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Pray It Destroys You

by Goodnight Florence

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1.
Genesis 04:31
I don’t need I don’t I don’t need to watch it all burn down You must be busy I’ll try back in an hour These words that ring from my lips and write from my fingertips Taste sour cause the truth has labeled you a Coward Hiding in question and time Not helping but showing in perfect crimes To invade and strike with aid of flight Of flight At arms holding the gates closed I aim through the windows Fire arrow after arrow through The air so thin and stale Pull out the pins and nail Up the doors with the boards No you’re not getting to me Think again and you will see I don’t need, I don’t need, I don’t need it Hate’s a strong word but it seems applicable here I hope it swells like a mad melody in your ear Your eyes unfold your story so well It plays through like a dance and shows your tells I love you from the bottom to my heart but the top is still after you Watch it all burn down At arms holding the gates closed I aim through the windows Fire arrow after arrow through The air so thin and stale Pull out the pins and nail Up the doors with the boards No you’re not getting to me Think again and you will see I don’t need I don’t I don’t need to watch it all burn down
2.
What happened to the Eve I once knew? Genuinely sweet as if the word “evil” has not merit here But the knife would like to interject From my back where it met its new home (In skin and bone) The knife tells me that there has been quite the talk Back there and none of it has been anywhere near fair A bullet to the head would have finished the job But you just broke my legs and watched As if both proud and unaware Of the mutiny you just committed here In the bowels of this ship Murder, murder. You wrote the book on it (Please no more) (What happened to the Eve I once knew) Then a cool breeze snaps me back to reality in time to see Her black silhouette posed in the doorway With no mess (With no mess) No mess on That dress she’d never wear for me Were you saving it for something better? Is this that “something better”?! (I still don’t know what upset her) Tell me just what went threw your head Was it something one of us lower people said? (A new tune decided to chime) (Or was it there the whole time?) An old bloody handprint on the wall Too small to be mine (Too small to be mine means…) I’m not the first one… Murder (Murder) You shot my ship down (You wrote the book on it) As if to say I want you, I want you, I want you To stay at sea forever! You want the world! You want the world But you can’t have mine. Murder (Murder) You shot my ship down (You wrote the book on it) As if to say
3.
Just Like Me 04:41
A hollow state of mind I’m in Replaying promises and sins A hole I dug too deep Lost in the forest Branches wind within I am lost… A hollow state of mind I’m in Oh it’s a dark one In a cold alley I was framed This fire remembers everything It may remember but it’s doomed to die In the care of the night Welcome to the sleep Welcome to the slumber Could anyone be Just like me? I’m welcomed back Though it’s unclear if welcomed or just back In the back of my head Screaming everything said Welcome to the sleep Welcome to the slumber Could anyone be Just like me? You make monsters of men Just like me
4.
I remember years of childhood saying “This is all I want to do” Oh how foolish Where did all those dreams go? I think I lost them Somewhere along the way I remember putting them in hands that didn’t care at all But attached to them were faces that reassured me that they did Shame on me for believing Should have known the tempter is no friend Shame on you for deceiving It’s still my fault in the end So I left them in the care of hands that lie As I turned away I saw them slide Even in this ever-slow moment that this made There still wasn’t enough time For me, for me to catch them before they Hit the floor (Who are you?) (You would think I would learn) You’d think I’d learn I must have done this a thousand times by a thousand times It’ll no longer sing its song There’s too many pieces gone No adhesive is strong enough It stands of a moment but breaks when touched Can’t get it back together I’m under the weather
5.
