Heart beats in a cage, in this life, oh I’ll oppose,
My thoughts to a melody on your mind,
Notes fall in a rage, in reverse, though I’ll impose,
Deaf beats to a symphony left behind,
So come now listen to the beat,
Let’s talk while the children are asleep,
And the things we’ll take and the things we’ll break,
And the house and the debts over our heads,
And I’m slipping under,
Yes I’m slipping under yeah,
At last, the strings the past, the things I tried and the blackened mass,
Bend down to form a letter,
I’ll write, the ink, the rasp, the maniac sleeps in the empty grasp,
A song to kill the lover,
So come now listen to the beat,
Let’s talk while the children are asleep,
And the things we’ll take and the things we’ll break,
And the house and the debts over our heads,
And I’m slipping under,
Yes I’m slipping under yeah,
You say that life is just science,
But your wits can’t explain,
Why we can feel, through waves of silence,
And still not be insane,
So come now listen to the beat,
Let’s talk while the children are asleep,
And the things we’ll take and the things we’ll break,
And the house and the debts over our heads ooh,
And I’m slipping under,
Yes I’m slipping under yeah,
And I’m slipping under,
And I’m slipping under.
credits
from The "Kissed by the Light" EP,
released June 24, 2018
Composed, written and performed by Beranger Gras
Drums by Todd James
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