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Song: Black Bile
Band: Graves at Sea
Album: Documents of Grief (EP)
Year: 2004


Lyrics:

Melancholy/ cold and dry/ black and sour
bride of blood/ purged from the spleen

melancholy/ so low, so depressed
a calloused heart/ on a northern path

tie the tourniquet/ open a vessel
my cup runneth over/ with blood and bile

heartbeat slows/ euphoria/ sedation
as pressure falls/ sickness flows away

sanguine/ hot and moist/ sweet and red
bride of bile/ begotten of the heart

sanguine/ passion and laughter
lost love spoken/ on an eastern wind

slipping away/ healed...

*All music written by Graves at Sea*


Track list:

1. "Red Monarch" - 7:50
2. "Black Bile" - 7:30
3. "Wormwood" - 7:07
4. "Praise the Witch" - 7:09


Line-up:

*Nathan Misterek - Vocals
*Nick Phit - Guitar
*Miguel Veliz - Bass
*Chiyo Nukaga - Drums
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*20 Buck Spin (2004)