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Creatures

by Ari Mason

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1.
I’m old enough to know all the ways to make you shake here and now I’ll kiss you if you’re sweet to me, you say we do not need forever, honey we’ve got now tell me God is dead, I say let’s go to bed and feel something somehow wake me when you’re warm from sunlight wake me when you’re cold and blue I’m done with all the days we have spent saying that we’re through make me shiver, make me weak I want you kneeling at my feet dim the lights and we’ll feel everything deep within the cloisters of the void and I will make you beg you will scream and shout I will whisper in your ear you make me cry out I’m all out of muses, all the wrong men fall in love with me the momentary bliss they feel will fade and I am free again to feel the warmth from your skin when all the day is through I can’t help but run into your arms and say I have returned to you
2.
I’m up tonight can’t feel the wind the alarm sounds I’ll eat when I’m dead we’re going rogue no need to cry I’m already here we’re rolling high it’s all spinning white like snow the girls all dance my night star show diamond fortress I’m here again can’t find the door invite me in take it off it won’t last long let’s say it now before the sun no will of god no moral code no men alive we’re beasts tonight I’m floating ‘round can’t see my hands we’re laughing wild I’m numb to him my nails are gone where are my shoes it’s time to roll I’m crawling home
3.
are you ready to play dead? the toxin has gone to my head we bled our hands on pointless shrines strap me in my bed tonight look upon his depth glorify his humbleness you will love him, say it loud or he will cut you, beat you proud abduction, you’re in danger hear my conspiracy sedate the masses, we all collapse in time we’ll eat our enemies heaven’s door, heaven’s gate piety has sealed my fate baptized with fire from his hands chugging poison in the promised land suicide cult is what they’ll say drunk at night and dead by day they don’t know and we don’t care martyring is a fine affair catch the comet on your way vehicles, don’t swerve astray I believe that we’ll be free soon they’ll all be dead to me
4.
Empires 03:48
inches from hours your skin heated my perfume we’re drunk, I’m angry, you don’t know I want to shatter you you’re breathing in my scent I dare to touch your hips your beauty causes pain staring into your scarred face they’d kill to have me, why won’t you? it makes me scream, the way I want you you won’t speak, I’ll never know you are above, so I’m below I’ll return to empty space to some other man’s embrace empires away again and my dress is wearing thin I got warm and killed the bottle I provoke your eyes to stare why does no one seem to like you? you say it’s ‘cause you don’t care I trembled as you kissed my lips too wasted to be true whisper while your bites leave marks I’d do such dirty things to you they’d kill to have me, why won’t you? it makes me scream, the way I want you you won’t speak, I’ll never know you are above, so I’m below every night I think of you while I’m with some other man empires away again and my dress is wearing thin
5.
Towers 03:34
sheltered in your quiet youth how much could you know? I will tell you what to say you’ll listen now and you’ll obey wide awake at precocious hours topple from atop your towers are you feeling weak? I’ve given you no chance to speak I cannot touch you, it’s not time to bask in your illusions my foundation is too weak for you to build your towers on me breathe in deep, give me desire loving is not in my nature give me all your youth no fighting over what is true calloused skin, hard as diamonds how much do you feel? ivory fangs locked away lock your heart to use one day all that we know is our skin we’ve not accomplished more we’re all alone in the abyss get on your knees and off the floor
6.
Lullabies 03:47
just lie there, you’re on display pretty shame, my pretty thing while you pretend to close your eyes I’ll sing you dirty lullabies sleeping deep in crimson sheets tired from the stifling heat I’m breathing in your taste circled safe within your embrace I can’t feel a thing except our skin and in between you’re inside and I am breathing in this suffocating heat drunken summers still among us we will sever all our worldly ties I’ll sing all of our days to sleep with my dirty lullabies in the rain the willows weep clinging to the skin your fingers soothe the summer burns delicately trace them in men around me come and go and I am known for wandering but if you keep me, I will hold your hands and I will bless you always
7.
Ruin You 04:02
black paint on your nails I traced I repent for all the times that you caressed my face I dared you to I won’t do what you’ve done to me I will not ruin you I was your glove under the place that sheltered us then I swore your eyes were true and I can't do what you’ve done to me I will not ruin you you deceiver, you can't feel now I'm so shattered I won't heal you left me quiet, left me cold now I don't know how to be alone black and blue from the stones you threw how dare you hate me, how could you? you took the life right from my hands dehumanized me once again no mourning you, it will keep me weak my tearful days are through now I am haunted by a silhouette the hollow breath you drew I’ve got a jar full of the sun I’ve got the currents from my feet that pressed against the concrete the warmth when you pressed into me
8.
Brother 03:33
buried her in cold cement cold comfort for the children crying out to dear mother he says he is my lover since she’s gone all he can do is stare at her reflection there’s nothing left to lose seventeen and on the loose he sleeps soundly in the garden dreaming happy things wrap him up in satin ribbon only skin underneath time is stretching out forever in crystalline dreams secrets whispered in the sheets lips and bodies lie beneath beloved, hold me close we don’t have much time my love, before you go say you’ll still be mine
9.
Sleep Still 04:12
we're not self-indulgent, we're not weak we're just playing tricks on time in the long summer heat you are my flower drenched in the rain guardian angel, you ease my pain in my safety you mumble your thoughts through the dark blue we feel the pull of the stars no filters allowed, say what you want and more you draw on the page, I write on the floor stay, please don't go I never say it but you know it feels too soon for us to depart sleep still, my dear we will walk again tomorrow sleep still, love we will be dancing soon searching for my catharsis with you you intersected my lines with the narrative you drew I'd spend forever looking at your grayish-blue practicing the eyes we make at each other nostalgia sinks in, I am lost in you the sun plays a halo on your golden curls for a moment, our secret world is still wildflowers on our path flying cotton in the air my fingers tangle in your hair your laugh is electric, dark and blue more than anything I want to be close to you
10.
Ritual 03:29
speak in tongues to me in sanctified vulgarity razor sharp, razor thin claw into my flesh again which magic, black or white? weave your spell into the night swallow hard and I'll be still do with me what you will we are the spectral gods reign supreme o'er land and sea written in the constellations sacrifice will set you free we dance naked in the rain we dance naked, kill the pain no mercy on any man I will smite you if I can rex regum, sanctum sanctorum be clean unholy hands wash your bodies in the sand salt will make you clean again

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released March 25, 2016

Ari Mason: Producer, Vocals, Mixing
Roger Jarvis: Co-Producer, Co-Mixing
Sevenhouse Productions: Mastering

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Ari Mason Los Angeles, California

Ari Mason is a Grammy-certified vocalist, viola da gamba player, and producer based in Los Angeles. Her unique musical perspective and distinctive vocal timbre have shaped a body of work ranging from ethereal pop music to multi-part vocal Renaissance motets. ... more

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