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Puritan

by The Wretched Excess

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1.
Burn 03:03
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I’mma burn you up Nothing’s gonna be left of you I’mma burn you down ‘Till you’re deep in the ground I'mma burn you up Nothing's gonna be left of you I'mma burn you down Til you're deep in the ground I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away It’s always gonna be this way I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away Never gonna be any other way Never gonna be any other way I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away I'mma burn you up Nothing's gonna be left of you I'mma burn you down Til you're deep in the ground Ill melt away Ill melt away Ill melt away Don't give a fuck anyway I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away Don't give a fuck anyway Don't give a fuck anyway I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away I'll melt away
2.
Mara 04:48
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I married a fortune teller On a summery midday Banana leaves of splendor Cinnamon scent where she lay But she’s carried away in a dream Falling into visions of burning lights I pressed her up to the screen I lost her to darkened nights In her eyes, there the sky birthed Trails of sand that follow her tread Where ancient tombs unearthed Speak in tongues long since dead And their legions climb the towers In their wake lies a bloodied sea And they hold her up to the King Who refuses her return to me So sought by priests, exorcists I hide in the wisemen’s hills I’ve tasted their ash on my lips, And I’ve bitten on their bitter pills But I ignore their warning Mara beckons me by day break Embraced by my own mourning She pulls us into her black lake My skin boiled, my blood churned Falling through her bottomless pool All the tips of my fingers burned With Mara’s wicked smile so cruel My hand reached for her veil Her face turned away from me Mara turned a shade of pale And I longed to set her free Into her throat I pressed When her eyes met my gaze Tears spilled onto my chest I cursed my cowardly ways I left her to sink behind me She let go, she knew I could not stay Now Mara is a legend of the sea Whom they speak of even today Mara, sweet Mara. Brilliant pearl What kept us together drove us insane And you smile like a little girl As summery midday turns to rain
3.
Clock 04:44
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You’re late again for the 3rd time They’ll probably have to fire you Rinse your mouth out with wine The boss is probably drunk too I know you got debts No honest woman could pay But for today The clock ticks away The past’s a barbed chain Stuck on what could’ve been The future’s but a storm drain That all petty struggles pour in Friends turn their backs And trains never wait But for today The clock ticks away To whom should I be sold? What demon must I praise? And to melt into what mold? What hearts must I raze? And what lie should I tell? Blood drawn at what well? By day my mind creeps in the slum Nighttime, my dreams pour into the seams of hell Crawl on your knees over broken glass And stick out your hands to deal They’ll laugh at your bloody rags Look at how sweet she squeals Milk and honey, poverty It’s a cruel twist of fate But for today The clock ticks away Bodies wither and die And love is always late But for today The clock ticks away
4.
Swimmer II 04:09
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Looking out for number one No-one can stop me I can hardly breath No-one can stop me Don’t leave me to drown in your wave Don’t leave me to drown in your wave Been working this stroke of mine shining through the water Been hungering since I was nine shining through the water You’re running through my mind Shining through the water The trophy strikes me blind Shining through the water Don’t leave me to drown in your wave Don’t leave me to drown in your wave Don’t leave me to drown in your wave Don’t leave me to drown in your wave
5.
Bobby 02:57
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My name’s Bobby, I live under your floor My home’s your attic, my pain your reward In the night time, I come charging at the Lord Hedges falling to my sword I’m not your dog, I do what I want Bees in the bonnet, I’m a hostage to the wind Can’t set my mind up to my own bitter end At twenty-two, I was jailed up for a stint Looking for some bucks to spend Out here in the field I've never felt so alive Out here in the street I've never felt so alive My name’s Bobby, I live under a canal Feast on rubber, drinking beers with my pal In the night time, I come charging at the Lord Hedges falling to my sword I’m not your dog, I do what I want Bobby’s in the field I've never felt so alive Bobby’s in the field I’m so glad I’m alive
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Sugar Sick 03:48
