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from Dark Corners of the Night by Joshua McCormack

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lyrics

I was wasted by the city
I was weighed down by the blues
sucked in by the maddening
spiral of the news
ran between the knees of giants
I rode a derailing train
til I passed out
in the napa valley rain

where you live between the barrels
and sleep under the vines
waiting on astral signals
for your time to shine
the sky is champaign silver
draped on wilted hills
inkblots on the paper
possessions in the will
and rings around the roses
empty pocket poses
I'm falling into ashes



a chain gang to my left
holy men to my right
panic at the sight of scissors
the savior and the ice
but I'll lay down all my burdens
to take up my arms
repossess those virulent charms

broken when I walk
I'm fixed in a run
place bets on extinction
by a red giant sun
when everyone I've ever known
turns to transferred energy
with a warbling voice
and a knocking of the knees
and rings around the roses
empty pocket poses
I'm falling into ashes






do you hear the bomb blast?
do you hear the birds?
deadbolts on the doors you pass
tracing maps in the dirt
your fingertips poke holes
in the timeline of history
cause the streets of your hometown lack mystery

so you unearth the memories
of the days that were lost
while that golden opportunity
became the granite albatross
you're curled up in the queen's bed
afraid to get warm
the circle of life
the eye of the storm
and the rings around the roses
empty pocket poses
I'm falling into ashes



I'm broken down in flooded ditches
I'm bankrupt in your breath
imagination feeding on
the angry bliss of death
stark white bedroom walls shake
I'm hiding in the corner
locked in the freezer
but I'm getting warmer

whether all things stay the same
or all things must pass
a sailor moon, a wise man's star
twinkling ice in the glass
you spend your nights drifting
between the sky and the land
the planes of existence
the lines in the sane
where you buried every witness
and all their common interests
blink and you'll see magic
forgotten in the attic
like rings around the roses
empty pocket poses
I'm falling into ashes
at the end of the road
I turn and I look back
I can't remember who
started down that path
smashed bottle weapons cache
I carve empty memories
til I feel you crawling onto me

then we'll tune in axis sally
tell us about the dead
tell us who's been sleeping
on the cold side of our bed
just tell us all the animals
have been sent back into the wild
my willful ignorance
the ramblings of a child
and rings around the roses
empty pocket poses
I'm falling into ashes

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from Dark Corners of the Night, released December 8, 2017

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Joshua McCormack Tucson, Arizona

From the odd acoustic pop of Joshua Mccormack Presents Holiday Girl , to the electronic-tinged rock of The Phantom King , to the collection of sonic oddities on The Dunce Cap, he’s been restless for years.

His recent album Lights Out 4 Baby Grand, shows a more personal side, while The World, Just For You is a collection of cover songs he recorded to survive the dystopian ambivalence of 2020.
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