GLOSSOLALIA
by The Chemical Mind
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QUAKING ASPEN
03:14
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I surround myself with your gifts
As you weigh onto my chest I am delighted
And isn’t my flesh so beautiful under the skin you’ve wrapped me in?
Your voice is a mirror
And your spirit is scales upon my eyes
And now that I am blinded
I can finally see my reflection
Let us sew our tongues together
And the cries that we emit
Will be the seams of a new garment
Mutilate me; I have been blessed
You swore it would be a gentle kiss
That left me gagging and choking
And isn’t my flesh so beautiful under the skin you’ve wrapped me in?
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THALASSOPHOBIA
02:28
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Sometimes in my dreams
My sisters walk across the burning field
And I see them from afar
And they are silent
Their eyes broken mirrors cutting my hands
Their tongues black cloths hanging from their mouths
They bend to their hands and feet
Leaving trails of blood from their noses
The sun rises behind them
They cast long and writhing shadows
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I am a creature that crawls and slithers along the ground
Writhing in desire
But in heaven I will have a new body
I will never want
I will never touch the filth of sin
The Angel said “You are one”
“You are the ocean”
“Your guilt has departed”
But where is my body?
I cannot feel my skin
Do not look at me
I am behaving unnaturally
Dressed in ancient clothes
But in heaven I will have a new body
Lips like a crimson thread
Breasts like fawns
Tongue like fruit and spice
The Angel said “You are one”
“You are the ocean”
“Your guilt has departed”
But where is my body?
I cannot feel my skin
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You cry as a locust
You speak as a pale red light
But where are you in the lesions on my neck?
Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?
You will say my pain is not meaningless
You will say that you hear my prayers
But do you hear my screams?
Will I taste you in her skin?
Will I smell you in her breath?
Can I dig you out with my tongue?
When I cut her black cloth
Will you be as the moonlight behind it
Pouring onto my face as anointing oil?
Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?
YOUR VOICE IS A MIRROR
AND YOUR SPIRIT IS SCALES UPON MY EYES
IT IS ONLY THROUGH YOUR PAIN
THAT THE MIRAGE OF PLEASURE EMERGES
CUT YOUR BLACK CLOTH
I WILL BE AS THE MOONLIGHT
AND I WILL BEND YOUR SPINE BACKWARDS
AND I WILL LAY MY HANDS UPON YOUR CHEST
AND I WILL FILL YOUR LUNGS WITH SALT AND WATER
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW BODY
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DO NOT LOOK AT ME
03:48
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I won’t show you my face
It is covered in tongues
Your eyes feel closed anyway
As you weigh onto my chest I am afraid
But your blood is so warm
I might have known you before I died
I am infinite
You would not recognize me
None shall see me and live
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My skin grows glistening tendrils
Gold and bismuth and brass
Connected by their roots
To my quaking spine
My tongue slithers and tastes the air
Salt and iron and sebum
My heart is beating rapidly
And your fingers graze my lips
Reaching down my throat
I can no longer scream
I belong to you
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KODESH HAKODASHIM
04:03
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Pain disturbs the pleasure I never had
My lungs are hollow
I can see through them
Fill them with salt and water
With your wanton eyes you have scalded me
My mouth is full of worms
And your tar coats my lungs
I still taste your fingers pulling at my tongue
Next time you touch me
Adorn yourself with bells
Tie a rope around your ankle
And they will take back a corpse
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THEOPHANY
03:56
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EHYEH ASHER EHYEH
03:46
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME
COVER YOUR EYES
WHEN YOU SPEAK OF ME
CUT OUT YOUR TONGUE
WHEN I BREATHE
YOUR EARS WILL RUPTURE
WHEN I MOVE MY EYES
YOUR REFUGE WILL SHATTER
I AM THAT I AM
THUS YOU WILL SAY TO YOUR SISTERS
I AM HAS TAKEN YOU FROM THE OCEAN
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YOUR VOICE IS A MIRROR
AND YOUR SPIRIT IS SCALES UPON MY EYES
IT IS ONLY THROUGH YOUR PAIN
THAT THE MIRAGE OF PLEASURE EMERGES
CUT YOUR BLACK CLOTH
I WILL BE AS THE MOONLIGHT
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GLOSSOLALIA is The Chemical Mind's third full-length album. It is a significant stylistic departure, but follows in the quasi-narrative progression of the previous two albums, "Beneath the Shadow It Casts" and "That Benign Terror." It is The Chemical Mind's most dynamic, ambitious, and experimental work yet.
AND YOUR SPIRIT IS SCALES UPON MY EYES
IT IS ONLY THROUGH YOUR PAIN
THAT THE MIRAGE OF PLEASURE EMERGES
CUT YOUR BLACK CLOTH
I WILL BE AS THE MOONLIGHT
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GLOSSOLALIA is The Chemical Mind's third full-length album. It is a significant stylistic departure, but follows in the quasi-narrative progression of the previous two albums, "Beneath the Shadow It Casts" and "That Benign Terror." It is The Chemical Mind's most dynamic, ambitious, and experimental work yet.
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released April 15, 2022
Composed, produced, and performed by Nick Krueger
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio
www.angelhairaudio.com
Special thanks to Faye Fadem, Angel Marcloid, Wyn Clepper, and Elleanor Burke
Composed, produced, and performed by Nick Krueger
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio
www.angelhairaudio.com
Special thanks to Faye Fadem, Angel Marcloid, Wyn Clepper, and Elleanor Burke
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Composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. I'm involved in multiple projects spanning a variety of genres.
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