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Cities cover
09. Reclusion
Album: Cities
Artist: Anberlin
         
 

There’s someone inside me that softly kills everyone around
They don’t know they’re dead to me cause intent never makes a sound
All along they found I strangled lovers who’ve learned from slower hands
With these eleven minutes I could teach you what I am

You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide
You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide

There’s an art in seclusion. Production in depression
if a stranger turns up missing, this song is my confession
Tell the tales of the trail of dead, lovers learn from slower hands
Losing self in myself, inner demons make demands

You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide
You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide

You’re suffocating me, so very hard to breathe
My mask is growing heavy but I’ve forgotten who’s beneath

You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide
You’re sick, sick as all the
Secrets that you deny
Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide

(Christian/Milligan)

Behind the Song:
'I was in a darker place when I wrote this, had just finished a book by Paulo Coelho which distorted my view of love for a brief moment (the title is hidden in the song). I was withdrawing into myself, but I knew that my true nature couldn’t hide for long. Isolation only perpetuates and prolongs depression, trust me.' - Stephen Christian

 

More Lyrics from Cities

  1. 01. (Début)
  2. 02. Godspeed
  3. 03. Adelaide
  4. 04. A Whisper and a Clamor
  5. 05. The Unwinding Cable Car
  6. 06. There Is No Mathematics To Love And Loss
  7. 07. Hello Alone
  8. 08. Alexithymia
  9. 09. Reclusion
  10. 10. Inevitable
  11. 11. Dismantle. Repair.
  12. 12. (*Fin)
                 
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ALBUMS
Big Daddy Weave It's Time For Christmas - EP [Curb]
Hillside Recording & Addy Prado Come and See - EP (independent)
Meadows DESERT WALKER (CD) [Facedown Records]
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Chris Tomlin Good News Of Great Joy (Christmas Songs Of Worship) [Capitol CMG]
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SINGLES
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Hunter Plake Holly Jolly Christmas - Single [BEC]
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Tae Lamar, YP aka Young Paul The Re-Up - Single [Polished Arrow]
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VINYL
Meadows DESERT WALKER Vinyl [Facedown]

Next Wednesday, November 11
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Anberlin Currency [Equal Vision]

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Blanca A Christmas To Remember [Curb]
Amy Grant Tennessee Christmas: 10th Anniversary Edition [Capitol CMG/AG]
Jackie Hill Perry Still Blameless (Deluxe) [Velvet Blue]
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Tye Tribbett V20: First Semester (Live) [Freligious]

SINGLES
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Jordan St. Cyr Angels We Have Heard On High - Single [BEC]
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