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Leviathan

from Sink / Swim by Cutting Room Floor

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Alyssa's note: the song's opening line was inspired by, and owes an immense debt to, a forward to a collection of Afropessimist thought and writing. Citing this text is my responsibility. Despite my searches I am unable to remember the exact wording of the line, nor the collection, nor anything about it. If it rings a bell, please reach out so I can cite this properly.

lyrics

when the flood comes are we gonna get free
when the flood comes are we gonna get free
when the flood comes are we gonna get free

the high-water marks on the sides of your thighs
shimmer like silver in front of my eyes
running like rivers in purple & white
they’re smooth in the dark & they shine in the light

we all got our scars, we all gotta cope
but how long can we wait ‘til the flood comes around
to take us home

I’m hearing your scales as I handle your skin
they slice me a little but I let them in
I hear disaster roll in from outside
as you draw your hooks further into my eyes

god how you shimmer, god how you seethe
but how long can a fish out of water pretend
that they can breathe

I dreamt of a monster down in the deep
(I dreamt of a monster) (down in the deep)
shaking the earth as it stirred from its sleep
(shaking the earth) (stirred from its sleep)
& I was its feet & you were its wings
(I was its feet) (you were its wings)
they’ll mark us on maps as the dangerous things
(mark us as dangerous things) (dangerous things)

breaking the waves from the shadows beneath
lifting our eyelids & baring our teeth

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from Sink / Swim, released July 24, 2019

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Cutting Room Floor is a queer, feminist, genre-bending punk 3-piece based in the northeastern united states. Also sometimes described as a psychic rock band from the underworld.

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