Mercy//Justice

by Hot Knives

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Not a single law remains unbroken
Our legacies are made of glass
Unknown and unspoken

Visions of the mothers in Atlantis
Where they bent the heavens, raised the dead
Glory, greed, tombstones unread

Hollow screams, rend the heart
And the villain laughs in a house of cards
Laughs nonetheless, at the dark
Cemetery for the gods apart

High and violent prayers now slurred
They never heard a word
Here again, see the signs:
Wisdom is an opinion of the times

The world
Must be
Remade
Each Day

Power, peace meets opened palm
Human story dragging on
Give and take like it's nothing
It's in your blood, the Fates sing

Nothing's sacred, starting then
Terror on the wings again
Rasping water, violent earth
Every rock can spring a church

Psalmistry for those who search
And clear the ash for morning's birth
Wisest thinkers, saving face
In cups of Amanita's grace

Always moving, never still
The fire beneath the window sill
Hasn't spread into the hills
Fear not though, it always will

The world
Must be
Remade
Each day

Power, peace meets opened palm
Human story dragging on
Give and take like it's nothing
It's in your blood, the Fates sing

The world
Must be
Remade
Each day

All things
We touch
Are dust
They will be dust again

This
Is God's justice
Do you understand?
This
This?
This is mercy

The forest is as dry as bone
Solemn creatures now exposed
Silence reigns, we're home again
Sisyphus and shackled stone

Always moving, never still
The first is at the window skill
Watch it spread into the hills
Fear not though, we will rebuild

The world
Must be
Remade
Each day

Power, peace meets opened palm
Human story dragging on
Give and take like it's nothing
It's in your blood, the Fates sing

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released October 16, 2023
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Sasha Stroud at Artifact Audio in Maspeth, New York

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