WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO ONLY HAS 30 DAYS TO LIVE? WHAT COULD YOU SAY?
THAT IN THIS LAND OF ILLUSIONS WE ARE JUST TRANSITIONAL CREATURES PEEPING TOMS AT THE KEYHOLE OF ALL ETERNITY
THAT THE PAST IS ONLY THE PRESENT CLOAKED BY INVISIBILITY AND THE FUTURE IS A MURMUR OF A MEMORY WE WILL NEVER POSSESS
THE GREAT MYSTERY IS NOT THAT WE WERE THROWN DOWN HERE AT RANDOM BETWEEN THE PROFUSION OF MATTER AND THAT OF THE STARS
BUT THAT FROM OUR FLESHY PRISON
WE HAVE CREATED IMAGES POWERFUL ENOUGH
TO DENY OUR NOTHINGNESS
WE HAVE FORCED OUR WORDS INTO THE MOUTH OF THE UNIVERSE
A GIANT BLACK HOLE TURNED INSIDE OUTTALES FULL OF SOUND AND FURY MADNESS AND LUST
SIGNIFYING WHAT? SIGNIFYING WHAT?
WE INHABITT AN INSIGNIFICANT PLANET ORBITING A MINOR STAR ... LOST IN A GALAXY TUCKED AWAY IN A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF AN UNFATHOMABLE EXPANSE
WE COME SPINNING OUT OF NOTHINGNESS SCATTERING STARS
HOPING THAT ONE DAY - ONE DAY OVER THE DISTANT HORIZON LIES AN INCREDIBLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING OF BEING WITHOUT BEING WHERE EVERYTHING FALLS AWAY JUST FALLS AWAY
DISSOLVES INTO SUB ATOMIC PARTICLES
WHERE SIGHT AND SOUND ARE REPLACED
WITH A COMPREHENSION OF MATTER
BEYOND HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
WE’RE JUST DUST AND SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY THAT ONLY HAS 30 HOURS TO LIVE?
THAT I WON’T FORGET I WON’T FORGET I WON’T FORGET YOU
I WON’T FORGET
DO YOU REMEMBER - CAN YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH BEAUTY WE POSSESSED? IT ALMOST FUCKING DESTROYED US
WE WANTED IT ALL WE WENT FOR IT BABY THAT’S RIGHT IT DIDN’T MATTER WE WENT FOR IT WE KNEW WHAT THE SCORE WAS
IN THE END WE FOUGHT… WE FOUGHT YEAH OK WITH EVERY FIBER IN OUR SOUL WE BATTLED THE BATTLES RAGED THERE WASN’T A FUCKING DAY THAT WE WEREN’T IN BATTLE MODE
WE KNEW WHO THE ENEMY WAS - YOU GOT TO KNOW WHO THE ENEMY IS - IN THE END THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS GOING TO WIN
IN THE END THE ENEMY IS JUST DEATH ITS FUCKING SELF
IT’S JUST BEEN ONE LONG DEATHRIP IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ONE LONG DEATHTRIP
AFTER ALL IN THE END THAT’S WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING AGAINST
IT’S A BATTLE TO THE BITTER END AGAINST THE KILLING MACHINE AND THEIR MERCHANTS OF DEATH
YOU’VE GOT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
YOU’VE GOT TO FIGHT TO CONTROL YOUR DEATH
A FIGHT TO THE BITTER END YOU’VE GOT TO FIGHT AGAINST THE SPIRITUALLY BEREFT AND THEIR SOUL KILLING BULLSHIT
IT’S IN THE AIR THEY’VE POISONED EVERYTHING THEY’VE POISONED EVERYTHING THEY’VE POISONED THE WATER ALL THE FOOD THEY’VE POISONED YOU THEY’VE POISONED YOU
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY THAT ONLY HAS 30 SECONDS TO LIVE?
THAT YOU WIN YOU WILL BE KING FOR YOURS
IS THE POWER AND THE GLORY THIS IS YOUR STORY
YOU WILL BE WEARING A CROWN OF INVISIBILITY AND NOTHING CAN STOP YOU NOW YOU’RE FREE YOU’RE FREE
THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR WHOLE LIFE YOU CAN JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET NOW BOTH BARRELS BLAZING
JUST LAUGHING LIKE A LUNATIC LEAVING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEHIND IN THE DUST
WE’RE JUST DUST AND SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
DON’T BE AFRAID
THERE’S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF ANYMORE
YOU’RE FREE BABY I’M RIGHT HERE I’M RIGHT HERE TAKE MY HAND TAKE MY HAND I WON’T FORGET YOU
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FADE AWAY YOU’RE GOING TO EXPLODE YOU’RE GOING TO TRANSFORM
YOU’RE GOING TO BE LIKE A DARK KNIGHT JUST RIDING INTO THE ENDLESS NIGHT
DON’T FEAR THE NIGHT DON’T FEAR THE NIGHT
EMBRACE IT THE ENDLESS NIGHT THAT DEEP BLACK VELVET CARESS JUST GO…
YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE LIGHT BABY
GO INTO THE LIGHT GO INTO THE LIGHT
YOU JUST GOT TO LET GO YOU’VE GOT TO LET GO
YOU’VE GOT TO GO WITH IT BABY
I’M RIGHT HERE DON’T FIGHT IT ANYMORE
THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT
YOU WIN YOU WIN
YOU WILL BE KING YOU WILL BE KING
FOR YOURS IS THE POWER AND THE GLORY
AND THIS IS YOUR STORY
AND YOU’RE GOING TO BE
WEARING A CROWN OF INVISIBILITY
WE MANAGED TO FORCE OUR WORDS
INTO THE MOUTH OF THE UNIVERSE
TALES OF SOUND AND FURY
MADNESS AND LUST
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SIGNIFIED
IT MEANT EVERYTHING
IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO US
YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME
DON’T BE AFRAID I’M RIGHT HERE
I’M RIGHT HERE
WE’RE JUST DUST AND SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
DEATH IS JUST THE SHADOW
THAT FOLLOWS THE BODY
WE COME SPINNING OUT OF NOTHINGNESS
SCATTERING STARS
I WON’T FORGET I WON’T FORGET I WON’T FORGET
credits
from Eulogy,
released October 27, 2017
(Lunch, Lackner)
℗ WIDOWSPEAK (ASCAP/HFA) & GALTTA (ASCAP)
Lydia Lunch : vocals
David Lackner : sine tones, sax
Christian Lee : bass
Dahm Majuri Cipolla : drums