I hid under cover, waited for my orders
A clown whispered in my ear, "You're not a soldier"
I awoke with a grail in my hand
I sipped it as I went down the octagonal stairway
Compassion was my weakness
I declared war for no reason
Then I awakened, brass knuckles on my hands
I punched the walls as I went down the octagonal stairway
I laid in the hearse, saw the southern lights
And I awakened with a novel in my hand
I read it as I descended the octagonal stairway
Pig Destroyer released The Octagonal Stairway on Fri Aug 28 2020.
The title is from one of the oldest buildings in D.C., called the Octagon House. The building isn’t actually an octagon or anything, but that’s the name of it. During the War of 1812, the British burned everything in D.C.—including the White House—but not the Octagon because that’s where the French...