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Among the Swarm

by mrmoth

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1.
Recursed 02:44
(Instrumental)
2.
Amidst the dreams of peace Against the velvet skies In the cool of dusk I marked my way inside I took the scent of calm I made myself belong Past droning men I carried that ruse along They did not hear my steps They did not know my name They counted their prayers That we might be the same They only smelled their own Caught on the words I sing They could not conceive that I might be a king No threats but violence No cry out of their silence I am the coming form Right here among the swarm No venom from the sweet No cool among the heat No shelter from the storm In here among the swarm And now I am the last That they will let walk past There is a new god born Right here among the swarm I am the kingdom come I am the word undone The one that they had scorned Is king among the swarm I marked my time as it was running down I was on my way out when fate came calling round I caught the scent of some new, exotic pollen I stepped along the wings of those who she had fallen I found their better, I spied her there alone As I drank their nectar from the head of a fallen drone Now from the songs of sleep, I knew the one I'd seen On their count I'd keep the one they did call Queen And then they said to me You're not what you would be You're the sum of all that she will never permit to receive And when they said to me You're not what you would be I crushed them the force of all the faith one keeps in dreams No threats but violence No cry out of their silence I am a coming form Right here among the swarm No venom from the sweet No cool among the heat No shelter from the storm In here among the swarm And now I am the last That they will let walk past There is a new god born Right here among the swarm I am the kingdom come I am the word undone The one that they had scorned Is king among the swarm
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Another suck, another lick And I'm a saint with my teeth on your tits I have the flesh, and now a soul Warming the chair where the devil sits We dispose of our shame And we submit for whatever depraved Do what we do with a lack of restraint Who is the master where there are no slaves? We vow to live immortal and by the cock The saints are all in hell because everybody wants to... The angel's wings have all been plucked The righteous are in bed because everybody wants to... We're storming the gates and breaking the locks And now we take the kingdom because everybody wants to... Armed with instinct and a stroke of luck We're breaking into heaven because everybody wants to... Unload your shame and let it pass You cannot provide for all that it asks Forget the church and what they see We'll define what they call obscene There's no god with his looking glass I wrote my name on an angel's ass So now you know that you can be free Just spread your legs my libertine We vow to live immortal and by the cock The saints are all in hell because everybody wants to... The angel's wings have all been plucked The righteous are in bed because everybody wants to... We're storming the gates and breaking the locks And now we take the kingdom because everybody wants to... Armed with instinct and a stroke of luck We're breaking into heaven because everybody wants to...
4.
She was asking "why?" She was wanting to know... "How did I come this far? And how far down could it go?" "Does the feeling fade? Or is it quick like death? Or will I find the end Within my final breath?" "And when the feeling's gone Will it be like pain? Or will I profit From all the loss I've gained?" (Chorus: Instrumental) He was giving all He was so quick to say Afraid the whole affair Was too soon slipping away This was no slight of hand This was no clever art He put his hand into his chest And pulled out his heart His eyes were like a wall His chest was like a mouth He wanted her love To fill up what he was without She was starting to see The parts that make up five His blood poured over her and Into her like a hive
5.
Anxiety 04:47
Your breaking point is close at hand And your nerves are strung across the deeds of man The moment you feared is finally near And they're calling out for failure for all to hear As a cloud of dust sets across the land Now you're ready to die or make your stand Well you better stand fast or it won't take long Til they've torn the earth for what you have wrong Now they're coming in hard and they won't let loose Til you're broken down, til you're underfoot With the things you dreamed you could never mean Come flowing out your mouth like the thing could bleed It's all back stronger than you faced before The risks you took mean so much more Even though you know you're losing hope You'll throw it on the pikes of anxiety You've been ridden hard and put away wet And it didn't take you long to see what that gets The less it cost, the more you've lost And it never served the needs of your failing cause Your mind is caught on what your heart's beset And you're grinding your teeth on what love begets You'll never hear it with your ear to the ground The end is found just a short step down Now they're coming in hard and they won't let loose Til you're broken down, til you're underfoot With the things you dreamed you could never mean Come flowing out your mouth like the thing could bleed It's all back stronger than you faced before The risks you took mean so much more Even though you know you're losing hope You'll throw it on the pikes of anxiety
6.
Birds would fly out Of their lives Out from the fields Of anxious eyes All for the fear The day will bring If not for fear Not one would sing The water clear There is no out God given faith Succumbs to doubt Upon their own The birds will eat All for their fear Now that is meat Hell or
 high water The given god Would not forsake The one she knows Of given name But forward feet Will sometimes fall Not pushed by one But pushed by all She is not her Nor the same as one She bares the weight Of the given sum She walks out to The bridge of Bird's A victim of That fatal curse Hell or
 high water
7.
Hoarfrost 01:42
(instrumental)
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War 07:21
For her grief For her tears For all the lost years For your pain For regret For all that I forget For the word For the deed For all that I concede For despair For the doubt My hands are reaching out For breath Unto death For the only step left For her daughter In the water The lamb to the slaughter For my finger On the trigger For the eyes looking eager For desire Turned to fire For a soul climbing higher For demands From a hand That she would never understand For your skill In the kill For her broken down will For her name That you stained With the whole of your shame From my core That you tore My intentions are... WAR And dead inside I walked to the shore Pulled my love close To my chest once more All for her heart I had given her mine They wanted at me so They pushed her aside I knew the truth There would be no retreat Once more in the ether We were to meet I put the gun Up to my eye Pulled back the hammer And then went outside...
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All the way along my mile They followed me They forced their fear down my throat I could not help but believe And when they could not stop The work I meant to do They attacked my last weakness Then they targeted you This world Will break Your spine Your soul Hold tight No fear Just keep Control They poured all of their poison Into your open ear They cut your eyes from their sockets And then they left you here Let it go, let it go, just walk away From your own personal hell All these things I see in you Why can't you see in yourself? This world Will break Your spine Your soul Hold tight No fear Just keep Control

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released October 23, 2001

Cover sculpture by Brent Sommerhauser.

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mrmoth Ashland, Ohio

mrmoth is the solo musical project of fine artist Michael Bird and various collaborators. Begun in 1996, mrmoth has since released five albums with a unique blend of electronics and traditional instrumentation, resulting in an eclectic catalog that visits experimental, textural soundscapes, pop dance tracks, and anthemic rock songs. ... more

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