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IN DUST AND ROT

by Phixel

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sylvecam
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sylvecam I actually love this album. It sounds powerful and beautiful, each song hits so hard due to relatability to me and all the genres/elements come together perfectly and wonderfully. I would certainly recommend that more people hear this! Favorite track: scraps of you.
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salivationnation this album is sooooo good. It’s so uniquely human by being extremely personal and vulnerable. you can feel the intense emotions through the lyricism. as someone who has struggled myself, hospital song just resonates with me. Favorite track: hospital song.
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skulljhabit i waited like a year for this album and it was worth it. communicates directly with my soul Favorite track: pushed to shore.
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1.
temperance 04:09
i fell into a pit dont know how to get back up again mud on my face, scrapes on my chin this feeling wont stop festering i scratch away my skin cause i want to know whats under it my muscles ache, im suffering i just want to feel comforted if its my fault, then tell me so i dont want to do this alone im a princess, im a bard im a priestess from afar i am anything i want when i tell it to you i wanna look away but i just cant seem to close my eyes your voice is near but phantomized is it all real or fantasized? and yet it feels so real when will it come to fruition? all i feel is suspicious of all the opposition if you dont care, why wont you leave? did you just want (did you just want, did you just want) to see me bleed? (to see me bleed?) im a princess, im a bard im a priestess from afar i am anything i want when i tell it to you (did you just want) (to see me bleed) (to see me bleed)
2.
sorry god think i did it again but im flawed i dont know why you expect oh so much from a girl who’s in a panic i dont want you to just tell me im manic please dont tell me what im missing, this is hell they won’t let me shave because i’ll cut myself if you look at me, i might just slit my throat i still dont know why im in the hospital its too much why do i even try i dont know sorry if im always crying im just so wrapped up in my aching head im thinking bout every single time i said please dont tell me what im missing, this is hell they won’t let me shave because i’ll cut myself if you look at me, i might just slit my throat i still dont know why im in the hospital oh please dont leave me by myself ill rot forever in this cell/hell please dont tell me what im missing, this is hell they won’t let me shave because i’ll cut myself please dont tell me what im missing, this is hell they won’t let me shave because i’ll cut myself if you look at me, i might just slit my throat i still dont know why im in the hospital
3.
i wish that i could feel breeze blowing on my skin i wish that i could heal but the knife goes further in hopeful tone of voice, but you still dont believe this make a deal with god cuz you really need this silence in the night, you dont wanna feel this im onto you dont tell me where it hurts because i dont wanna know if you see the river can you tell me how it flows? am i doomed to do this all again? no, i dont wanna see this, i want it to end just push me to shore, before they pull me down oh is there something more? or will i just drown again, again, i dont have a defense im cut from the cloth of the sky, heavensent just push me to shore, before they pull me down (pull me down, pull me down, pull me down, pull me down) the skys too bright at night and the moons too red 3:30 on the clock when i go to bed ill prove that im invincible right here on this ledge i know ill grow my wings when i fall off of the edge i hear sweet melodies youll never make me take my medley of whites, of reds, of blues, of blacks, of poison, this is an attack just push me to shore, before they pull me down oh is there something more? or will i just drown just push me to shore, before they pull me down oh is there something more? or will i just drown again, again, i dont have a defense im cut from the cloth of the sky, heavensent just push me to shore, before they pull me down (pull me down, pull me down, pull me down, pull me down) I shave my legs in my arms Hoping one day I'll be part Of everything that you take for granted, see I'll punch my mirror again And cut my wrists with the shards I'm floating, don't want to sink in the granite sea Falling apart at the seams I'm not doing this for me It drips, it signals a crack to bring a flood If it's just like what you think I'll die alone at nineteen In a hospital covered in my own blood Is that so crazy? God I swear Just to hear the things I hear If it is, that still doesn't mean you get to drag me by my hair Out of the dream I breathe and wear If it's fake I still don't care Because I'd rather be a god of nothing than have this cloudy stare I'm not so crazy, can't you see I don't care about what you think Either way I guess it's destiny if I breathe or sink Can you please not look at me? Because I am scared of what you'll see Because I could look like a god or just a girl who scared to breathe just push me gently to shore, just push me gently to shore just push me to shore, just push me to shore the tide will take me home, as it has done before just push me to shore, before they pull me down oh is there something more? or will i just drown just push me to shore, before they pull me down oh is there something more? or will i just drown or will i just drown
4.
sorry eyes look like mine stay still please its killing me i dont wanna have to do this but i fear that i wont last am i part of the conclusion or will i be left in the past just forget about it just forget ill just forget it happened happier ever after i dont care, its just all in the air, somersault im a wolf in sheeps clothing just tell me im getting closer look at me dont you see im so tired lost whats mine cant you see my eyes are empty cant you see ive got nothing left theres something boiling deep within me but you mightve just put it to rest just forget about it just forget ill just forget it happened happier ever after i dont care, its just all in the air, somersault im a wolf in sheeps clothing just tell me im getting closer
5.
[NOTE: english transliterations will appear in brackets next to catalan lyrics] (phixel) em fa mal [it hurts] tan malament [so badly] com puc escoltar [how do i hear] digue'm per què [tell me why] no et puc veure [i cant see you] a través de l'aire negre [through this smog] caurà neu ardent [fiery snow will fall] t'enterraré, a la cendra [i will bury you, in ashes] et llegiré la ment com un llibre [i will read your mind like a notebook] però no ho vull escoltar [though i dont want to hear it] encara no ho sé, per què estimes [i still dont know why you love me] em desgastaré, afectat [i will wither away, afflicted] (saoirse dream) I still fall asleep in your clothes Try to struggle out of your rope Buy into release I’ve imagined Cling tight to the arms of your ghost I light matches that I can’t put out So I burn down bushes outside of your house And you just watch me You laugh Like “what the fuck is wrong with cat?” You know that I can’t answer that (phixel) et llegiré la ment com un llibre [i will read your mind like a notebook] però no ho vull escoltar [though i dont want to hear it] encara no ho sé, per què estimes [i still dont know why you love me] em desgastaré, afectat [i will wither away, afflicted] a la cendra, a la cendra, a la cendra [in ashes, in ashes, in ashes] [jackalsclaw:] (i went, i cast you in the fire, i watched you burn, i didnt cry) (ill tell you everything alright, to get your memory out my mind)
