I threw this song on the Ready To Die EP to explain why the other song is called "part 2." This song feels distant to me. A much different me wrote this. Someone who was going through something else.
Also, there is a reference to "Put A Penny In The Slot" by Fionn Regan in there.
lyrics
The night cast its ballot and I lost
treading through the permafrost
on the endless grey
putting pennies in the slot
and calling time of death
on a reckless day
if I were a wise and ancient beast
could I lay claim to be anything
or be a menace to be slain?
The truth evades my lips
crashes through my fingertips
lands on the frozen ground
desire is all for naught
checking hours and drawing lots
see the good intentions out
if I emerged from the sea
would I have learned something
or would I cough my lungs out?
Once I wrote
a treaty to the encroaching cold
word by word
fragmented and hardly ever heard
Shaking, signed my name
addressed the errors that remained
I was almost brave
self-inflicted war
let the opposition learn
what the bargain’s for
if I built a terrible machine
would it make a terror out of me?
I can’t see any other way
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TTBT has some of my favorite songs written by The Mechs. Iphis is my personal favorite due to its ties with Greek Mythology, but it's definitely an album I have on repeat constantly. yumeinati
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Love the edgy-grungy sound to this album. Every song is a banger and has an emotional depth to it - it was hard choosing between Getting Wise, Falling Up The Stairs and Пожалуйста for a favorite track but Falling Up eventually won out felixcosm
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I have not stopped listening to this ever since I heard it the first time. I fanboy every time I watch the livestream. If you haven't already, give this a listen. natesucksatlegos