You Were feat. Silver Godling

by Troy Bennett's Graveyard Lips & Silver Godling

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Troy Bennett: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics
Emily McWilliams: Vocals and Piano

Collaborative effort between Troy Bennett's Graveyard Lips and Silver Godling

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by James Whitten at Hightower Recording New Orleans, LA in April 2021 with some more edits being done in late 2022. This was the only song from my first go at recording my full length that survived the chopping block before starting over in January 2022

Photo is also a bit of a collaborative effort: Emily and back ground photographed by Teddie Taylor and spectral Troy photo and edit by Dusty Cooper. Edit done with approval from both photographers

lyrics

We weep as we stare in the mirror
"Who is this?"
"What is this?"
You'll say
It's you, in all your ugly splendor,
you should know that you will not win.

Piece by piece we shuffle through the puzzle
"Meat is meat."
"Life is life."
They'll say
Be wary of what the preacher's selling
You will grow
You'll grow
From your pain

You Were
You Were
You Were
You Were

You Were the beauty of yesterdays
You Were the tyrant as well as slave
You Were a radiant fast decay
You Were
You Were

You Were the peak of true energy
You Were obedient lethargy
You Were your life's own effigy
You Were
You Were
You Were
You Were
You Were

Y O U

Memories take the shapes of paintings
Different colors appear in different ways
The eyes of family and distant lovers
Are filled with tears and they wished you stayed

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released February 14, 2023

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Troy Bennett's Graveyard Lips Hammond, Louisiana

Expressions of the daily internal struggle of being human and having empathy in an increasingly apathetic world.

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