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Incandescent Ruins

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Incandescent Ruins
Bleed Out

Album

Bleed Out

Released

August 19, 2022

Length

2:29

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Incandescent Ruins is the eleventh song on Bleed Out.

Lyrics[]

Here inside the final diorama
Charting weather patterns for kicks
There are several fairly weighty problems
I'm pretty sure the simulation won't fix

Never any better at bottom
Than the signals I'm set up to receive
Choking on the blood of the androids
Wiping off my mouth on my sleeve

Shining on the inside, maybe
Shining on the inside, maybe

Somewhere in the monument garden
Suggestions of a tunnel to freedom
Everywhere the crack of the rifle
Never any guns when you need them

I got to test my chin on the concrete
It's the only way to be sure
Only the desperate ever make it to the exit
Only the brave and the pure

Shining on the inside, maybe
Shining on the inside, maybe

Shining like a deep sea creature
Only temporarily bearing the pressure

Sniffing at the walls of the maze
All the ancient rumors were true
You only see the jump cuts and the close-ups
You never get the aerial view

Content to maybe serve as an example
Set up a sign or two on the trail
There's a lot of things that can happen
All for the want of a nail

Shining on the inside, maybe
Shining on the inside, maybe

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

  • "There is nothing more fun than playing a song live for the first time, nobody outside of camp has heard that one. Thanks so much. (applause) And if your hearts are brave and true and you can resist going to YouTube, no one outside of this camp needs to. (applause) I know, I know." -- 2021-09-16 - Kessler Theater - Dallas, TX
  • “This one's kind of cheating, because it's more of a science-fiction film than an action film. It's not from any particular movie, but it sounds sort of like a Westworld sort of theme, some sort of post-robot-overlord future in which there are mazes to escape from and stuff. The one style of songwriting I do pretty good is to sketch this entire imaginary world just through its details. It's one of my sort of really obscure skill sets.” via https://music.apple.com/us/album/bleed-out/1622211546
  • “I don’t really get into prophecies, but this is a prophecy.” - 2023-10-10 - The Knitting Factory - Boise, ID

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