Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked For Death (Official Audio)

From the upcoming Emma Ruth Rundle album “Marked For Death”, available Sept 30th via Sargent House

EMMA RUTH RUNDLE:

[kchez]

It's like a more emotionally damaged, stoner doom Mazzy Star, which is completely incredible. The upright bass adds an element that's beyond cool. Love it.

[simpaticode]

This song is amazing, but it's also about a dark relationship, based on self-loathing that recognizes the other's self-loathing; it satisfies the insecure part of you that needs to see vulnerability equal to your own to really be honest. This song is angry. He has withdrawn, one assumes. She is threatening him; you are terrible, only someone as terrible as me would love you. And then she admits - this all applies to herself, that I am terrible too, and only someone as bad as me would love me. It's dysfunctional, but it's also very raw, honest, painful, and, I suspect, resonates with more people than would ever admit it. Crazy, dark, sensual, decaying, desperate and beautiful -- the same drivers behind the sublime Blade Runner aesthetic. This song is a rare jewel and deserves more attention, and more usage, perhaps in a movie or series.

[SpiderPudding]

I have been obsessively listening to this song this whole week. It’s both soothing and hauntingly beautiful.

[Chippeddiamonds]

LYRICS:

it was right that we did meet each other in each other’s eyes
it was right that we did see each other in our shadow sides
it was wrong then too that crazy love, loves crazy as it does
and each of us and both of us so crazy; as it was

who else is going to love someone like you that’s marked for death
who else is going to be with you when you breathe your last
who else is going to take my place and hold and keep you safe/sane
who else is going to stay

you were right on time to break your head and make the death bed
you were right on time to crash those galaxies and flat-line
you were right on time to make the light inside of me a life
you were right on time to meet me, crazy love, and watch us die

who else is going to love someone like me, that’s marked for death?
who else is going to be with me when i breathe at all?
who else would ever take your place and hold and keep me safe?
who else would ever stay?

[ovtheabyss]

This song has one of the most beautiful openings. I listen to this song over and over and I cannot get enough. I bought it on vinyl and it’s so warm and deep, like a bath you never want to get out of.

[fractalign]

I only discovered Emma Ruth Rundle tonight after seeing she did a duet with Chelsea Wolf. Clicking on it has opened a new audio dimension that I must voyage through !

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When people think in ''love songs'' they think in something like Total Eclipse Of The Heart, this is my version of a love song, love you Emma, can't help but relate with the power of these lyrics.

[megafrayder]

Not me crying in my car listening to this masterpiece of a song

[sherylAA]

Just hear this on a new show called The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. Amazing show so far and this song fit nicely with the show. :)

[prlysis]

This album is fantastic. How am I just now discovering Emma? Better late than never.

[christopherlafayette]

I can imagine this song coming on when driving around in the middle of the night in Portland. It just has that feel...

[MrDivagation]

Sounds like Alcest ft Emma Ruth Rundle ! Love it.

[therealericjackdaniels]

IMHO one of the most haunting truthful songs ever. I love it. I truly do.

[zackkuehle]

Once upon a time i had met a soul whos existence, like mine, was one of self-loathing and despair. Desperately trying to bring whatever light she could to this world, regardless of whether or not that kindness was to be reciprocated. She bears horrific scars on the majority of her body that entail the story of the struggle she meets when confined to a world so cold as ours. Every one of her self-inflicted battle scars as beautiful and mysterious as Mona Lisa in my eyes. I miss her more than words can express...

[thasquid]

This is the greatest song ever written

[zakaryproffer]

I'm blown the fuck away from the genius behind this.❤️❤️❤️

[anneliesekleinschmidt]

Recently discoverd this album and i'm so thankfull for her music ♡ it picks me up It's taking me on a journey....helps me to transform..thank you!!!

[swaffles]

Goddamn...this is such a beautifully crafted song.

[KarahEaston]

I accidentally found this song five days ago and I can't stop listening to it
Brilliant

[thebrunoserge]

Just got the vinyl preorder but I'm here because I don't have a turntable yet lol