Death Mask was recorded over the summer of 2022 with its lyrics being written at the same time of Wild Thing’s lyrical output in the early months of 2022. The refrain was not so much even lyrics as it was a list of things Matt was using as a mantra for manifesting the focus required to meet the goal of recording an album in the midst of everything else going on. Layers of hand drums were added during the summer of 2022 followed by the band’s musical additions and collaboration in the fall.
lyrics
We are kings and queens
Stripped of our royalty, reduced to machines
Out on the farthest ledges of our vowed lives
Where thoughts have bottomed out to bodies we guide
And I’m just tryna hide the rust behind these eyes..
So charge when all hope is lost, in all your glory and armor
Silver sword stretched to the dawn
This war is not over, we are no longer pawns
I’ll be doing you right, in this never ending cycle of sustaining life
While simultaneously bleeding out
And go through expansion
Expansion, we’re going through the doorway
Rebirth, rewind to better places
Recording, writing in these days of passion
In the sarcophagus,
In the sarcophagus there was this death mask.
In our slumber, the melodies go on forever
In the visions that we cease to remember
Symbols in the flower petals, messages brought by owls
Of alarm clocks and calendars
Commit the social sin of letting the voices in
And they mess us up so good
Call it a nightmare, I hope it don’t happen again
But in the end, the nightmare was our best friend
And so we keep on in this expansion
Expansion, we’re going through the doorway
Rebirth, rewind to better places
Recording, writing in these days of passion
In the sarcophagus,
In the sarcophagus there was this death mask.
credits
from Love War,
released March 21, 2023
Rhythm Guitar: Matt
Vocals / Lyrics: Matt
Bass Guitar: Guy Mauro
Drums/ Percussion: Guy Mauro / Matt
Lead Guitar: Ian Wissinger
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