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skinriddletestament

by bede taylor

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1.
shadow 06:53
You make me feel like I’m a shadow, walking alone There seems to be a Lack of marrow nowadays in my bones So don’t you touch me now A simple life so battered by a Queen in need of a throne And in the end it, it comes so slowly Like the blink of an eye of a crow So don’t you touch me now There’s no reason for the bleeding From the heart of my soul 'Cos you make me feel like I’m a shadow walking alone So don’t you touch me now
2.
sunlight 05:30
I could have been better I could have given you more I could have told you pretty lies but in my heart I’m still a whore No I don’t see much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to rain No I don’t feel much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to pain I could have simply made you up From all of these figments of smoke in my head I could put you down just to pick me up But I don’t want to kill us just yet No I don’t see much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to rain No I don’t feel much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to pain So what has my past gone and done to me? Turned me into an object of my own sympathy I just get so sick n tired of my self pity I’m just so god damned sick n tired of me No I don’t see much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to rain No I don’t feel much sunlight I guess that I’m more used to pain No no no no no no no No no no no no no no No no no no no no Yes
3.
Take these hands Take these feet Take this bloodied crown of thorns That helps you stay weak (meek) Take this wine, pretend that it’s blood Take this mis-for-tune & pretend that it’s love You’re a good liar x 4 I can see your thoughts I can read your mind I can make the waters rise give sight back to the blind You say I am holy more than a man You walk with your shadows & the fist that was a hand You’re a good liar x 4 I am not your father I am not your son I am not your needle or your radi-a-tion I am burning children marching one by one To breathe the gas and wash our souls In your gilted love We are all just liars you’ve always been a liar And I am just a liar you’re a god damned liar
4.
interlude 04:40
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6.
fix 04:44
Shadows crawling cross my kitchen floor Life is stalling as I cry for more Thought you were the maker of my life Thought you were the mistress and the wife Thought you were the darkness in the light Thought you were the blindness & the sight Shadows crawling cross my kitchen floor You end up giving less and taking more Thought you were… Days start dripping slowly into night Candle greets the shadow by my side Lying on this bed of sweat and cold Angel choking on the dust and bone Thought you were the maker of my life Thought you were the mistress and the wife Thought you were the darkness in the light Thought you were the blindness & the sight
7.
Excuse me for dying For lying Right here Excuse me my darling My sweet love My Tears Excuse me for dying For lying Right here

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background noise infected, lyric-driven stories unhindered by the pursuit of perfectionist production values or the banality of seeking perfect pitch.... enjoy!

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released June 6, 2013

...special thanks to kevin glamuzina for the Taylor, billy for fairly unconditional support, and to brent "the dude" simpson for hours and hours of unpaid, unheralded work without which this stuff would never see the light of day

...all instruments, lyric, voices by bede taylor
...paintings by bede taylor taken from the series "Imitating Picasso"

...digital release and promotion: Last Libretto Music lastlibretto.tumblr.com

...this is for graham ross taylor 1937-1987, in peace, hopefully...maybe

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bede taylor Auckland, New Zealand

Bede Taylor lives with his partner Billy, their daughter Echo, 5 cats,7 chickens and 1 dog on Waiheke Island, NZ.
He makes music in his basement.

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