In darker skies, the streets are shaking
The children play with bloodied knives
The barracks full, the soldiers smiling
The sickness comes as cheap as life
Shadows play in dirty gutters
Running red with brother’s lives
Beyond the fear, whispered rebellion
The people cry out in the night
Brutus, are you sleeping?
Can't you see the writing on the wall?
Brutus, can you hear them screaming?
Can you wake up, can you stand tall?
Within our beds there is no safety
When they knock upon our door
And no one asks many questions
When you're seen never more
Brutus, are you sleeping?
Can't you see the writing on the wall?
Brutus, can you hear them screaming?
Can you wake up, can you stand tall?
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
“Strangers” is packed with wonderfully menacing electro-goth—late-night horror movie music for vampire dance parties. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2023