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Rent# 03:51
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So good to see you I’d say to enter But I will be see through If its not your terms Cause I am not equal I was just a word You write nice I scribble It’s fine because it works You split a candle and it opened to reveal ever evil thing that you said you’d never done My great wings spread for all of you to see I left a gift affixed underneath your cheeks and your tongue Oh how you traveled bloody seas just to find you were arriving at the place that you’d just come from Subtle crucifix you sneak in a bible By your feet that are Slit beneath me sweet and unsung Two nights I left you bleached underneath the the space i sleep And I find it gives a peaceful numb When I re-meet you You speak with no words I’m dying to teach you All about this course How I have seen legions Fall at your fortress Yet somehow its me who Sits inches from your cure Can you handle what you’ve open to reveal every evil thing that you said you ever loved? My great wings spread for all of you to see I left a gift affixed underneath your cheeks and your tongue Oh how you traveled bloody seas just to find you were arriving at the place that you’d just come from Subtle crucifix you sneak in a bible By your feet that are Slit beneath me sweet and unsung Two nights I left you bleached underneath the open sea So that I could find a peaceful numb Stay here with me Die before the morning Come and lay here with me Don’t delay a moment further Wait and you’ll see I’m who you’ve been looking for Just give up to me Your open hand and bleed some more
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Vampire Wario 02:28
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Isnt it nice to be held in the arms of another Just like snow We’ll fall Become background And stay involved until the summer ends I know I can’t pretend That I don’t feel any different To portray a lack of interest Would be fake and wrong The cost to keep a promise I want to be near you again Its so hard with how long that we only ever get to see And be just you and me Can we lay on top of my car and count stars Seems that we’re here again Won’t delay the way i’m feeling Gotten away with the concealing For what seems so long Its off with the covers And so I guess this is it You will go and make a living Far away and I’ll do the same thing In a different land One thing dont be in the circumference Make them both meet Making both sides complete Brought a veritable burst from the seams You really bring out it out of me Bring the best out of me Like so Oh how you speak Every word is on beat And the timbre of your voice like sweet cream Want it taped and destroyed in front of me Like so With every touch on the ground The earth echos loud Try to paint a picture but I don’t know how Couldn’t get a sense but I know now I can recognize Looking at you Now you’re looking at me And the mirror that we make is surreal I won’t break hold Every kiss from your lips Like a christian dove Puts dead air from you in my lungs A tightrope walk Everywhere I look you are right around Try to keep your name out my mouth Couldn’t get a sense but well I know now I can recognize Inhale just a little bit harder So I can save my breath
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New Armistice 04:07
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What we found All along the ground A nice town Where they’ll bury us both Keep us safe and sound Pick a cloud Tell me all about it And then how it came to be so Complete this now A deep secret But you spilled the whole thing Now the whole team’s pissed Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? Drink or sip CapachAlcohol with simple syrup Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? He’s my man He had strong intent The right plan And a papercut jaw Wrapping blistered hands Meet our needs A false flag FTC The big team Aim down on us all systematically A deep secret But you spilled the whole thing Now the whole team’s pissed Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? Drink or sip CapachAlcohol with simple syrup Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? He held a big gun Held it like a child Used it to kill real ones His hair follicles took in light from the sun Then he grinned and to me it looked dominoes in gum Said you did it for your country You swore that you’d do it all again if it brought you home from war Couldn’t talk about it in a store to the person you say that you fought to secure Cause of a A deep secret But you spilled the whole thing Now the whole team’s pissed Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? Drink or sip CapachAlcohol with simple syrup Wait Is that a line you drew to divide us with? Great doubt Fallen comrades drowned in A safe house Where the feds and the angels soon surround And I wish loud I say for all around me Let clouds rain fire and salt down on this unholy place
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Something Felt Before 02:16
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Working retail I play a small part And I know That in me still There’s a great big all Been there from the start You went away You went away in a flash You never think Never think to look back You tried to shield the pain Tried bout everything but you knew itd be hard You cite inside your brain But I know a broken heart Could you tell that ive been mending my scars Is this real Cause I feel ive been here before Its not feel Its something else that I can’t pin You went away You went away in a flash You never think Never think to look back You tried to shield the pain Tried bout everything but you knew itd be hard You cite inside your brain But I know a broken heart
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Tomb Tomb 01:53
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Oh hell Don’t tell me anymore Don’t tell me anymore Don’t tell me anymore What you need Cause you need A purpose A service A person and I know You’re always acting bored You’re always acting bored Like everything’s a chore Cause you feel Encouraged Deserving And worth it Picking flowers by your tombstone You died some time back when we shared a room Some first world problems made you too bold I’ll talk about you to my friends And boast And tell them all the shit that you’d do A sacred thing you punched It bled out You played your part so well A dead mouse I think I’d rather you not stick around I think I’d rather see you wave from the crowd You look much better when I can’t see you now So put together when you can’t be found I think I’d rather you just see yourself out Oh hell Don’t tell me anymore Don’t tell me anymore Don’t tell me anymore What you need Cause you need A purpose A service A person and I know You already are bored You’re always acting bored Like everything’s a chore Cause you feel Encouraged Deserving And worth it
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June Knife 04:36
