This was a sword above my head - tryin' to figure out what dead men said. Black hole eyes, my shoulders tremblin' - there's not a drug that ain't worth taking.
Heavy axe with casket weight. When it swings embrace your fate. If I struggle just don't fight - tie up my hands, make sure they're tight.
TOMAHAWK INCOMING
Don't make me part of your totem yet. 'Cause I haven't left.
Have they got their knives in for me? Can't talk now, they might be listening. Do you see that hole in the ceiling? That's where they're letting the devils in.
Son, could you take these chains off me? Son, are you even listening? Son, why have you forsaken me? Son, could you please just pray for me?
TOMAHAWK INCOMING
Don't make me part of your totem yet. 'Cause I haven't left.
credits
from The Swan,
released April 1, 2017
Johni Holiday - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics, organ
Jimi Glass - Bass
Benni Manchino - Drums, Percussion, Narrative
Recorded by Dewald 'Dave V' Visser and Shawn Taylor at Tierpoort, Pretoria.
Produced by:
Dewald 'Dave' Visser - mixing engineer (asst. by Ruff Majik and Shawn Taylor)
Shawn Taylor - tracking engineer (asst. by Dewald 'Dave' Visser), mastering engineer (asst. by Dewald 'Dave' Visser and Ruff Majik)
Vincent 'Ziggy' Kruger - production manager
An absolute banger from our all time favourite Canadian band. Also, we got Vincent featuring on our new album, and we're pretty amped about it. Ruff Majik
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