anomie belle ‘slither’
Written by Anomie Belle, Ian Pickering and Augustus Skinner from ‘Machine’ EP, 2011
Slither
It slithers in through a crack in the door
No reasons just excuses
Slithers in, rolls around on the floor like there’s no bones beneath its skin
My split personality is taking the fifth, dead-end one-way street
You know that greed smells like old dead meat
You crawl outside my room, claw your way inside my stomach
I wanted to be something new but everyone just wants me to be you
Happiness can be just one little step outside of suffering
When you play not to lose you say anything, all kinds of things
The trick to staying alive is to keep passing by the open windows
There are no atheists in the foxhole
You name your god, you shame your soul