This song while not as direct as most of Bannon’s other work, expresses the idea that life is short and it is best to love and try your best while you are alive, before all life becomes a gray mass that you cannot escape.
Joy escapes through the tangled days (Iron demands fire)
Youth escapes through the blur of pain (Iron demands fire)
Smoke cloaks the sky, the bell explodes
A shudder runs through, we have nowhere to turn
When the luster is gone and life loses sight
We cannot escape the slipping of time
Exodus of eden led by convenience
The murk and marrow are all that we know
When the luster is gone and life loses sight
Nothing will escape the slipping of time
Joy escapes through the tangled days (Iron demands fire)
Youth escapes through the blur of pain (Iron demands fire)
Smoke cloaks the sky, the bell explodes
A shudder runs through, we have nowhere to turn
When the luster is gone and life loses sight
We cannot escape the slipping of time
Exodus of eden led by convenience
The murk and marrow are all that we know
When the luster is gone and life loses sight
Nothing will escape the slipping of time
Love needs to feed
Ghosts need belief
Love needs to feed
Ghosts need belief
Love needs to feed
Ghosts need belief
Love needs to feed
Ghosts need belief
Murk & Marrow was written by Jacob Bannon.
Murk & Marrow was produced by Converge & Kurt Ballou.
Converge released Murk & Marrow on Fri Nov 03 2017.
In an interview with Pitchfork, vocalist Jacob Bannon broke down the meaning of each song:
[Pitchfork]: Half of “Murk & Marrow” is really an ambient song. Did that make coming up with the vocals more difficult?“
[Jacob Bannon]: When the band comes to me with music, sometimes they’re like, “Sor...