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Prince of Peace, Beloved God,
we bless You for Your worth
Your pure and virgin birth
Your miracles here on Earth,
O Baphomet, we bless You
Baphomet, our Queen and King,
we thank You for being ours
the five points to Your star,
the five points to our hearts
O Baphomet, we thank You
Love is Faith, and Faith is Sight,
so let us see You, Lord
Your cloven hoof and sword,
Our righteous, just reward
O Baphomet, we want to see You
Baphomet, Stillborn God
We love You for your word,
the true path, once obscured
is open, now we’ve heard -
O Baphomet, we love You.
i know where You are
You’re deep in my heart
i know where You are
You’re here, in us
we know where You are
You’re deep in our hearts
we know where You are
You’re here, in us
may Your unholy fire
burn in me
may Your unholy fire
forever burn
may Your lowly desire
find rest with me
may Your lowly desire
forever yearn
our hearts are on Your altar
incarnadine and pure
please Lord, keep us sure
through all we must endure
O Baphomet, make us - strong
Baphomet, Lord our God,
we thank You for Your gifts
the wonder of Your kiss
what is love but this?
i know where You are
You’re deep in my heart
i know where You are
You’re here, in us
we know where You are
You’re deep in our hearts
we know where You are
You’re here, in us
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Lifted
05:26
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he will lift you up on eagle's wings
he will lift you up on eagle's wings
so tell me some more lies
i breathe em in just fine
i'm thirsty for his lies
i taste him on my mind
i only hear him when i sing
the rest of the time he's kind of a quiet king
why can't i hear him all the time?
i swear i'll breathe him in just fine
so tell me some more lies
i taste you all the time
i am lifted up on eagle's wings
but to tell you the truth i don't feel a thing
so tell me some more lies
i feel you near me all the time
your flavor is like wine
i can breathe it in just fine
your flavor tastes like wine
i fucking taste you all the time
come inside me it's all right
i can take you in just fine
he will lift you up on eagle's wings
but honestly, you probably won't feel a thing
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life is disgusting
people are trash
you are revolting
you are trash
someday the earth will shake us off
like a bad case of fleas
but for now we do as we please
for now, it's as we like it
but we're still trash
cosmic trash
the kind of crushingly intelligent and yet morally bankrupt galactic parasite
that shows up once every billion years in an unfortunate solar system
and then fucks themselves to death
fuck us all to death
life is disgusting
and so are you
i know all your ugliest thoughts
cuz i have them too
it's like all we ever do
is ruin everything
find the best and most beautiful lives
and ruin everything
we find that sliver of light
in a cavern of dark
and shit on the world
til the sliver's a spark
and roar our own names
as we fuck all our friends
and the only thing that matters
is that we cum before the end
life is disgusting
people are trash
you are trash
we are garbage
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Afterlife
03:24
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every place i leave
it sure feels like i'm leavin
but everywhere i go
it's like i never arrive
am i braindead?
or just on time?
sometimes i still think about you
in the dead of night
those hours in the mornin
when i just can’t stand the cold
is this the afterlife?
or am i just old?
there's a place inside me where
your love can never leave
i wonder, can you feel the hole
where you keep mine?
i’ll never touch you again
i’ll never love you again
i’ve lost my mind
baby, i’m losin my mind
the pus of man
has overwhelmed the earth
i feel like i’m the only one
that hears her screaming dirt
i feel like i’m the only one
that hears her screaming dirt
am i damaged?
or just hurt
put your fingers in my wounds
feel and see
i’ve risen again
only this time it’s not me
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Blankets
02:46
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she still sleeps with the blanket Mother made her,
while naked she dreamt in the womb
"jesus is lord," it sings from the sheets
see it is empty, his tomb
have i missed the key?
has all that i ’ve lived been poisoned by the
seeds of childhood ennui
if i raised a man
from the blood and the sand
i would not give him back to the sea
deep in the brook of the thicketed forest
soft waters are calling her name
father and mother, they sit ‘cross the stream,
their toes in the fluvial flow
if only i knew what they know
here, a lacuna, a dark missing part
i’m not sure i remember the rest
only a mist that covers her eyes
and eases her filial shame
that frustrated, silky disdain
have we missed the key?
