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lyrics
Have you lost your way now that the daylight’s snuffed, beyond one field too many, past plots best left
uncrossed? Is that our light you see blinking from the bend, the lure of camp spit smoking—have you
found our cave? We came all this way and left all we were, to find ourselves new. Reborn, we are new!
We live in a cave. (In her dark we are new.)
Do you spy our shadows dancing on the rocks? Nude, we leap the flames and chant the wordless songs.
You later find the tunnel where we snore in piles like animals; you tiptoe but fail to see me smile. You
came all this way. Forget who you were. Find yourself new. Reborn, you are new! We live in a cave. (In
her dark we are new.)
Surprise! You hear the cackling—my wives have blocked the path. Still, you fight the groping tide of
hands that pull you back. Can you see the cave mouth? Or have you shut your eyes? It’s dawning pink
out there, that birdsong bids farewell. We live in a cave. (In her dark we are new.) You live in a cave.
uncrossed? Is that our light you see blinking from the bend, the lure of camp spit smoking—have you
found our cave? We came all this way and left all we were, to find ourselves new. Reborn, we are new!
We live in a cave. (In her dark we are new.)
Do you spy our shadows dancing on the rocks? Nude, we leap the flames and chant the wordless songs.
You later find the tunnel where we snore in piles like animals; you tiptoe but fail to see me smile. You
came all this way. Forget who you were. Find yourself new. Reborn, you are new! We live in a cave. (In
her dark we are new.)
Surprise! You hear the cackling—my wives have blocked the path. Still, you fight the groping tide of
hands that pull you back. Can you see the cave mouth? Or have you shut your eyes? It’s dawning pink
out there, that birdsong bids farewell. We live in a cave. (In her dark we are new.) You live in a cave.
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from Stranger,
released December 9, 2014
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Cretin San Jose, California
Formed in 1992 by guitarist and vocalist, Marissa Martinez, and bassist, Matt Widener, Cretin was the Santa Cruz Mountains' answer to the wave of death metal and grind that was infesting the scene. They spent two years with a multitude of different drummers and ultimately put the band on hold to focus on other things. ... more
discography
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Dec 2014 -
Apr 2006 -
Jan 2004
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