Compass and the Ruler

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"Compass and the Ruler" is a demo from the 2000 album Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). The song was released in a low-quality fifty-second recording in a podcast, placed back to back with another demo titled "Jack Eats Dinner". Along with these demos was released a low-quality one-minute recording of a cover of Wes Montgomery's "Little Child", and a fourth song in high-quality, a cover of Charles Manson's "Sick City". "Compass and the Ruler" takes up the remaining 31 seconds of the podcast file, also containing "Jack Eats Dinner".

[edit] Versions

• "Jack Eats Dinner"/"Compass and the Ruler"

[edit] Lyrics

The lyrics below are not complete in the sense that the song does continue, by implication. The only publicly known clip of the song in existence runs for thirty-one seconds (0:31), and so the lyrics below reflect what is heard in the released clip.

    I know it's complicating 
    My heart keeps breaking and I keep taking this
    I know my life is fading
    This shit is ticking, 
    I can't deal with this
    I...