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The Queen Is Dead

by The Black Ice Machine

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This body has been done serving me for a little while
I can’t help but wonder if these hands had made her smile
I’m on my knees, and you’re still broken
Honey I will leave you
You know I won’t hold it against myself

Walk through the water, my feet feel like lead
Baby it’s just started, but I can’t help but imagine the end

My cheeks are bruised, my ribs are sore
Your arm is dragging me to the door
Your paper cuts are closing up
I’ll buy some band-aids from the store

And I’ll keep waiting, I’ll stay vacant
You cry all night, laying in bed naked

But I swear I’ve never wondered
I’m the same as when I died
Did you think you were a martyr?
Will I make it through the night?

Every time I think of you it feels like I have died
You don’t want to see me, I don’t know why I tried

Don’t hold my head in your hands like she did
Don’t say you loved me I feel like the kid that I was two years ago
Weeping, she drew her silver blade from my temple

Everyone is dying very slowly
The sword that I burned with you
Swears itself unholy

It pierced through the jungle
You wander clear, but stumbled

Her blood stains the bed of the river
We all start somewhere, so does the river

Your clothes are crimson just for show
Everyone dies on your cross
I get nervous when I see
The blood has also stained the sheets

I cry against semen stained breath
Everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies
Come home late, your family is dead
Everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies
Kill the baron, put the queen to bed
Everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies
She’s coming for my head
Everyone dies, everyone dies
Finally, the queen is

I count five weeks
She counts pixies
She found me in the dark
Now everybody’s talking

I count five weeks
She counts pixies
She found me in the dark
Now everybody’s talking

credits

released May 12, 2023
guitar, vocals - Eli Begonia
guitar, backing vocals - Parker Hall
bass, backing vocals - Owen Schafer
piano, backing vocals - Declan Chamberlain
drums, backing vocals - Niko Paroissien-Arce

written by Eli Begonia
recorded, mixed, & mastered by Edwin Paroissien at Echohill Studio
www.echohillrecording.com

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