Glossolalia - Lyrics - Vic Chesnutt

James Victor "Vic" Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn't come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a tribute album of alternative artists covering his songs.

I am a stranger Lurking alone in my own vicious wilderness While the meat in my chest Squeezes and teases a hulking hunger Groping in motion Balance is but a shimmering notion And lurching compelled My soul in its special hell of wet mortal limits Perpetually thirsting But i bask in a beautiful byproduct From twisting torque of dichotomy What my eyes do see In this spilling, dead wicked desert It dances Born of babble Is now raison d'etre for the rabble I sing my soul With tongue A sword in the sunlight Thrashing and flashing Glossolalia