In Fervor - Anatomy Of A Memory


Hammer Song

Writhing eyes ignore
Done like none before
Deadened disarray
Leaving without saying

Hammer claw thread walls with holes
Deep inside your mind
Don't look to me for something
That will come in time

Swallowing lament
Like some medicine
Days all turn to grey
Leaving without saying

When I see people bleed
Regret nothing, waiting for...


18 Ager

I believe in parasites
I believe they're on my side
I've believed in failure
Since I was a teenager

You want to hold on to it
In my eyes it ain't worth spit
I say it ain't that major
Just a wayward 18 ager

I like it, I don't know
I'll most likely be a no-show
He wants her so badly
He cannot say it kindly

Tonight he looks real out of sight
Surely a sight for sore eyes
Surely enough to take her


Map The Sketch Plan

Facing the window I see the sun as it comes
Across the ceiling, lighting the words as they run
No better the eyesight, have you been waiting for years?

Looking down on the suicide street
Making friends with the people they meet

Pulling the shade down, it's now that the day does begin
And I get the feeling I saw you how you should have been
Can't wait for the starlight to be wrapped around my skin

Looking down on the suicide street
Shaking hands with the people they meet
Solid ground holding on to feet

Eyes closed surrounding, allowing no light to get in
Forgiving reason, crawling around under skin
All my good feelings, they surround me as I fall


Wheels To Turn

Waiting for the wheels to turn
Set it off before all burns
No more waiting, no more pride

What explains the love for lie?
Conscience killing alibi
Dispossess the means to trust


Mandolin

I live in the shadow of a concrete lie
Blistered thoughts against the open sky

Never would I say it's just another day

And then, when the army makes its final nod
Broken helicopters break your fall

Never would I say it's just another day

Live outside of means
Suicidal dreams
Changing traffic flow
And killing who you know

That minds believe all that they know evolves
Does conflict with how reason resolves
And does conflict with how problems are solved


All words by Richard Martin
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