The Killing Tree

from Kaibutsu by Kai Blackwood & the Tokyo Death Squad

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Change is nigh
So hang your old from the killing tree
Leave that past, unkind
To dance alone in the breeze

Now there's sand for miles
Stretching as far as the eye can see
My desert child
This lonely road is a gift from me

Go slow but don't surrender
As the world is wide, your path is slender
Your fear is justified
But if you change your mind
You can save your life

Here is a lie
A sweet mirage of the cruelest kind
The illusion mystifies
And makes a prisoner of the mind

So rise

To where the stakes are high
And circling wolves are your company
Though you don't want to die
You don't want to live to become me

Go slow but don't surrender
As the world is wide, your path is slender
Your fear is justified
But you can change your mind
Hold on to your intentions
Brace yourself for true ascension
Your fear is justified
But if you change your mind
You can save your life

Ghosts thrive on the withering
Feeding on the bones of long-lost things
When you never can forget
You'll always wonder why
The future never comes to life
And the past won't seem to die

Now is the time
Collecting scars is a certainty
Reminders of where you've been
Where you’re going now
And where you’ll be

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from Kaibutsu, released March 20, 2020

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