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The Ravens

from Victorian America by Emily Jane White

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The Ravens

The bats drop night in, a sunken skull imprint of our bodies on the bed
A plaster mold it seems, delicate, enshrined, a masterpiece, left to die
Here we go again, a splitting of the wood, carved and thinned
Until there’s nothing left, but some shavings and an album that you left, behind

Oh my broken bones, crippled and thrown to the wayside…

But we weren’t in it to win
Our love it grew and died, begin again
And a violent wind, ripped the wave from the shore
And I know that you caved in, and surrendered to your cold and brutal nature
And so I walk the line, to the beating of this never ending lie


The ravens they fly low, death a ubiquitous member
And knock forever more, or just break down the door to this labyrinth
Of your twisted heart
But I am just like you, selfish and abused
There is a shadow that stalks my hide

But what do you do with this skin? A home in which you live, it’s insufficient…
But we weren’t in it to win,
Our love it grew and died, begin again,
And a violent wind, ripped the wave from the shore
And I know that you caved in and surrendered to your cold and brutal nature

But you know I understand, so I’ll drop the ball from up on high
And watch it descend, growing ever further from my eye
And so I walk the line, to the beating of this never ending lie…

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from Victorian America, track released October 9, 2009
Emily Jane White - organ, guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, composer, vocals, producer
Josh Fossgreen - bass (upright)
Jennifer Grady - arranger, cello, vocals
Ross Harris - arranger, drums, mixing
Wainwright Hewlett - producer, engineer, mixing
Carey Lamprecht - violin, arranger, vocals
Jake Mann - arranger, bass (electric)
Henry Nagle - pedal steel, arranger, guitar (electric)

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