Look at me I've been eating ashes
they taste so sweet like cinnamon
and on my tongue they leave
sugar dashes
everything I thought but never did
and white stains where I have lain
once the boatman has been paid
there's never any going back
a one way trip on the River Styx
and I've been eating ash
Look at me I've been biting dust
it tastes so sharp of memories
and on my lips it leaves
a bitter kiss
of everything they meant to me
an red dust just like rust
hollows out a hole in us
of time we won't get back
broken glass
a one way pass
and I'll be eating ash
there's no time to change your mind
you pay the rivers fine
a copper coin or a silver flash
you can't get back from the river black
so you travel eating ash
Look at me I've been eating ashes
they taste so sweet like cinnamon
Introspective, homespun folk tunes from John Donne that feel informed by the sugary bleakness of '80s and '90s indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 1, 2023