Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills
“Tess-Timony” is the ninth track on Ice Nine Kills' fourth album, Every Trick in the Book. This song is inspired by Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The song was originally set to feature Ash Costello of New Years Day but was later on changed due to her not wishing to appear on the song.
[Verse 1]
A makeshift smile, a polished look
Some rehearsed lines was all it took
He had it down, man, he was good
A woman screams, her mother weeps
A life so changed irrevocably
What he stole from her is gone for good
[Chorus]
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
Where all I can do is survive
[Verse 2]
When the purest soul is stained by sin
To the public eye where can she begin?
She lost it all and it’s gone for good
And she may never beat the system
But she won’t rest until she’s turned the villain to the victim
[Chorus]
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
Where all I can do is survive
[Verse 3]
So officer please that’s the man who’s destroyed my existence
Yeah he begged and he screamed just like I did
And for this I was willing to die
It was all I could do to survive
All I could do to survive
It was all I could do to survive
Tess-Timony was written by Spencer Charnas & Justin deBlieck & Steve Sopchak.
Tess-Timony was produced by Steve Sopchak & Justin deBlieck.
Ice Nine Kills released Tess-Timony on Fri Dec 04 2015.