Originally intended elsewhere. One of the two tracks argued onto the album.
lyrics
C#m E B7 A - C#m E B7 A
Was it worth all of the pains of labor? Am I worth what sent you to your grave?
Malapert, won't doff my cap for no man. To exert and sprain my pride for days
B E A E B7 F#m Abm A E B7
When did a pencil pusher find a tongue with a whip and a mace?
(There's) no reason to tread lightly with the truth serving everyone in spades
C#m E Abm A (2x)
(Instrumental)
C#m E B7 A - C#m E B7 A
Swollen limbs and counting down the seconds. Unmet goals won't diminish these eyes
Callous youth now battered somewhat broken. On the mend, a man without a tribe
B E A E B7 F#m Abm A E B7
Reaping harvest from failure (hubris?). I had thought I was stronger than I was
Let ego flow watch it leaving. Acclimate slowly breath (please) be my guide
C#m E Ab AwB (repeat repeatedly as outro)
Watching myself splinter into
Scattering fragments, what's me is what's you
I've been here before, the magic won't last
Unless we push forward and forget the past
credits
from Icarus Phoenix,
released September 8, 2020
Havoc Hendricks – Drums
Jed Jones – Synth & Strings
Josh Snider – Bass
J.R. Boyce – Bass on tracks 1 & 3-11
A.R. Herrin – Vocals, Guitar, Sound Collages and everything else
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