Bathysphere
i have no love
for life above
the cable broke, but i'm fine
i'm not alone
today we die
with no air supply
and we leave behind something that
they'll never find
and we'll stay down here
in our bathysphere
and nothing can touch us
'cause nothing can get to us
(2:27)
Jack Munroe - guitars, vocals
Laura McCabe - bass, vocals
Justin Price - drums
all songs ©2010, North by South |
Chemical Road
we decided to settle down
so we moved to Chemical Road
south-eastern Pennsylvania
the house was sixty years old
the neighbors tried to warn us
that we were making a mistake
at first things were quiet
in time we grew to fear that place
we tried every day to ignore it
but that only made things worse
i'm too scared to sleep with the lights off
it felt like someone watching us
pictures fell with no one near them
we could hear voices from upstairs
i saw them in reflections
and turned to find nothing was there
it got more intense in winter
just after it started to reside
she woke to sounds of crying
i woke with scratches on my side
we tried every way to end it
but nothing seemed to work
our church would not tolerate stories
something had to be done
i drove into town one morning
to find what i could about our home
after an hour of research -
in a piece from fifteen years ago:
the mother stabbed in the kitchen
and her child was found chained to the bed
in perfect prayer position
even though the girl was long dead
(3:33) |
Narrow Escape
instrumental (1:40)
The Dryad
had a collection of unused sick days
went on vacation for vacation's sake
rented a cabin by the finger lakes
where i could write down the thoughts i'd contemplate
about the things in life i would change
i went fishing when writing got old
slept by the fire when the nights got cold
listened to stories that the locals told
about a girl they'd seen off the road
with no clothes and the eyes of a doe
"i do know this, she does exist
out in the mist of the forest"
so i set off to hike up the path
hoping to get at least one photograph
just as i was inspecting the scene
i saw her face through the trees staring up at me
curiously, innocently
what have we here - please don't be shy
i just want to talk - i'm just passing by
i woke up in the woods somewhere
looked around but she was not there
what took place, i am not aware
i was not hurt but i was extremely scared
and so i ran back to the cabin
now i know this, she does exist
and she attacked me - or was it all a dream...
(3:27)
Worlds End
instrumental (2:16) |
