Needle On The Record

(album: Songs Of Samhain, Vol. II - Haunted Record Player - 2021)

Talk to the dead through the record player
Ghost conversations hidden up in ever layer
With the left hand spin it hand backwards
My approach abstract never absurd
Record every single sound the player makes
Hard copy everything before mishaps before mistakes before the link breaks
Before the conversation even starts to take shape
Shape enough to create a response for me
Widen any eye to hear a voice behind with crystal clarity
Didn't even bury me they really think memory will even fucking carry me
Tell em that their all wrong
Now I exist in reverse in the back hidden in a song
The person who lives lonely waiting for you to push play
Hoping that you might even wanna just stay

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics

I put the needle on the record and my soul won't budge
Everything's blurry like a smudge

I can hear somebody talking but I can't tell much
Still stuck tried yelling but I had no luck

My brain starts feeling likes it's about to bust
Stomach full of disgust like I'm about to erupt

All of sudden the whole room goes black
About 30 seconds later I'm back on track

In a room with an axe there's a few face flat
With wounds to the back I assume I'm the one who brought doom to the pack

Red and blue flash through where the windows cracked
No clue what happened but I do know that

My life's now ruined hear the handcuffs clamp
No one's gonna believe that I just went black

I put the needle on the record and my soul went crack

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics

Deep grooves
Spinning along
Hidden in reverse
Haunting a song
Backwards these spirits
Unheard in lyrics