We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Doppelganger

by The English Wraith

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Doppelganger 03:34
lyrics
buy track
How long is it anybody's anyway? When the sun sets, when the sun sets Spread out in the thicket I begin the fray When the sun sets, when the sun sets How long is it anybody's anyway? When the sun sets, when the sun sets I'm burning all the ashes leaving no remain Wash away upon the rain Anybody's anyway And they're all converted Subject is subverted now Looking up, looking down Running wild all over town Hanging in the ketchup tree Mark the ink and set 'em free Blind until they cannot see Isn't me - but could it be? You can't just weigh nothing at all Amen Long walk to the cemetery down the way When the sun sets, when the sun sets Tongue tied with a candle lit for shadow play When I lost home, then I lost hope Someone here in my disguise Shines a light right in my eyes Wounded wings begin to rise Flitter as the banshee cries Hanging in the ketchup tree Mark the ink and set 'em free Blind until they cannot see Isn't me - but could it be? You can't just weigh nothing at all Amen
2.
No Ghost 02:34
lyrics
buy track
In this town I think I'm going down I fire off a round, send pigeons to their doom In this space, I'm lost to my slow pace I'm waiting on your face to breathe into my tomb No ghost like you feels as I do No ghost loves you sure as I do Remember Saul, remember his great fall Left staring at the wall, he never did come to Please don't leave, my friends will all deceive My light you will believe, my words will all ring true No ghost like you feels as I do No ghost loves you sure as I do
3.
The Miles 02:48
lyrics
buy track
I could run for miles away from here Leave a trail so vile to singe the fear Every time you stop I blink it out Fertilize the crop, shade all around I could run for miles away from here Guilty in the trial, my life in years Still as you can sleep, just rest your lids Eyes that do not weep, they flit instead Tarnished open sky, dead broken clouds Birds that seldom fly walk on the ground Planted in the soil, pushed up in mounds With a dirty coil that burns around
4.
Slow Reel (The Valley) 03:46
lyrics
buy track
Stay awake as time parades - the reel slows Evenings in your dressing gown, the kettle on the stove Once upon your grey horizon I fell into space Fracturing into the skies and all over the place But I get lost in some strange melody heard down a windy street Catch the sickness of the plain and dance on broken feet In a black and white reminder of a distant memory Take a gander of the hillside, stand under the tree You hold all the tarot cards that let me know The apparition now at large inside my pricey soul Ocean plains inhale my bones in liquid reverie Take part in the silent play of this apology But I get lost in some strange melody heard down a windy street Catch the sickness of the plain and dance on broken feet In a black and white reminder of a distant memory Take a gander of the hillside, stand under the tree
5.
The Slip, the crawl, the fly on the wall 02:43
lyrics
buy track
The slip, the crawl, the fly on the wall Make me laugh, make me ball I trip on confusion, the mouth of the seer: Great big smile ear to ear Kill the fuzz I cannot think Dripping water in the sink Corpus learnt I'm on the brink Looking for that missing link Don't wait for me I can't think to speak Receive the message, now shout it out loud Rain come down from every cloud Break connection, strike of a match Warm candles and eggs will hatch Lose everything in forest fires Smell of mother's rubber tires Fetal likeness feels to sting Scraping baby - newborn king Don't wait for me I can't think to speak Lay me down the pointed hand No rest for your master's plan Do whatever - whatever you can Holy vows in a holy land Making friends with alcohol We're all ugly after all You try and you try and you try to call But they can't hear you when you fall
6.
Gold Places 03:00
lyrics
buy track
All the places are gold, all the faces are gold Honey don't you know, how don't you know? Every blessing's been seen, every thought has been clean Honey don't you know, how don't you know? We're not going down slow, we're not going down, no We're not going down going down going down no All the hearts are so pure, all the lives will endure Honey don't you know, how don't you know? All the stakes have been claimed, every sinner's been shamed Honey don't you know, how don't you know? We're not going down slow, we're not going down, no We're not going down going down going down slow
7.
The Bind 04:10
lyrics
buy track
