these stones are old, and your body is cold
and wrapped so sweetly
so routinely sold, in slave girl clothes
so long ago
and so damn cold
see those romans stole all that you knew
like white stone loan sharks
stripped you to the bone
your soft young bones
made themselves at home
inside your clothes
it's so sad to see a child upon her knees
you made the old men grieve
sweet tears between your teeth
sat on a lap on a silver throne
stretching out those soft young bones
you made your masters moan
old patrons crow:
if only, only, only
she lived to give the best a young girl could
Slaughter Beach, Dog—a.k.a. Modern Baseball’s Jake Ewald—deliver taut, tuneful indie rock, effortlessly melodic and soaring. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2016