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Sign / False Infinities

by Former Ruins

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Sign 04:50
Party crashers Raised up crosses While we forgot to keep the feast It felt like an epiphany Of our true allegiances To say the least I just know that We've been here before Burning incense To a strongman And we just don't know when to stop Without a sign Of contradiction Men without chests Mourned no losses When they lit up New York City pink We don't hesitate to say They love the least of these What a nice thing to think I just know that We've been here before Offering tribute with our own children And we just don't know when to stop Without a sign Of contradiction There's no bloodless membership It's just a question of whose blood it is We gather our strength against Whatever victim seems expedient You should know cuz You've been here before Being opposed from all directions And we just don't know when to stop Crucifying what Contradicts us We just don't know when to stop Without a sign that can Contradict us I just know that we've been here before I cannot get around the fact Your holy innocence is the only last Contradiction That speaks against And saves us In the end Please give us a sign And contradict us Cos I know we've been here before I know we've been here before And we just don't know when to stop Without a sign of Contradiction
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Do you still remember The driver We met from Denver With the ouroboros tattoo? He said that everything Will recur Until we all dissolve in time (We all dissolve) That's the kind of vaguely spiritual thing You can get away with saying to strangers But he really didn't like you Telling him how to drive I had a perfect circle and I tried to paint it all black But then I couldn't decide if I should paint it all white Or in perfectly balanced halves And my eyes are acrobats Leaping out, desperate To catch sight of something real That can bear a human face I need something that can break Through to me And break through My false infinities But here's yet another Ex-pastor In Warby Parker Glassses without a prescription He said we're star stuff And baby, we are enough And the Kingdom of Heaven is within (It's all within) And the capital U-universe is here to guide us Toward our own inner light Well ok But just saying that sort of thing Never got anyone crucified I had a perfect circle and I tried to paint it all black But then I couldn't decide if I should paint it all white Or in perfectly balanced halves And my eyes are acrobats Leaping out, desperate To catch sight of something real That can bear a human face I need something that can break My arms are acrobats Flying out through emptiness To lay hold of hands That have borne our human weight I need something that can break I was a self-referring circuit of positive inputs But nothing electric ever struck Nothing could judge me Oppose or conduct me And therefore not love me that much But you found me going nowhere just Circling the parking lot Reciting slogans to myself Like "we're just drops in the ocean" It sounded pretty deep But it didn't help Cuz our hearts are acrobats Leaning out across a gap To be one with you Even now in time and space Cuz a sacred heart can break And we need something that can break through All our false infinities But between you and us Is a wire And the tension remains a crucial thing Just meet us up there dancing Above trees that go branching Beyond all our false infinities

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The next pair of singles from No Creature is Hidden, following Doxology and Sparrow Eyes.

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released October 28, 2022

All songs written by Levi Dylan Sikes (ASCAP) / Slow Embrace Records (ASCAP) except 'Sign' written by Levi Dylan Sikes (ASCAP) / Slow Embrace Records (ASCAP) and John Michael Sellers (ASCAP) / Ear Grass Records (ASCAP). All rights reserved. © & ℗ 2022.


Performed, recorded, and produced by Former Ruins (Muncie, IN)
Additional synth, samples, and keys by John Michael Sellers (Utica, NY)
Mixed and mastered by Keith Hartman of Silver Seas Mastering (Charleston, SC)

Special thanks to the Patron Circle for their ongoing support and encouragement: Casey Gallenberger, Leah Mikesell, Dan Daugherty, Abbi Hawkins, Kevin Skillern, Melia Ozbun, Ray & Linda Sikes, Abigail Applegate, Ben Kouba, William Carroll, Joseph Macklin, Hannah Peters, Jewel Vestbom, Nick Rozema, Bobby Bennett, Samuel Schmidt, K. Albert Little

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