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The Winter Desert

by Chilliard

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1.
Sunny Glass 03:45
drag me through the stars kill me beneath the sun burn my burning throat brighten my shining eyes i'm deliriously sick yet the sky seems so clear the stars are with me the moon is in me i walk into this sunny room and the sun goes away burn my burning throat brighten my shining eyes i'm deliriously sick yet the sky seems so clear the stars are with me the moon is in me out in the clouds down in the fields down in the clouds up in the fields i'm deliriously sick yet the sky seems so clear the stars are with me the moon is in me i'm deliriously sick yet the sky seems so clear the stars are with me the moon is in me
2.
the government owns me, and all the trees why can't i just go away and live my life in the woods and it's so easy to take for granted that the meat we eat was once a living thing all provided for us at cheap cost we're not truly free born as government - property we're not truly free born as government - property thinking about, while listening to trucks drive through the rain; it's amazing how far the moral code can vary from human to human and at the end of the day we're all just animals so eat up get your fill there be fat savages running the mill there's a wolf spider in the kitchen, oh lord please quit your bitchin' we're not truly free born as government - property we're not truly free born as government - property
3.
Cult Love 03:17
they dragged me to the plank they drove spikes through my wrists and then the reptiles feasted upon my flesh peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face i could feel it all half alive inside my mind then the carrion birds came and picked my bones peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face come with me, scales wearing thin serpentine hands reaching out for me i was drawn to this spot, in the desert out in the desert peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face cuts on my hands, infect them all of your gods, reject them cuts on my hands, infect them all of your gods, reject them peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face peel, peel away my false face
4.
1: i don't always know which way to go it's oh so cold, but it's nice to be home i miss the sun i miss the sand oh oh the desert is gone oh oh the desert is gone until we meet again the salt and the sand and the salt and the sand i'm gonna quit shaving my beard i can't wait to make my return like paying the bills on the first day they're due 2: see things from the corner of my eye spend my whole life getting left behind forever searching for cheap sunglasses and flannel shirts that i have to try and hide so i set my alarm for 10:05, because +5 minutes is better than none i am the rocks and the mountain guitar's been broken since i started this, but not so broken that i can't play my songs i always hated silverfish coming for me i hope i live to see the day where people find meaning in these bullshit songs 3: ohohohoh it's hot and i'm kinda paranoid the insects inside my mind they crawl on my skin sometimes i feel like my future's getting ripped right away from me before my eyes i've said it before, now i'll say it again throw my body in the fire when i'm dead i've said it before, now i'll say it again throw my body in the fire when i'm dead 4: i don't have anyone, i can really trust you can come and go if you must and sometimes it seems so easy from the outside looking in behind the blinds sit and watch the people go by on this sunny sunday you were supposed to be the winter with me the chorus for january came to me in a dream 5: ohohohoh look up and all you'll see is me i'm the god you always hoped there would be i said it before, all the reptiles were coming for me the light above the horizon the power lines buzz at night foxes cross the road i hope they're going home 6: my dad died when i was young it's not really something that i tell anyone the truth is i don't think i'm that sad about it anymore so i'll put it in a song where nobodies listening the green leaves are budding the forest comes to life flowers growing, flowers budding and i'm alright i'm dead i'm dead i am the end i'm dead i'm dead i am the end 7: ohohohoh oh the weeks go by and i'm motionless and the months go by and i'm emotionless i'll burn these shooting stars into my heart i'll carve these shooting stars into my flesh I may be in denial, but "i'm doing really good" started regretting recording this song seven or so verses ago come with me, down the rabbit whole 8: look at me, look at me i'm a sucker for the desert and a girl who can sing look at me, look at me, look at me grave robbing your body my head is on fire in the end i'm just a cynical bitch, i'm sorry oh the carrion birds, they were coming for me out in Arizona throw witch hazel in my cactus eyes and i'm moving to the desert someday soon 9: ohohohoh i write music about nature, and passing time i'm always ripping out little pieces of me one at a time down on the rocks the winter desert down on the rocks the winter desert i was out in the desert, feeling fine the vultures ripping out little pieces of me one at a time down on the rocks the winter desert down on the rocks the winter desert 10: growing old by the mountain, growing cold pass over me like the bruised apple at the store i don't think i want to be here anymore i don't think i want to be here, on this shelf anymore tell me your story, and i'll tell you mine i'm dead to me but i feel fine throw my sunglasses in the fire because it's over, it's fucking over i'd rather be out in the desert
5.
take me there, take me away i swear i've never been there but i know where it is oh come on warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down i was walking through the brush he came up to me and said "well what's it gonna be" and i said "mother fucker, mother fucker you don't even know me" just leave the desert be warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down body in the cold but mind in the desert with the flowers mind in the desert with the flowers i am a machine but i think i'm more reptilian than man i said it before, all the reptiles were coming for me i said "hey well it was nice to be" warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down in the brook warm water look, i'm down
6.
Wendigo 03:38
after a fresh rain the moss on the trees glows green the water drops fall from the branches, the rain on the branches i see the birdmen over there i see the birdmen everywhere wendigo in me, wendigo in me the evil in me wendigo in me, wendigo in me the evil in me i see the fog my vision sways, like a ship at sea walk on the creaking boards inside my mind wax as red as blood, i am the iron in the air wax as red as blood, the morning stars to guide us spring winds wash over me spring winds wash over me the sparrow in flight the sparrow in flight stand up to fast and i see the stars they're so far away i see the wormmen over there i see the wormmen everywhere wax as red as blood wendigo in me, wendigo in me i am the iron in the air the evil in me wax as red as blood wendigo in me, wendigo in me the morning stars to guide us the evil in me wax as red as blood wendigo in me, wendigo in me i am the iron in the air the evil in me wax as red as blood wendigo in me, wendigo in me the morning stars to guide us the evil in me
7.
Witch Hazel 01:53
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8.
Bay of Pigs 02:38
salt in my eyes salt on my skin, salt in my mind i've said it before, i'll say it again throw my body in the fire, when i'm dead there's a man walking through the brush oh wait it was just some sticks i'm skipping rocks down the mountain skipping rocks down the mountain down the mountain i've said it before, i'll say it again throw my sunglasses in the fire, when i'm dead blisters on my feet start to bleed throw my body in the desert, when i'm dead throw my body in the fire, when i'm dead throw my sunglasses in the fire, when i'm dead throw my body in the desert, when i'm dead
9.
Desert Moon 04:42
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Album cover photo taken on Siphon Draw trail in the Superstition Wilderness

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released July 4, 2017

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