The Velvet Swarm

Tar-black hive mind feeding like vultures
Slurping/gloating front row at the rupture
Cracking folding yeah I let the rig go
Sundown red glow gotta let the kids know

Yo I see smoke in this circus show
Lights on clown gone had to let it go
Jokes still fly, I’m trapped, shit — a den of lions
Teeth out fake smile whole tent on fire

Tightrope blindfold feet over silence
Crowd roar bloodsport drunk on the violence
Big talk cheap laughs ringmaster science
Cash that cheque, strike gold, making a livin’ of the dying

Stuck dancing for the velvet swarm
Plastered smile with a hollow glow
Devouring love while the body folds
When did I become the velvet swarm?

Time gone dim, still, hard to remember
Used to be, yeah, that clever little juggler
Balls pins bottles cold sting of gin quick hands
Thought I knew all the right ways in

Mask on face just to buy me a burger
Still hangs low like bruise-grey thunder
Smile in the mirror mic check the performer
Paid that price hideous became consumer

Tar-black hive mind feeding like vultures
Slurping/gloating front row at the rupture
Cracking folding yeah I let the rig go
Sundown red glow gotta let the kids know

Stuck dancing for the velvet swarm
Plastered smile with a hollow glow
Devouring love while the body folds
When did I become the velvet swarm?

What this song is doing

The swarm will reveal the answers in time, dont lose yourself too much in the meantime.