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Sword Songs

by Two Steps on the Water

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1.
Camouflage 05:45
You dressing in camouflage doesn’t mean that you’re a tree A human in the wilderness is a scary thing to be You dressing in camouflage or me dressing in jeans Doesn’t mean that we are trees And if you’re feeling terrified It can help to feel a little terrifying Snake’s bite or scorpion sting might be all that you can bring Yourself to be, but curled up and crying I don’t want to be Harsh red or bright green Cloak me like a trap And let me leave here and never come back And if you’re feeling terrified It can help to feel a little terrifying Snake’s bite or scorpion sting might be all that you can bring Yourself to be, but curled up and crying
2.
A very hot shower and a very clean shave  Two eyes painted like razorblades  The only lie I'll tell is that I am not afraid  I am not afraid  You were always on my mind  Bad blood and an early grave  I will climb my laddered tights  And I will, I will  I will get up on that stage  Singing: Hold me closer tiny dancer Teach me to be small and brave  Sometimes my mind doesn't do what I want it to  Sometimes I'm so afraid  Sometimes I try writing love songs  But I just can't think all that much about love  When the touch that I believe that I am bound to receive  Is burned in my brain and in my blood  You were always on my mind  Goose-pimpled skin and an early grave  I will climb my laddered tights  And I will, I will  I will get up on that stage  Singing:  Hold me closer tiny dancer Teach me to be small and brave  Sometimes my mind doesn't do what I want it to  Sometimes I'm so afraid 
3.
Sword I 02:22
A gawk so thrown and jolty From the window of your truck That your head divorced your body Just to get a better look I hope you're happy With your halved and doubled body Was I really all that beautiful? Was I really so intriguing? That you'd sacrifice yourself Just to peep upon my being Like I was a goddess And you were a crop
4.
Venom 03:48
Praying to a god that I know I don’t believe in To please break this curse that I say I don’t believe in One good thing about biting my tongue Is that saliva wells up in my mouth A constant supply of venom For whenever I may need to spit it out Spit it out, spit it out, spit it out, spit it out One good thing about the gap in my teeth Is that the venom can just shoot right out Have you seen her walking these streets? Pepper lip and a v-shape brow Spit it out, spit it out, spit it out, spit it out Venom, venom, I’ll give whatever you got Venom, venom, on the count of one she shot
5.
Hold Me 05:10
The world is a nightmare, won’t you hold me and hold me?
Hold me, mama, until the good lord unfolds me I’ve been painted red, I’ve been painted blue How can we leave our beds if this is what they do? Hold me, hold me Hold my fire I don’t need it anymore When it feels just like a candle standing lonesome on the shore And won’t you hold my branches as they burn out in the flames? From the ground up to the canopy until only ash remains Hold me, hold me My body, so unholy, holding everything I am From my ocean to my pilot light to my forest where it stands Hold my neck, hold my toe, hold my shoulder, and hold my hand I will hold you sweet angel if you should ever need to land Won’t you look me in the eye? Look me in the eye, as I’m talking to you, to you Hold me, hold me, hold me Until the good lord unfolds me The world is a nightmare, won’t you hold me and hold me?
Hold me, mama, until the good lord unfolds me I’ve been painted red, I’ve been painted blue How can we leave our beds if this is what they do?
6.
Sword II 02:21
A look so sharp and pointy From beneath your furrowed brow Growing tighter than a fist Above your tiny mumbling mouth I hope you’re happy With your judgements on the body Was mine really so revolting? Was it so truly terrifying?
That it could only be a sunset If it were all curled up and crying? Like I was a goblin And you on a mission from the lord Yeah you’d trade your two jelly peepers For one hand-crafted mythical sword
7.
Feeling less like Frankenstein’s monster And more like a bolt of lightning After a cup of that morning mud Everything gets a little more exciting The lines that you thought drew daggers Your disdain is my strength now That you still laugh is proof enough Confusing you is a full time job I’m getting stronger and I’m getting stronger Who knows just how strong I’ll get Now that I hold the dodgeball caught And we are both covered in sweat Feeling half like Frankenstein’s monster And half like the bolt of lightning That surged through his crown before he was run out of town Before everything got a little frightening You hold your body like a police car You see your hands as two sheriffs Enforcing laws, you hear your papa’s applause You feel like this whole bloated town is yours You reminisce about the good old days Back before personal computers went mad When boys were men, and the girls were also there back then Your mother was alive, and so was your dad Feeling half like Frankenstein’s monster And half like a bolt of lightning After a cup of that morning mud Everything gets a little more exciting
8.
Salmon 05:13
When he said he wanted to be a salmon Pink and red and able to change sex I later made a joke to my buddies But I knew exactly what he meant Don’t take me back, back to your old days They were not good and they were not golden Mama mia, here we go again One more reminder of what lives beneath Tentacles slapping wet up on the floorboards There’s a knock at the door, no you can’t come in 2002, standing on my bed frame Arms crossed like a vampire, I fell Commanding the gay ghost from my body I attempted an exorcism on myself Don’t take me back, back to your old days They were not good and they were not golden
9.
Can I Not? 06:07
How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not? The relief of a wasp flying into the room Only to fly straight back out That is how I desire to see The last close call between you and me How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not? But I still got myself stung But the sting ain’t the thing that hurts Bruised ego and a broken heart I close my eyes and I can hear you laugh How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not? How can I love you, love you so much? Can I not?
How can I need you, need you this much? Can I not?

credits

released September 29, 2017

June Jones sings and plays guitar on all songs except Hold Me, and plays bass on Sword I, Sword II, and Bolt of Lightning.

Sienna Thornton plays violin on all songs, sings on all songs except Bolt of Lightning and Can I Not?, and plays banjo on Sword II.

Jonathan Nash plays drums on all songs, sings on Camouflage, A Very Hot Shower, Sword I, Sword II, and Salmon, and plays bass on A Very Hot Shower.

Lily Thornton plays cello and Aaron Barnden plays violin on Venom, Hold Me, and Bolt of Lightning.

Isobel Knowles plays trumpet on A Very Hot Shower

Samuel Boon plays baritone sax on Hold Me

Recorded, mixed, and produced by Geoffrey O'Connor between December 2016 and June 2017.

Mastered by John Lee at Phaedra Studios.

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Two Steps on the Water Melbourne, Australia

Two Steps on the Water was an emotion punk band working on Wurundjeri land (2014 - 2018)

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