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Crooked Claws

from In Search of Home by From Ash and Dust

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Someone told me about those crooked claws and asked if I've known them too
I said I'd never seen them, he said I haven't either but that doesn't stop them from haunting you

On the day I noticed it was getting harder to breathe, I could see something gripping my chest
Its so tight, it might kill me but death is the weakest of the crooked claws' threats

Sometimes its breathing down my neck, sometimes its underneath my bed, but imagination's on my side
What I can make of it is scarier than what it really is, it only messes with me when it hides

So I'm not gonna hide (hide, hide)
I know I'm scared most of the time (time, time)
I'm not gonna let it make me hide (hide, hide)
Turn around, face up to those jaws
I turn around and they're gone
No more hiding from the crooked claws

Someone asked me what's the matter, then looked a little confused when I said I haven't got a clue
There seems to be no threat of a predator, so why do my instincts always tell me I'm doomed?

Can't put a name or a face to whatever's hunting me, and I know that it can't attack
Vision is the only weapon against it, but I only know the claws on my back

They follow me everywhere, but I don't need to be scared if imagination's on my side
I run into a land in my mind where the crooked claws have no choice but to hide

So I'm not gonna hide (hide, hide)
I'm still scared most of the time (time, time)
But right now I don't need to hide (hide, hide)
Turn around, face up to the jaws
I turn around and they're gone...

The claws will grab me from behind, they keep on scratching at my spine
They trying to catch me by surprise but never look into my eyes
They'll never snatch the breath out of my chest, I'll survive
And since they never face up I'm gonna make them up this time

There'll be no more hiding from the crooked claws (x4)

I don't wanna be scared all the time
So I run to a land in my mind
Where the crooked claws are forced to hide
Right now I believe I won't die

I don't wanna be scared all the time
So I run to a land in my mind
Where the crooked claws are forced to hide
For now I believe that...
I'm fine

credits

from In Search of Home, released March 25, 2021
Lyrics written by Braeden Daggett.

Music composed by Liam Sturgess.

Vocals by Braeden Daggett.

Piano, keys, bass, vocoder, synth, and programming by Liam Sturgess.

Engineered by Liam Sturgess and Morgan Perry.

Edited and mixed by Liam Sturgess.

Recorded at Sturgess Prime Productions in West Vancouver, BC, the Nimbus School of Recording and Media in Vancouver, BC, and Blank Space Audio in New Westminster, BC.

Mixed at Sturgess Prime Productions and Blank Space Audio.

Mastered by Andre Gonsalves at ADG Mastering in Toronto, ON.

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