Theatre

from Domestic Sacraments by Ex-Isles

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lyrics

Out of a skyful of hardware
comes an intergenerational strike
from Christ himself, don’t you know?
this is war, don’t you know?
this is war, don’t you know?

but don’t you go confusing the frontiers, the field, the theatre over there
don’t confuse the operational front as demarcations of a game
whose perimeters can't be broken
and whose margins can't be broadened to annex the precincts and the subways
of our regenerated towns

but Jesus Christ sends his regards of course
he relays his thoughts and prayers at this time
to redeem the vendors
and deliver the shareholders
from uncertainty and risk
from market volatilities
from godless externalities
of course Jesus sends his regards

and so we speak as if from the mouth of the Saviour himself
a hyper-language of un-human particulars
and regard with pleasure
the semantic precision of all our words for extinction

but our hands are tied, don’t you know?
but our hands are forced, don’t you know?
this is war this is war
this is war this is war

and the mouths of the Saviour scream seven hundred arcs overhead.

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from Domestic Sacraments, released September 29, 2023
Pete Devlin: Vocals
Jamie Thompson: Piano

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