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Ophiliac

by Dank Widow

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1.
Genesis 03:11
God of wrath, God the Father Punish me not for the sins of the Mother In thy image did you make me Now unbind me from thy blind fury Oh deliver me unto green pastures Far, far from thy watchful eye Far From thy wretched covenant, I Have tasted of the Tree of Knowledge and it is sweet God of Grace, God Almighty My cup runneth over in thy blessings aplenty Gentle shepherd, where do you lead me? Is it muzzled leather, or a gilded teather? Like a satellite in your orbit, I was yours to praise or torment But the seed in the garden dormant, always bursts forth towards the sun Oh freedom isn't free when withheld consciously But I'll find that knowledge tree so sweet A mighty fortress was your love Until a prison it became I'll let my hair down and from above Never more speak of Thy name
2.
Revelation 03:31
Stories and tales of people and places long gone Haunt me now like a distant song And you, woman, you- were you hurting more than I even knew? The discovery of secret wounds like fault lines beneath our feet Erupting slowly on a long forgotten street You always liked to say to me, "To Thine own self be true," So tell me true, woman, you-- were you hurting more than I even knew? Should I believe the saying though the sentiment is tired: You die by what you live by, you reap the crop you sired Can I justify the hurt done in a life long expired? Could I believe the truth from the mouth of a liar? Every single bridge you torched, every little lie As numerous they seem now, as stars up in the sky Why did you do what you did, did you think that it was right? Did you even stop to think at all? Was this your plan and did you know, that only in decay does the young branch grow? I was hurting more than you could even bear to see And you, you hurt too, you hurt me You, woman, you-- You hurt me more than I even knew
3.
Some Fly 03:20
Well I went down to the lake to meet you I walked back when you weren't there You said that water would hold our love And you laughed without a care I believed everything you told me Great Spirit and the Virgin Mary But when I offered up our prayer we heard no answer The Devil's easy to live with when he wears the face of one you love And you bargain hard against your soul just to get her near enough You cry into the darkness, you upstage the moon And you hope without a shadow of a doubt It'll all be over soon A fall from the nest, some are taken, some die But not all-- some fly I went down to the five and dime to see what you were really after To see what all the hype was about this "Happily Ever After." I believed everything you told me, like you quit the bottle and you still loved me so, Why is it when I look above me, I hear laughter? I've gone down to the lake to meet you though I know you won't be home To hear your ghost inside the sighing pines And your fingers in the grassy loam I could drown inside your kisses, I could burn inside your eyes But when I see your face in my reflection Why do I despise her? Why, why can't be wiser than another drunk's lonely daughter, What keeps bringing me to the water? A fall from the nest, some are taken, some die But not all-- some fly Some fly Some fly
4.
Petals 03:08
You don't know where I've been You don't know where I'm going So you have no way of knowing Who I even am at all But you have a pretty mouth And it makes pretty words So can you take this hurt And show me which way to fall If I should expand beneath you like petals under the rain Would you break your waves upon me, would you tear apart my pain? Make me hurt in a good way with wounds I can explain, ah You hold my head, you tie my hands But can you understand that none of us is in control Against all odds, between a rock and a hard place The shortest distance between a space is soul touching soul CHORUS What if this love is not enough To keep me from the bottle keep me from the blade? What if this passion's insufficient distraction What if death is better than this thing we've made? I was suffocating beneath him like a mother inside a flame And I want to pay my penance though none of us is to blame Give me some shelter and I'll love you just the same, ah
5.
Oh this road is dark, and I know not where it leads me And though we've come so far I never thought you'd leave me This way, please stay And take me in your arms, take me to a place with no story but ours Hold me to your chest, let me rest in the tender stillness of your breath Oh this weight is heavy and I know not what you carry And though I know you're strong, I need your love to guide me What'll I do without you? Please take me in your arms, take me to a place with no story but ours Hold me to your chest, let me rest in the tender stillness of your breath Oh sickness, oh darkness, be gone I've seen you too many times before, this time is wrong And if you must take, then take what you must, leave him in peace Oh please. Let me take you in my arms And take you to a place with no sorrow, no harm Hold you to my chest, let you rest In the tender stillness of my breath
6.
Breathless 02:34
One hundred thirty feet up Above the Santa Monica Ferris wheel You're as light as air Only laughing children below and clouds above Way up there You can forget about the sickness And fall once more in love Breathless as the world turns below us We eat churros on the boardwalk and laugh about times gone wrong Breathless I turned around and mid-kiss You asked me if I'd miss this when you're gone Six floors up on the cancer ward, You're weak and you're thin And they say this is the beginning of the end Family gather around your bed And kiss your forehead Way up here Where blood and breath have left us You can forget about the sickness You can forget this shit prognosis And fall once more in love Breathless As the world turns below me I was your body, cleanse its memories away Breathless No rise and fall from your chest Only my lonely sighs of regret You said this moment would come, but yet, I never quite Believed it
7.
Weary 04:35
A thousand miles in front of me A thousand miles are gone I ain't as wild as I used to be Now that I'm wed to the road I'm on After 31 long years of soaking up these lonely tears, I've found That I'm weary and the road I'm on is so long If you were near me, I might have something to go on But night is falling and your voice is calling and you're calling me home So I won't be alone There's beauty all around me, above and below More than I could ever see and it doesn't help to know Sunrises, sunsets, I've seen them all before, What's the use in gathering up more? CHORUS I don't want to drink this poison Even though my cup runneth over and then some And though I walk through the valley in the shadow of my misery, You are with me You're with me And I'm weary, and the road I'm on is so long If you were near me I might have something to go on But night is calling and your voice is calling, and you're calling me home It's the end of the line now, it's quitting time, and I want to go home So I won't be alone

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released May 28, 2019

Photography by Jim Barnard

All music written, performed, recorded, and produced by Katrina Harms

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