The Dogs

by Forts

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This song is a sonic warning to the listener about "the dogs"- the people or thoughts in our lives that feed off of our failures and insecurities. The people that seem to chew us up just to spit us out, and the thoughts that aim to devour our hopes and deter us from our path. The song is a determined reminder to not let those critics win, and to stay steadfast even in the face of provocation and uncertainty.

lyrics

The dogs are hungry
licking their dripping lips,
but I'm coming
I'm coming dripping in
Gold

Gold body armour
Ringing inside my ears
I can hear their chains
Dragging behind my heels
Go

Ibis rope down
I'm coming in loud
Hide my throat now
From your mouth

And the light comes
And the light comes
And the light comes
And it goes

The dogs are hungry
Don't satisfy them
The dogs are hungry
Don't satisfy them
X2

The dogs are ganging up
on the high road now,
I understand they're stuck
on the tallest
Brow

The pressure building
Under my vortex veins
Bodies stacking over the blackened
Plains

Ibis rope down
It's coming in clouds
Hide my throat now
From your mouth

And the night comes
And the night comes
And the night comes
And it goes

The dogs are hungry
Don't satisfy them
The dogs are hungry

Hide your throat
Hide your throat
Darling
Hide your throat
Hide your throat

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released February 22, 2020

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Forts Phoenix, Arizona

Forts is an electronic pop trio hailing from the US. The trio focuses on heavily melodic, brooding pop, painted with drenched vocals, primal drums, and imperial synths.

discography

Roman Circus

Dec 2023
The Chemist

May 2022
The Dogs (The Remixes)

Oct 2020
Moonshot

Apr 2020
The Dogs

Feb 2020

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