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Injury

by The Bedroom Witch

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1.
Apocalypse 04:12
Apocalypse My empty nest Do you not see what silent dangers do to us all? Oh you could take in everything With a grain of salt and move on And I always said I would commit But I know someway I got to live Through all of this, my empty nest It’s never wrong to say you’re uncomfortable with yourself Oh you could be the only thing That can save me from my shell It’s so easy for me to dream of dreary paths That ever last Enough is enough Come curl up in my empty nest (My empty nest, my empty nest) This is my apocalypse (apocalypse, apocalypse) But you just think I haven’t slept enough Enough is enough And I always said I would commit But I know someday I’ll bury this In bitterness, my empty nest My home is in my empty nest Comfort’s my apocalypse But you just think I haven’t slept enough Enough is enough
2.
Touch 03:55
Pain, desire, it’s stalling me I desperately await the signs that follow me With empathy I cry Touch me, I want to be out of touch Baby don’t touch me, I want to be out of touch with myself My instincts telling me that you’ve been falling You’ve been slipping away I’d rather stand alone than to keep running I’m not running away Don’t ever say I’ve been faking Survival desensitizes you Don’t come close cause I’m scared of today And I wish I could do it over So, so many people to face It’s hard to be when you are seen So touch me, I want to be out of touch Baby don’t touch me, I want to be out of touch with myself Don’t touch me I glisten, ocean blue, and watch my memories Wash my memories away My truths are told in twos and you’ve been playing You’ve been playing the game Don’t ever say I’ve been faking Survival desensitizes you Don’t come close cause I’m scared of today And I wish I could do it over (Living off of my numbing ways) So, so many people to face It’s hard to be when you are seen Touch me, I want to be out of touch Baby don’t touch me
3.
Evil (free) 03:44
‘Evil’ is just a trope Islands so monochrome The weight upon this hell Turns to ruins of the self Rooms fade to love decay I will live forever in your head ‘Evil’ is just a trope Islands so monochrome The weight upon this hell Turns to ruins of the self Doom fades to lovely shades And I will live to die there You're holding on to everyone They still believe you're gone I'm holding on to every rock I'm holding on to none We can play any role Match made for every soul The weight upon this hell turns to ruins of the self ‘Evil’ is just a trope Islands so monochrome The weight upon this hell Turns to ruins of the self I will live forever You're holding on to everyone They still believe you're gone I'm holding on to every rock ‘Evil’ is just a trope Islands so monochrome The weight upon this hell Turns to ruins of the self
4.
Unfamiliar 04:18
How do we get out of this; the pretense a hex I saw the looming terror make you stranger Inside my head How will you get out of my bed, won’t be your girl I take a step into unfamiliar worlds I knew why but I was shy And time will pass a warning I knew why but I was shy And my owls will be watching When you look unfamiliar to me I’m so sick of myself (Try to relate but I’m not feeling like me) I’m so sick of myself Don’t try to relate to me How do we get out of this; the pretense a hex I saw the looming terror make you stranger Inside my head How will you get out of my bed, won’t be your girl I take a step into unfamiliar worlds I know who I’ve lost me to And time will be the enemy I know who I’ve lost me to And my owls will still be watching I’m so sick of myself I’m spending time alone with my back turned To a face I once loved I can’t believe I’m staring back At a face that I thought I trusted at all How do we get out of this; the pretense a hex I take a step into unfamiliar worlds I’m so sick of myself Don’t try to relate to me I’m spending time alone with my back turned To a face I once loved I can’t believe I’m staring back At a face that I thought I trusted at all How do we get out of this; the pretense a hex I saw the looming terror make you stranger Inside my head How will you get out of my bed, won’t be your girl I take a step into unfamiliar worlds
5.
Irremediable 03:18
Humans are so lonely Existing is dull You don't really know me or love me at all Humans are so worried So worried they are You learned I am invincible to all that blush And we are disposable to another day (come back to us) So I have to find the energy to be the blame for all (Irremediable) In satan's anatomy I would be the calf we are satan's anatomy (come back to us) Humans isolating, a body for one This will sink in slowly, the seeds we have dropped Humans can't deceive me as long as they're lost You learned I am invincible to all that blush And we are disposable to another day (come back to us) So I have to find the energy to be the blame for all (Irremediable) In Satan's anatomy
6.
Closure 04:41
When I was at my lowest I could see myself go deeper Pain’s the only promise that our feelings have to offer In a dream, your face was glowing like a morning in the summer sun Your eyes turned into windows for me to jump out from Life in the open void takes you in forever Dying for the closure that we could never gather (I’m afraid of getting older) We felt in confidence that this is never over We were so confident time will bring no closure I am still in love with every seashore in the winter I will learn to slow down and turn to the observer And say that dreams are nothing more than mirages of another life I’ve been there before and I’ll return when the timing’s right Life in the open void takes you in forever Dying for the closure that we could never gather (I’m afraid of getting older) We felt in confidence that this is never over We were so confident time will bring no closure Your eyes turned into windows for me to jump out from When I was at my lowest I could see myself go deeper (I’m afraid of getting older) When I was at my lowest I saw you fade into glimmers
