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Claws

by The Ragshakers

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1.
Trigger 03:02
There are devils in the alley ways Waiting for something fresh And the priests can't pray they'll get in the way Of indulging in sins of the flesh They say keep quiet, no dirty words But the dirt is all that is left This place is a trigger And it shot your daughter down And the laws are laid by business men Whose business is taking lives "Don't struggle now you'll make it worse You're a juggler juggling knives" They say be still and we won't kill But their kingdom is made up of lies This place is a trigger And it shot your children down Horror: the lies you tell us to help us sleep. Oh beautiful for spacious skies And crimson waves of blood Placing productivity Over humanity and love I never learned how to survive in a world like this. Why am I here? I'm like a ghost, in between heaven and hell wondering if it's okay that I'm suffering. That is my fate. Safety comes only from blankets, I think, sometimes, but blankets are not thick enough or strong enough to let the storm carry me away. There was something here, there was something here, we grieve for what's not here.
2.
pumpkin carving the kids are starving out in the street give them candy that would be dandy though it might be too sweet give them liquor it kills em quicker and their maker they might meet now would that be a trick or would that be a treat? the police station has been abandoned for the new year and all the people go on like before just living in fear church was empty there was nobody there my heart was heavy the walls were stripped bare the cross hung crooked on a length of wire somebody had set it on fire when appeared John the Baptist with the head of a ram who turned into a vagrant with a gasoline can I ran screaming, "make straight the road!" the rams head caught fire and it did explode these strange forebodings don't sit with me well twas on a night quite like this when an angel first fell straight down from heaven and into hell...
3.
WHEN I DIE I WONT BE MUCH OF ANYTHING ILL BE FLOATING IN THE WIND 
BUT I WONT BE MUCH OF ANYTHING ILL BE A SPECTER 
BUT I WONT HAVE A GENDER 
ILL BE FLOATING IN THE SOUNDS
 BUT I WONT BE MUCH OF ANYTHING I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE 
I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE 
I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE WHEN I'M A GHOST I WON'T BE
 INHABITING A BODY I'LL BE HAUNTING EVERY HOUSE BUT I WONT BE MUCH OF ANYTHING
 I'LL BE A LOST SOUL BUT HONEY I'LL PLAY NO ROLE LORD KNOWS THAT I'LL BE FEELING FREE NO I WON'T BE MUCH OF ANYTHING I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE 
I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE I’LL JUST PLAY THE TAMBOURINE
4.
Claws 04:23
These days they come like a drum Guilt eats at my crackling lungs I’m losing teeth like pennies on the street These blankets feel like needles And my bedroom keeps changing shape I’m smoking in the bathroom I was planting flowers in the weeds I’ve been collecting the constant rain But the birds took all of their seeds Maybe you’ll find the claws in my brain I’m having visions of Constellations in my arms These words sound like fire I’m having a dream Where all the mountains are split by a stream And I’m climbing through the water I was planting flowers in the weeds I’ve been collecting the constant rain But the birds took all of my seeds Maybe you’ll find the claws in my brain These days they come like a drum And I don’t know where I’m from
5.
Living Dead 05:01
River swimming with pink swollen eyes Waves come through like seagull cries I knew you when you were feeling bad I've been hurt and I've been mad Lighter callus on my thumb Broken heart and nowhere to run I knew you when you were feeling bad Breathing like I never had The sun will rise like the living dead I've grown flowers all in my head I've got flowers in my head Ankles aching like a tired boat I'm filled with water, I can't float I knew you when you were feeling bad Look at all the dreams I had Well sometimes thorns don't prick my skin Berries bleed like sinners grin I knew you when you were feeling bad I lost everything that I had The sun will rise like the living dead I've grown flowers all in my head I've got flowers in my head Ate a cactus in my sleep Reaching where the mind won't keep I knew you where you were feeling bad When it's gone I'll be feeling sad The sun will rise like the living dead I've grown flowers all in my head I've got flowers in my head

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released October 25, 2014

The Ragshakers are...!

Emily Ayden on the:
vocals, guitar, upright bass, harmonica, tambourine

Chan "the Chansaw" Benicki on the:
vocals, saw, guitar, ukulele, washboard, jaw harp

Recorded at The Blue House in Portland, OR
Mastered by Emily Ayden
Art by Chan Benicki

Thank Zeus for the Portland thunder and giving us a great storm to chase.

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