Choked Up (Single), by The Star Killers

Choked Up (Single)

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stardust-introvert004 this song kissed me very gently on the mouth before slitting my throat wide open and I'm not ashamed to say I thanked it

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slip your fingers underneath the stitches of an off-white wedding gown,
I’ll lay you in a marriage bed of haystacks in a bloody briar crown.
our jaws are cauterized with alcohol, soldered shut by smoke,
I don’t want you to return my calls or tell me dirty jokes.

because if I’m being honest…

I haven’t taken my medicine, I’m wasted and staying the night.
I’ll sleep on the floor in my clothes and you’ll hide all your knives,
with the bad dreams and the whiskey.
Tell your friends you don’t miss me— I know you don’t.
Why would you?

drive the length of the state, when the drywall holds my fist,
you were trading silver that you found on someone else’s lips.
So don’t you meet me in the front lawn for a hidden garden kiss,
I see everyone I meet through the lenses on your wrists.

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released January 27, 2015

Produced by The Star Killers, Christian Jenkins, and Kyle Starrett

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Christian Jenkins and Kyle Starrett at Studio B in Murfreesboro, TN

Artwork by Jeremy Griffin

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