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Lucidity Song

from Shaking Hands with Modern Man by Monaural

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"I had to write this. I had to write this. I was a monster back then. And I don't want to be the monster anymore."
- Rudy Dewclaw

"When Rudy finished demoing the song, he cried. He touched upon something he never wanted to revisit. I had to help him finish up the arrangement because it'd otherwise be this stark acoustic number."
- Fiona Fennec

Written by Rudy Dewclaw and Fiona Fennec

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i woke up to the sound of machinery
slowly taking in my change of scenery
blood gushing out through my moist nose
as for what happened, everybody knows
i thought i stopped him real good
but that's not how thing's ideally would
go but i was ignorant of peace
god i wish this were a terrible dream

i feel like i'm sleepwalking, like i'm dead
this is where i reside prior to eternal rest
dressed up by men who look up to the sun
lowered down by hands of light and love

shaking hands with modern man, i regret trip
lying in pain, with judgmental eyes gazing at me, stitched
lines and shadows sharp in my broken mind
all my education is nothing but lies
i look at him, next to me - he turns away
with bandaged snout and broken arm, his face is of dismay
light all fluorescent, buzzing like the flies
i'm afraid that i won't get any more tries

what i have slept through to become the monster
heaven's out of reach for me, hell's my place, i'm sure
guided to my pain by a man who's forced to shove
eased into my eternity by hands of light and love

slowly i came to the truth - what i did was wrong
how that'd alter course, how it'd change my song
as i cried crocodile tears, they morphed to my regrets
please, god, don't let this resonate - don't let it set
it's my fault, not his fault, but my own damn fault
i didn't understand, i went into like i'm saul
and blinded by the light, know what to be
and with that, bruno turned, stopped, and looked at me

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from Shaking Hands with Modern Man, released November 1, 2018

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