't let them hear you cry
or we'll find where you hide
even, especially, in the dark
laura,
press your tongue against my ear,
and slobber
secrets loud enough to hear
anxiety is only the beginning of the path,
but guilt fills every crack along the way
laura, take a picture
and keep it to remember
the bruises left upon your breast
beneath the faded tattoo heart
you gave yourself when you were just a girl
they'll save you
they'll save you
they'll save you
Comments
Amelia Cooper
ππ₯
alisha
Daaaaaaamn, this song chokes me up, no matter how many times I hear it.
