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My Mind Open

by My Eyes Shut

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1.
Wait 07:17
wait/for a place/to call home/it’s so easy that you found me alone/wait/for a place/to call home/wait for a place/to grow for your own/wait/ for a place/for them to feel alone/wait/for a place/for them to cull the stone/wait/for a place/for them to call their home/it’s so easy that you found me alone/there is a place/between the empty graves/aside the mound/truth unbound and unbetrayed/walk with me/unto the expanse of the earth/walk with me/hallowed for rebirth/walk with me/unto hearts unchained with hope and death/walk with me/unto the end/burn down your home
2.
Inside Me 02:27
It’s not enough/living for the people I love/it’s not for me/living pleasurably/I need to bleed/you put your trust in me/I wanna believe/come on cut my phallic free/I wanna live/for somebody/who will never leave my insides/I feel like I could die/with somebody/who will tear apart my insides/we talk so tough/but we only ever want love/but I live discreet/finding balance within my disease/but I need relief/oh god give that to me/I want to believe/come on cut my phallic free/I wanna live/with somebody/who will never leave my insides/I feel like I could die/for somebody/who tears apart my insides/I do not care about you or your friends/I only know that I need my flesh/and I do not care about you or your lies/I only know that I need it tonight/I do not care about you or your friends/I only know that I need my flesh/no I do not care about you or your friends/’cause I need revenge/oh I need revenge
3.
seeping out the fingertips/the collision of menaces/the cruelty contradicts itself/inside the flesh, the outside world/my perfect dreams of mind and soul/the actions of the consciousness/it lives in corporal punishment /it bleeds /the smoldering of hopes and dreams/the body torn apart by fear/the midnight touch of silent death/the screams kept in no one can hear/my eyes are swollen bloodshot red/when times stands still nothing is said/it lives in corporal punishment /it bleeds
4.
Shallow 05:10
so you wanna feel/this alone/read the paper daily/’cause it’s best unknown/is the untrodden path/too shallow for you now?/as shallow’s to feeble minds/as is you going somewhere at all/you let me fall into my nothing/and dream all over this/your faults were as inviting as your kiss/so you fuck like a god/least that’s what she knows/said to your ego/lest your love shows/you’ll think all you want/you’re doing this for us/but jealousy bites hard/too for the unwashed/you let me fall into my nothing/and dream all over this/your faults were as exciting as your kiss
5.
Sinners 08:11
I know you’d like to stay/but I’m out of shape and I hate myself/you should stay on your toes/’cause I’m on patrol/and I’ll have your head/hey I’m reeling/about our good times/and I’m thinking/I’ll take over tonight/a sinner lives in my head/and I’ll kill her with no regret/I know you’d like to go/but I’m on parole/and I’d lose my mind/ and the greatest mistake/I ever made/is with you tonight/hey I’m thinking about what you said/and I’m betting that you wish I were dead/a sinner lives in my head/and I’ll kill her with no regret/my body is rotting/you freak me out/you’re in my head/I wanna be a man made of concrete/but my body’s gone sour/my body is rotting/I wanna be a man gentle and sweet/but my mind has gone sour/my body is rotting/I wanna be a man known across the world/but my ideals are fading/and my name is worthless/I wanna be a man gentle and good/but my body is rotting
6.
Curtains 07:01
and on a winter’s day/it comes into your home/not a gale but a gust is enough/for the putrid salt that tears at your heart/and the settling blood in your lungs/pack your bags and a coat for fresh rebirth/into a world of racing time/’cause it’s here/for the mind that clings/to the flesh and dreams of eternity/and don’t you bother/praying for a sign/when the days are numbered and few/oh god of the sun/give me a lie to live with/oh god of the sun/give me a way out/from this looming curtain
7.
In Time 09:09
in time/I’ll wait for you/I want some resolution/or please satisfaction/if we had solutions/then maybe I’d know how to grow/I want your fire/give me desire/control me entirely/I’ll feel inspired/how long I wait for you/in time/I’ll wait for you/I need more constitution/but give a petty reason/fall back in my tired doctrine/I view a man that’s broken/truth is I am just incomplete/I want your fire/give me desire/control me entirely/I’ll feel inspired/getting higher/I feel desire/how long I wait for/how long I wait for you

about

a fear like fire
tearing through poisoned synapses
trapped in expectation
with no place to run,
turned to the
demeaning, self-deprecating
silent screams from the prison
of the mind,
tortured, wanting
the immaculate, universal dream
forced to give itself away,
it cannot bear to be lesser
fantasizing mutilation
redemption from imperfection,
but the naïve ego
feels no empathy
disintegration of compassion
coming apart in its shallow pool
the fall so sudden,
unexpected,
watching the sun rise from the bottom
praying for relief
an escape from the inevitable,
but there is no answer
forever a foil to the pristine
and seized by the long wait,
as the fire burns inside
consuming every ideal

my mind open,
my eyes shut
repeated endlessly
all thoughts pouring out
willfully ignored

credits

released May 18, 2018

Alexandre Duccini: Guitar, Vocals (tracks 2, 5, 7)
Seth Townsend-Tyers: Guitar, Vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
Emrys Harper: Bass
Owen Miller: Drums

Lyrics for tracks 1, 4, and 6 written by Seth Townsend-Tyers
Lyrics for tracks 2, 5 and 7 written by Alexandre Duccini
Lyrics for track 3 written by Emrys Harper
All songs composed by My Eyes Shut

Mixed by Seth-Townsend Tyers and My Eyes Shut
Mastered by Seth-Townsend Tyers
Cover art by Oliver Rock
Long live DIY

to jim and nancy,
for providing us with our first place to create
to mark, oriana and susan
for putting up with our raucous noise at all hours of the day
to whidbey island,
for being the only place boring enough to make four neurotic, confused young adults want to make this

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My Eyes Shut Seattle, Washington

Alex Duccini
Emrys Harper
Seth Townsend-Tyers

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