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So close Pressed up to your womb Oh Im enthralled by a thought of you Still in love Oh Im still in love But its hard being apart knowing that we’ll end soon Sooner than later A trip to hell Where I’ll save you myself All other lives I couldve tried But why when I know the truth Still in love And so I’m finishing up I sharpen thy blade Soon I will I feel your touch When you took your life that clear June day Did you think of what you would’ve said Had I burst in on you Taking the knife Opened your throat in a single slice I’d drink you up If only I had the time Romantic suicide My sweetest thrill Couldn’t tell you half the time If I’d commit But now you know That if its love I’m doing it for Then thats enough I’d burn and rot just to taste your lips again
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In Clover 02:33
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I gave a sacrificial lamb to the beast at the door Everybody ran but my knees just buckled My face soon crumbled My whimper got muffled I placed an act of violence there at your feet And you yawned Everybody wants to ask who’s weak and who’s strong It should be the least arrogant one That meets what we want You sheltered and cared for me Even though we talked like enemies You moved like the seraphim Drew me four walls and a bed to sleep Suffocation Love Barely hold the weight Im numb Closer every week Succomb Seems so far away I wont Live in clover (Did you notice?) The pattern of my brain rested sweet over yours We commiserated And you ceased to be born You fussed and struggled So we gave you a muzzle Well, those who wait for parting seas I think should know They dont have to save you just to do what they’re told Therefore they do no wrong They do as He wants You doused me in kerosene I was told we fought for the same team You tell me you’re helping me You bring to mind Canto 23 Suffocation Love Barely hold the weight Im numb Closer every week Succomb Seems so far away I wont Live in clover Making us suffer Making us suffer
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Broke Board 04:00
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Hospital Song 02:32
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Call it I can’t call it I can’t call it I can’t call it I can’t call it Wonder why the visits get less frequent Just another product of the loop Older now and laid up by the TV Waiting for someone to break me lose Its hard to not just walk right out And walk about and breathe There’s lots to talk about that has no meaning Watch it I am not your average queen Take your nonchalant guttermouth And beat it You’ve got something that’s so charming yet so evil You remind of your father and mine too Im moxie pop and Fuck around you’ll see me Hanging on to catch you if you’re gonna catch me too I love him more than anything could ever hope to help me explain He went and he did a mighty service He gave his all and he did great We shared a love pure and purposed Didn’t let the outside shuffle in He and I are a mighty acre burning Lifting up to envelope all things Its hard to not just walk right out And walk about and breathe There’s lots to talk about that has no meaning Watch it I am not your average queen Take your nonchalant guttermouth And beat it You’ve got something that’s so charming yet so evil You remind of your father and mine too Im moxie pop and Fuck around you’ll see me Hanging on to catch you if you catch me too Call it I can’t call it I can’t call it I can’t call it I can’t call it
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Vertigo 03:46
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I felt it happen again Or rather didnt Collapsed to a pile of skin Felt my weight wrapping round into a mass of empty found things Hate but feel loved Say its enough to have been here Can you give my certain proclamation A bill of health Sell drugs king 4 Leaf Tips Silver Over my head again It all just went over I can feel each finger Shiver at touch of my skin Can you get closer and closer Til we hold hands (Sleepwalking is so hard I tried to but I couldn’t figure out where to start) I felt my back caving in While in the kitchen Wife calling up my friends My daughter holding both my hands And the bed where they pronounced me’s Weight soon fell The state tagged me hell And I sleep 4 sharp dressed killers Came over and lopped off my head It all went over and over I can feel you linger Your breath kissed the moonlight then fled Now you draw closer and closer Til we are both dead
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Trixie 05:38
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High up mountainside Where we live simple and civil lives What could you teach us that we don’t already know I get the feeling that you’re looking for a fight and I’m sure You have your pride A petty beckon for a weapon that you like You brought a pistol to the temple Opened fire All of that peaceful propoganda Was a lie Three ships and the love of god Why you wishing that we all knew about it? Seems that you need to bruise my heart Just to bless a trip that was fucked since starting Cold lesson check a love like war My confession butchered deacons, countess Why bleed this? What’s the need for cuts? You could terrorize a peaceful mountain Lose it all and blame the ones who found it Have it all and feel the need to doubt it Down here by the tides The winds progress across the beaches And its nice I see your drill made both your bloody hands ripe You hold a whip with a symbol Crossing lines How infantile that it flew above your eyes by 30 miles you showed me hate through many rings and textiles I put your head above my sink and had to smile Three ships and the love of god Why you want to throw a big feast about it Seems that you need to bruise my heart Just to bless a trip you never even wanted Cold lesson check a love like war My confession butchered deacons, countess Why bleed this? What’s the need for cuts? You could terrorize a peaceful mountain Lose it all and blame the town for doubting Have it all and feel the need to shout it Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better when you’re Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better when you’re Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better when you’re Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better when you’re Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better when you’re Right at the front line it was better when you stayed where you were life is so much better with An annual adversarial tone You medically imprint onto bone Chanting come join us make this place your home You wanted this now you want some more An annual adversarial tone You medically imprint onto bone Chanting come join us make this place your home You wanted this now you want some more One day you will get what you want One day you will get what you want One day I hope that you will get what you want

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released October 13, 2023

Villain of the War:
Jacob Goldstein - Bass, Vocals, Guitar (6)
Samuel DeSantos - Drums
Michael Walsh - Guitar
Daniel Rogers - Guitar, Mellotron (6), Fender Rhodes (10)

Alyssa Almeida - Cello (1, 5, 6, 11)
Lucas Naylor - Backing Vocals, Percussion, Guitar (1, 6, 10), Piano (3), Synth (6)

Ethan Farmer - Engineer
Lucas Naylor - Mix Engineer
Lucas Naylor & Villain of the War - Production
Alexander Wright - Mastering Engineer
Corey Purvis - Artwork

Recorded at Hidden Fortress in Philadelphia, PA



Special Thanks to Ethan, Lucas, Alyssa, Alex, and Corey
our friends and families
and to everyone who continues to support us

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