Desperations, by Lizard Skin

Desperations

by Lizard Skin

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1.	Silver Lying 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Sloppy thrills, stains, and spills Nervous system fire drills Chasing highs and higher highs Hopes hiked up on burning thighs Drama fiends and dopamine zealots All in the name of a distraction While time forms a shiv Hack away at dissatisfaction More distracted than distraught While the sun’s never shining Call it wishful thinking Call it silver lying More distracted than distraught In strange beds hiding Call it optimism Call it silver lying Eyes dilated, dry, and diverted Keep going ‘till were all too exerted Sing a song of Icarus on high Sing me his screams As he fell from the sky Angels over the city Between shadows and the sun’s rays Paying off doomsday insurance Before the end of days More distracted than distraught While the sun’s never shining Call it wishful thinking Call it silver lying More distracted than distraught In strange beds hiding Call it optimism Call it silver lying More distracted than distraught While the sun’s never shining Call it wishful thinking Call it silver lying More distracted than distraught In strange beds hiding Call it optimism Call it silver lying
2.	Extended Release 02:12	lyrics	buy track
Oh oh, oh oh Extended release Perpetuated fantasy Let’s run away You & me Keep filling the void In this entropy Detained or deterred Let’s wait and see Oh oh, oh oh Extended release Oh oh, baby oh oh Extended release Oh, baby Come on, baby Baby, come down Unbridled ecstasy Doom-laced delusions Who could foresee? Heedless & yearning In this entropy Plucked from the wreckage Redlined sanity Oh oh, oh oh Extended release Oh oh, baby, oh oh Extended release Now here comes the comedown Get a good look - Gather around Garish & garnishedFool of the town A feast for the jackals Distractions unbound Fantasy We ran away You & me Fading perfume In this entropy There’s nothing left But to melt in the sea Oh oh, oh oh Extended release Oh oh, baby, oh oh Extended release Oh oh, oh oh Extended release Oh oh, baby, oh oh Extended release
3.	Stable Boy 02:35	lyrics	buy track
You took me in as your stable boy Until I bloomed a troubled man And those horses still run From my eager hand My trembling hand Too wild to heed My hollow command Let the drums beat on Let the drums beat on Keep beating, keep beating ‘till the butchers are gone Let the drums beat on Let the drums beat on Keep beating, keep beating ‘till the butchers are gone I’ve grown insulated and perverse Aging delusions instigated or worse Now the days bleed out With the falling sand But those horse still run From my trembling hand Let the drums beat on Let the drums beat on Keep beating, keep beating ‘till the butchers are gone Let the drums beat on Let the drums beat on Keep beating, keep beating ‘till the butchers are gone
4.	Salivation 02:17	lyrics	buy track
I’m starting to slip, slip, slip Deep down where those Dead dreams drip Let’s hibernate or consummate This rabid reunion to instigate Salivation dripping down Salvation at the edge of town Two more miles One more mile Get out and push Make it worth your while Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation I’m starting to rip Rip, rip, rip apart Out of sanity’s womb Return to the start The scene of the crime Love scenes from the heart Pack up, check outBuckle up and depart Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation Salivation for salvation Salivation dripping down Salvation at the edge of town Two more miles One more mile Get out and push Make it worth your while
5.	Pearly Gates 02:47	lyrics	buy track
Mending my costumes Gluing on more curios Blasphemous bits Through soggy clown sorrow Falling down More to go Stripping down at the pearly gates Stripping down at the pearly gates Stripping down at the pearly gates Last call is looming And the reaper never waits I’m waiting my turn Searching the crowd Gathering eyes Shedding all I know One song down Two to go I’m peeling down my pants Kicking off my boots Discarding my shell Discarding my woe Two songs down One to go Stripping down at the pearly gates Stripping down at the pearly gates Stripping down at the pearly gates Last call is looming And the reaper never waits I’m writhing and twisting Shaking and spitting Plunging below Baby, reap and sow Three songs down and down we go
6.	Rejoice 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Strung out on honeymoon withdrawals Swapping spit towards bathroom stalls You gotta pay up before the church bells toll Twelve easy payments for that mail order soul Oh low-hanging fruit Cradled in my stained hands Caught amongst the jabbing thorns Wedding bands, war bands Who’s sounding the horns? Rejoice, repent I will rejoice but I must repent Rejoice, repent Vice invoices licked, sealed, and sent Washed up at the high-tide rodeo Reading the signs: “Everything must go” Trying desperately to preserve that feeling Lures beckon; perversions reeling Oh please, take to me back to the sea Set me free before the wine’s sour Keep writing those Dear John letters To everything I hope the leeches devour Rejoice, repent I will rejoice but I must repent Rejoice, repent Vice invoices licked, sealed, and sent
7.	Hold Me Forever 03:02	lyrics	buy track
Let’s bask and sleuth Amongst the neon menagerie Prowl those back-alley jungles For a cure that’s imaginary Titillate the bar flies And incessant night creeps Romp, writhe, and revel While a weary sun sleeps Hold it together Hold it together Hold it together I can’t hold it together Hold it together Hold it together Hold it together Hold me forever Nurse now on the promise Of the latest snake oil Payments on layaway As we shake, break, and toil Hijack the jukebox And throw back another Slosh aroundTo the deafening sound Hold it together Hold it together Hold it together I can’t hold it together Step right up Join the circus of serotonin Night after night Routine revelry, maws-a-foamin’ Town after town We travel onward come mornin’ So sing another song And don’t let the sun in Hold it together Hold it together Hold it together I can’t hold it together Hold it together Hold it together Hold it together Hold me forever
8.	One More 03:05	lyrics	buy track
Please just one more song The ends alway too soon I’m not enough Please just one more cocoon One more, one more The ends always too soon Bouncing back and forth Between that gloom and doom Oh that big mangled bloom Oh that sweet, bombastic tune Waxing and waning Until were gone with the moon One more, one more The ends always too soon I’m finally undressed I’m finally unveiled No more red nose I’ve let go of the balloon I’ve let go of the balloon Doomsday has come and gone How many times Can I sing a swan song? One more song One more song Doomsday has come and gone How many times Can I sing a swan song? One more song One more fuckin’ song
9.	Exit Wound 02:30	lyrics	buy track
Beware the pale horse Close out your tabs As the sundowners burn Just don’t pick the scabs Don’t pick the scabs Pick the scabs So hit me Right on the lips Where the sleeping hound bit Like piss through snow Deep enough to make me sick These are the days But I’m leaving soon Bleeding out In the exit wound Too little too late Too much too soon And I’ll be leaving Through the exit wound Too little too late Too much too soon And I’ll be leaving Through the exit wound Beware the pale horse Close out your tabs As the sundowners burn Just don’t pick the scabs Don’t pick the scabs Pick the scabs This time I’m Greased up Ready for another Stick on the feathers Pry apart the lovers These are the days But I’m leaving soon Bleeding outIn the exit wound Too little too late Too much too soon And I’ll be leaving Through the exit wound Too little too late Too much too soon And I’ll be leaving Through the exit wound

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released November 17, 2023

Lizard Skin is: Mark Arciaga (guitar), Just Dave (drums), Dillon Morton (vocals), and Susan Subtract (bass)

All songs written, performed, and deemed necessary by Lizard Skin

Engineered by Charlie Koryn at Toadhouse Studios in December 2022

Mixed and Mastered by Susan Subtract at Studio Flesh in February 2023

Album cover by Dillon Morton

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