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Cursive – The Martyr (2000) | Track profile | Dork

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Cursive's Domestica
The Martyr

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The Martyr

Release date: 19th June 2000

From Cursive's DomesticaTrack 23:57

Alternative Music Indie Rock

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About This Track

"The Martyr" is a track by Cursive, from the album Cursive's Domestica, released 19th June 2000. The track is 3:57 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Cursive.

About the Artist

Cursive

Cursive

Lyrics

The Martyr

And so it's begun
This is year one
The birth of a child in the form of a man
Wrapped in towel
Passed out on the floor
These drunken hours -- graces deflowered
Cast down by an angel
She used to kiss his weeping eyes
Depressed in her bosom
Tears roll off her nipple
Sweet baby, don't cry...
Your tears are only alibis
To prove you still feel --
You only feel sorry for yourself
Well, get on that cross
That's all you're good for...
And thusly it ends
Depression seeps in on a lonely messiah
Now he drinks with the lepers
Losing a limb, his better half
A glass once half full
A head hung half-mast
He claims he's the victim
Strangled by the nine-to-five
And a pattern of stillness
That haunted this still life
Your tears are only alibis
To prove you still feel
You only feel sorry for yourself
And that's how you thrive
Your sorrow's your goldmine
So write some sad song about me
Screaming your agonies, playing the saint
The Martyr...
The Martyr...
The Martyr...
The Martyr...
The Martyr...
Oh....

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Track details

From Cursive's Domestica

3:572000

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Album

Cursive's Domestica

Track number

2

Release year

2000

1The Casualty
3:30
2The Martyr
3:57
3Shallow Means, Deep Ends
3:37
4Making Friends and Acquaintances
2:59

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