has all that we’ve lived been poisoned by the
seeds of childhood ennui
if i raised a man
from the blood and the sand
i would not give him back to the sea
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The Space Between Us
04:10
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i’ve spent all my life
on shit that i made up
all these problems of mine
just shit that i made up
but isn’t trouble fun
fun for everyone?
if i could start again
i would trust only one
and spare all the rest
their time in my burning sun
but i had to run away
and i needed someone good
and the shit that i had made
the space between us
we experience life
solely as ourselves
our thoughts, just echoes in time
in this cavern we call 'Hell'
and for all my talk and rhyme
i have never lived life well
i know i have to die alone
so i’d like to live with you
we will make this home
the space between us
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Millennium
05:02
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another mornin comes
she sleeps straight through
to the other side of daylight
before she comes to
it isn't that she's tired
it’s not that she's sad
she just gave up the fight
when the fight went bad
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
there's five empty coffee cups
alongside her bed
maybe it's all that caffeine
what's messin with her head
it’s coffee for the day
and liquor for the dark
it’s a walk in the shade
on the wrong side of the park
it's all right if you don't know your direction
somethin better is comin down the line
she’s left all her family
left all her friends
her troubles had rewarded her
with only dead ends
back home, they have buried her
along with her name
all but dead to them now
and only herself to blame
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
somethin better is comin down the line
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
please just give it time
for us there is no east or west
there are only the houses where we live
every day starts and ends the same
wonderin’ where to go
where to put the blame
puts a bullet on her tongue
rolls it round her mouth
just to taste the lead
and think of flyin’ south
she wants to test her wings
take the wind for a ride
but what if that’s
not what's on the other side?
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
somethin better is comin down the line
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
please just give it time
none of us really know our direction
i guess some of us fake it just fine
it’s all right if you don’t know your direction
please just give it time
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Somnambulist
04:34
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wake me up
before you kill yourself
so that i can tell you no
no you can't go
no you can't go
(i need you)
wake me up
before you kill yourself
so that i can say goodbye
to the love of my life
you are the love of my life
i won't sleep through us
i promise
i won't sleep through us
i promise
wake me up
before you go to bed
so i can watch you close your eyes
and know it's not the last time
no it's not the last time
(it can't be)
wake me up
before you go to work
so that i can take your hand
and say i understand
baby, i understand
wake me up
before you leave me
so that i can cure my sin
and you can let me back in
please let me back in
i won’t sleep through us
i promise
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Trapped in Pennsylvania
03:29
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trapped in pennsylvania
so far away
from the woman who means everything to me
trapped in pennsylvania
though that’s not to say
pennsylvania ain’t an all right place to be
all right in the sense that some
people spend their whole lives here
but for me i don’t think it's workin out that way
if i don’t go i’ve gone crazy
can’t you see
she’s everything to me
the woods here, they glow at night
that’s pretty cool
sometimes i go outside and just stare
the hills and trees and valleys
well, they're greener than where i’m from
but they’re missin that northern mean streak
and every glowin night i
dream of my woman
her green eyes, her soft freckles, her hair
if i don’t go i’ll go crazy
can’t you see
she’s everything to me
it's the steel city
but the people are soft
soft in the good way, not the bad
hell, every of em'd
give you the shirt of their back
that is, if you're a steelers fan
if i don't go i'll go crazy
can't you see
really i'm just bidin my time
makin a little money with my summer sweat and grime
and when i'm done, i don't need no more guitars
just gotta fix my car
and i'll drive, drive, drive
to wherever to are
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Dear John
02:49
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dear john,
i'm writing to tell you
things haven't gone as planned
it's gone
all of our money, baby
i hope you understand
i can't just sit alone every day
waiting for you to come and save me
there's something in the air here
it chokes me til i'm blue
dear john
i'm writing to tell you
i've gone and spilled the wine
he was just so handsome, baby
you were finally off my mind
and i felt, for the first time in years,
the sadness lift from my shoulders
in his arms, you melted away
just for a moment
one peaceful moment
dear John
please, i still love you
i need you in my arms
come home now, come home to me, quickly
before there's nothing left of ours
i'm so sorry i've done what i've done
i had to fuck to feel forgiven
i was selfish, i was wrong,
but it was still all about you, John
you, John
you, baby
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A Poem
04:46
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i know
i can only write from my own perspective
to say differently would be a pretense
so here’s a poem about me
my brain is a sieve
with holes one size too large
my brain is my childhood dog
buried in a box in my backyard
and if i’ve hurt your little life
and live like i've forgot
well, that's because i have
yes.
