Sokushinbutsu

by Herby Seas

	/

Streaming + Download

Purchasable with gift card

lyrics

Sokushinbutsu (Life Is A Dance)

What if I go insane
move away to decorate my grave
find a cave and meditate and fade away
mummify my veins, Sokushinbutsu

Life is a dance, won’t you dance with me?
Such a fine body to watch atrophy
Dig for your truth and ever deeper you’ll be
deeper caves, deeper graves, ever-further from me

My great grandfather piled hay
in the gold, dimming days with his grand children three and one day
he went into his room and in his bed he lay
and he moved away, as the good books say

Life is a dance, won’t you dance with me?
Such a fine body to watch atrophy
And when we’re old how so damned tired we’ll be
Buddhist or Christian, no anxiety

What if these leaves are just dead?
Their gold and red forms only beauty in your head
I’m unsure as to what these physics mean
Where they’re taking me, a black hole maybe

Life is a dance, won’t you dance with me?
Such a fine body to watch atrophy
Dig for your truth and ever deeper you’ll be
deeper caves, deeper graves, ever-further from me

credits

released August 21, 2011

license

about

Herby Seas Santa Rosa, California

contact / help

Contact Herby Seas

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Herby Seas, you may also like:

Forts and Forests
by Khus Fir

featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 6, 2024
go to album
Nacre
by Quade

Music that’s woozy and mysterious, like a warped 7-inch, played a speed too slow Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 14, 2023
go to album
New Words For Old Wounds
by William Ryan Fritch

William Ryan Fritch's enthralling, doomy new CD comes housed in a gorgeous, panoramic gatefold sleeve with bewitching original artwork. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2016
go to album
Grilled Cheese EP
by the soft form dissolves

Vulnerable, reflective, bedroom pop, inspired by a series of breakups and a desire to recapture a sense of self. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2016
go to album
Revisionist
by William Ryan Fritch

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 27, 2015
go to album
Heavy EP
by William Ryan Fritch

Fritch marches his wall of cinematic sound into town with horns blaring, chains clanking and drums beating loud. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 19, 2014
go to album
Emptied Animal
by William Ryan Fritch

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 15, 2014
go to album