Amethyst (feat. Shaolin G)

from Conceit by GILT

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You think I’d be bitter towards the water for all the times I almost drowned
But the measure of a strong swimmer is how long they can stay down
No beauty in being crushed beneath, but somehow still so tempting
Precious metals pockmarked along my teeth will long outlive my memory

It’s only sacred to me

I’m an amethyst reflecting the same story folding inwards
You don’t see yourself inside me, cursed to not display in mirrors
I dream to be the thorn snapped off inside the lion’s paw
A legacy of ego death, then dying for nothing at all

It’s only sacred to me ‘cause I don’t understand it
I see the bottom of everything, wax wings remade ceramic
Uncertain trust, readdressed with iron lungs
Uncertain trust, circle around again and around again

Live in the shadow, but made in the image
Give up your only father it’s that inverse religious
Slow deathwish, sit on your hands ‘till they’re broke
A censer’d disciple, stuck breathing in the smoke

But still an unaccounted for gun from the first act
Two lovers with no plan, one cash-poor, one cash-strapped
No circle unbroken, turn my head Pollock with no frame
No borders, no walls, no power passed through a last name

Nothing is sacred to me

An uncanny resemblance, these crooked teeth
Staring into the sun, keep repeating,
“I’ve seen You before, I just can’t remember what You look like”
Anymore

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from Conceit, released May 6, 2022

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