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The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail

by Ether Coven

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1.
3AM Hour 2 of 4 sleepless The coldest summer in hell The poison locked inside myself Alone with god and so helpless Fire and brimstone pulling at my feet Demons sing me to sleep Psalm of cancer Albatross around my neck A siren sings songs of my end The fight in me has died and soon so will I Through poison and suffering, paw in hand We’re expiring soon my love But I beg to take your place Fire and brimstone pulling at my feet Demons sing me to sleep Psalm of cancer I have no love left in me But I’m married to the end There is no god from my mouth to the sky The poison cares not of faith or denial There is no god from my mouth to the sky There’s no sound quite like begging to die Sitting trial night by night Please just know that I tried Sitting trial night by night Please accept this goodbye
2.
And time has a cruel way of showing us how fragile we really are And time has a cruel way of showing our scars Alone together, then there was one Your voice; a siren, a threat Afraid and suffering Hide in the end Afraid and suffering The most unpleasant death The arms that held you when we had nothing left Weren’t enough to keep you safe This is my solemn regret This will haunt me until I am dead I watched your last breath leave your mouth I watched my love leave the earth And time has a cruel way of showing us how fragile we really are And time has a cruel way of showing our scars And time has a cruel way of showing us true isolation If time has taught us nothing - only pain presses on Please hold on Please, I can’t go on Afraid and suffering The most unpleasant death My love My dear love, goodnight Please hold on Please, I can’t go on
3.
Such a proud corpse With such grace Far too inept to know shame We’re locked in here together  Fingers into fists Fists into our chin Your hand on the handle The blade in your neck Catch the blood before its spent Your blood and sweat amount to piss and spit Grinding bone for a taste of it A hand on your heart A flag over your face What a pretty hill to die on Last gasp of hollow faith A gun on your hip No grasp on life But with god on your side This war you’re waging has you gagging on boot Your flag has abandoned you There won’t be freedom till there’s blood on our hands Blood in our mouths Blood in the sand You will never fill the boots of the soles you lick You’ve got the red, white, and blues but whose soil is this? Happiness is assassination
4.
Piles of gold for the taking Forced into cages with revolving doors Acres of skin for cheap experiment While you dine with violins Bury your head in shame Tucked away from your white picketed homes A monument to coercion Raw material by way of blood and bone Cultivated by a pig with gun Bury your head in shame “but they deserve to be there” said the lamb seasoned by wolves overlooking the pot Hand crafted minds with aired fear but haught The stern arm of the law will be chewed clean off The richest land with the cheapest labor Sweat turned to gold for the laziest creatures Sexual violence - a way of life Punishment commodified  Bury your head in shame Damage done is forever Who will crush the crown? Who will crush the crown? Its not enough to live and suffer If this is what god and man hath made Then with exact urgency and absolute vengeance We shall make our way in Rivers of blood of our fathers These sins of man must be paid
5.
Be it the death in my veins A ticking expiration date Maybe kissing mortality on the mouth With my tongue bitten clean off Your tongue and teeth deliver me Draw a bath, the refuse I’ll drink Your eyes reflected back through mine The haunting of your skin on me Where love never lived My home lies in you When I had nothing left to lose Tracing lines of your face Imprinted in me Shake my bones Feel your voice run through me A song to sing is but burnt paper In the land of gold and honey But its all I have left to give The albatross flies on Given wings when I should have eaten dirt I swear this was not supposed to happen Tracing lines of your face Imprinted in me Shake my bones Feel your voice run through me This could have been a tragedy Born both sick Head on the alter All I crave is the warmth of your bathwater
6.
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7.
Blinded by the fool in me A true lesson in losing Every second sets the intention Every second carves your code Fists full of spite and love Carve your code Shoved down and heaving Bruised but desperately breathing  Blaring numb Calculating  Shoved aside Fleeting moments of judgement  Bloody rag shoved in mouth I’ve gone with I’ve gone without Consequences of self Consequences of self Consequences of self The deepest cut  Drag my tongue through broken glass Fist full of bruised knuckles Once filled with spite The hell I brought home was mine To cause pain or growth To destroy or rebuild My tongue is the sword My tongue is the sword My tongue is the sword

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This record is dedicated to the memory of all the dead with and without loved ones.
 
This record is dedicated to Wu Kowalsky: rest in peace, sweet demon.

Ether Coven uses Paul & Vaos cabs and Spooky Vibes pedals (where applicable)…

The members of Ether Coven support a vegan lifestyle.

credits

released August 5, 2022

PK | guitar / voice / words
DE | guitar / voice
JB | drums
SN | bass
GG | violin

Recorded in Fall of 2021, Chicago IL
Engineered : Andy Nelson | Bricktop Recording
Mastered : Brad Boatright | Audiosiege 

Tarek Ahmed appears on god Hates Flags

Anthony Crupi appears on god Hates Flags, Consequences of Self, Psalm of Cancer, Warmth of Your Bathwater

Michael Darling appears on god Hates Flags

Dwid Hellion appears on Psalm of Cancer

Howard Jones appears on Consequences of Self

Wu Kowalsky appears on Temple of Wu

Andy Nelson appears on Consequences of Self

Shane Post appears on Of Might & Failure 

Dan Weyandt appears on Afraid & Suffering

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New EP, Language Is The Instrument Of The Empire, Available from Horned & Blind Unincorporated. Pre-Orders are available at the Ether Coven Big Cartel.

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DE
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