Album · 2006
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
Tracklist
1
The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
7:00
2
We stood transfixed in blank devotion as our leader spoke to us, looking down on our mute faces with a great, raging, and unseeing eye.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
8:55
3
Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
10:08
4
A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
7:11
5
"Annihilate the sparrow, that stealer of seed, and our harvests will abound; We will watch our wealth flood in."
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
8:43
6
And by our own hand did every last bird lie silent in their puddles, the air barren of song as the clouds drifted away. For killing their greatest enemy, the locusts noisily thanked us and turned their jaws toward our crops, swallowing our greed whole.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
1:42
7
Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
9:55
8
Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry; And only then did we begin to think for ourselves.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
8:06
9
As the black wind withers in the sky, we are graced dimly in our dreams.
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
14:47
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First pressed 2006, still pressed 2011 — 18 pressings across 5 countries.
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