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Deception Island

from Basilisk by J. Robbins

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lyrics

cold open with no land in sight
a technicolor ocean, cracking ice
a nightmare
family, frozen mannequins
who couldn’t save me if i swam to them

don’t let the dream end
I’ll reach Deception Island
or die before I wake

is this where I was born to be
it feels more real than waking life to me
back there
on shrinking ice, on blue-black waves
real memories fade, childhood nightmare replays

don’t let the dream end
I’ll reach Deception Island
or die before I wake

nothing peaceful in this silence
only storms on the horizon

and we all
want
some deus ex machina
to come and save the day
then the dream ends
and there’s an ocean in between us
I watch you drift away

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from Basilisk, released February 2, 2024

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J. Robbins Baltimore, Maryland

J. Robbins has been the singer/guitarist and principal songwriter in several DC-and-Baltimore-area post-punk rock bands since the late 1980s, most notably Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and Channels. He is also owner and operator of the Magpie Cage recording studio in Baltimore MD.
T-shirts and other J. Robbins-related merch are available at www.shirtkiller.com/jrobbins

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