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Criminal Mineral

by Arachnote

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1.
EightyEight 02:22
Be strong, girl His aim is fair Back to back, he can feel the wind in your hair Ten paces, Ten chances to turn I made my bed so they could lie in it; I hear them laughing at me still The angel said, “He lives inside your head” It’s time to take him down, take him down a few Reflections in liquid stone; If you win tonight, you can go back home He’s hoping you’ll miss the mark But you can see in the dark
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Keep Moving 02:27
I close my eyes Four thousand years slip through my mind My memories hold the evidence of time Your face familiar, your hands so cold My debt is old Safe, in my garden Safe, in the way I pray In my name It’s the same In the subtle way I shame
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3D Glasses 03:43
The money is warm in my hand; Expressions shifting like sand My footsteps are loud in my head Did I wake up this morning? Spotlight is on me The fight inside on overdrive is calling me to dance in places that shake my bones My skin begins crawling like ants are inside of my veins My heart begins pounding like ghosts have been calling my name Can I take care of myself? Suit up, only one way to tell Spotlight is on me The fight inside on overdrive is calling me to dance in places that shake my bones When all was said and done, I knew I couldn’t run The magnifying glass is my greatest teacher It’s been a long road, but I claimed it If it won’t leave, then I’ll make it my eyes A long road, a long road, a long road…
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Comorbid 03:25
They tell me, “Let it go now” I grew skin around it so I think it’s mine Hold me, feel the static Thoughts keep running, burning trails inside my mind I’m not that fragile when it starts to ride I let it eat me from the inside When there’s nothing left of me to fear I hold my hands up to the dark sky and I Am a power adapter And it’s slow going, sticky footsteps quicksand takes the speed from all I do Hold me, feel the silence like a training weight I’ve been hiding from you my whole life You’re not alone Just tonight I lay awake in thought of all the things that I’d done wrong Remember what you came here for
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Centuries 02:36
Almost out the door It could’ve been the wind, but then again my hands are shaking They said they knew me well I don’t know how they know Taking shade with the tree that puts its roots inside the stone My higher thoughts have told me to go home Tell me, have you known me all my life? Were you waiting for the right time? I hope you know what you’re doing I’ll lay my life in your hands There’s no better way to say I hear you Centuries of running away from my thoughts I’ll find it in my heart to forgive me And I know it’s bad to worry it gives you little lines in the corners of your mind
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I don’t know why it took so long I’d heard the voices every one but my own When I stopped to listen, didn’t recognize what I heard My voice so quiet hardly understood the words Pity that I didn’t hear you calling me till now The guests had all gone home, and I finally whispered to the empty house, “You can come out now.”
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I walked through the valley with my music in hand My eyes still closed I sensed there was silence in the words that I spoke Oh, you and I both White light is an island in my mind and it grows and grows and grows Bright steel on the fortress of my life and it’s so hard to know Come with me, and I will show you where it lies It’s like a pulse beat through a field of snow and when the bass comes, you know You’ve been sitting on the pendulum with your head hung While a fire tries to rage My heart becomes a brazen thing My ventricles, like tentacles, attempt to mend my broken wings I walked to the tower with my hands at my sides My eyes still closed Someone told me, "Hold your head up high. There is nothing to be afraid of." The pendulum brought me to my knees, and I said, “I dare you to keep me here.”

about

I was taking the train into New York City one morning, as I’ve done every morning for the past five years. Shortly into my ride, my pulse was pounding and adrenaline was surging through my body - because my system still didn’t know the difference between a simple morning commute and a life-or-death situation. Like a terrible old friend that had been mooching off my family for generations, Anxiety sat next to me on that train, put its arm around me and began whispering that it would always be with me.

I don’t like moochers. I told Anxiety that not only would I continue to go out in public, but that the adrenaline it was constantly asking me to shoulder was now mine. I used it to write “Comorbid” and the rest of this demo. I hope you enjoy it.

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released December 4, 2015

Arachnote is a pseudonym. All lyrics and music written by Arachnote; all instruments and vocals performed by Arachnote. All artwork by Amanda Panicali (amandaspanicalley.com). Click on each song for different track art and lyrics.

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Arachnote is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from New Jersey. She records lo-fi alt rock about mental health to soothe herself and anyone who might be listening.

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