Bad Turns

Full Lyrics (ready to paste — zero changes to your words):[low guttural growl of the beast opening] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhh.....[Verse 1 - Brother exhausted] I learned my anger in a bright hard room Where every wound got handed a name Every mouth said the same old answer Till the answer itself felt clean I wore that fire like borrowed armor Thought the heat meant I could see Thought if it hurt then it must be holy Thought the blade belonged to me [Verse 2 - Brother exhausted] Then one tired man with a broken conscience Looked right through what I had learned Said they give you words before they give you vision And call that wisdom once it burns Said truth should do more than fill your hollows More than arm the hand that aches Truth should carry something over Not just sharpen what it breaks [glitch lost soul breath fracture] ah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! ah... ah... ah [Chorus - Brother then Sister echo] Bad turns Bad turns I named too soon and held too hard Bad turns Bad turns I thought the dark was all there was Bad turns Bad turns You named too soon I held on hard Bad turns Bad turns I knew the dark was where it was [low guttural growl of the beast opening] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhh.....[Verse 3 - Brother exhausted] So I walked that road in every weather Walked it sick and walked it numb Walked it proud and walked it bitter Till the noise inside went dumb [glitch lost soul breath fracture] ah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! ah... ah... ah [reverb ambient echo drop to dead silent] [close microphone] Couldn’t bear to look too long at first Couldn’t stay and couldn’t see Everything I hated seemed to linger Everything I feared seemed fixed to me [Verse 4 - Brother with shimmer beginning] But some things change without announcing Some things work where eyes don’t reach Some things go down before they answer Some things take hurt before they teach And what I called wrong kept slowly turning What I called spent kept taking shape What I called dead refused to finish What I called loss did not stay waste [low guttural growl of the beast opening] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhh.....[Chorus - Brother then Sister echo, rising] Bad turns Bad turns Ain’t always empty ain’t always done Bad turns Bad turns Sometimes they bend toward something else in time Bad turns Bad turns Ain’t always empty when the fire comes Bad turns Bad turns Sometimes the burn is all the shape you find [glitch lost soul breath fracture] ah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! ah... ah... ah [Bridge - Brother reflective, Sister as distant memory echo] I was not wrong to feel the damage I was wrong to love the flame Wrong to think my rage was sight itself Wrong to think the wound was name You were not wrong to feel the damage You were wrong to fear the flame Rage was the only sight we had Fire was the truest name It took some hurt before I had the strength To stand and let the whole thing be Long enough to watch what I despised Turn strange and deep in front of me [Verse 5 - Brother shimmer present, voice cracking with quiet ache] Now I know the world is not made softer Just because I learned to stay But I found a place inside the turning Where I do not have to look away Same earth Same rot in all things mortal Same ache in beast and root and blood But when I finally stood where I belonged And let it pass through It was good [low guttural growl of the beast opening deep guttural collapse] rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhh..... ah... [glitch scream from hell bass fracture] ah... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! ah... ah... ah [Outro - Brother then Sister together, voices slowly drifting apart into distance] Bad turns Bad turns Not the end It was good Bad turns Bad turns Not the end It was good Not the end It was good