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The Sorceress

by Nation of Two

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1.
You couldn't see her shadow follow you Not with all the lights on Now dusk's diamonds are all that shines You turn around and she's gone Candlelight illuminates Red wine blood stains a white table cloth Handkerchief eliminates Any sound from his lips whisper soft Chorus: Seven alibis, three murder weapons, five cold bodies Seven alibis, three murder weapons, five cold bodies Died of broken bones, and broken hearts and a trail of smoke, from her fingertips to the dead ends and false starts You catch a glimpse, a silhouette against the wall Now turn all the lights on Watch the shadows flicker softly down the hall Now your consciousness is gone Cigarette illuminates Purple blood stains a white fingernail And her glare eliminates Any sane thoughts of picking up her trail Chorus
2.
"Give it up now Billie, you're kidding me You can't possibly expect to be Anything much more than what we can see You ain't gonna make it, I guarantee" Chorus: "Fear, you'll never get far Now take it off 'cause girl, Who do you think you are? Who do you think you are?" Flat odds against me! Now you're kidding me I've been the underdog in every scene You want to bet well there ain't no guarantee I don't need your game I need my sanity I see the con, I see your lies to me I see the fraud, what you pretend to be I've walked the streets, what you call tragedy You think I'm an easy score well a mark is all I see Cause every time you tell the truth you're just waiting to lie And what you call living that's just waiting to die Whenever you take a stand you're just waiting to fall Here's the truth we're monsters and victims all Chorus "Give it up now Billie, you're kidding me You can't possibly expect to be Anything much more than what we can see You ain't gonna make it, I guarantee" Children please I swagger when I'm standing still Keep telling me I won't when I know I will You say life's a game, well maybe so Understand for me, this is not a show Chorus Well I'm Billie Handsome, I'm the killer's son You looking for a charity case, boy I'm not the one I'm a bad person and I'm always gonna be But if you're gonna change you just change, so don't preach to me.
3.
Hell-hound spite and murder You take it one step, she'll take it twelve steps further You see the sun go down, see the stars shiver *Yeah they know how to bark, and how to bear their teeth but when the time comes, they sure know how to slither Snakes without fangs poisonous gossiping hags and they've aged so fast, their skin just loosely hangs* Plague, pestilence, pretension A murder of crows, a flock of vultures but she herself is missing You see her blood-marks, her handiwork, her inventions Just keep telling yourself its nothing, its not worth mentioning *And everyone knows the prince is lying there drunk on the floor but no one wants to cause dissension They just want their politicking, their infighting, spying on each other with their ears at the door and no matter how much they steal, they'll take just a little more* Earthworms and misery You can speak so complex but can't say anything simply You hide behind your clan while you curse your whole family Your friends are already digging your grave, your standing half-buried *Yeah they sparkle like jewels and shine like gold but inside the corpses rot they put on their brave faces, pretend to make merry but the dark bloom descends on eyes already tired and bloodshot* Wrath, rumor-mongers and slaughter An eye for an eye, son for son and daughter for daughter You could raise the alarm now but why bother She moved while you slept it's too late to bar the gates Death herself stands at your doorstep
4.
Understand you won't see her coming, thinking now I'm sure I heard something Footsteps so soft, quickly written off, flickers in the loft, couple Molotov Cocktails. Inhale. Remember to breathe. Panic won't keep you alive, keep you underneath Waves of doubt, now you're hesitant, gasping, a sweat-soaked armament, firing in the dark, that's her element The fires burn strange, weird, malevolent... Smoke. Gun shot flashes of light. You'll take your chances outside. You choke. Check your cell for back up it's eleven thirty at night. Her cloak. You feel sluggish right when you need quick reaction The shroud descends--you're staring through a black sun When she lays the thrilla down on you, like Mike Jackson Couldn't stop what it couldn't see, tries to stalk and it tries to be, what its makers claim, the machine has perfect aim, invincible, In its own citadel, upper floors alert, high decibel enemy invisible, unthinkable maybe she fled Sudden ambush can the machine tremble? Curved knife buried up to the haft in its Mainframe shattered, hands bumbling, metal legs staggered, stumbling Open elevator doors crumbling, forced back, swallowed by the shaft, frame ripped in half, echoes of her laugh Feel that cool draft, she levitates after, impact, buries it.... Witchcraft! Sweat dries on her skin time to get out of sight Basement clock says it's quarter past midnight
5.
You want to see us burn it down, I followed the line Watch it all scorch fury and sound See us giving in we reject your design Tear it off let it spark and now Chorus: Watch her now, six matches lit Burn it down, you can't forget Watch her now, the arsonist Burn it down You want to watch her lose her mind, yeah now that would be sweet Then you could finally get some revenge Get her back just once to soothe all your defeats But it'll be your loss not hers We will deny you, we won't believe what we cannot feel We will reject you, we don't believe what we cannot see Chorus You want to see us fail again we won't walk the line Move along there's nothing to see You wish we'd disappear, we will not decline Your offer but there's one little catch... We could set it off, we could burn it down We could set it off, we could burn it down...now We came to burn this city down and now I think that it's time Watch the flames scorch the steel and now Boy she is the arsonist, it's just another crime Best of luck if you think she'll be found We will deny you, we won't believe what we cannot feel We will reject you, we don't believe what we cannot see Chorus I'd sooner be with her in hell than consider giving in Pink and orange flare up like sunrise And if the fire burns too hot we'll get thicker skin Only fear melts away tonight We could set it off, we could burn it down We could set it off, we could burn it down...now
