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Beyond the Wall

from Chapter Zero (digital LP) by Jordan Reyne

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This song is about recovering from narcissistic abuse. The child and his defense walls represent a narcissistic charachter. When we are drawn to such personality structures, we too are destroyed by their defenses.

'When we think we are defending ourselves,
we are really defending our walls' - James Hollis

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Beyond the Wall

Her hands were bloodied when I found her,
So mad and shattered, by the wall
And through the crack that she had chiselled
The silhouettes, of hundreds more.

Oh buried deep inside stone circles
she says she heard a childs call
a song of lostness and of longing
though he himself had built them all.

And in the failing light I could only join her
with all the strength and twilight that age might bring
But for each brick we dug free, and tore asunder
we heard still more being piled high, closing from within.

It could have been the stagnant air, there
that crushing space that altered tone
For now no child's voice came
Just the cold echo of stone.
But she was crazed by her sorrow
begged mortar “let him sing!”
And when the walls themselves sighed
She still heard him

I could not tell her of his death
Such dread truths slowly dawn
And when my words couldn't find breath
That fortress sang alone.
And she dug on, in her madness
Wild haired and broken boned
Til she was torn from herself
to the empty song of stones.

When I buried her, a wreck from cruel shores
That same baneful rock held her beneath the earth.
Oh to unbuild our defences, and give our life it's breath
Lest the children we murder, murder
In the echoes of their death.

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from Chapter Zero (digital LP), released August 4, 2022

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Jordan Reyne Karlsruhe, Germany

Known recently as the Resident Evil 7 vocalist (trailer track, "Go Tell Aunt Rhody"), Jordan is described by New Zealand's National Radio as the pioneer of a new sound, Jordan's music is a blend of irish/ celtic rock, steam-era machine noise, and Grimms fairytale-eske lyrics. Imagine PJ Harvey trapped in the workhouses of Industrial Revolution era England, with only Nine Inch Nails for company. ... more

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