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The Haunting

by Cause of Accident

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1.
The Haunting 02:52
2.
How It Ends 06:04
Your barricade went up, the tremor hit too soon Rebounding like elastic pulled across a steel rule You separate the options, consolidate the means Consider all the candidates serrated into three: One of them’s a bore, one of them’s a fool One of them’s a liar and he says that he loves you, oh - Destroy the two you can’t defend ’Cos they don’t have the stamina to see this to the end... Bones break Arms ache Souls escape And I know that you weren’t saved As earth decays The dead could wake But I won’t let you go… Now we’re crucified, impaled; the parachutes have failed We’re gathering momentum as we founder in the gale Our senses are estranged, there’s no-one left to blame The air that once gave life to us is howling and deranged. If nobody moves, then no-one gets hurt So I will lie still, surrender my nerves, oh - And I’ll be here when you wake Another day away from you is more than I can take… Bones break Arms ache Souls escape And I know that you weren’t saved As earth decays The dead could wake But I won’t let you go… Breathe me in, the sky will let you Breathe me in, the sky will let you The end has come, but you don’t have to be afraid, just close your eyes And I am one with you all of the time, all of the time inside You breathe, so quiet and calm, and you feel so serene to me And darling, now our fall is gaining speed… And I would give to you all that you’ll ever need, so you can be All of the things you wanted to believe you’d always be At the greatest height that you have ever seen Now sleep, my sweet, and darling I will be there when you dream Take me with you when you dream
3.
The Stack 04:13
Write it on the walls of this town The staging and the doors And watch it as it burns to the ground Just to see you there, just to see you there… Write it on the walls of this town It’s slowing to a crawl And as a violent shiver flowed from her gown They left her vacant there, just swaying in the air The gathered unaware, body and soul laid bare. You lined them up and shot them down, lined them up and shot them down So in this poison I will drown, for all the sorrow you confound And in her eyes they saw my crime; in her eyes the world went blind You lined them up and shot them down, and buried her beneath this town Heal my sick heart; heal my sick heart. If she ascends the funeral pyre, she will save the world entire As lightning cracked atop the spire, and tried to set the earth on fire The sky grew darker by the hour, immortals cry and angels cower A storm will rage above the tower, and vengeance claim a world devoured…
4.
The idiot inside has been feeding after midnight The newborn is stirring, the gateway is opening wide And I hold her tight, as our hearts divide I feel her yearning in vain as she claws at the light It’s beautiful In a world so small As we swim in a womb where the fluid is constant and warm Our spirits thrive And we’re intertwined As we swallow water together and neither one dies. The idiot inside blinks two amniotic eyes But I’ll shed my cocoon if you promise to stay for a while We’ll unify, and we’ll harmonise You laugh like a child, myopic, and so then am I… Spinning above you A planetary refuge The stars are suspended on wire, they’re revolving above you. It’s a place you return to Where everyone loves you The cradle will act as a shield against all that you’ll go through It’s beautiful In a world so small Our home is a womb where the fluid is constant and warm Our spirits thrive And we’re intertwined We’re swallowing water together but neither one dies. As the court indicts Your soul ignites When your fingers interlock mine, I forget what it’s like We’re twisted kites And we burn so bright As the jury decrees, the defendants are all but resigned We’re twisted kites And we burn so bright As the jury decrees, the defendants are all but resigned As the jury decrees, the defendants are all but resigned…
5.
Oubliette 04:26
Beneath you is a chasm I can’t understand It feeds you, isn’t anything worth salvaging? There’s nothing written on your face A world in ruin laid to waste I reach out as you slip away Oh, promise you won’t be afraid… All you can say is: “Who will miss me when I’m gone?” I will stare out at these faces here and tell you, “Everyone” And I, I won’t say I adore you I will not cry; I will not mourn you And all of these lies, they’ll die before you And you’ll be denied, well I hate to inform you: You’ll be denied… They’ll grieve you, black and underhand, like no-one here believes you, they’re trying to run while they can barely stand And silence greets me when I call Been shut down now forevermore The answers you denied them all Are closing behind every door… All you can say is: “Who will miss me when I’m gone?” I will stare out at these faces here and tell you, “Everyone” Silence greets me when I call Been shut down now forevermore The answers you denied them all Are closing behind every door I’m struggling now to stay afloat I falter here with every note The eyes all stare like I should know The words will catch inside my throat And all you can say is: “Who will miss me when I’m gone?” I will stare out at these faces here and tell you, “Everyone” You’ll be denied Like a scream in the night And all of these lies The pain will subside, like heaven before you… Hold on
6.
Ambulances 07:41
