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This is my transmission
Are you there?
Can you hear me calling you?
If you care to listen
Know that this is all that’s left
For me to do
I don’t need your blessings
I don’t need you to understand
I just want you to accept this
But I’ll survive if that’s something
That I can’t have
I’m sending out a message
I have to go, I know not where
I have to do this on my own
And you can join me if you dare
But I’m not waiting for you
This is my admission
Of the sins that I’ve committed
And will commit again
Without remorse, inhibition, or fear
I don’t want your forgiveness
Only your ear
I’m tired of running in circles
Wishing that God
Would get me right next time
I’m sick of searching for purpose
I’ve realized that I don’t matter
I never mattered; that’s why
No, I’m not waiting for you
I’m not waiting for you
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Gloves
03:32
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Slipping into what seeps into me
A cognition born of aesthetic
Slowly sickening beneath the stench of flesh
I have turned to the pure synthetic
I embrace this new existence
Leaving my identity torn
I was born without a choice
But through this choice, I am reborn
Put on my gloves
Converge, assimilate
Emerge reincarnate
I am made better as I change
To become what I admire
Disown anatomy
Dethrone “reality”
I am made better as I change
I’ll throw it all away
Becoming one with the woven darkness
A second skin as I shed the first
I reject what has been thrust upon me
This vessel soon to harbour my rebirth
The tension rises, overrides us
And we’re ready to blow
Embrace the burn and pretty soon
You won’t feel pain anymore
It’s moving fast, we won’t outlast
But we can do it again
So leave your worries at the door and just
Breathe
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Belonging
03:18
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I’ve spent my life believing
All along that I was in control
But now, I know that as
A product of circumstance
This flesh has trapped my soul
And leaves me
Barren to the life I had hoped for
Charon, take me in, away from this world
Maybe therein I’ll find the peace that I’ve sought
As this form is distorted by flames
I have been forced
Into something that was
Never meant to be
My mind’s been tainted
By something I was
Never meant to see
I’ll never belong
I can hide my face and bury my flesh
But my blood the same still flows
That I might suffer through
This force of belligerence
That slowly takes its toll
And leaves me
Empty to the world of potential
It’s left me dying on the steps of the temple
To tempt me into my final submission
Ever to dwell in despair
I’ll leave this behind
I won’t be made to crawl like a worm
Through the dust of my severed name
Their eyes will be blind, their ears deaf
To all that I’m leaving to rust
And they’ll never know
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Hey Girl
03:17
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Hey girl
I heard about that thing you’re doing
Being who you wanted to be
And that’s just great, girl
I wish I were as brave as you
But that’s been shaken right out of me
I know there’s nothing I can do to
Help prepare you, and there’s
Not a thing that I can do to
Change your mind
I’ll try just the same
So, keep your head up
And keep your eyes turned down
Just keep your head up
And keep your feet on the ground
And remember that this world is not
A pretty place for us
So, keep your head up
And keep your hopes down
Hey girl
I don’t know what you think you’re doing
Really hope you’re fucking with me
‘Cause you’re insane, girl
Look at what you’ve done to yourself
Come on now, can’t I get you to see?
Don’t know if you’ve already noticed this
But sometimes, life’s a living hell for us
Did you know one in every twelve of us
Will die in an alleyway?
I’ll keep my head up
Won’t let you bring me down
‘Cause I’m fed up
I’m not playing around
And this world can be a shitty place
And sometimes, you’ll lose the fight
Just keep your head up
It’s gonna be alright
You’re gonna be alright
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Stand for This
04:58
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Stand down
Here comes another one
Another preacher comes to
Consternate me with ignorance
Your audacity, misconstrued
Sagacity is nauseating
Can you perchance see
That everyone standing around us
Is staring us down?
Don’t embarrass me
Don’t waste your oxygen
On your carcinogen, insipid thunder
I won’t still my tongue this time
I’m not the specimen of a walking experiment
I’m a human being, and I will scream back
I can stand on my own two feet
I don’t need anyone
But I will not stand for this
Are you listening?
I will not stand for this
Here comes another one
Another wishing to
Interrogate my anatomy
You test my patience, friend
I’ve no time left to spend on
Educating your deficiency
Just when did the contents of
My pants become your concern?
Stay the fuck away from me
So, let this be known
I’ll fuck with who the fuck I please
And if you talk shit
I’ll tape your eyes open so you can watch
Don’t tell me who the fuck I am
And don’t tell me what the fuck
I can do with my crotch
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