Cut out my heart

"Cut out my heart" is a song by The Gliding Faces. Written and produced mostly by Max and tarted up by Dan, this song was released as a maxi-single and has an interesting video.

Lyrics

Gazing upon this burnt horizon
I know there's only one direction
Through the fire wind and rain
Snaking motions navigate the plane

When I
Left you
Time just
Stood still

I don't care about rewards
I'll study all my life at Oxford
Learn the way to wield this knife
Cut out my heart to renew my life

Now we come to round two
Take my silence as a cue
Inside thoughts riddled by a Sphinx
If I falter she'll take my hints

I know I promised to come back
After weighing options, I'm making tracks
Every minute with you, I used tropes
To understand your choices wrapped in ropes

Now I've
Left you
Time runs
Backwards

I don't care about rewards
I'll study all my life at Oxford
Learn the way to wield this knife
Cut out my heart to renew my life

I don't care about rewards
I'll study all my life at Oxford
Learn the way to wield this knife
Cut out my heart to renew my life

I have to admit this is a lesson
About how I handle emotional repression
Scanning the area to find the old me
Reunited here under a hemlock tree

I execute a moon-like motion
Facing an idol which is halcyon
And sometimes I think it's all over
But the ghosts inside drown my hunger

I don't care about rewards
I'll study all my life at Oxford
Learn the way to wield this knife
Cut out my heart to renew my life

I don't care about rewards
I'll study all my life at Oxford
Learn the way to wield this knife
Cut out my heart to renew my life

Versions

• 

  "Cut out my heart" artwork.
  Appears on Dark matters.
• Single mix, extended mix and remixes by LorD and Master, JellyCube and dEk101 appear on "Cut out my heart" maxi-single. (q.v.)
• Konzept remix appears on Merexis.

Maxi-single release

1. "Cut out my heart" (single mix) - 4.00
2. "Alice is waiting" - 5.48
3. "Solstice song" - 4.20
4. "Cut out my heart" (extended mix) - 6.36
5. "Cut out my heart" (LorD and Master remix) - 8.15
6. "Cut out my heart" (JellyCube's rewind mix) - 8.02
7. "Cut out my heart" (dEk101 mix) - 4.20
8. "Cut out my heart" (LorD and Master jagged remix) - 6.36
9. "Cut out my heart" (JellyCube's acid mix) - 6.12

Released 4 February 2022.

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Max Herring and Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Additional production and remix on tracks 4, 5 and 8 by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Additional production and remix on tracks 6 and 9 by Max Herring.
• Additional production and remix on track 7 by Derrick Ryder.