Mind Cancer

from One Word Away by Martin Saint

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Direct, head-on take on debilitating depression. Slow and degenerative torture to the point of letting it become part of one's identity.

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MIND CANCER

Here’s the uninvited guest
Who will never let you rest
It’s that stain on your memory
What you crave but never need
It’s the cancer that wins each fight
The pouches carrying your eyes
It’s the crawling guilt you’ll never shake
The mother of your worst mistakes

You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever

It will stab your heart, erode your mind
One silent war at a time
It will turn your sparks and your love chills
Into a candlelight vigil
Once you’ve violated
All you once held sacred
Once it’s taken that away
It’ll go for your body

You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever

When you’re at ease and carefree,
Almost happy,
Don’t ever think you’ve broken loose
Or that it has released you
When you doubt what you once held true
And mom and God gave up on you
Once more more on your knees,
Learn to love your disease

You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever

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from One Word Away, released January 21, 2020

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Martin Saint Montreal, Québec

Martin Saint is the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's indie-rock quartet The Ember Glows. In the meantime he pursues several other music ventures, including this solo project under his own name.
Echoes of Nick Cave, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie infuse his solo output, with special emphasis on lyrics and atmosphere.
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