6.
snakes in the grass im treading on worrying ill be bitten soon hope im not the one you're betting on dont expect me to finish soon i want to see a star i want to see it all these eyes are so frightening, the open pit widening these walls are my arms, here to catch me when i fall i want to see a star i want to see it all its been a while how you been didnt think wed meet again thought id see you at the end and that's there we would begin something new has come to light burning, smoldering with life deep inside its come to rise its putting up a fight i just wanna take a minute have i started have i finished god i hope i dont forget this again, again well you got just what you wanted all despite how much i fought it am i just something forgotten again, again, again i want to see a star i want to see it all these eyes are so frightening, the open pit widening these walls are my arms, here to catch me when i fall i want to see a star i want to see it all i want to see a star i want to see it all (inhale) these walls are my arms these walls are my arms i am light i am god extended i feel fear comfort me please THESE WALLS, ARE MY, AAAAAAAAARMS
7.
veered into a ditch theres no coming back from that hard to find my way visions in and out of black is there nothing to look forward to at home? is there really nothing, nowhere i could go? im just so imperfect how was i made from scraps of you? and my childhoods fading im just grasping at scraps of youth i swear im really trying to see the light in this i wake up not to silence, but to a deafening hiss the choir is getting louder, they tell me i should quit they tell me that if im not dead, then im not doing shit (how was i made) im just so imperfect how was i made from scraps of you? and my childhoods fading im just grasping at scraps your words are falling flat, youre fading in the mix its so hard to forget about this feeling that ive sinned i think about the time that, he brushed against my skin and even when he tried to push, the issue didnt fit (how was i made) save your breath for another day save excuses, please you gave me all that youve got but now its starting to rot i cant take it its not enough, not enough, not enough, its not enough, not enough, not enough how was i made from scraps of you? how was i made from scraps of you? i didnt get to be, the girl i wanted to be how was i made from scraps of you? how was i made from scraps of you? its not my fault
8.
dog 04:32
i try hard to survive but you make it so hard sometimes ill give in to the urge, the urge to lay down for a while ill bleed out somewhere soon, unhappier under the moon im scared of what ill do when im on my own in my room so tell me if you think that im pretty before youre gone and dont be away from the house for too long in my dreams, youll always be singing that song and ill be forever your gullible dog im so scared just to leave, scared of what theyll all do to me youve been bad in the past, but they must be much worse than you all i want is to live, its close to a coin toss ill give rather be in a cast than dead in my grave in a suit the coals running out and the engines are shutting down the holes in my body leak fluid im missing now these walls are so crushing, i just never know what to do but ill do it all with a smile, its all just for you im sorry im bleeding so much, it must all be my fault im your object to have and to hold and i deserve it all because what i am is disgusting and god says its wrong so maybe itll all just be fixed if i stay your dog if i stay your dog, if i stay your dog if i stay your dog, if i stay your dog (your dog, if i stay your dog)
9.
broken tattered skin, got cuts and scars along my arms but its all okay because my skin is smooth now paint me as a villain just because you dont know me im so scared to die, what am i supposed to do now? this body isnt mine, so i cut my skin and cry ill cover it all up today, who knows what those sleeves hide? ill give a saddening sigh, and tell myself that lie that lie that goes "if im not dead, then i must be alright" i might trip and fall over i might say im from nowhere i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want (i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want) i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want (i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want) i wont look in the mirror cuz the fog will disappear your voice is what i hear, oh so far and yet so near and when i see myself, only feel this primal fear i hear you down the street but i cant see you wipe your tears when you get power, use it right, or youll lose your life and your lifes not worth losing when you walk forward, dont look back, youll lose their respect but their respects worth losing oh, im in a hole i cant escape never alone and never safe scared of the features on your face everyday in a different place oh, i thought bout killing you tonight i think about it all the time playing piano, trying to sing but all you do is pluck the strings i might trip and fall over i might say im from nowhere i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want (i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want) i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want (i dont care anymore, tell yourself whatever you want) ill make it all feel better ill do whatever you want it feels so cold in the summer and youre always just so blunt so what? you can say what you want so what? i dont care what you want so what? you can say what you want so what? i dont care what you want

about

created from august 2022 - september 2023

this is an album about the worst few years of my life. its about being trans, being mentally ill, and taking those into account when considering my place in the world. its about being hurt by someone i loved, and about coming to terms with how that affected me. years of going through it, and years of recovery. i hope, despite my words being intertwined with those painful memories, that you can enjoy what came of it.

thank you to cleo, louie, delta, mela, and jackal for helping immensely with creating and releasing this project

cw for themes of self harm, suicide, and abuse throughout

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released December 1, 2023

all tracks produced, mixed, and mastered by phixel
backing vocals on track 1 and 5 by jackalsclaw
vocals on track 5 by saoirse dream

photography and design by cleo mckenzie
additional creative direction by louis nguyen
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