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1.
H. 05:35
everyday you scratch and burn like a beggar you wait for your turn to get your fix and go on your way a man of night with a woman of pay push the needle deeper within feel the veins glow under your skin and then you crawl and hide away a thief who steals the light of our day and now you're falling  falling deeper below a heaven without a home and as I see your face I see death's cold embrace degradation is your name and with your life you fade away to succumb and kill your pain a sun without its boundless rays and now you're falling  falling deeper below a heaven without a home and as I see your face I see death's cold embrace every day you scratch and burn   like a beggar you wait for your turn  push the needle deeper within  and feel the veins glow under your skin
2.
I believe in the truth I believed in you but as I take a drink upon this bottle and lead my soul on down I tried to heal beneath your skin but I know you're not around anymore you're no more I am a weakened man cause I betrayed all the friends I ever had when I stuck that needle into my vein and smoked that foil upon the rain I gained the muse of grace and the light it married my own face with the light of your grace the mother, the son and the holy ghost came to me in my hour of need and made me whole I will retreat deeper into my mind for the sea is black and it burns for all time I will hide beneath this death channel all evil into my breath return my infant to the start be swallowed by an ocean of stars a paradise lost to never leave as god is a forgotten dream never no cross in which to lean remove the veil to all unseen indulge in every fallen sin the holy map is upon your skin the kingdom is without and within and you are within me you are within me the mother, the son and the holy ghost came to me in my hour of need and made me whole
3.
Catherine 04:43
you walk so slowly on down the hall  with your body aching from the night before  and with a flick of golden hair you make time yours  like a river whispers 'holy' unto the ocean's shore  you turn the kettle on and light your morning smoke  twirling light around your finger like some kinda joke  then you edge closer to my lonely frame  embracing my lips with a gospel refrain we betray each other  but in this moment  you are my other  you are my lover you open the window and let in the flowers as the bells of St Augustine inform us of the hour  I measure my living on the hopes of your limbs  dancing upon the wings of silent hymns  we betray each other  but in this moment  you are my other  you are my lover and from the mantle you pick up your rings  to retreat into an afternoon where the angels sing  I smell the perfume upon my skin  for I know this day will never be again  you will never be again 
4.
when I was a child I grew sad and lonely and every day I'd pray for my blood to be holy and I knew no truth I knew no truth when I was a teen I embraced my armor and drank away my freedom to become a saint or martyr and I knew no truth I knew no truth when I was a young man I would drown I would falter in my sorrow alone every breath was a failure and I knew no truth I knew no truth now all of the angels do not forsake me take me away take me to the grave take me where the light and dark pray take me away take me to the grave take me where the leaves fall and sway take me away take me to the grave take me where the take me upon your wings of love and grace

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'Accept suffering and redeem yourself by it, that's what you must do.'
- Sonya to Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment (1866)

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released September 21, 2020

Matt Malone - Vocals, Guitar
Adam Casey - Drums, Bass, Pedal Steel, Guitar, Piano, Strings
Kendra Casey - Backing Vocals

Words & Music - Matt Malone
Arrangements - Matt Malone & Adam Casey
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered - The True Vine, (2019)

Thanks - Zoi, Mum, Dad, Adam, Teira, Henry, Adam, Zac, Fabian, Dan, Woody, Ric, Wendy, Hap, Dugald, Glen, Lou, Rose, Chris, James, Belinda, my kid brothers and everyone who supported me.

Cover Art - Ludovico Carracci, An Angel Frees A Soul From Purgatory, (1582)

This record is dedicated to all the souls lost to despair and addiction.

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Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits Melbourne, Australia

Matt Malone is a singer/songwriter from the Victorian goldfields. Malone’s preacher-like baritone and darkly poetic songs have been likened to Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Townes Van Zandt & David Eugene Edwards.

'★★★★, cracked, haunted, fantastic.'
- The Sydney Morning Herald
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