[Verse 1]
Nothing changes the condition
Dormant sooted desertion
[Pre-Chorus]
When a violet peeling shows teeth glowing
Horizons fleeing, lilacs swaying
A sublime wander through summer fire
The char, the ash, the cough, the roar
[Chorus]
I question the reason for the freedom in unfeeling
I question the reason in this furnace of revealing
[Verse 2]
Salvage the illusion
Of once mint gardens
[Pre-Chorus]
Before a violet peeling showed teeth glowing
Horizons fleeing, lilacs swaying
When it takes you, you'll be remembered
Young and kind for all time
[Chorus]
I question the reason for the freedom in unfeeling
I question the reason in this furnace of revealing
[Post-Chorus]
All my reasons gone
[Bridge]
Flooded with raining
Levees are breaking
Flooded with raining, levees are breaking
Houses are bursting, sisters are sleeping
[Outro]
Yearning for touch, but it's all too much
Shellstar was written by Daniel Tracy & George Clarke & Shiv Mehra & Kerry McCoy & Chris Johnson.
Shellstar was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Deafheaven released Shellstar on Fri Aug 20 2021.
George Clarke:
“Shellstar” deals with questioning one’s objective feelings toward emotional situations. That idea is coupled with allusions to California fires and Gulf floods.
—via Apple Music