Artist: Moses Sumney
Lyrics of Artist: Moses Sumney
  1. [Lyric] Bystanders in space (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] Oh You wanna strip away Veracity is great But you'll bleed And all For a lukewarm embrace You serrate your face With glee [Chorus] Don't waste your candor On bystanders They'll watch you waste away, waste away, waste away, waste away [Verse 2] What's the use of confessing the truth To an executioner in a booth About the dueling forces...Learn More
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  2. [Lyric] In Bloom in the woods (Moses Sumney)

    [Intro] (One, two, three) [Verse 1] In the meantime we'll get it straight I hope our friendship can recuperate 'Cause I've held you in place Of a wife in the space A spouse would hold Only with you, I'm safe [Chorus] In bloom with room to grow I'm only watering seeds that you sowed In my heart, in my chest, six feet beneath the flesh When you...Learn More
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  3. [Lyric] The Unforgiven (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] New blood joins this Earth, and quickly he's subdued Through constant pained disgrace, the young boy learns their rules With time the child draws in, this whipping boy done wrong Deprived of all his thoughts, the young man struggles on and on He's known, ooh, a vow unto his own that never from this day His will they'll take away,...Learn More
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  4. [Lyric] Me in 20 Years Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] Hey, after all these years I'm still here, fingers outstretched With your imprint in my bed A pit so big I lay on the edge Will love let me down again? Oh no, no, it won't get in I'm left wonderin' If it's written on my urn That I'll burn alone Like a star [Chorus] I wonder how I'll sleep at night With a cavity by my side And nothing...Learn More
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  5. [Lyric] Doomed Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] Hollow one With inverted tongue From whence does fulfillment come? When I expel From this mortal shell Will I die for living numb? [Chorus] Am I vital If my heart is idle? Am I doomed? Am I vital If my heart is idle? Am I doomed? [Verse 2] If I feel you But nobody else They're someone I don't see Yet you say nothing Of the stoic...Learn More
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  6. [Lyric] Plastic Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse] I know what it is to be broken and then be bold Tell you that my silver is gold Though we're much too old for make believe And I know what it's like to behold and not be held Funny how a stomach unfed Seems satisfied 'cause it's swell and swollen You caught me Shootin' cross the sky like a star But nobody told me To never let it get too...Learn More
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  7. [Lyric] Conveyor Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Part I: Conveyer] [Verse 1] All aboard the bulletin board, the machine (The machine) I animorph into an organ, a spleen Private school boy in uniform assembly I will assume form, join the workforce, colony [Chorus] Conveyor for you Conveyor for you [Non-lyrical Break] [Verse 2] The fire ants die for a chance at the queen (At the...Learn More
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  8. [Lyric] Polly Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] You remain in motion Bottom of the ocean Not yet sick of sycophants Tellin' you their true lies Like, "No moon is higher," Hollow as a hallway Your fist fits right through me If I split my body into two men Would you then love me better? Octopus myself so you weather this [Pre-Chorus] Sea, Polly Sea, Polly See, see...Learn More
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  9. [Lyric] ​​space nation race place (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse] I've needed a space to articulate my own loneliness not at the level of state, or nation, or race, or place Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness State Nation Race Place...Learn More
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  10. [Lyric] Colouour Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse] Why don't you wear some color? It'd bring out your eyes You say you'd never bother 'Cause you'd be telling lies Why don't you try some earth tones Since you claim you wanna die? The color of compost Might make you feel revived Well, I think it'd look great on you Go on, show yourself There's nothing to be scared of Do it for your health Say...Learn More
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  11. [Lyric] Quarrel Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] He who asks for much has much to give I don't ask for much, just enough to live Oh, in the light, morning will reveal the spoils of night Through the walls of Jericho, oh, lies a heart of stone With you, half the battle is proving that we're at war I would give my life just for the privilege to ignore [Chorus] Don't call it a lovers'...Learn More
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  12. [Lyric] Virile Live From Blackalachia (Moses Sumney)

    [Verse 1] On the long hike through Blue Ridge Mountains I can feel the earth Overtake my skin And I realize none Of this matters 'Cause I will return To dust and matter [Pre-Chorus 1] Cheers to the patriarchs And the marble arch Playin' the part The gatekeeper's march [Chorus] Desperate for passing grades The virility fades You've got the wrong...Learn More
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