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sleeping among the ashes

by mr ghost murmur

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1.
nightmare on a doorstep 03:48
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i took up this line now i clear myself out go fill this hole with new words on my tongue brush it red with cigarette paint and when they’re all tumbling down here just play with me i’m older now go fast or never make love when you know our heart is on your sleeve and time will find you 
dancing on the sidewalk
 on a street of lunatic night
 this is a warning a nightmare on a doorstep in the rat race of two who never saw a murder or how i thought of it anyway just the little things that can get so bad so many little things can get worse 
in the eye of a clown cover the line and stare right in 
it's tearing up the day like a suicide i’ve got scars on my heart you can try for everyone but yourself ‘cause everyone else's bubble goes around the bend and wonder why you'd kill screaming at someone who couldn't be quite as loud but i’ll keep on saying i love you to sum my sin down i’m sorry when it gets any them postcards from us today on the back of our bedsit room floor by the time i get these memories all i have is emptiness

 dancing on the sidewalk 
on a street of lunatic night
 this is a warning a nightmare on a doorstep in the rat race of two who never saw a murder or how i thought of it anyway just the little things that can get so bad so many little things can get even worse
2.
midnight bells 04:44
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moving slow rivers hell bent shines on 
all looking down here comes the flood 
i felt as we slowly go home 
here come the midnight bells ringing out 
 here comes your hollow voices
 ringing before you're gone 
the night watches out 
 there's no time there’s no distance you're mine let me live inside 
 no place to hide out here 
 here it comes your silence a million miles within the law of the restless seas i've been waiting 
i'll be waiting now to have you here 

 here come the midnight bells 
 ringing here comes your silence 
 a million miles within your body on my face and your hands out… running running your hands out.. running and the song that you chose here will be the last one heard 
and i am leaving here all alone 
 wish i were a machine still I tried and i shall find out what love is all about 
 here marks the spot where do you look for your right here you're searching hard but you're gone

 i saw the fire at christmas and then the lights in the hallway left the carpet on the table for an open face on the night before the fall like tears between us but there’s always something seemed to be something missing you know that everyone’s saying the world is full of little trash and we’re all under pressure couldn’t stop what I wasn’t feeling now but this isn't just a job for the rich man it's meant to be what you once said to me so go on put your fucking hands on the ground ‘cause we might get dead someday

 here come the midnight bells ringing here comes your silence a million miles within your body and in my eyes here comes the midnight bells
3.
sleeping among the ashes 04:10
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as they watch the tattered sun 
burn down the china highway along the ancient day 
 come smoking newspaper storm ring with their new shining gun blazing bright light kill the fear 
feeling high within the skin let the echo decide 

 when death follows the flood the dead within the maze find the spirit sleeping among the ashes an open door 
listen to her call out your name check the message 
lost and find the trail dogs sick 
no time this living
 still calls from love but don't it call home don't it divide the law 
find the blood don't it float the teardrops as they watch you 
dog the sky turns into fire sign keep on moving go the force a higher power meaning don't matter can bang the reason when death follows the flood the dead within the maze find the spirit sleeping among the ashes an open door
4.
house on fire 06:35
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i’ll set the sun and moon on end i’ll deliver the flame beneath my skin make haste watch the sun rise again now I think I have just begun 
in your black hands your burning sun is rising
 keep on glowing keep on trying lonely rivers stop flowing through the night In your black hands all the sadness inside you just fill your head with schemes cause you know there's no joy until company can find heaven until company can find hell 

in the grace of the flames we reign in the place of the reaper it’s gone 
in the waltz of fire lost forever 
every day trapped in stone
 every day speaking in vain 
 the dead man is still alive
 love cannot be freed by being born again 
 every young girl against the rain 
 all the children dancing in the earth every day the word that is written 
 upon the wall of a house on fire written on the wall of a house on fire every day the word is written on the wall of a house on fire

