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No Fun (demo)
02:18
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stop looking for an answer down the darkest tunnel
the train is unforgiving and it travels fast
if the heat of the steel, steals every promise to heal
will the lead spread the thoughts that brought the loneliest deal
splattering brains into particles
sending ideas airborne
into the atmosphere for all to inhale
one final gasp of fear and suffocating betrayal
flatter this ego exceptional
absorb every spore through each pore
then feel each ventricle shrivel up and collapse
suffering sins of the cynical's tragically boring crash
was it always gonna come to this
infancy birthed lifelong fantasies
built on those dreams without a breath left to cry
out for that help maybe everyone desperately needs
the cry that pride, fear, and guilt collaborate to impede
when the piles of crocodiles infiltrate
know they’re cold blooded and they're always starved
and they might feast on tears they stole from someone who cares
but they won’t taste that fear and it might seem a little bit unfair
embezzled oxygen exhaled as fraudulent despair
cancel all the funerals
should've been more punctual
not ready to know if you're still running scams
too terrified to peek under that rock
but if you need a mark then here I am
if that's what it takes to know your heart hasn't stopped
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Death (demo)
02:36
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They don't really know what goes on on your head
envy of the ones who beat you to the end
won the attention of the otherwise bored
who abandon the living and worship the dead
cos you're better as a story for their friends
we really don't fear the other side
we know not to run from what no one can avoid
that one and only promise will never be broken
we can take it in terror or take it in stride
cos it's on the way and none of us can hide
They said that Ariel- was no mistake
and Jeremy was crying cos he couldn't escape
no love left to give no love left to take
nothing to wait for and nothing to chase
but they got their love when loved ones made the wake
we really don't fear what's waiting for all
we know in the end we're all gonna fall
that one and only promise will never be broken
we can take it in fear or accept what we are
no love left to give no love left to take
nothing to wait for and nothing to chase
save for the comfort of a the final escape
a sense of control they never had til the day
and they got their love when loved ones made the wake
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Time Release... (demo)
04:00
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Looking for a way out, looking for a way out
before the walls star closing in
Looking for a way out, looking for a way out
before the fallout of our sins before the worst fear settles in
it’s time to start again after each ending
be better, better yourself after the worst
rest assured life doesn't end until it ends
every peak every valley will serve as a reminder
that a rise or fall in either direction
could never maintain a sustainable course
broken fingers check pulses malpractice checks heads
egos burn up in the ether or crash into the Earth
high
high, high, high highs precede the lowest lows
and highs
don't give rides on rising tides when life denies our highest hopes
not condescending but this isn't an ending
from top to bottom everywhere in between
a couple steps from the womb lands one foot square in the tomb
all the way navigating or evading rough terrain
fantasies might alleviate anxiety
when optioning the truest sense of control
stomachs tied into knots trying to silence these thoughts
cos the easy way out comes with more suffering and doubt
nothing laced and without a chaser
face the discomfort of taking life in dry
or run in place chase the pain erasers
stay numb for long enough to tolerate this life
but the anesthesia's wearing off this time-
release euthanasia tearing up insides
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rooFTops Somerville, Massachusetts
Solo acoustic non-herbert, punk, hardcore from Boston
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