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The Flood
07:03
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There are bars
Outside the gate
To keep me far from reach
I run away
Like a thief
In deep water
Caught uncovered
Held down by the clasp
I forget my name
Inside
Dark light
I’m breaking
I’m waking up again
In the dark
I am undone
To feed you with my fever
I become
Like the flood
Taken over
Lost in time
Pulled out by the shore
I forget my name
Inside
Dark light
I’m breaking
I’m waking up again
Alive
I garner the fields of her flight
All through the night
Take me underground
Take me underground
All the lights go out
On the flood
On the dark light
On the shore
In the flight of the call
On the flood
On the shore
You are light
And I fall
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2. |
Blueblood
09:01
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Was it something they knew
Or something they saw
That drew them together
That let it unfurl
Outside
In time
All of the secrets
Revealed by a sign
[*] I am the lioness under your bed
Choking and gagging and swallowing gems
Held in the dark I am bound and victorious
Here in your arms of blue blood
I am awake
Under the skin
You carry me down through the caverns and valleys
You tear me apart and we’ll never be lonely again
Under the skin]
We climbed up the side
Thrust our hands in the dirt
Carved pieces of mountain
Revealed its heart
Outside
In time
All of the emptiness
Held in our hands
Dust on the road
Smog in the town
Lovers together
Blood in its flow
Outside
All time
All of their secrets
Held in our hands
In the bend of the arm
In the wink of the eye
The wolf and the raven
The heart of the night
All time
All mine
I dreamt of the furnace
And slept like a lamb
[*] I am the fire that burns in your veins
Reborn by the light in the violence of pain
Taken apart I am bound and victorious
Here in your arms of blue blood
I am awake
Under the skin
You carry me down through the forest of violets
You tear me apart and we’ll never be lonely again
Under the skin]
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3. |
Tongue
06:16
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Cut from the sun
I tongue the sorrow
The thorns that burrow
Birthed from our blood
We spawn the swallows
The dawn that follows
Is calling
I’m calling
No more sorrow
I come undone
Tongue the collar
Maya’s arrow
Dissolves
[*] Red was the heart was the flower
Forever ours in its bite
White was the flame was the hour
Forever dancing inside]
Born from the One
The holy marrow
Devouring hallowed
Forged in the sun
The golden bellows
The burning shackles
That hold me
Unfold me
No more sorrow
Forms come undone
You hold the dagger
Shatter the glamour
In light
[*] Red was the heart was the flower
Forever ours in its bite
White was the flame was the hour
Forever dancing inside]
And the cut is open always
And the knife is slicing through
And the blood is forming merging
And the walls dissolve
And our palms are touching open
And the blood is pouring through
And the night is watching
As the river of me is you too
No sorrow
And our song is one
No sorrow
[*] Red was the heart
Forever ours
White was the flame
Forever dancing
Now is the season of song
In rapture of flesh we become
Blessed by the wounds of our love
Forever bound we are one]
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4. |
Swarm
05:01
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A word a mirror
A cloud of dust
A phrase a labyrinth
The minotaur its heart
Each thread I speak
Makes a tapestry
Or makes a net
Weaves a web of fallacies
But you
Elusive beauty
You saw into me
Into the dark
And how
Could I ignore you?
I should forget you
But there you are
My lips the music and the muse
My tongue the dancer
The tarantella and the trance
Your ear a boat
Adrift the sea
I hold the current
My Poseidon breath
Your elegy
But you
Elusive Beauty
You saw into me
Into the dark
And how
Could I ignore you
I should forget you
But there you are
And now the smoke begins to clear
The image sharpens
The shadows disappear
I pluck a razor from the air
The x defined
I open you up
I feast
And you
Elusive beauty
You came into me
Into the dark
And now
I won’t forget you
Forever with you
Never to part
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5. |
The Trees
04:13
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The night is caught
In frozen space
The clouds are gone
Without a trace
Deep in the woods
The air is dark
It holds me in
Its stark embrace
I long for you
My heart so true
Lost in this dream
Of love so true
I’m falling through
The darkest dream
Now love has brought
Me to my knees
I long for you
My heart so true
Lost in this dream
Of love so true
I long for you
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6. |
Drift
08:40
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From the corner of a waking eye
A glimpse of treasure caught
As darkness comes and lights the way
Silence bends the thought
Lover
I heard you calling out to me
Heavy
Through the fog I couldn’t see
In a casket made of blackened stone
At the bottom of the sea
Its keeper holds an hourglass
Our flesh and blood its key
Drifting
Don’t drift away in silence
Holding
Tightly to the razor wire
All the beauty all the pain
Ours forever more
The river running blue and gold
The ecstasy of all
Hold me
Hold me in your arms
Help me
Help me from this agony
Slay me
Slay me with your subtle knife
Holy
In death we’ll have it all
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Night Tongue Los Angeles, California
Night Tongue are a darkwave band from Australia, now based in LA. Led by composition duo Carisa Bianca Mellado -vox, bass, synth & Andrew Dalziell -vox/guitar/ cello/drums w/Elle Haert -vox harmonies & synth/keyboard live, they create a dark mythic world of romance sex death horror & ecstasy. Spun from tales of love, tragedy & transgression, they build romantic soundscapes of beautiful violence. ... more
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