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Passage I
08:01
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2. |
Never Stop Drowning
11:54
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Used to walk these halls to give wings to dreams
Now I only pace to keep shakes at bay
Around me are towers that will never leave
Forgive the glass hidden in your ashes
I remember the first thought at your sight
I wanted us to grow as a mess
And I wouldn’t change a goddamn thing
Our tragedy is our perfection
These lips, my river bank
Every curve a wave
Rain was brought to my dry earth
I breathed you in every day
Our waters recede, and my reservoir is dry
But I’ll find a way
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
“Please go easy”, he said, as my head swam in air
God help me, it’s happening again
Clouds form overhead, I know damn well what that means
This flood is eternal
Long ago they were welcome, but that sun has set
Now I sink as silence deafens
Scars compound without end
True terror has a home here
False ripples and yellowed sky
Setting sun around me
With arched back, dark waves surround
I plunge into eternity
If I cannot sink in your ocean, I will gladly pour my own
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
And I promise that this man still exists
I promise I am within this shell
I promise I am in here, somewhere
I know it’s impossible to tell
I promise I’ll never forget your waves, though god I wish I could
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
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My final wave to innocence has been thrown
Still walking past walls, seeing messages written in blood
I think I’m at the bottom now, becoming one with the mud
I’m sorry to make things worse with every passing verse
I hate that I know the reasons why I sung those last words
My final wave to innocence has been thrown
Hot breath in mouth, glass eyes abyssal
See the message in words, and this true intent is dismal
No goodness in honesty while this open and released
A mouth praises vulnerability so ears can be deceived
My final wave to innocence has been thrown
Slide through skeletal remains, I try to avoid the red
A manifestation of despicable nature is the skull that looms overhead
The most pathetic moments are what I hope you’ll see
This ghastly visage has become me
My final wave to innocence has been thrown
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3. |
Precipitate
05:26
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I found the happiest place in the world.
Hidden in a building, peering beautifully out.
There’s a room that’s inexplicably empty, and if you lie between the walls, stare out it’s windows at dusk
The sky is orange and surrounding
Precipitate smudges, seamless, non-threatening
I try to peel away the orange exterior
And not get any in the cityscape
And a stage opens up in the wet hole
Puppets are dancing out my insignificant life to me
I’m glad no one’s here
It’s a pity they’ll destroy this
It’s to make way for an airport, they say
But I’d rather stay here, until the building’s last breath
Yeah, it’s a pity it’s leaving, pity an implosion will take away this
I hope you see on your last breath what I am seeing on mine
I know it’s selfish, but if you could see this, you’d understand
I love you
I love you
Don’t forget me
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4. |
Flesh
05:56
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Painted flesh is in my dreams
And I awake bloody
Rushing blood from river’s stones
My hands grasp to the unwary
Tired flesh for desperate bones
Painted flesh is in my dreams
Haunted by dark lace and leather
Pale white shines through mist of souls
Through this grip, I feel untethered
Fly from time wasted in cold
And I miss our dreams of water
And our hope for depths below
These dreams live on in silence
I will let this black tree grow
Painted flesh is in my dreams
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5. |
Angels Fall
05:32
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Angels fall into dust
As we crawl from ashen crust
Blackened beams loom above
Altered paths of broken doves
Shattered walls crack beneath
Lives consumed with blood stained teeth
Toxic air filling lungs
Smoke and sickness give our silenced tongues
Angels fall from their shells
Razor’s edge, rotted hell
Final frame, none shall tell
Climb the spire, reach the bell
Truth lies in what had fell
Fall and plumb depths of the well
Ripped from earth, stem, root, and cell
Angels fall into the swell
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6. |
Respite
12:33
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This is necessary
I will not be your dream if I don’t fight
I’ll strive for sanctuary
I’ll live until I have earned your respite
Your ghost, it haunts these hallways
I wish that I could give you the rest that you’ve earned
Broken, tattered pathways
Shades of last lessons that have been left unlearned
And these words, they fall to whispers
Hope lies here in a quiet cold
I’ve never felt this darkness
Living in wait for the worst to unfold
The blood of fallen sisters
I feel myself drowning in the shade of what should have been
My chest it breaks in silence
I sleep until I sink into the rest that I belong in
But this is necessary
This is why I’ll fight
There is always ease in mercy
An ease that will not end this night
I will not fall to shadow
I’ll not fall out of sight
I’ll rise and stand tall again
And bathe in rays of light
Avoid hereditary
I’ll not be sedentary
Not trapped by estuary
I’ll try with all my might
Your memory completes me
And your ending always haunts me
But your inspiration feeds me
And I’ll use it to take flight
And these words are written for you
For great power was given by you
You’ve given all your passion
You fought for what was right
Your glow is a reminder
My demons won’t define me
Now is when I need to swim
For you have earned respite
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