The Beast (Within Us)

from Sundress by Sauvie Island

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Simon – Lead vocals, bass
Ethan – Guitar, backing vocals
Will – Piano, synths
Nate – Drums

lyrics

You read me your favorite
Poems by the candles
The wax traveling from
Your lips onto mine
In order they flow
Like rivers from the jagged
Peaks cold as ice
I flinch as they run over my skin

And into the valley of the lake
The sky opened up and cried from hate
As the craters filled
With memories wet and chilled
The low morning fog returns your fate

We float down the river
Eyes fixed toward the
Sky, blue with weight
Whirlpools spin us
Round and full is the
Moon yet again
Tugging forth lightly
The beast within us both

And into the valley of the lake
The sky opened up and cried from hate
As the craters filled
With memories wet and chilled
The low morning fog returns your fate

Sometimes we lie to ourselves
Then we cry
But nigh is the time for
Our heaviest sigh

And into the valley of the lake
The sky opened up and cried from hate
As the craters filled
With memories wet and chilled
The low morning fog returns your fate As the markings heal
Your pain will be all too real
But I’ll hold you close to spite the hate

(Simon Hudes, 2012)

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from Sundress, released December 18, 2012
Recorded and mixed by Nate Stoll
Mastered by Cass Anawaty

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