LOCUST TREE // — SkagBoi × VoidSkull

[Intro] [vinyl hiss] [slow down-tuned guitar] [telephone voice] Locust tree... Cover my trees... [tape drags] Noose free... [Verse 1] Bite the hands that free you Learn to walk on damaged legs Black my eyes to see you Turn my thoughts to broken eggs I pray but I keep arguing With every word I say Hard to trust a heaven When I push the light away Talk real slow When the locust hit the leaves Branches getting thinner Like they're taking parts of me I keep calling pain a paradise So I don't have to feel Every panic leaves a scar That takes too long to heal [Pre-Hook] Branches bend But they don't disappear I still hear Everything I fear [whisper] Locust tree... [Hook] Locust tree Cover my trees Take the leaves But don't take me Locust tree Stay in my dreams I carry the damage But I live noose free [Drop A — Hollow Melodic Win] [Chopped vocal] Locust... Tree... Noose... Free... [down-tuned guitar motif over hollow bass] [Verse 2] I romanticized the wreckage Called the numbness being strong Stayed awake until the morning Just to prove that I was wrong Every room became a shelter Every silence felt too loud I got good at disappearing While still standing in the crowd Branches crack above me But the roots still know my name If the insects take the leaves They don't get to take the frame [Pre-Hook 2] Talk real slow Let the static breathe One more branch One more leaf [telephone voice] Locust tree... [Hook] Locust tree Cover my trees Take the leaves But don't take me Locust tree Stay in my dreams I carry the damage But I live noose free [Bounce Mutation] Lead: Locust— Echo: Tree Lead: Branches— Echo: Bleed Lead: Still here— Echo: Still breathe Together: NOOSE FREE [Breakdown — Near Silent] [vinyl crackle] [guitar only] I used to think surviving Had to look like something clean But sometimes it's just waking up And letting yourself be seen No speeches No miracle Just one more morning Than I thought I'd see [Melodic Lift] Branches fall Roots remain Static fades I know my name Locust tree You covered everything But not everything Was taken [Final Build] [telephone filter] Locust tree... [normal voice] Not this time. [tape stop] [one beat silence] [Final Drop] Locust tree Cover my trees Take the leaves But don't take me Locust tree Stay in my dreams I carry the damage But I live noose free Branches fall Roots stay deep Take the noise I keep the beat Locust tree You don't own me I carry the damage— But I live Noose free [Final Hit] [tape snap] Still here. [Outro] [degraded guitar] [whisper] Locust tree... [vinyl stops]