I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Bacchanalian desert heathens instigate the stormy seasons
Tombstones and scarlet letters, revenge as sweet as candy
I'll play the cards they dealt me
Vagabonds and flesh tuxedos, cannibals feed like mosquitos
Hard heart and skin like leather, apocalyptic weather
Rains down on sinful pleasure
Don't forget the pains and moans
As blood drips down the stone
The road comes to an end
We toast the devil's friends in Babylon
We've long since traveled on
Name the price and sacrifice your soul
Whiskey springs and eager lovers
Charlatans and jealous brothers
Inebriate me once forgotten
Harlots when under covers forget the ?deadlight? colors
?In the seas and of for which?
The dead leaves and the naked trees
A haunting chill that fills the air
Brass bands lead the procession
Foul moods through the progression
And now we're staring at the sun
To ?good to? jealous gods
The road comes to an end
We toast the devil's friends in Babylon
We've long since traveled on
Name the price and sacrifice
Tombstones and scarlet letters, revenge as sweet as candy
I'll play the cards they dealt me
Vagabonds and flesh tuxedos, cannibals feed like mosquitos
Hard heart and skin like leather, apocalyptic weather
Rains down on sinful pleasure
Don't forget the pains and moans
As blood drips down the stone
The road comes to an end
We toast the devil's friends in Babylon
We've long since traveled on
Name the price and sacrifice your soul
Whiskey springs and eager lovers
Charlatans and jealous brothers
Inebriate me once forgotten
Harlots when under covers forget the ?deadlight? colors
?In the seas and of for which?
The dead leaves and the naked trees
A haunting chill that fills the air
Brass bands lead the procession
Foul moods through the progression
And now we're staring at the sun
To ?good to? jealous gods
The road comes to an end
We toast the devil's friends in Babylon
We've long since traveled on
Name the price and sacrifice
Lyrics submitted by stu19224
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Bachanalian desert heathens instigate the stormy seasons Tombstones and scarlet letters, revenge as sweet as candy i'll play the cards you dealt me Vagabonds and flesh tuxedos, cannibals feed like mosquitos Hard heart and skin like leather, apocalyptic weather Rains down on sinful pleasure
Don't forget the pains and moans As blood drips down the stone The road comes to an end We've toast? the devil's friends in Babylon We've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice your soul
Whiskeyed "flings?" and eager lovers Charlatans and jealous brother Inebriate me once forgotten Harlots when under covers forget the ?deadlight? colors ?In the seas"of" for which? The dead leaves and the naked trees A haunting chill that fills the air ?"brass bands lead" the possession? Foul moods through the progression
And now we're staring at the sun To "too good to" jealous god The road comes to an end We've "toast" the devil's friends in Babylon We've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice
thats what i hear anyway, i may be right or wrong but at least i posted it. ;) great artist all round todd smith :)
"brass bands lead" the "prosession" as in the people following a coffin or hearse "double posts are awesome", -smdylan (2009)
You definitely got some of it, I edited the lyrics. Still a couple of lines I'm not sure about.
Bacchanalian desert heathens instigate the stormy seasons Tombstones and scarlet letters, revenge as sweet as candy I'll play the cards they dealt me Vagabonds in flesh tuxedos, cannibals feed like mosquitoes On hardened skin like leather, apocalyptic weather Rains down on sinful pleasure
Now go forget the pangs and moans As blood drips down the stone The road comes to an end We toast the devil's friends in Babylon Who've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice your soul
Whiskey springs and eager lovers Charlatans and jealous brothers Inebriate me once forgotten Harlots warm under covers forget the dead like others In the season of the witch The dead leaves and the naked trees A haunting chill that fills the air Brass bands lead the procession Foul notes fuel the progression
And now we're staring at the sun Too good to jealous gods(?) The road comes to an end We toast the devil's friends in Babylon Who've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice
Ok since I can't edit my last post I've figured the rest out now.
Bacchanalian desert heathens instigate the stormy seasons Tombstones and scarlet letters, revenge as sweet as candy I'll play the cards they dealt me Vagabonds in flesh tuxedos, cannibals feed like mosquitoes On hardened skin like leather, apocalyptic weather Rains down on sinful pleasure
Now go forget the pangs and moans As blood drips down the stone The road comes to an end We toast the devil's friends in Babylon Who've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice your soul
Whiskey springs and eager lovers Charlatans and jealous brothers Inebriate me once forgotten Harlots warm under covers forget the dead like others In the season of the witch The dead leaves and the naked trees A haunting chill that fills the air brass bands lead the procession Foul notes fuel the progression
And now we're staring at the sun Drunk under jealous gods The road comes to an end We toast the devils friends in Babylon Who've long since traveled on Name the price and sacrifice