6.
Well I could have washed her body down But I only felt that I Was worthy to pour perfume To pour perfume on the soles of her feet And I could have seen her ascend in light But I was too afraid to fly So I stood there, planted on my feet Terrified, planted on the soles of my feet And I never thought I'd betray her thrice But when the time came I heard myself deny Having ever even known her name And now my soul retreats We weren't that scared--but we'll all go down to die We weren't prepared--and it's easier to tell the lie
7.
The Kingdom 03:52
Bring it down, a fire-flash flood cleanse bone and skin, stone and wood Rain down on, power, transfigure dust and ash, what we were made to endure And one day, we will shine like seven suns When we bring in the kingdom of heaven In the twinkle of an eye, ghosts of glass and steel In the flash between two halves of a second Bring it down, from East 44th Street To the mouth of the Nile, to the Earth beneath her feet Wade through the river, keep moving, don't turn around when the waters swirl red as blood swallow the hounds And I know, these boots, we're going to wear them well We had them shined at the gates of hell In the twinkle of an eye, ghosts of glass and steel In the flash between two halves of a second
8.
You could get yourself a mercenary bodyguard You could tell yourself they'll stand by you when times get hard What do you think you can buy? And how long can you...stay in control How many times can you lie? For just nickels and dimes you'll...you'll sell your soul You could tell yourself you're riding high, still in control but your face is cracking and it's getting old Your in the same neighborhood, the same old town You hit rock bottom but you keep...keep going down You could try to run that same old scam once again But you're running out of willing targets, running out of friends They're gonna find you out And meanwhile you'll fear. You'll lose control Your defenses are up...they'll get torn down Here are your old enemies...still hanging around You're gonna find out They want more than just a piece. They'll swallow you whole It just falls out of your mouth You try to hide it but the cracks still show And now you're glancing quick, try not to make a sound Your number got called and you're going down Chorus: You thought you had nothing but your fears are still hanging around You thought you hit rock bottom but you keep, keep going down
9.
Hey, cannot hold us down for long Say, can you hear that coffin sound? Hey, we'll march in our funeral clothes Say, can you hear that coffin close? Hey, cannot hold us down for long Say, can you feel when we're thousands strong? Hey, we'll sweep the streets in our finest robes Say, can you feel how that storm-wind blows?
10.
Hope, I see it rising over the tenement slums Fire of praise, rising like the cinnamon sun We shook, Anticipate the morning light filter in Warmth of joy, Radiate off of her mortal skin Hope, I feel it walking on the streets of destiny Fire of praise, searing deadwood, rot, and misery We stood in awe below, while seven hawks they circled overhead Warmth of joy, The night the city's demons fled Hope, It will outlast this mortal machine Fire of Praise, Join the voices of the seen and unseen I shook, Let the spirits return like crows to the trees We stood in awe below, Those branches grow from the smallest of seeds Hope, See it shining in our ancestors' eyes Fire of Praise, The echoes of their shouts and cries We shook, Hear the truth from all sides and within Warmth of joy, On these streets now let the carnival begin. Chorus: Keep looking left keep looking right Watch your back and keep your foes in sight Keep your head up and your hands free Through a city filled with fear walk the streets, the streets of destiny
11.
Ghost 07:45
Now Morning comes, winter sun, you are not here Fall, passed me by, the seasons fly, without you here Frost, covers trees, and grounded leaves, I wait for you here Those trees, with their skeletal hands, snow slips through like the sands, I want you here Stone, mark the ground, they speak without sound, that you are not here Ghosts, stalk these paths, they constantly ask, why are you here? And I guess, I guess I'm one of them now, but you know I still remember how, your kiss felt on my ear But these memories, they turn pale and fade away, the pictures and images decay, please return to me dear... I still recall the first time I met your gaze I still can feel, that power that lifted the haze I still recall every quip, everything said I still can see your black hair under horizon red You know I, still remember the first time, the first time our eyes met, it was right here And I'll never, never understand, how I felt when touched your hand, that perfect spark of fear When we stood, laughing and loitering in the streets, those scenes forever repeat, but you are not hear I can still, I still hear your whisper, and I still hear you purr, your voice is so clear And now, the people passing by are new, they've never even heard of you, why aren't you here? I don't, understand what they joke about, their words are always too soft or too loud, and nothing is clear If--if only, I could unsay unlive unlearn and undo, everything that never made sense to you, would you join me here? I wish, I could show you just once, there's so much more to this, than what you fear

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released February 18, 2013

Guitar: Darius Morrison. Drums/Vox: Lauren Vignec. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jherek Bischoff.

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Nation of Two Seattle, Washington

What happens when poppin & lockin meets punk? When the Velvet Underground meets Michael Jackson?
The Nation of Two is Darius Morrison (guitar, art) and Lauren Vignec (vocals, dance). This is their first real album, The Sorceress, recorded by the genius Jherek Bischoff. ... more

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