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Let Yourself Expire

by Cavalcades

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Ryukisai
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Ryukisai I can’t believe i spent all these years without Cavalcades' music. All of a sudden all of it started to make sense and now i know it’s here to stay.
Best possible crossroads between emo, shoegaze and slowcore… Favorite track: Blue Sun Up, Three Miles to the Coast.
Dan
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Dan The feel-bad hit of the summer. Bleak, gloomy, sad-sack jams with that thicc bass tone that sounds like the bass guitar’s been strung with lift cables. I want to shoot this entire record directly into my veins. Beautiful. Favorite track: Blue Sun Up, Three Miles to the Coast.
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I'm at the back of your skull. From the whites of your eyes to the back of your mind I'm on my way to promises that you've made. To the great cosmic indifference I'm on my way From the whites of your eyes, to the back of your mind, to everything. I’m on my way, under your skin From the whites of your eyes, to the back of your mind, to everything. I'm at the back of your skull.
2.
Dragging dogs down dark desolation Pushing people past points of perfection Anywhere, anytime, always. Sold short, long game, passed on but still stay. Begging for anything.
3.
Held knees to your chest Held hands with yourself Held up above. Same old, same old, same old, same old. Held up above, looking down on the room. I've done this to myself.
4.
Strained eyes and the passage of time Blurred lights as the world slips by. Cast bones in glass weak enough that smoke would shatter I want to feel you wrapped around my pulse. Cast bones in glass weak enough that smoke would shatter I want to feel you wrapped around my throat. Tell my eyes what to see Tell my lips how to speak Lay my head in your lap Pull the shade over me. Everything you're seeing, you may be seeing for the last time.
5.
Ears pinned for an answer Below in the street. Scraping stones from our skin Pulling thorns from our feet. Knees straining over thin carpet Neck chained to the cloudless sky Always making trouble for yourself.
6.
String along, strung along Lie to yourself Do your best to. Let me let you Let me set out clues Let me glide straight through Let me fall prey to you. Open up, soft glow, innocent age Victim of foolish ways. Call their name and they will answer.
7.
A man may gorge himself A man may dine alone A man may live in fear A man beyond reproach. Legs twist beneath in prayer Hands point at the base of your chin. Fingers locked in the shape of a gun You plead and you plead. In spite of being ignored you plead. I can’t keep you from your right to futility. We all keep secrets.
8.
When you come unstuck, you float away slowly. First comes denial, then fear, then acceptance Everything is beautiful for a second. Everything was beautiful.

credits

released August 30, 2018

Recorded by Graeme Watt at Seagate Studio in Dundee, Scotland.
Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden in East Palo Alto, California.
Photography & layout by Michael Sangster.

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