 the fire is still killing each and every breath is he meant to be unhurt nor bound if it were ever burned like every young horse upon a hill with your great big shoe cream 
i can't find it there in your hair you're the one sitting in the corner the moon is on your nose and your eyeliner too i know you'd be out there waiting 
 when the accident comes along and i said oh well oh well step into my room superman is in the bathroom he's tapping I want to get closer this cat's walking up this bitch's lips and wants to bark over the floor
 and i’m here covered by the moonlight dressed to the nines 
 looking through a tear and here comes the gods
 things look just so 
hate nor comfort the thundering storm 
i have forgotten trust 
 nor the silence fell upon the veil in the fury of the flame rain from the sky 
bring on storm and thunder rising from the sky rise from the sky in the fury of the fire 
 and the lightning shatter the dawn in the fury of the fire credits
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bye bye 05:49
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Hey little universe Calling you up at a moment's notice I've been so alone just like I was a clock And now I'm reaching for your face And I want to stop and think about it Before you call me up again You know I had to pack my things and go Before you brought me to that place But I had to hurry and answer the phone I had a huddle up and crawling I couldn't even speak as they whispered And my shirt was smeared But now I'm all alone Bye bye I've run out of room with the words I've run out of breath with the sound So they're gone As soon as he saw the shoe it was hanging And he ran through into the street to claim his identity On the night that he bought the shop 
 With meat on the beater's table There was a doll on the floor 
He put the metal there on the chair There was a needle in the trigger, There was someone in the mail So the cops came in and they were set free At fist best they didn't beat around the crime But not quite aware of the smell of coke and our drumsticks He couldn't seem to let out any muscle Sickened like a bumblebee Scrambling like an bumblebee Closing up tickets at rivals 

I couldn’t even speak as they whispered 
But now I'm all alone Bye bye 
 Not quite aware of the smell It's too late for the rush of the crush And too much for a lunatic smile And the hand that feeds into my veins Is this even looking through? There's no need for blood now So save yourself a tissue You're in for the ride It's too late With the star struck chest And the cross they're killing you with the smile Oh, it'll be boys then you thank us You said we'd never come The scream stopped the pain The knife flicks the face But your body never ends The whole body shivers '
Cause your clothes look better in a dress On the street 

I couldn't even speak as they whispered And my shirt was smeared But now I'm all alone Bye bye
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rage 04:42
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i saw my mother and she came from outer space she knocked my head with bloody tear-blinds she stared me in through every eye i saw my mother so smile aglow she set my faith on all fours my eyes lit up like burning coal everywhere i look there's a frown on your face and every night a grin is asunder our way here comes the news i am so sad one thing isn't very clear my brain is hanging low 

rise up - see a flicker of fire it's the real thing peel out a cigarette shove it into my face and feel me at my heat level rise up - here we go again with your pajamas and your cat heels on shake it into my own hands 
 with the panic of a savage dog it's the sign of a new day come 
 it's at 9 o'clock and he walks in… oh well the last minute the wind blows and stops his bleeding his pulse pumps and lights up the night if you feel down and you can't find the floor where the clowns sit and their heads all explode with laughter clowns in bad situations and there's too much to complain about in your own world there's a rat every day 

 rise up - see a flicker of fire it's the real thing peel out a cigarette shove it into my face and feel me at my heat level rise up - here we go again with your pajamas and your cat heels on 
(drunken narrator) 
settle down there's nothing going on here suck a tear you’re alright your thoughts are clouded 
 your fears all running it's over 

rise up - see a flicker of fire it's the real thing peel out a cigarette shove it into my face and feel me at my heat level rise up - here we go again with your pajamas and your cat heels on got black magic that makes the day come undone now let’s jump to the moon
 rise up - see a flicker of fire it's the real thing
7.
pity girl 05:55
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oh man, you're such a pity girl you shirk upon the ground like there's no time machine hear my name and you turn off your nose at sixty-five in this house of dreaming tunes we can't even eat the clothes your radio's not on 
 our wallet's fat and our stereo's out just had another dream prayed for the day you came through all it's really been it’s been and you love me for who I am… right? yeah you love me for there's nothing else oh your wish was pure honesty… freedom too there must be something more 
so much for my daydream 
screaming into the phone asking for shelter from harm and I've been thinking 
I've already took a hold on it all turned around and it's all over when the door closed the room was folding i could hear the sound of the moonlight too late for the chance of news coverage and now the end begins 
 as great as the sea and mighty as the bird climb down the stairway from the real there so I sat content fully watching 
every single move around her eyes wide with distance oh there's no mercy for her there's no need to go in circles because she belongs as mighty as the bird well there's no stopping us you were in the dark when you saw it coming from here so jump on board you might not know the throw me aching to be yours like I'll never stop i don't know about anyone else 
 screaming into the phone asking for shelter from harm and I've been thinking I've already took a hold on it all turned around and it's all over when the door closed and the room was folding i could hear the sound of the moonlight too late for the chance of news coverage and now the end begins with the sound of echoes it comes from the earth
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all my beautiful friends 04:42
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spirits… wings 
 flowers… trees… live here 
 and everywhere are thoughts that follow each star 
wherever birds hide themselves away 
 beautiful face and silent soul 
 a fire scar upon the skin that’s waiting 
 waiting for their turn to rest 
sacred feelings awake 
 i watch them burn as they wait for the last lift I look inside 
and I look away in the starry night 
 the dying night all is still but the number remains lifeless forgotten are the beautiful ghosts