I’m a mess and a wreck I can’t believe I didn’t see this before I’ve been bouncing from bad idea to bad idea Oh no This cold air has been playfully nipping at my skin But with each bite it has gotten less and less playful I can breathe a little bit but It’s so very shallow I don’t want a little bit I I want the whole thing My hand’s been over my mouth for so long I’m Finding out that I’m my own worst enemy Let’s burn this city down no it mustn’t stand so tall anymore (I want to see the night sky paint with flames and for) This pulling moment you’ll deal and I’ll be all in I’m living the sensation that my skin is on too tight (I don’t have the drive, courage, will to fight it) I see the play’s in your hands This is the death of a man I feel I miss the sun I haven’t seen the sun (Because these buildings I built are so tall they) In all these years (Block the sun and the hand of God) Buildings of a city built on hopes and dreams Hopes and dreams that were selfish and corrupt from the beginning Over time they lose their luster and shine Consequently I begin to lose mine There was once green There was once sun There was once life Oh God What have I done? I’ve made a mess of my own life I’ve got no more fight in me I don’t want to be in charge anymore ((Like) Chloroform knock me down to the floor) Let’s burn this city down no it mustn’t stand so tall anymore (I want to see the night sky paint with flames and for) This pulling moment you’ll deal and I’ll be all in I’m living the sensation that my skin is on too tight (I don’t have the drive, courage, will to fight it) I see the play’s in your hands This is the death of a man
6.
I believe in a god who is more than myself.
7.
I hate to say it But it looks as if If I lose the battle can I still we the war? If I stare it in the face will I freeze up completely? Has it grown into the root of me? Where is the strength to put it out, to pull it up? I’m giving in I hate to say it But it looks as if If I lose the battle can I still win the war? If I lose this one will I still be alive? Shake the hell out of me So that only the glow of heavens remains Tear it out Tear it up tear it out You can’t just cut the surface out To make the cut you must break some ground I hate to say it But it looks as if If I lose the battle can I still win the war? If I lose this one will I still be alive? Shake the hell out of me So that only the glow of heavens remains I hate to say it But it looks as if I’m giving in Can’t get above the noise I’m giving in Breathe in breathe out No you’re not that far away Am I lost? Oh Son, No you’re not that far away
8.
Error & Cost 03:13
Forget about the patching And rebuilding all that’s damaged To sail the seas again we must forgive and forget (Know we were lost) Forget about the patching (At sea with frost) And rebuilding all that’s damaged (taking the lives of the crew) To sail the seas again we must put to rest the pride Of every man aboard The sun extends its hands And lights once darkened lands Illuminating that we are lost in our error and cost We have no one to blame but ourselves We’ve been playing this game For so long we’ve distorted to turns of these events (Know we were lost) So forget about the patching (At sea with frost) And rebuilding all that’s damaged (taking the lives of the crew) To sail the seas again we must forgive, forget The sun extends its hands And lights once darkened lands Illuminating that we were lost in our error and cost The sun (cost) Eliminates cost
9.
I’m burying the hatchet Why repair old bridges when you can build new Throwing away matches Sorry to the world I consumed Molt into new skin. To the sky! If I’m burying the hatchet And if I hold the keys To the world you seek Blame it all on me Molt into new skin. To the sky (I forgive and forget) (Say you will)
10.
Exodus 05:55
I’ve come across a strange day, one I thought not of until it came where I felt beckoned to pick up and go. This beckoning is not push. It’s pull to a sky so vibrant and full of color and power. As if one vast blooming flower made time slow to make minutes hours. As I wondered at the sky I must have lost my grip to ground for as I eye my footing I found to be divorced from soil, sound. Which strayed away while its color fades in blacks and grays. As if gazing through thick rains I strain my eyes to watch its shape crumble and give way. A familiar quality as if home after a long holiday where time ever-stole my memory of this path I once roamed but in the opposing tone of life and new beginnings. Hallelujah Heaven sing with me a song of rejoice Come on sing with me a song of rejoice Amazing grace how sweet that sound that saved a retch like me. I once was lost but now I am found. Was blind but now I see.

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released July 20, 2013

Produced by Chambs Chamberlain and Michael "Slim" Berry
Drums Tracked in Studio 2 at IPR Minneapolis MN
Bass Tracked in Studio 8 at IPR Minneapolis MN
Guitars and Hammond Tracked in MasterMix at IPR Minneapolis MN
Synth and Vocals Tracked at Dytson Studio in Brooklyn Park MN
Edited by Chambs Chamberlain
Mixed by: Xander Moser
Mastered by: Eric Swanson at Sacred Heart
Artwork by: Tanner Groehler

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Goodnight Florence is the latest and long awaited project of bass player Chambs.

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