℗ Copyright 2025 by Midknightoil Music ☢ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 🧶 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RHtX1sMkxhBIXBxdqftsK 📻 - YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCuW6er98D210fb6pIcp9jpA 🍎 - Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/midknightoil-music/1771715875 ✖ - X Artist: https://x.com/Midknightoil_M 📽 - TikTok Artist: https://www.tiktok.com/@midknightoil 🎧 - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0DJCJXCL2/midknightoil-music 💜 - Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/284428631 🌐 - Website: https://www.thrownexception.com Authors Notes: While trying to determine what my next song is I find myself in each instance just wanting my listeners to not just hear the music but hear what I mean. This is an unapologetic song about trying to write what I feel and have you understand it. [Verse of Giving Blood] I stitched this verse from cigarette lines Bent guitar strings across hollow designs Poured ink like blood through broken pens But still you won’t feel it like I meant You skim across the sound, you hum along But you refuse to let it cut too strong I built the bridge, I've lit the match I prayed on high this voice would catch [Pre-Choke on the Chorus] I don’t seek perfect, I want collapse The kind of tune that never asks I want to carve it in your chest Not make you smile, but leave you wrecked. [Choke on the Chorus] So choke on the chorus, let it scrape your throat Hang on every word that you wish you wrote I slowly bled the melody from static in my bones A heart wrecking cry carved into tone No soft and sweet lullaby, no sugary lie A song born just to ascend, scream and die (scream and die) [Verse to be Buried In] I tried soft light, I've tried the dark Danced barefoot on a feedback spark My fingers blistered writing truth But pain’s no proof it reaches you You want a catchy hook, a tidy end I was never one to kneel or bend I built this track to set you free Even if it buries me...(...Even if it buries me!) [Pre-Choke on the Chorus] I don’t want sweet, I embrace the sting A note that makes me shiver over everything Not made for the charts or easy sells Just a hymn that howls from within itself (within itself) [Choke on the Chorus] So choke on the chorus, let it scrape your throat Hang on every word that you wish you wrote I slowly bled the melody from static bones A heart wrecking cry carved into tones No soft and sweet lullaby, no sugary lie A song born just to ascend, scream and die (scream and die) [Bridge On Fire] No it’s not pretty, not even clean It won’t fit inside your T.V. screen But when the echos crack across the glass Maybe then you’ll hear my song at last (at last) (Final Choke on the Chorus) So choke on the chorus, feel the sharp refrain Let it slowly rust within your brain I built a grave beneath these lines Where all my broken verses seek to climb No soft and sweet lullaby, no sugary lie This track was made just to bleed and fly (This track was made just to bleed and fly) bleed and fly... bleed and fly... [fade to end]
