Silent Planet
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[Verse 1: Garrett Russell]
This injustice renders my thoughts ineffectual
Forgive me, Lover, and forget my sullen face
Privilege brings us to this place
Of human currencies
Buried our sisters in a glass display
Only to evaporate to a toxic skyline
Underneath we sell off the bodies
My body became a graveyard where they buried thirsty souls
Show me your righteous leader, I'll show you the bullet holes
The preacher [1] with the parched tongue and the "God" that he controls
"Shake off the sin, shake off the sin" and spit out your cacophony of lies
[Pre-Chorus: Garrett Russell]
I'll climb through your screen
And bleed out the image you left in me [2]
But God, are you man?
[Chorus: Garrett Russell]
Then how do you see me from where you sit up in heaven? [3]
Looking down on my hell, my body chokes back
"I have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep
Where can I get living water?" [4]
[Verse 2: Garrett Russell]
Enslaved in the "Land of the Free" [5], my prison is our wedding bed
Where you left me for dead, you'll leave us for dead
Apathy was our anchor to a digital sea [6]
Where you drown in the comfort of our complicity
[Outro: Garrett Russell]
Can love save me?
Will Your wrath avenge us? [7]
XX (City Grave) was written by Garrett Russell.
XX (City Grave) was produced by Daniel Braunstein.
Silent Planet released XX (City Grave) on Wed Sep 10 2014.
Every song that Silent Planet has released includes annotations by the band. Here they are!
[1] Our sister’s captor; Several famous pastor types – names omitted for legal reasons
[2] Sex slaves forced into pornography, speaking back to our collective male gaze
[3] Psalm 115:3; 139:8
[4] John 4:11
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