There’s blood in my eyes And I can’t shake this feeling; Can’t stop the bleeding. All my life I’ve waited for something I’m through with this suffering It’s all been for nothing… Prove me wrong. There’s blood in my mouth It drips from the ceiling. Can you hear me screaming? ’Cos all that you’re saying is wrong. But your perfume is haunting I’ll never stop wanting I’ll never stop wanting… Slaves go marching on Beneath this burning sun. The light inside you shone Forever and beyond. There’s love in my arms But it’s cold and I’m freezing. I can feel you breathing - Sharp as knives. I’m barely alive But you’re here with me You’re here with me… Erasing all that’s wrong The years of hurt are gone And so you lead me on Into the great beyond…
7.
Safe 08:13
She whispered as the night unfurled: a thousand ways to stop this world, but Don’t look now; don’t look now… She held my sadness deep inside, with no call for disguise as she said: “Don’t look now; don’t look now…” You put me in a box in the ground, it’s sealed so tight I can’t be found - “You’re safe...” You put me in a box in the ground, I’m trying so hard to make no sound – “You’re safe…” In all your love for all time and all my joy in these severed lives So I climbed out upon the wing, the last rite I could bring, and you say: “Don’t look down; don’t look down…” Her kingdom fell, they all did bow But her words echoed true: “Be still now” – Don’t look down; don’t look down… You put me in a box in the ground, it’s sealed so tight I can’t be found - “You’re safe…” You put me in a box in the ground, I’m trying so hard to make no sound – “You’re safe…” In all your love for all time and all my joy in these severed lives And it all came down Right before you hit the ground And it all came down Right before you hit the ground
8.
You’ve got eyes, wild, a maze of illusion You say you’re building a land of the future But the boat that transported you here today Was left cast ashore before turning away In the storm, thrown by the sting of a wave Overboard, her captaincy there to be saved By the same gods who would raise up the tide And leave not one soul left alive… You laid three graves where this quake split the earth Commissioned a flag to embroider your worth You don’t know, no, how your life’s about to change You don’t know, no, that I’m slipping out of range You won’t know, no, when good things are coming to you Oh, don’t you know good things are coming to you soon… Now your heart yearns like a fire in November Burns more fuel than you care to remember Too scared to cry for the love of a saviour Too drunk to dream of our romantic failure Take arms, destroy all that’s left of the union Your mind, a library of rage and confusion That glows white as it repopulates All the ships bound for the United States You raised this whole country up from the ground But you’re not discovered yet, you’ve not been found You won’t know, no, how your life’s about to change You won’t know, no, that I’m slipping out of range You won’t know, no, when good things are coming to you Oh, don’t you know good things are coming to you soon… I can’t feel anything I can’t taste anything I don’t love anyone I won’t live anymore…
9.
I can’t feel a single thing when the repetition clears And I can’t sweat this fever out, even after all these years Forgiven all that I am not, her echo lost inside my thoughts Two incandescent flares in the dark, ignited by a single spark Throw down light for me I’ll pretend to breathe Forever denied relief There is nothing I can say we know I haven’t thought before And though I raise my voice to speak, you can’t hear me anymore The smash of particles collide where the land becomes the sky And you will be arisen here, aligning with my atmosphere Throw down light for me I’m willing to believe Whatever you think I’ve seen Throw down light to guide me So when I’m lost you’ll find me The fight distils inside me And love will save us, finally Everything’s going to be alright, if you hold on to me now… We will walk into the fire, and you will come to no harm They’re flashing signals across the sky, so you will come to no harm When they saw God there in your eyes, they knew you’d come to no harm And all your fears will end tonight, and you will come to no harm. The haunting begins now It begins now.
10.
The storm will break and you’ll lead me back to shore It’s all it takes to survive. And it’s here I’ll wait for a thousand years or more It’s all it takes to survive. Just let it die; Let it die And we’ll chase away our demons, you and I; We will rise And we’ll float up and dissolve into the sky All of the time. All of the time. It’s hard to shake the feeling we’ve been here before It’s all it takes to survive. So now I will forsake every temptation but yours It’s all it takes to survive. Just let it die; Let it die And we’ll chase away our demons, you and I; We will rise Where it’s warm and getting warmer Where this code’s assuming order When we’re torn apart, redeem these double lives. All of the time - it burns inside you All of the time - like grace denied you All of the time - the wait divines you All of the time - but I will find you…

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released February 15, 2019

All songs written by Chris Carter.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Tim Reid at Grapevine Studios, Hampton-in-Arden.

Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio, New York.

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