Phinehas - EP

I shake the dust from off myself And set my face like flint Scorch the thorns entangling me And pull me closer into you Because this city's full of devils And the streets clad with coal I remember every waking day As I chewed on your soul On and on A recollection of our failure On and on Forget the past, we're moving onward Tell my devils I'm never coming back I can see that your motives are not pure And I feel ashamed I can see that your motives are not pure They're not yours Throw the stones They weight heavy in your hands Throw the stones They weight heavy in your hands On and on A recollection of our failure On and on All the people crushed on the threshing floor I can see that your motives are not pure And I feel ashamed This body, a burning building It's nothing but flesh and bone This body, a burning building Turn and run or face the hounds Face the hounds Tell my devils I'm never coming back Back Face the hounds I can see that your motives are not pure And I feel ashamed This body, a burning building It's nothing but flesh and bone This body, a burning building Turn and run or face the hounds Face the hounds

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Can you point us all to something to run from They’re biting at our heels Can you point us all to something to run from And slay us if you will We soak our tattered shirts with our brothers’ blood Instead of ringing out it clings to us The snares we set only trapped the dead And the chains never wash away they just sink further into the mud The tombstone to the casket All hell in a hand basket Pray the chains cut deep cut deep Ugh! Can we cast our demons out to sea (drowning the savagery) Punch our fists straight through the ceiling (yeah we’ll take the heat) We suffer to the beat Then release our beasts on the streets We soak our tattered shirts with our brothers’ blood Instead of ringing out it clings to us The snares we set only trapped the dead And the chains never wash away they just sink further into the mud Pray the chains cut deep cut deep Pray the stains sink deep sink deep What will be left that is not Hell's When we've destroyed the world ourselves We destroyed the world ourselves Don’t look back if you’re gonna rebel Bring in the cavalry (bury your infantry) Prepare your graves, but don’t stop Bring in the cavalry (bury your infantry) Prepare your graves, but don’t stop Running

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Come on come on, are you a dead man? Pull up your skirt, we're on a mission Who said we've won? We need a hero not a politician Don't you know our legs will never carry us far enough When we've put our faith in a map a blind man drew for us The attrition of this nation will seal it's fate Light of the world illuminate Pow Oh, yeah Won't you blind us all? Oh, yeah Show us your scars Show us your scars Oh, yeah Won't you blind us all? Oh, yeah My hounds were bred of the golden kind, so flew'd, so sanded Follow the march to the end of the world two by two Dead man what are you waiting for? Dead man get a hold of yourself and pull some swagger! Come on come on, are you a dead man? Pull up your skirt, we're on a mission Who said we've won? We need a hero not a politician Oh, yeah Show us your scars Yeah

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Son of Mine, can you hear the sound, hear the sound of repetition like clockwork? I'm always peeling back your skin to rip the legions from your heart Every scar you leave yourself is a jewel in the making I would give you passion yet you've turned your back Like a devil of details, cut your throat, you're so addicted You'll swing the hammer, I'll turn your nails to gold Like a devil of details, you're so addicted You'll swing the hammer and I'll turn your nails to gold You will know my voice when the hair on your neck stands up I opened this door, and I will bring the end All gives way and all will fall to their knees and beg for grace Son of Mine these letters I swear have not been burnt My heart a child trembling in sight of his wake (trembling in sight of his wake) Is longing to rest in the hollow (hollow) of Your hand I know now what it is to be helpless like a foot on my neck to the ground (foot on my neck to the ground) I'm longing to rest in the hollow (hollow) of Your hand Here I am I await you My heart a child trembling in sight of his wake (trembling in sight of his wake) Is longing to rest in the hollow (hollow) of Your hand I know now what it is to be helpless like a foot on my neck to the ground (foot on my neck to the ground) I’m longing to rest in the hollow (hollow) of Your, hollow of Your hand You will know my voice Here I am I am the Lion Go! Clear the path I am the Lion You brood of snakes I am the Lion

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I've felt their lives slip through my fingers Now I watch them circle the drain With breath like the torrent (they sink) To the bottom I've wasted so many chances My efforts not a drop in the barrel With a body like a boulder (I sink, sink) To the bottom 'Cause I've shown my teeth and had them kicked in one too many times And in my yearning He split the rock, and the water gushed forth A voice keeps yelling, a voice keeps yelling "This is where your proud waves end" My fingers trace lines, on the surface I'm consumed The sinking feeling, the sinking feeling "This is where your proud waves end" I take my first step, I'm thrown over the edge I tried to walk on the water, but now I just swim They slipped through my fingers Now I watch them circle the drain With breath like the torrent (they sink) To the bottom I've wasted so many chances My efforts not a drop in the barrel With a body like a boulder (I sink, sink) To the bottom Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now? Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now? Where is your mercy? What grace is this that saves me (Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now?) What grace is this that saves me (Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now?) What grace is this that saves me (Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now?) What grace is this that saves me (Where is your mercy? Where is your mercy now?) Where is your mercy now? Where? Are you listening, oh God? I scream your name, your name, your name Are you outside of your wrath? Oh God, oh God, your name And amongst the pile of dead I see a light split the water from the heavens And I feel God glowing inside me My heart shakes with the music of the spheres I no longer tremble in fear For redemption has found me And in redemption comes the overflow of peace

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026