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I could have it all And still leave enough for you Licking on the wall, Poets die, kings fall Mine it’s mine it’s all mine Nobody's gonna change my mind Mine it’s mine all mine Nobody's gonna change my mind Sugar sick Sugar so sweet Sugar rotting all my teeth I could have it all And still leave enough for you Sucking on the wall, Sticky syrup, free for all Mine it's mine it's all mine Nobody's gonna change my mind Mine it's mine its all mine Nobody's gonna change my mind Sugar sick Sugar so sweet Sugar rotting all my teeth I could have it all I could have it all
7.
Train 03:25
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Oh the towns have been shuttered And the outside howled and muttered Sinking ships were drenched in foam the watchers' fell on deaf ears The rivers froze with salty tears The night the trains roll on home And the streets reek of trash Their skin afflicted with a rash Even the wisemen wear no clothes They will peak to the skies Mouths agape with worries and whys Terrified of their own shadows And all things living must reform To survive the coming storm Or else bargain with all they own And they’ll come out with their hands Saying “what are your demands” The night the trains roll on home All your soils will turn to ash And the birds craw and laugh As they fall down onto easy prey And the worms feast on eyes As we tally up their lies And the accused fall to pray Even the rats heed its call the captain drapes sailors with a pall For the boss has left him all alone And the men who got their tickets late miss the bell and stay behind the gate The night the trains roll on home Oh in their sleep they will stir They rise restless and alert the wives say you were only dreamin’ But in the streets they prowl They greet with a hungry growl You hear them train horns blowin’ Dancing serpents stir the crowd and the cheering grows so loud As lepers strip you from your throne Yes the water in the palace beneath Will rush to the edges of your teeth The night the trains roll on home And like sheep before the slaughter You will cry and beg for water And the screens will flash with all you’ve done And like ancient royalty Your possessions spill into the sea And your names will be forgotten
8.
Brother 03:26
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He was a brother to me He was someone in need And though we never agreed I was still sad to see him leave Mom forgave you long ago And daddy died last year Now what you did was low But the sun dries every tear Come on home now, brother You’ll always beat in my chest Come on home now, brother And I’ll lay you down to rest I never really knew you I don’t think anyone has Too late to start things anew No point to dwell on the past Come on home now, brother You’ll always beat in my chest Come on home now, brother And I’ll lay you down to rest Come on home now, brother You’ll always beat in my chest Come on home now, brother And I’ll lay you down to rest
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Puritan III 06:28
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Sun’s going down, and it’s time old debts are catching up to us When you’re drowning in wine Your old friends forget what was And every road seems closed by walls maybe I walked down the wrong halls if this living don't kill me then I dunno what will I drive to somewhere I’m not alone Pretty women, I wish they was mine Hungry hipbone, hollow cheekbone Their breath sweet as dew on the vine You can hear it when they cry some birds weren’t meant to fly That night in my dream, I climbed their fences I tore down their statues, I buried their heads I woke up with no feeling for what it should’ve meant Gimmie TV to sleep And a green pill to get by Fill my head with glass eyes So I’ll never know I've been sold a lie 'cuz all the world’s a flickering screen that dies as quick as a child’s dream if this living don't kill me then I dunno what will If this living don’t kill me Oh I wonder what will

about

Force the hand of chance.

And let her find that stars drown in light,
which paints darkened city streets with gold,
with pathways that glitter, but leave with night
and reveal with sight, that she is a bird
who longs for marigold in the grasp & hold
that is her only birthright

Let she who can
rest easy knowing the pained stirring ends with shiver,
so that the wind may carry them, stripped to bone
to deaden her whisper and finally become stone
and let she who can
breath easy knowing that she'll be alone

credits

released September 22, 2020

NIEL BEZROOKOVE:: vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, piano, AKAI MPC1000, Moog, Yamaha YC-20, DSI Mopho x4, Roland JV-1010, harmonica, naive soprano sax, naive violin

Partly recorded in Yerevan, Armenia, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Eternal warmth to the friends who made this album possible, Eric, the Garage Boys, Lisa, and my parents.

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