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Darkness, Oh Hell

by Trophy Scars

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1.
Sauvez-moi de l’enfer. Sauvez-moi ce soir. Save me from hell. Save me from myself. I checked in, I checked out of Morristown Memorial Hospital; Through the glass doors, I wasn’t thrown. I saw the flames. I saw the mass. I am blessed; evil at my side.
2.
Nausea 05:25
When the prodigal son picks the skin off his teeth he licks the top of his lips. he says you are what you eat. He takes a Cadillac drive through the Tennessee fires, a swig of whiskey and rye, the moon reflects in his eyes. I used to be the mayor of this city, and all the girls, they look so pretty but I used to hate myself, oh. I still hate myself. And all the members of my committee and all the angels and prayers of pity won't save you from yourself no, when you hate yourself. (Shut your eyes and you'll burst into) Flames in his breath whenever he speaks. He's got the top of the world at the soles of his feet. He's a bargaining man, he's got a lucrative hand, he's not part of the Bible, the Torah, or Qur'an. I'm a man who fucks with fire, and I'm a man who sleeps with liars, but I don't come from Hell, no. I wasn't raised in hell. I never felt so damn inspired than the holy day that I retired and I summoned Hell, oh. You're living in Hell. God scorched the fields and dried the lakes. I should've left but chose to stay. Man kills man, but can't kill me. High noon; the light gets chased by dawn I threw my Caddy into park Put the top down and watch them burn. I watched the trees burn in flame, I hear the buildings give way. I feel the tremors set in, I smell the sulfur burnin'. I thought the radio died, but somehow it survived. I tried so hard not to cry, they played American Pie. Don McLean knew of the darkness, and the sadness of time. I remember that song as a kid, and how I was affected. Everyone feels estranged in this world, everyone is connected. I didn't know much of Buddy Holly, I always thought it was Oswald. I remember my mom used to sing it, to put me to sleep.
3.
Darkness 04:39
Darkness, oh hell I look into a mirror and A mirror, I can tell you Darkness and hell I think until I’m blind girl Then darkness I could sell you Love me Just love me, darkness Darkness, oh hell She screams out from her bedroom: “Hosanna in the highest!” For darkness and hell I’m climbing up those stairs girl, So I can claim your nightgown And love me Just love me, heartless I made a plea with Satan For sins not worth committing I was out in early Summer I made some cash and bounced I sold xanax I sold ambien I made dreams come true I slowed the devil down I’m that ghost In your home Defendant of the physical Shaken to the bone For holy hell Holy hell Holy hell Holy holy Darkness, oh hell She waits under my bed sheets So darkness she can sell me Honey and hell I wake her in my work suit To make her want to fuck me And love me Just love me, heartless Skipped from New York City To Morristown in New Jersey I woke from a bleak nightmare Shaken at my bones Captured by a ghost town Stuck in unemployment Stalking local graveyards Looking for a home I’m that ghost From next door Lurking in the floor boards For a body I can own Holy hell Holy hell Holy hell Holy, holy Darkness oh hell ["Twin Peaks" sample] "Through the Darkness of future past The magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds, 'Fire walk with me.' We lived among the people. I think you say, 'convenient store.' We lived above it. I too have been touched by the devilish one. A tattoo on the left shoulder. But when I saw the face of God, I was changed. I took the entire arm off. My name is Mike. His name... Is Bob."
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Trazodone 04:53
I eat my trazodone and go to bed Wake up in the morning with holes in my head My friend's a doctor He tells me I'm fine As long as I don't eat 'em all of the time There's a man In my dreams He's silhouetted by the dawn's soft gleam He lights a smoke He shows his teeth He tells me "Son, I'm the devil you feed." Here's the problem with the devil though I guess I just don't believe His eyes burn red and admits a grin He asks "Son, will you follow me?" Then the man's face starts to change All of a sudden he looks just like me Somehow I've seen this all before Exactly where I'm not so sure Or is it when? I couldn't say Time and space tend to disagree Then I wake From my sleep I floss the trazodone from my teeth I take a shower and I comb my hair I trim my beard then I look in the mirror And I almost can't believe my eyes My mouth opened wide, paralyzed in fear... Oh look at the martyr He burned himself alive out of sheer cold terror Some claim it was murder They saw the devil in his bed with his lover You all hate a martyr You hate the bed you're sleeping in and all its horror Her motive was murder Well, I'm the ghost that's haunting you forever and