Forward is the Way Through
Waitin', for the light at the end of tunnel to fade in
I go to war with my body painted
These spiral arrangements
A statue of David
With graffiti on it
Do I really want it
Rise from the ash, tackle the task
Shadows laying dormant
They started coming for me
The darkness here is gorgeous
Be patient til the morning
My vision doesn't help
Leaning up against the wall in this fuckin cell
Tryna get down to the marrow just to suck it out
I gotta rupture bone
I gotta suffer now
I gotta go alone
I gotta buckle down
I wanna overdose
I hear propellers and they never gonna hover low
Low low low low
I'm all alone in this cobra nest (Aye)
Eyes ominous glowing red (Aye)
Hand reaching to held my neck
They wanna pummel my soul to death
Melted my coat of arms
Glad I can hold my breath
Locusts be tryna swarm
Reaching to find my totem
Cracking the diamond open
Happy to finally rest
Look in the tunnel they wanna take me
I prefer to be hunted, a hundred snake teeth
Tryna get me to visit and promising me divinity
Wanna stay with the living and have a great feast
When the code be deciphered
Alone with my purpose
Writhing with the spiders and the toads
Picking bones from the serpents
breeze getting cold make me nervous
Homie try to hold me I'm determined
Tried to find the screaming when I heard it
Moss, on the wall
Start to harden, and start to grow
Its closing in on me, I'm losing air quick
Getting crushed by the weight of it all
Look a serpentine dread lock woman straight dead in the eye
Turn stone to protect, settle and never die
Forward is the Way Through is the main single from the upcoming album of the same title. It's a collaboration with Seattle based rapper Beige, that despite originating from few years back seems to bear heightened relevance today. In addition to the rather hard hitting original, Berlin based sound designer, producer and composer Hecq provides a gorgeously soothing remix that wraps the original in his signature sublime soundscapes.
Instrumental of the original is provided as a bonus track for purchases of the full single.
credits
released May 1, 2020
Composed and produced by Riku Annala
Lyrics and vocals by Joshua Dahlquist
Track 2 arranged and produced by Ben Lukas Boysen
Mastered by Michael Diekmann
Bonus track mastered by Riku Annala
Artwork by Mark Tarnashinski / Lonekink
supported by 6 fans who also own “Forward is the Way Through (feat. Beige)”
Lorn is the artist that I would insist on producing a soundtrack for any film I ever made. Soundscapes of delight with some of the most amazing percussion I have heard. Love you x. zachariahbell
Expansive, turbulent electronic music from Reid Willis that imagines the cycles of “creation & destruction, beauty & violence.” Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2020
supported by 6 fans who also own “Forward is the Way Through (feat. Beige)”
LORN's music is as fascinating as it is disturbing and brutal. The sound is purely evil. Listening to this on a (very) good stereo or good headphones IS an experience. LORN's crispy 24bit flacs just add "the" extra little punch. Love it, great artist. Marcs