[Verse 1]
Triumph is ablaze, ricocheted
Through the age, through the age, all age, always
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
When your mind is cast iron, thread in the dark
Hold your tongue and embark
Arrowhead is sharp and will last
Digging my own grave to display
Permeate, vision of songs of love, birds of prey
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
When your mind is cast iron, thread in the dark
Hold your tongue and embark
Arrowhead is sharp and will last
[Chorus]
I'll keep your heart in a canopic jar, ah, ah
I'll keep your heart in canopic jar, oh
Pulse, sound of blood
Train through marble faces
I'll keep your heart in canopic jar
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ey, ey, ey, ey, ey, ey, ey
[Verse 2]
Triumph is ablaze, ricocheted
Through the age, through the age, all age, always
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
When your mind is cast iron, thread in the dark
Hold your tongue and embark
Arrowhead is sharp and will last
[Chorus]
I'll keep your heart in a canopic jar, ah, ah
I'll keep your heart in canopic jar, oh
Pulse, sound of blood
Train through marble faces
I'll keep your heart in canopic jar
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Canopic Jar was written by Perrin Moss & Simon Mavin & Paul Bender & Nai Palm.
Canopic Jar was produced by Hiatus Kaiyote.
Hiatus Kaiyote released Canopic Jar on Wed Oct 13 2021.
A canopic jar is an ancient artefact from Egypt. When they preserved the body through mummification for the afterlife, the organs were contained in a canopic jar.
I used this image of preserving something in this lifetime to be accessed in another as a metaphor for an unobtainable relationship, to...