What We Saw Before the Darkness

by Jumpman

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What We Saw Before the Darkness EP

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Track listing:
(Side A)
Intro
Happy Machine
Grief Seed
Shame
(Side B)
Take Your Joy
What We Saw Before the Darkness

Recorded/Mixed by Stephen Carter at Hempstead Road Studios, Watford
Released April 24 2020

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1.	... 00:24		buy track
2.	Happy Machine 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Let's start a war Let's start a war for the hell of it Let's start a war Let's start a war and make a profit So point the barrel of this bottle in your mouth and pull the trigger it'll keep you numb try not to think of all the damage we have done to your life to your future and all you love we need a happy little machine out in the streets so why don't you smile You should smile you look so beautiful when you smile you should smile back in my day we used to smile boys don't cry hide your anger cover your eyes just don't cry This is how I show love your pain is my love this is how I show love I'm sorry So point the barrel of this bottle in my mouth and pull the trigger it'll keep me numb try not to think of all the damage we have done to your life to your future there's no future
3.	Grief Seed 03:33	lyrics	buy track
You've got a gun pointed at your doppelgänger's head you can't see yourself reflected because your eyes are burning red This tragedy is standard It's no fun 'til someone bleeds Look what you've done spit venom while you're shaking hands under the table Look what you've done lined the pockets of cut-throats and watched hell rain from the sky It's all coming down As the world crumbles to pieces take a bow good riddance Starve another child to cash another check I hope you don't sleep I hope you don't forget Were you not satisfied with blood on your hands? You're bathing in it now Every penny you ever earn cannot wash your sins away
4.	Shame 01:10	lyrics	buy track
You cry wolf and if I have any doubt cast it out My pain won't define me I'm not proud I'm no one And I'm not fucking proud I can suffer better than you
5.	Take Your Joy 03:01	lyrics	buy track
A town as quiet as an ancient corpse floating on the river we walked by neighbours on the other side smile and wave at the beautiful dead Raise your glass yeah you're doing fine Raise your glass I'll see you on the other side We stay complicit with poison in our veins The happy machine will keep the demons at bay Raise your glass yeah you're doing fine Raise your glass I'll see you on the other side Have you taken your joy yet? you're off your head Off your head
6.	What We Saw Before the Darkness 02:51	lyrics	buy track
I swear I saw the firing squad turn and face away from me I stepped into line and waited while they armed me I slept on tombstones at midnight waited for the ghosts to teach me my craft The devil stood by my side Oh god how he laughed The lungs of the Earth are scorched to ash We drilled at her veins and she bled black The ground will bleed out The Earth falls apart We clawed at her veins and drained out her heart Blind our eyes Clear our minds Our justification human nature and nature can be cruel sometimes Our justification human nature to watch ourselves die