i have made mistakes
mistakes that will come to light
“tell me more, tell me more,
did she put up a fight?”
but they all made a choice
oh, and they all chose to stay
and i can’t take the blame
they put themselves in my fucked up way
am i better now?
have you noticed that on cereal boxes
we always anthropomorphize the cereal itself
wheaties with legs and eyes and catchphrases
isn’t that funny that
we humanize everything we plan to consume
i was born
thankfully, i will die
and not one profound thing
will i have said in the interim
my words will dissolve into blood
my yellow teeth in the sanguine flood
still chipped and raw
still dripping with the love
the love of better men
still sharpened down to points
to better sink them in
don’t trust a word i say
it’s not that they’re lies
they're just the kinds of truths
that lead to a sadder life
am i better now?
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Nonsense (Re-Issue)
01:52
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it is with quiet strokes
and tender kindling
that i am jointly aware of
nothing at all
i will not reach hands with you
i will not stick eyes to you
i will not bandage your mouth
or give you my tongue
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Mona Lisa (Re-Issue)
01:49
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mona lisa, standin small
stares a hole right through the wall
into her neighbor's mirror,
she sees her neighbor's fears
of flying softly overhead
with screeching birds and the risen dead
shitting on the cars of drunks hiding in bars
and she says
"i guess that's how the world works now
i guess that's how the world feels now"
mona lisa, feelin strange
eats a live bird from its cage
before it can run, she's got it by the legs
and it's still kicking down the door
with a child's joy and a wild roar
she blasts apart his heart
his deepest, saddest part
and she says
"i guess that's how the world works now
i guess that's how the world feels now"
mona lisa, sittin tall
pulls an ace and waterfalls
until she sees no more
and welcomes the hard floor into her brain
as she slips off the globe
and where she went
nobody knows
except for her and me
except for her and she says
"i guess
i guess"
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Helen (Re-Issue)
03:21
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oh Helen, Helen
i'm sorry for the bad things i've done
i saw your baby in the water
and i watched her drown
you never should've come back into town
so goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
i'm gonna leave you now
oh Helen, Helen, Helen
i'm sorry for the wrong things i've done
i saw your daughter build a fire
i saw her catch aflame
she cried out for help that never came
so goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
i'm gonna leave you now
Helen, Helen, Helen
i'm sorry for the shit things i've done
i saw you lying on our bed
wrists empty and red
it should've been me instead
goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
i'm gonna leave you now
so goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
goodnight, ladies
i'm gonna leave you now
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forever and a day and a half
is how long i will miss you
when you finally figure me out
and walk out the front door
when you don't love me anymore
so let's get physical - physical
i wanna get physical - physical
let me hear your body talk
forever and day and a day and a half
and about fifteen minutes
is basically how long it will take me
to stop freaking out
there's so much wrong here
in the world
there's so much off here
in my world
so let's get physical - physical
i wanna get physical - physical
taste the words i make
there is hair in my shower drain
clogging up the water like you clog up my brain
i think i'm sick
i think i'm really sick
passing the buck to that real good dick
she calls into work and says
"boss i think i'm sick,
i think i'm sick,
like really sick"
so let's get physical - physical
i wanna get physical - physical
let me hear your body talk
let me feel your blood flow
on my body
let me watch you
work me over like a bad cop
on the meanest streets
i need you
and i smell your sweet sensation
forever and a day and a half
is how long i will miss you
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