This unmixed/unmastered version recorded by Chris Ryan at Dead City Sound was never previously released. Originally recorded as for a split 7" that never made it to press.
lyrics
Maul and meld.
You got to maul to meld.
I’m molting my life’s eras like layers of melting ice caps—
the smothering dander of sighs, wails and mishaps.
Those masochistic mimics of myself adjourn
when self transforms lovelorn to love-sworn.
Our bodies are impeding partitions,
but they’re the only things we’ve got to hold onto.
Maul and meld.
You got to maul to meld.
You’re my blanket at night, or rather my skin;
you sheath me in tender limbs ‘til the cruel sunlight comes in.
“Baby Boy,” you say, “I must go to work.”
“Oh, Baby Girl,” I bay, “this will never work!—
our suckling cells slaves to separation—
we need a spell for touch preservation!”
Our bodies are impeding partitions,
but they’re the only things we’ve got to hold onto.
Maul and meld.
Oh, we’ve got to maul to meld.
I wish we were vagrants asleep in a field—
the sun roasts our bodies and our flesh begins to yield;
returning to dust, enduring our grasp,
our lungs mold together as we share one final gasp;
the cumbrous meat melts to earth as hair just keeps on growing—
we’d be a be a beautiful pile of bones,
cuddling while decomposing.
Our bodies are impeding partitions.
Well, just maybe, self-excavation could lead souls to amalgamation;
‘cause these bodies are impeding partitions.
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