Mortal by Ottoman Yak

- Mortal -

Verse 1 - Elai immortal
Ooh, dreams will be like William Blake paintings
True, the Word has got ever so tainted
Smooth, arrhythmic lump under chest banging
Move, watch out for angels crash-landing
Horse-drawn chariots, four raw carriers
Pestilence, death, famine, war at the Marriot
Jake and Dinos Chapman figurines cradle
Confidence unheard since the tower of Babel
24 hours without washing and your flesh reeks a stench
[And yet you’re proud?]

Hit ‘em with the heat like a consummating fireball
Loud ruin on the street, it’s a dire brawl
Hear hereafter, ether at the wake
It’s inevitable: your body expiry date
Instant zings fling unseen stings
Eschatos! Your eulogy is Wingdings!
23 chromosomes breaking down into Moroccan cedarwood
whether evil or good
Sever the self into several selves to suffer the severe service of death
Until there’s nothing left

I’ve got the fashion; worms intertwine with the fly
Putrefaction; five days after your nigh
Whilst the energy’s expired into something more or less
This is where I get off, my stop, my rest

Chorus
Full weight of the rigors of mortis
Who’ll wake up to spring? Just the orchids
Tourist, your timing is flawless

Verse 2 - Joel the Custodian
No good uppercut – Micah 3:6
No rematch, no remix, no home for the beatnik
Better believe it – I’m seasick
Frozen fire – no phoenix
Old desires – O Venus
All toned, beautiful backbones and bicycle bells
Thrown over the chrome, surprising myself
The sun-kissed vision of the rise of the welt
The youngest of women making icicles melt
The breath of the summer? You’re grasping smoke
And a cast of crass and dastardly folk
The past is the past and you’re having to cope
With the loss of your love and you haven’t a hope
No fountain can doctor your age
In a mountain an ox will carry a box with your shame
And it won’t speak praise or blame
Til the end of the page or ‘til the last day
Ah

Chorus
Full weight of the rigors of mortis
Who’ll wake up to spring? Just the orchids
Tourist, your timing is flawless

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Birmingham