The final chapter has begun
When escape is futile, the only options are adapt or retract to
Infancy and take a chance on rebirth
Only then will you find your final worth
Hold onto hope and rejuvenate
Live your life to inspire
Merely the body will disintegrate
The soul shall live forever
The sound is deafening and the words are so succinct
Desperate for escape from a life extinct
Why am I here when I’m not deserving?
Living in silence, always reserving
In reality, I’m only conserving
The pain, the hate, an attempt to subserve thee
But in the end I’m labeled wrong
For doing what I need to do to continue on
A serendipitous shred of solace pawned
For the blame and scorn to remain until dawn
And dusk won’t bring an end to this misery
Why would I return to the world that discarded me?
I’m at the end of my rope
I’m tired of running with nowhere to go
The heavenly skies are yours
The remuneration is revocation of the life you have built
The sound is deafening and the words are so succinct
Desperate for escape from a life extinct
The final words are spoken, showering with bliss
Engulfed in a nimbus of fear of the life that never did exist
Die a noble death by the hand of your master
Or be a victim of the global disaster
Die a noble death by the hand of your master
Or be a victim of the global disaster.
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