An anthem for the brave
Asylum for the bleeding
A silence for the day
A science for the feeding
I watch you and I stray
I watch you feel the needing
I watch you and I wait
I watch you feign no feeling
But every severed soul I’m running to
Reminds me of the twenty million ways they aren’t like you
Terrified and tongue tied when they try to tell
Me just to get away, forget about you
But there’s only half of me left, an empty shell
Knowing all the time the rest of me is you
Obsession for the brave
My passion plays the mourner
Too lost in you to learn
Too scared to turn a corner
I watch you and I freeze
I watch you and you smoulder
I watch you and we burn
I watch as you grow colder
But time I try to separate
Life and love and twenty million different thoughts of you
Beautiful and burning, hopeless and alone
I laugh to think we ever came to this
Pure suggestion, tearing us apart, from me from you
Everything we played for, breaking all the rules
Convince myself it’s so much better than before
Don’t ask me why
Don’t ask me why
I knew you wanted more than you could sacrifice
It’s no surprise
It’s no surprise
And time and time again
The song re-writes itself
Never know, show or tell
As rhyme and pride betrays
This circus never ends
Not for me, you or them
And time and time again
The song re-writes itself
Never know, show or tell
As rhyme and pride betrays
This circus never ends
Not for me, you or them
An anthem for the brave
Asylum for the fleeing
An answer for the days
Of open hand, unheeding
But every vain attempt to reconcile
I can’t hate you, time and again God knows I’ve tried
So I turn it on myself
To try to hide the pain
And time and time again
The song re-writes itself
Never know, show or tell
As rhyme and pride betrays
This circus never ends
Not for me, or you.
With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 16, 2020
A truly original blend of haunting electronics and gothic drama mirroring the complex and unknowable nature of human emotions. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2023
Irresistibly dark EBM tailor-made for the Halloween season, this is all driving rhythms, midnight synths and ominous vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 21, 2023
“Strangers” is packed with wonderfully menacing electro-goth—late-night horror movie music for vampire dance parties. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2023
An early ’90s cult classic of goth/dark folk gets a vinyl reissue, its haunting songs as gripping and resonant as ever. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2022