Bedroom Dweller
04:59
I felt the earth
throw me down like a wrestler
he moves like a dancer
and I felt his chair
metal straight to my head
I was presumed dead
but I stood up straight
cracked all of my bones
sat up right on my throne
and I looked around
you were bowing down
you were bowing down
CHORUS
oh, you could come around
out in the dark
dance around the flames
take a bite of my heart
and we spin around
our face to our backs
seeing daggers in their eyes
spirits out like fireflies
I’m mummified
wrap me up in your arms
it works like a charm
the body once was warm
now it’s all but the ashes
of hymns and passages
I stood up straight
cracked all of my bones
sat up right on my throne
and I looked around
you were bowing down
you were bowing down
oh, you could come around
out in the dark
dance around the flames
take a bite of my heart
and we spin around
our face to our backs
seeing daggers in their eyes
spirits out like fireflies
you were bowing down (x6)
you were bowing ~down (x6)
oh, you could come around
out in the dark
dance around the flames
take a bite of my heart
and we spin around
our face to our backs
seeing daggers in their eyes
spirits out like fireflies
03:34
I don’t believe in rising suns or those
clouds they’re calling trails
I count the days after New Year’s
so I know what it’s like to fail
hold your feelings full of guilt
and let your family know you’re fine
let me days begin to fade and my
brain starts to, unwind…
I know that you’re lonely
I know that I could make you feel more understood
you’re draining me slowly
don’t burn your tongue on the blood
it’s boiling
I know that you’re lonely
I know that I could make you feel more understood
you’re draining me slowly
don’t burn your tongue on the blood
it’s boiling
I’ve got your place right on the floor
where the smoke begins to build
I made up secret codes and dead end roads
so that you would stay still
hold your feelings full of guilt
and let your family know you’re fine
let me days begin to fade and my
brain starts to, unwind…
I know that you’re lonely
I know that I could make you feel more understood
you’re draining me slowly
don’t burn your tongue on the blood
it’s boiling
I know that you’re lonely
I know that I could make you feel more understood
you’re draining me slowly
don’t burn your tongue on the blood
it’s boiling
04:51
I don’t want to seem ungrateful
but something’s different this year
I can’t swallow something so simple
losing you was my greatest fear
and I don’t want to bring you down
because I know we just drank all the beer
maybe I should go into town
where everyone after Christmas disappears
mornings in the afterlife
they’re out of sight
white snow make the ash look white
the lights look lovely strung across the streets
I’ve never seen December scream
I should’ve written one last letter
the sum up my life long dreams
mornings in the afterlife
they’re out of sight
jack Frost haunts my dreams at night
mornings in the afterlife
they’re out of sight
first dates suck the air out tight
mornings in the afterlife
they’re out of sight
kids with fists in bloody fights
mornings in the afterlife
they’re out of sight
angels hovering in light
Shunkan is a Los Angeles based rock band steeped in the young traditions of left of the dial underground. Shunkan (shoon-kahn) translates from Japanese to “in a moment”. Frontwoman Marina Sakimoto confronts her duality not only as as a half-Japanese artist, but in the emotional balance of yin and yang. Warm dueling guitars akin to the jangly riffs of Pavement and earnest second-wave emo marry Sakimoto’s voice, ranging from heartbreaking coos to animalistic howls. Whether transitioning between pedal-gazing deemed as “mastering the Kevin Shields shoegaze staple like nobody else” (DIY Mag) or raw confrontation in a stripped-down setting, Shunkan accomplishes the feat of maintaining real individuality while remaining cohesive throughout.