We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Shadowbox

from Shadowbox by Mechanical Ghost

/

about

[EXPLICIT]

lyrics

I had a dream last night,
First I remember in a long time.
I was in a house that was expanding from the inside.
Found everything I need, food and a place to breathe.
Found this pretentious fuck in the dining room,
Talking black and white, left hand, right hand.
I said: "Hey man. It's a big, gray world."
He asked me my name, I said "it doesn't matter."
(It doesn't matter. What really matters?)

A silent war deep inside me,
Other voices fight to guide me.
Truth and lies, they're all the same.
Please do not give this thing a name.

I had a dream last night that my life was a TV show.
Ratings in the toilet and I was getting cancelled.
Everyone I knew got cast in other projects,
But for me it just meant annihilation.

A silent war deep inside me,
Other voices fight to guide me.
You can't hurt me worse than I do.
Leave if you won't see this through.

I used to think that stasis was the enemy,
The most useless part of the Holy Trinity.
I used to think that I was The Great Creator,
But it all falls apart sooner or later.
I captured my shadow and locked it away.
I buried it deep, and in darkness it grew.
We avert our eyes from the face of destruction,
But sometimes it's the only way to build anew.

I had a dream last night,
It was so real that I could taste it.
A dead man on a rope was swinging from a rotting tree.
A bag on his head obscuring his face,
Had a white tan-line on his left ring finger.
Buzzards circling up in the sky.
He said: "Hey, man. Come join the club."
I asked him his name, he said "don't ask stupid questions."
(Don't ask stupid questions? They're all stupid questions.)

A silent war deep inside me,
Other voices fight to guide me.
Truth and lies, they're all the same.
Please do not give this thing a name.
A silent war deep inside me,
Other voices fight to guide me.
You can't hurt me worse than I do.
Leave if you won't see this through.

credits

from Shadowbox, track released October 31, 2014

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Mechanical Ghost image

Mechanical Ghost San Luis Obispo, California

contact / help

Contact Mechanical Ghost

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Mechanical Ghost, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now