ERRA - Scorpion Hymn Lyrics

ERRA Lyrics

"Scorpion Hymn"

Cold world, make my stomach turn
Fire burns eternal
Endless war
Smoke clearing out wolves in a paper house
We cut the wicked tongue
We tie the noose you've hung
We see the boundless harm
Petrified hands
Broken hearts

(Treading water)
(Scorpion on my back)
(Onset of paralysis)

I stand transfixed upon my own reflection
Unacquainted with the one that stands before me
Assembled with such careful calculation
Are you the man that you claim to be?
A dream once hopeful, now a conduit of self-hatred
Left in a timeworn tomb of destinations once held sacred

The shifting serpent, slithering in eternal shadow
We cut the wicked tongue
We tie the noose you've hung
We see the boundless harm
Petrified hands
Broken hearts
Make my stomach turn
You endorsed the hurt
Now you must live with the shame

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Writer(s): William Alexander Ballew, Jesse Thomas Cash, Joseph Thomas Cavey

Guitarist Jesse Cash told about this song, "The title refers to the fable of 'The Scorpion and the Frog', about the nature of violent instinct. It lent a means of having aggressive lyrics to compliment the aggressive style of the instrumentals. The theme deviates in the middle section with about 8 lines about self-reflection, hazy identity, perhaps imposter syndrome, and as final group of lines that summarise the development of jaded feelings towards aged aspirations."

Vocalist J.T. Cavey shared about "Scorpion Hymn", "The song features almost the entire spectrum of my voice. Producer Grant McFarland and Jesse Cash assisted on creating an ominous chorus that gets stuck in your head."

album: "ERRA" (2021)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Psalm Of Sedition

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Nigh To Silence

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Vanish Canvas

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Stockholm Syndrome

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Light My Way

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Heresy

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

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