Camera Eats First

Ithaca

Compositor: Djamila Boden Azzouz / Dom Moss / James Lewis / Sam Chetan-Welsh / Will Sweet

Just let the light pass through
I’ve got time to kill
I’ll let you choose the speed
I’ll pick the reel

Don’t move just stay right there
Accept the curse

Let me devour you
Because the camera always eats first

It’s what you do when you think
No one is watching
It’s what you say when you think
No one is there
It’s the way that you’re shifting
Inside your skin
Peel it off and show me
What’s left within
Rip it off and show me
Just where you’ve been
Tear it off and show me
Show me how you win

Who does the light pour out forever
To hit rewind back to the dissever

Click the switch
Lock the strap
Pull me in
Close the gap

Push the lever
Drop the match
Fan the flames
Break the latch
Turn the dial
Close your eyes
You press play
I’ll baptise
Tip the candle
Knot the rope
Heart your cross
And die to hope

It’s what you do when you think
No one is watching
It’s what you say when you think
No one is there

Who does the light pour out forever
Who does the light pour out
Who do the shadows follow
Who do we die without
Our dark tomorrow
Who does the screen burn for
Who do the I always sing
Who is the end of all
Of everything