ever You're right my heart it was a desert You're right you're love was the drink I wouldn't take one goddamn sip so I could die or go to sleep No, no, no So she burned me like coal 'Cause killers like her, they don't never let you go I love the worst kind of criminals The kind that eat your heart The kind that steal your soul Oh look at the martyr He burned himself alive out of sheer cold terror Some claim it was murder They saw the devil in his bed with his lover You all hate a martyr You hate the bed you're sleeping in and all its horror Her motive was murder Well, I'm the ghost that's haunting you forever and ever Laying there with a ghost in my mouth Andy tells me to spit her out Oh Luar, I want to spit you out Laying there with the ghost in my mouth Andy tells me to spit her out Oh Lord... I want to spit her out Everything that you said to me All the words that you said to me Everything that you said to me was make believe Just make believe Everything that you said to me All the words that you said to me Everything that you said to me was make believe Just make believe
5.
Sad Stanley 07:22
If there's one thing I can tell you, you've got to remember your heart, your health, and your hands. She'll crawl up the wall. She'll tear you apart limb from limb. So it's best to be wise and stand your own ground. If you look away, She'll smell your black fear, make your soul face the mirror to reflect your death in your face. Don't you recognize what you put in your mouth is the same fucked up shit everyday. Spit it all out and take a look in the mirror The darkness, it won't fade. You're a part of this sinking, this dying, this wretched world we all gave away. Don't let her know, don't let it show. You ruined the earth just for her. Where is she now? I wish I knew. The beast and the battle befell. The felons, the villains, your friends are the victims of Hell. You'd shoulder the weight of her final days. You wish you could hold her hand, but she loves a man, a despicable man, and on doomsday, you're all alone. Feed me some more, just feed me just feed me time. The ground opens up and swallowed us whole, Christ won't recognize all your soft moans. While it's all happening, you hope that she's dreaming about when she was a kid. Happy and sweet the way it should be in Heaven supposedly. Where is she now? We're a part of it. This whole bloody town, as it gets burned down. And it's safe to say, if we all had our way we all do things the same. Without objection, this holy intervention is just a sad extension of all the things we lost, all the things we gave. We all say: "Save me from Hell" Save me from Hell. Save me from Hell. Save me from Hell. When the ground split open wide and swallowed us all whole, the earth was turned to smelling salt to wake the beast below. I saw my body disappear, I felt my soul turn cold. But I remember loving her a long, long time ago. I wonder if we'll find each other in the bowels of Hell. And she'll save me from Hell. Save me from Hell.
6.
Remember the sound when my phone hit the ground When you cursed out my name and you said that you never loved me But I thought you were joking so I asked you again and You said it again like there wasn't a first And you paused with a silence so I'd know for damn sure that you were not joking You really never loved me I thought about what wasn't talked about And I thought for days and I thought out loud And I thought to myself I wish I never met you I always knew the banshees sang for me And Seraphim would never rescue me I fell in love with a younger girl Her small sharp teeth with her hair in curls From Jersey to Scranton at least twice a week It was hell on the band but never bothered me I did it all because I wanted to Under the pretense that you loved me too I couldn't argue when you wanted to leave I wanted you happy, I thought that's all you need I offered my soul, I was just so tired Now these pills won't help me fall asleep These pills don't make fall asleep My hell is a lonely place But I'll never forget your face Everything that I want to change Reassures me that I won't be saved These pills don't help me fall asleep These pills won't make fall asleep

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Produced by John Ferrara and Chris Badami at Portrait Recording Studios
Mixed by Chris Badami at Portrait Recording Studios
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk

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released October 21, 2010

Additional Musicians:

Taylor Mandel: Trumpet
John Diegidio: Tenor Sax
Giuseppe Fusco: Alto Sax, Baritone Sax
Erin Whelan: French Horn
Haley Morganne Hancock: Vocals
Nigel Silverthorn: Vocals
Camille Olivier: Cello, Percussion
David Rimelis: Violin
Gray Reinhard: Piano

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Trophy Scars Morristown, New Jersey

Post-whatever, psych-soaked blues. Est. 2002, NJ.

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