I feel my own bones crushed by the weight of the world
And my skin is swallowed by the soil
Relentless torture, unending distress
Suspended above a looming grave
Chaos – I can no longer embrace the mess
Roped into suffering by expectations
Shot into failure by discontent
Drowning in deadlines, a dose for a dead mind
Abandon reality and come crashing back
What an experience this is
The encouraged maelstrom
Starving for something to interject
Anything to break the pattern of reticence
Fuck this life
You’ll only find me
Dead by dawn
If I make it that long
Can you feel your bones being smashed to dust?
Wake, evaluate the nonsensical
Burdens bludgeoning my fragile existence
(Fragile existence)
Fragile existence
Attenuate the rapid-fire trepidation
Wake, evaluate the nonsensical
Burdens bludgeoning my fragile existence
(Fragile existence)
Fragile existence
Attenuate the rapid-fire trepidation
Lost inside an overbearing world
A deep darkness boils with intent of dismay
Repose is a dream being muffled by screams
When you can’t see the way out, you welcome the fire
Starving for something to interject
Anything to break the pattern of reticence
Fuck this life
You’ll only find me
Dead by dawn
If I make it that long
Broken by pressure, delaying redaction
Abandon the programmed societal faction
Fuck this life
Wasted lives
Dragging along in apathy
Fed only to be starved
Fed only to be starved.
Midwestern prog-metal stalwarts go for the throat on their new EP, featuring a roiling cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' “1979.” Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2019