Cover art for Modus Operandi by Jason D. Morris
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Modus Operandi Lyrics

So they took aim; and blazed up a torso
Never had much use for any bit of remorse
They sang songs about cowardice and the powerless
Dogs that lay bleeding out on the bathroom floor
But none of that empathy ever came to fruition
And none of the sympathy ever came in their direction
Nothing was ever handed, nothing was ever granted
Born sleeping on the dirt drenched horizon
So sunshine only came around when they cried
See moon light only when they closed their eyes
Could never tell the difference between day and night
Cause there was no difference between dark and light
Mean streets syndrome colds souls to the bone
Screw highs to lows, they never had a home
Never had a place to let their guard down in the summer
Never had a place to see the world for its shutters
So that’s the shame, that’s their peace and their name
That’s the innocence that never can be reclaimed
Street walking urchins and money grubbing thieves
Screw sirens for locks to ill fitting keys

Never assault, the séance is still violent
Gaping wounds never close, no matter how hard you’re trying
Can’t cover a scrape that’s a length of the fear
Connections to constructions until it’s all been cleared
But we need those shadows, their our modern day monsters
Sponsors to the harsh world that we try to forget

We are our own fears, victims to our own offenders
If we all drop dead there will never be contenders
So what’s the point of survival in the prescience of a rival that has sunken into denial and is waiting on revival…
Nothing, only the fruit fly thrives in worlds of “never minds” when everything is re-designed
Sucking off the souls of the masks of revalidation
Convoluting constitutions of cross country cremation

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