Lenin & McCarthy Lyrics

The hollow bones of what we say are taking flight like words of prey. Swing low, sweet champion. Sing your gospel south. Put your head in the lion’s mouth. Soldier, name your pri...Read Full Lyrics

The skin below your eye was the colour of the ugly scar the river cut between the reservation and the town. On either side you learned the value of a getaway. Your cousin’s new s...Read Full Lyrics

Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Ann, you were the best thing in my life I just couldn’t stand, Raggedy Ann. You took me to town, dragging me all around.You kicked all those clean-haired boy...Read Full Lyrics

Darling, throw me right back to the wolves.Out come the wolves, and they smell me for miles. The first one to find me was Old Jealousy.He’d put his teeth right into my shoulder, ...Read Full Lyrics

The future is gnashing its endless teethAs it lumbers towards our drunk kingHis god is recklessHis faith is boldHe spits his rabid grace on aPanicked courtWe're lostOur place in ti...Read Full Lyrics

My body is taken by the cells insideThey'll consume me, hollow,Turn me dryI've got no way to fight this on my ownWhatever ails me fades a stable soulTurn up the lights, sear it awa...Read Full Lyrics

We take pride in our short sights,Our past horrorsShout coarsely with a long stickLest we seem saneWe're strangersPulling stolen reignsI'm not proudWe're staging an ugly fableOur h...Read Full Lyrics

In the belly of these dreadful daysWhat's there to believeI plead: "what can I do"Don't look aheadIt's all desperate endsBut I do, I doLove will haunt all life,In time, the world's...Read Full Lyrics

While these old plagues spreadOne more need runs lowDon't stop...feast harderStrip what's left of this toxic landStuff yourself with anything you graspDon't stop...feast harder sti...Read Full Lyrics

I see no light aheadI choke on desperate breathWe knew the water'd riseFelt the ground subside.I loved who I couldAs war clouded mindsI did what was rightAs we all came looseI see ...Read Full Lyrics