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Resurrection Men

from Die Alone by Silence and Secrecy

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A resurrection man is a graverobber for hire. But there are other sorts of resurrection men. Take your pick.

Mixing this song was such a bitch and I'm still not sure it came out completely right. I swear I must've spent twice as much time on this song as anything else on this album just trying to get the timbres to stop clashing because I knew they could, somehow. I also spent about three hours doing nothing but futzing with the tuning, for some reason. I've put more hours in on other songs here, but never have I made less progress in more time. This song is the Oak Island of bedroom jams. Savour it.

lyrics

thank all the gods
in all the heavens
that you don't have the guts to kill someone,
for if you did,
the happiness that you don't know you want,
because you're young and stupid now,
would never cease to evade you.
(as if it would ever cease to evade you.)

I have an inkling,
but you're not gonna like it very much;
you've got an inkling,
but you don't like where your mind is going.
no, you don't like it very much—
you're not gonna like this very much.

the scent of rot and earth embraces like a mother;
the cold of wind and hail enfolds you like a father;
the strike of shovel quickly pulls the covers down and out,
the promises you made fulfilled—but you're still down and out.

thank all your lucky stars
and all your lucky amulets
that you can sleep even two hours before the dawn,
because, in time, you'll come to find
an hour a luxury
for the dreams that come.
(and the dreams will come.)

i have a secret.
let's keep it between you and me and them.
oh, you've got a secret.
let's keep it between you and me and them.
who's to tell anyway?
who would believe you, anyway?

don't pay attention to that sound: it's just the doctor calling.
don't pay attention to that sound: it's just your conscience calling.
don't pay attention to that sound: it's just the devil calling.
don't pay attention to that sound of all the angels calling.

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from Die Alone, released May 7, 2016

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Silence and Secrecy Pennsylvania

Purveyor of fine musical curios, grotesques and arabesques since 1 January 2014. Mostly just one weirdo in a literal attic.

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