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Hive

by Hive

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    Self released 45 rpm 12" version of the 2015 self titled EP. Mastered for vinyl by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering. Limited hand numbered pressing of 300 (all black), with gold on black letterpress stamped covers. Wholesale inquiries contact the band directly!

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1.
When I arrived Heaven's gates were locked, boarded up from the outside Monolith like a headstone, your father's words but the voice your own Fill the children with white light, hand in hand with scum Set the stage for the trap door - conditional love you've been longing for And for you, a confessional prepped like a kill room Sacramental bait and trap waiting for you Left with forgiveness or dignity - now choose Ivory hands now around my throat, a smiling face reads my last rites Stung like a night terror for the comatose, salvation administered in lethal dose Hands don't scratch at the walls now, no eyes through the floor boards A Holy See for wretched deeds, a prayer for all incumbants to see And for you, a baptism prepped like a drowning Sacramental stillborn now crowning Left with forgiveness or dignity - now choose Why it is that they watch me? Master and servant separated so proudly Why it is that they hound me? Death celebrated profoundly I wait in the light, escape their bait and trap in the dead of night
2.
Lay awake while this bed burns, while calm and trembling come in turn Match the disease to the cure Behind this door there's no light or sound, and they're the only ones that hear us now Make promises I don't intend to keep, lock the door and swallow the key When will you let me out, take away what I can't live without Make a stronger man fall to his knees And will you ease my doubts, promise water to an endless drought Turn on the gas and watch me beg for sleep Desperation lends it's hand to fate, and cruel decisions to make Holding close what's been forbade I can't control my movement or thoughts, rationality's been drug out and shot All my effort has been for not, now leave me in this cage to rot
3.
White Flag 02:10
Fingers on the pulse of the religious right Ruined lives filled with blinding light South bound on a moral compass They came in the dead of the night Clawed at the doors to save your life A line in the sand between them and us The clerical collar choked the life from your eyes Physical punishment for moral crimes Spat in the face of the bind that ties Now that noose on your neck flies like a white flag Coming to grips with commitments made Catechismal rebirth for the living Now you suppress the urgency A need for spiritual emergency Accept all that you've been given, when it should have been riven What did you think would come next? You can't wash the shame from Sunday's best So when the lights went out, you felt your way through the dark And followed the light, left us in endless night
4.
The hole is dug voluntarily, while the doctors are getting next to me Nothing left to say, another bill to pay As the machine fills up quick, water level rises with every clock tick Nothing left to say, request is just the same An agonizing slow death, left emaciated and fucking penniless Take this stone and tap the vein, drain it dry and leave the same Reversal of fortune
5.
Starvation in a windowless house, locked in a windowless room Drowning in self defeat, the lure of loom Avoiding rescue until my death is assumed Comfort in self destruction and the certainty of ruin Cold spot, cold rot Minutes pass like days, wasting away Running flaccid on shame Is this life or just the passing of time, dying just to survive All bodies wear masks and mine is a bag over my head Remove the bones from the closet for the wolves to be fed Now the comfort of sleep escapes me, no hope for the fever breaking No figures in the shadows shaping Cold spot, cold rot Minutes pass like days, wasting away Running flaccid on shame No light now as far as the eye can see, this house is empty just like me Hanging from a tree
6.
Subordinate 03:35
Eyes affixed on a chalk outline, familiar sting of catholic guilt Cheating death on borrowed time Is this the pride that I'm supposed to find in this? Is this not the safe place we were promised? With an empty vessel head and pounding fists Chameleonic blood sucker, why have you come for me? Subordinated tension surge, you're burning like an effigy Forget all that you heard and saw Gnawing your tongue as you kneel before a human god Bones bleached in the sun for your amusement Hand crushes hand while we graciously accept your abuses Told to act on things we can't unsee The price of admission is above your pay grade The lease on life lost in snake oil trade Brittle hands now wrapped on a calloused throat Bleeding out the golden calf Utopia cheapened by those, fires lit on your behalf Navigating hell's maps

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released June 8, 2015

Recorded and mixed during Spring 2015 by Jason Bauer at Null Studios in Minneapolis.

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Hive Minneapolis, Minnesota

SHOWS:
2/15 - Spokane WA, Pacific Ave Pizza
2/16 - Seattle WA, Substation
2/17 - Portland OR, High Water Mark
2/18 - Eugene OR, Nail House

Contact/Booking: hivempls@gmail.com

Instagram: @hivempls
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