7.
I’m going home with you tonight I’m going to fall out of love tonight Lose concentration, I feel so disillusioned True to delusions, I just can’t get use to it I don’t want you to feel useless But I know that you’re not what I need I’ll just have to live with you hating me I’ll just have to live with you not holding me I’m falling out of love tonight I’m going to cry myself to sleep tonight Lose concentration, I feel so disillusioned True to delusions, I just can’t get use to it I don’t want you to feel useless But I know that you’re not what I need I’ll just have to live with you hating me You’re not what I need I’ll just have to live with you not holding me
8.
Pulse 03:33
Heart, it carries weight When everybody is complicit with shame The hunger to retain every memory that dissociates To feel the rush, a pulse It shows I’m alive I feel your touch, the stars They burn in my eyes And I lose sight of the night Each side of the face tells you I’m fine But my veins are the path of soulless tides The pulse is repulsive Who are you to say I’m relearning all my toxic ways I am filled with all your hate Cause I’ve always been afraid of the drains And I’ve lost track of the days To feel the rush, a pulse It shows my demise You shouldn’t trust the touch It takes three to decide on your life Each side of the face tells you a lie My veins are the path of soulless tides The pulse is repulsive Heart, it carries weight When everybody is complicit with shame The hunger to retain every memory that dissociates To feel the rush, a pulse It shows my demise You shouldn’t trust the touch It takes three to decide on your life
9.
Sister 03:52
Call it like I see it as a display A sense of hardening reflected on me You don't have to look when I ache in the same way And I have no will to go on I had never realized, I can see through his light Tell me all the reasons why, I can stay up all night Tell me are your secrets mine? She's so lost in every detail How far will the patterns evolve? He has a way with excuses and I have no will to go on You have to learn how to love her To love her Tell me how to feel alright, I had never realized I can see through this life, I can stay up all night Tell me are your secrets mine, I can stay up all night Learning where the secrets hide She's so lost in every detail How far will the patterns evolve? He has a way with excuses and I have no will to go on He wants you to let him inside She walks you through it this time She's my sister She's so lost in every detail The patterns evolve You have to learn how to love her
10.
Exile 01:52
I’ve been cast adrift Careless, idle limbs My dimension lies somewhere in space and time Exile
11.
Witness 04:01
She watches it happen, as time wears a cruel grin It was the saddest thing she witnessed The saddest thing she witnessed Expressions of their agony The agony has stiffened (They take it all away from her) She had to witness a certain strive for whiteness It was the saddest thing she witnessed The saddest thing she witnessed (They take it all away from her) Oh, The agony's stiffened To know they're all she had left's got her feeling betrayal (They take it all away from her) She had to witness a certain strive for whiteness It was the saddest thing she witnessed The saddest thing she witnessed
12.
Play 03:48
I wanna go outside and play with him I wanna lay my thighs next to his I wanna feel my thighs next to his I wanna go outside and play with him I'll have the devil's eyes when we touch lips (You will never be a friend) And I get what I want but I can't pretend I like it (You will learn to believe me) I wanna go outside and play with him I wanna lay my thighs next to his (You will never be a friend) And I get what I want but I can't pretend I like it My feelings have surfaced and I can't pretend I'm like this (You will learn to believe me) No I can't pretend I like it I'll have the devil's eyes when we touch lips (You will never be a friend) My feelings have surfaced and I can't pretend I'm like this I wanna go outside and play with him (You will never be a friend) I wanna lay my thighs next to his I'll have the devil's eyes when we touch lips

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Bedroom Witch, the self-described “misunderstood maker of the veil,” is the bedroom goth pop project by Sepehr Mashiahof, a transgender Iranian-American artist based in Los Angeles. Injury, her third album, is a metaphor for trauma that is sustained and irremovable. “The lyrics invoke visions of safe spaces for the trans/queer body and present forms,” Mashiahof writes, “through worlds that are pleasantly lonely and apocalyptic to cope with your current reality.”

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released April 21, 2017

Written and recorded by Sepehr Mashiahof 2015-2016 in Los Angeles. Mixed and mastered by Sharmi Basu in Oakland, CA. Additional vocals on “Unfamiliar” by Hana Weiss, Jenna Marx, and Ducky Bace. Additional production on “Irremediable”, “Sister”, and “Witness” by Sepand Mashiahof.

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