Coronation

by dot.darkness

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My hands are shaking
I'm losing my mind
Seeing the ghosts
I thought I'd left behind
My grief is heavy
A blight on my home
I'm only a burden
So I'll cede the throne
One by one they start to meet their demise
Wringing their hands of ethnological crimes
Know your place outsider
Or you'll be next in the fire

Contain the screams that echo silently inside of me
Maintain composure, medicate for the anxiety
I've been witness to the hell of living in community
The social structure I had longed for was illusory
Dreaming of the day when I would sacrifice myself to you
Repeat the cycle
Take the fall to try for something new

The crown I bear is a display of human empathy
You've brought me shame and now I'm taking back my dignity
I've made my choice to toss your bones into the machine
Light up the torch and watch them burn before the May Queen

The sun is beaming
A brilliant display
Color and vibrance
Exposing decay
You're disengaging
I'm done with the chase
Letting you in
Brought me only disgrace
Gather around and enter into my pain
Push it all out and let the wailing sustain
When the pyre crumbles
Can't help but grin at the rubble

I danced in circles round the legacy you'd built for me
Kicking up dirt until the ground had formed a grave beneath
I've made you the martyr that you'd always thought yourself to be
Wearing the skin of just another wasted devotee
Keep on believing with that vacant look upon your face
That you're the one with all the power
Make no mistake

It has to end to end this way
It has to end

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released October 31, 2020
Joshua Sheehy: vocals, production
Colin Hemphill: lyrics, production, guitars

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dot.darkness is pronounced dot-dot-darkness. This duo started in Nashville when electronic artist Josh Sheehy and rock guitarist Colin Hemphill teamed up.

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