Awake Eating The Drill, by Tendon Levey

Awake Eating The Drill

by Tendon Levey

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1.	Grand Duke, Great Marquis 01:33	lyrics
Why would a healthy person pretend to be so sad Everyone but me draws the curtain just to cry at it Everybody, they hold my cup But when I'm empty I won't fill back up (Tell me what you are) Well I'm the grand duke, great marquis of Hell These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad These taste too sad I'm the grand duke, great marquis of Hell Don't think you know what it feels like too (Don’t think you know)
2.	Non Compos Clockus 01:32	lyrics
I’ll let you watch if you want to watch I’ll let you scratch Have it cut my luck open Is it cloned by ripping Oh, have your fun You scratch Let you watch if you want to watch I’ll let you scratch Have it cut my clock open, hey... Taste my brain Taste my brain Taste my brain Taste it
3.	Cough Into The Crucible 02:08	lyrics
Body, body, body Is attacked Really cold Really cold Make it stop Make it stop Make it stop Crucible, crucible Body, body So burn a hole, burn a hole Please, please Burn a hole, burn a hole Please, please Nails that cough when you bang them into me (Please, please, please) Burn a hole, burn a hole Please, please Burn a hole, burn a hole Please, please Let my wires free to come at you Through whatever hole they please Don't they please, come to me Come through holes they've never seen Body, body, body Body, body, body, body Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Make it...
4.	I Was In Joy 01:06	lyrics
I was in joy leaving you I was in joy leaving you That night, that night, oh I’ve got the building all the night That night, that night, oh That night, that night, oh I was in joy leaving you I was in joy leaving you to the night
5.	Panic And Vanish 02:00	lyrics
Holding this time by this watch Every sigh that killed it Holding me out Now go fetch that there's something or not Have poor taste None but me would know what it’s like to vanish Locked in the zoo You have been missed Life it goes on, it goes off I feel her too You have been missed Liking it more than you know I'm the steady one I've got the fifth dimension's problems Oh, something unreal Raise you, raise you, raise you right Holding this time by this watch Every sigh that killed it Holding me out Now go and fetch that there’s something or not
6.	Food Inside 01:54	lyrics
Why I live here too Why I live here too Why I live here too Sincere is the hope that I don't die (Moving hand, rubbing) Ask me once I found it Ask me once I found it Ask me once I found it Escape is so less clear now I want food inside
7.	Hinge Of A Woman 01:11	lyrics
(Goat heart, goat heart, goat heart...) I'm the chosen one I'm the chosen one And you are lucky just to know I'm here If you get to see me nervously touch my cold extremities Then you're the lucky one Then you're the lucky one But luck will never make them fear you Dumb they speak all around me Sorry dream their coquette and hide Turn their knife in the hinge of a woman And deal her to me wet Their knife to my sword Dealer’s draw Turn their knife in the hinge of a woman And deal her to me wet
8.	Cryo 01:29	lyrics
Silence spoke to me Here they sound no good Helplessly, fathers cry-o Helplessly, fathers cry Helplessly, fathers cry-o Helplessly, fathers cry
9.	Holy Law 02:09	lyrics
Is that so soon Is that so soon Is that so soon Is that so soon My rare throat Is a ghost soon I just want a goat head Goat head! (Heh! Heh!) Holy law (Heh! Heh!) That’s too touchy, that’s too touchy (Heh! Heh!) Holy law (Heh! Heh!) No, No, No, No Goat head! (Heh! Heh!) Holy law (Heh! Heh!) That’s too touchy, that’s too touchy (Heh! Heh!) Holy law
10.	My Feet Are Like Teeth 01:27	lyrics
(My feet are like teeth and my legs are like gums And every time I walk, here comes) My feet are like teeth and my legs are like gums And every time I walk Here comes the feet cutting out of my legs I don't like to walk because it's sore My feet would not walk were my legs to be shook With everyone around (Oh I am a god) My bad, twisted, hackly, tearing calf I don't like to walk when I can
11.	A Life Untold 01:13	lyrics
My life will never be so told It’s dead My story will not be so told It’s dead I'd love to think that it's been told It has not I can not tell you everything instead I love like... I'm scared like... So soon (Get the flies off my light) I notice you're not around Start the son with the moon My awful body says it is unwanted All the rungs... my God
12.	Systems Of Solace 00:57	lyrics
Sapping the soul from the root I see all the colors behind and the roofs between (I peer at the promise I peer from afar) Get it out of the system now Because the system is tired It's not so hard to break through all your quotas I myself have many, many quotas So, so, that is amazing love
13.	Vampire Exchange 01:31	lyrics
Hope (no) Hope (no) Hope (no) Hope (no) Hope (no) Hope (no) No... Body, body Body, body Solace is when When you're here Can you keep me here Keep me close Lest some unknown one Lays covered here Let cover all Keep me flat I want to be flat so... I want to be dark I want to be rue I want to be sad There’s not a star In the dark I sit Aluminous, my end I'd rather be safe

about

The thirty-fifth release from Tendon Levey.
All music, lyrics and artwork improvised and executed by Tendon.

An excerpt from “The Songs and Symbols of Tendon Levey” in which is detailed the circumstances surrounding this album:

“The month of October 2009 brought about a most sudden and significant change in my life, marking a dark turning point with my health, especially relating to my throat. The struggles that I faced in September became far worse, and I would also face an array of additional symptoms that ultimately left me feeling a severe mix of dissociation and depersonalization which resulted in a startling air of inhumanity, like I was becoming a machine. I was cold, so cold. My skin was lifeless and gray, my eyes sunken. My tongue tasted like metal. I was experiencing frequent freezing spells, unable to get warm. My body was in constant fight-or-flight response, with my having multiple panic attacks every day. I was starving, unable to eat or drink and unable to sleep.”

The title comes from a note scribbled unconsciously (automatic writing) at my bedside during a series of long sleepless nights in the beginning period of my laryngeal/throat illness. The full line, though somewhat clunky, was along the lines of “I’ve said my prayers, I’ve made my promises, but still I lie awake eating the drill“. The “drill” refers both to the metallic taste in my mouth and the “globus” sensation. This album is foremostly characterized by its robotic, monotonous sound, as exemplified by the robotic cover artwork, and relates to my lessening grip on my own humanity amid the strange changes being undergone by my body and the ensuing dissociation.

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released October 31, 2009

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Tendon Levey

Private, diarial recording project of reclusive occultist Choir “Tendon” Leviyey recorded over a period of four years (August 2007-June 2011) and disrupted by vocal injury. Finally released to the public for the first time in 2017 to commemorate the project’s ten year anniversary. Please visit bit.ly/leviyey and bit.ly/leviyeytwo for more. ... more

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