 for all my beautiful friends 
for all their tattered hopes for all the fallen somewhere 
someone has been found for all the dreams gone in the eye of an angel i will be gone as well
 at twilight near danger time i will be gone as well at twilight near danger time 
i still believe 
there’s a river flowing 
i will follow and with the current 
i will run as I grow older 
i know I'll be ready for the call of thunder reaching through the haze 
 beyond the moon's empty laughter ringing when you laugh laugh at me when you laugh there's nothing left i won't be deceived by belief the world's greed brings misery and grief for everyone when you laugh laugh at me for all my beautiful friends for all their tattered hopes for all the fallen somewhere 
 someone has been found for all the dreams gone in the eye of an angel i will be gone as well
 at twilight near danger time for all my beautiful friends 
for all their tattered hopes for all the fallen somewhere
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american princess 04:39
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i saw you standing in front of my window like a dog in the mud what I want to do is to tell you everything in the real days
 charm she goes someone else has it all she knows the rolling in the carpet feeling like charity could've been my first dancer could've worked at the bank could've been someone's send 
i’ve been sitting here waiting in the dark corner of this mind and here comes a silent dent from the night before just then the voices bang like they sell us out to spare we're still the ones who worked for years we were licked aside by figures of heroes and queens but if we look for some thrills they're better seen in the morning on the surface not a soul could be found anywhere take this train going nowhere as soon as you wait it's late on green when death is near take this train going nowhere as soon as you wait it's late on blue blue
 wake up and scream at the world say half a prayer up off of your chest this is the trombone and the plate this is the real thing could've been someone's daughter could've been an american princess could've been a child could've been an accountant could've been a millionaire could've been a doctor could've been a nation so sing together and you turn the night on hold it tight lift your heart in mine as we close till the morning light in this new disguise life could be fascinating a life turned on, on come on now hey now
 there's an upside-down inside of you when your day is done you'll sit there in it there's a fear behind the door for another one when the nail on the right turns platinum on him so even if the nightmare ends today there's a lot of little ways a lot of ways to get today but the sunday bells remind me that it's not so bad

 could've been someone's daughter could've been an american princess could've been a child could've been an accountant could've been a millionaire could've been a doctor could've been a nation 
(repeat)
10.
starry below 04:40
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i saw the suffering floor the pain inside the eye and the pain upstairs but the tears come home and they're all over now walk on I've been here before but these are the last and this is the last so step aside there's no need to shout ‘cause I've got an ear here and eyes in the front of my head and i’m screaming if you care for someone else stand by me ‘cause i’ve got an ear here and eyes in the front of my head he screams slowly i don't understand it

 the night came into this place 
it was starry below moon shining down on you
 and across your face moon shining down on you and across your face

 this is my own confession it's not your great mistake here comes the new thing it's a lot of soul out there falling it's getting harder the whole world is staring in my face i didn't think I'd be here anymore i don't watch the news anymore i just sit doing nothing anyway it's too late for the tears now but I'm starting to bleed for you i should wave a little louder don't ever end a fight the one who visits the front door is on the real enemy he'll probably come back at you so look out

 the night came into this place 
it was starry below moon shining down on you
 and across your face (repeat)

11.
it would be us 04:22
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on the outside underneath the moon on the inside we’re sitting under the skin each one of us bleeding and every new scar that's been peeped on we come down from every bone there go the pig men out through the front door and there go the dogs who chased our innocence every new hair on our faces we're out on the run and there go the liars out by the sea there go the bangers and the fancy men 
 speak now ‘cause you've been there if it wasn't for all the fight and the ongoing nightmare out there it would be us you can wear a disguise til your teeth fit your face there's only one thing so I’ll be brief in front of your eyes I want to disappear into the night come hold my hand i’m the child at play do you love that stranger with the devil at his back 
 across from the starry-eyed world come on jump into my machine take the seat next to mine
 i'm trying to build through to the clouds on your face and off the floor I let go… here come the police cause I wear this on my sleeve in front of the wheel and they were watching over me so I suggest we pull out the stops and leave him on his own they're begging for the kids on the ground don't get crazy we're gonna knock you down speak now ‘cause you've been there if it wasn't for all the fight and the ongoing nightmare out there it would be us you can wear a disguise til your teeth fit your face there's only one thing so I’ll be brief in front of your eyes I want to disappear into the night come hold my hand cause I'm not coming down i’m the child at play do you love that stranger with the devil at his back

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pulsing, sequenced electronics, post punk, analog textures & fx, digital mutations, ghost murmurations, vocal transmissions, metal objects on guitar, disembodied female voices...

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released November 29, 2022

mr ghost murmur - vocal utterances, guitar, fx, synths, warped textures, analog samples, digital mutations, bass frequencies

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