Don't want you messing around This ain't no back woods town Warning shots resound You better take off your crown But I don't want it anyway All I want is to stay Where your face will hide no warmth inside Wilting of the flower in the rhyming hour Your air will sour I'm breathing it Downtown seeing nobody but you I'm bound to go around town seeking out shelter and food I'm bound to go Brought up in the same school All heads under one rule You know how kids can be so cruel They beat the squeals out the old mule And as our seeds were blown Planted and sown Silently grown- no bloom was shown To the little one whose day is young Your race is run Forever now Downtown seeing nobody but you I’m bound to go around town seeking out shelter and food I’m bound to go Swing low chariot I'll have you on my time I’m always gonna stomp around The sun is gonna bring me down The holy quiet of your room When melted down in the cold moon Bears a child without cause Stillborn to no applause But I don't want to go away All I want is to stay Where your face will hide no warmth inside Wilting of the flower in the rhyming hour Your air will sour I'm breathing it
8.
Hypnotize Me 03:22
lyrics
buy track
Life is rebirth it's a ready made sequel Hypnotize me Break all the wires give the power to the people Hypnotize me Take all your posessions and rip them apart Hypnotize me When you expire there's a brand new start Hypnotize me The waves will break on the shore and fall away The wind howls out the new moon; in sighs the day The skeletons shake the cold earth; buried inlaid The waves all break the sun stares - all falls away Everyone's dancing to the brand new season Hypnotize me Whole new rhythm got a whole new reason Hypnotize me Black follows black past the ruins of time Hypnotize me Keep the waters at bay keep the fish on the line Hypnotize me The waves will break on the shore and fall away The wind howls out the new moon; in sighs the day The skeletons shake the cold earth; buried inlaid The waves all break the sun stares - all falls away
9.
My Hyacinth 02:51
lyrics
buy track
Come darling don't you cry Push your troubles deep inside I have no way to cure you The sun will never shine In the corners of your mind The sky will suffocate you My Hyacinth how you've grown In the darkest wood all alone If you can forgive me I will give up everything Your footsteps in the sand Swear I was made like this I was given to this mess You would not understand My Hyacinth how you've grown In the darkest wood all alone They know not how you suffer The sun will never shine
10.
The Fly 03:02
lyrics
buy track
You try to liquify me I'm begging down on my knees You try to liquify me There is a fly inside me He don't like anybody He don't know anybody He's punitively seeking There is a fly inside me So Sue me Shut me up So Sue me Suck me up An insect lives inside me He don't like anybody He's crawling with the disease An insect lives inside me There is a fly inside me He's punitively seeking He wants to feed me to me He wants to hypnotize me So sue me Shut me up So Sue me Suck me up So kill me Do your worst So kill me Make me hurt
11.
Upon the Ground 02:51
lyrics
buy track
Gotta learn to survive like a primitve Seeking out the big game, lies that I really meant All the light is shining down upon the ground I'm moving all the time can't find me Phantoms in the negatives, pictures of your family You would never know to think when I'm around I'm making all new friends underground I'm buried in full when I am found In the ground Going down Time ticks across the mind that had been set But since the last time I had a drag of a cigarette Everyone's been up but me - I'm on the ground Don't tell me I'm blind - I was born to die Flickering out in the light of the waiting eye If it's what you wanna see - then it's what you wanna see If it's what you wanna be - if it's what you want I'm making all new friends underground I'm buried in full when I am found In the ground Going down
12.
The Remembrance Ball 05:00
lyrics
buy track
All time must fall into space for the remembrance ball Pictures frame on your wall And tonight I was awake through it all Lustful sirens call - the broken light, her white-laced shawl Pinned needles in the doll And tonight I was awake through it all What a pleasure it is to see When all the Sunday people whistle quietly And what a pleasure it is to be When all the Sunday people smile at me Love light's the way through the doorway and into the hall All is left in your wake In the fray and in the small Hope won't you wait - I know you're there at the remembrance ball Unlucky child you stood as my mate All posture's tall at the remembrance ball What a pleasure it is to see When all the Sunday people whistle quietly And what a pleasure it is to be When all the Sunday people smile at me

credits

released March 6, 2013

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The English Wraith Winnipeg, Manitoba

contact / help

Contact The English Wraith

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like The English Wraith, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now