1. |
Coexist
04:22
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I’ve become familiar with
This feeling of emptiness
you think this isn’t who I am
You only know what i used to be
I caught a glimpse of tragedy
It stalks my every move
No more connections to sever
But this poison still flows through
Just put me to rest
Your touch echoes in my head
You tried to keep me close
Too bad I’m as good as dead
How can you say that you loved me
you showed nothing but contempt
A tragic existence
Entombs me
I can’t accept that you loved me
No matter how hard I try
I can’t accept myself
I’ll never see the light in your eyes
I’ll just drown in the air that fills my lungs
These nightmares are endless
All hope is abandoned
Yet I always dig up the dreams I long since buried
I only beg
for forgiveness
For a life gone too soon
Don’t follow my path
I’m no monument
There are horrors at the end I hope you never see
Don’t follow my path
Find your own monument
You won’t survive, it’s an endless sea
I feel this sense of foreboding
The shadows stalk my every move
I coexist with the ghosts in my room
Their lamenting reminds of you
But now I must give in, let go
But now I must give in, let go
I coexist with the ghosts in my room
Their lamenting reminds of you
But now I must give in, let go
It’s All I can do
I force my eyes closed
I just can’t seem to sleep anymore
Having a thousand thoughts a second
Uncontrolled, overwhelming
Im already the victim
The target your dull embrace
All I want is to smile
a blessing that’s not for me
If there’s hope in these shadows
I hope they’re tangible and easy to find
For every step that I take, a piece of me I leave behind
Please don’t carry the burden associated with my decline
My back is weak but I’ll manage
these mistakes are all mine
Was it too hard to stomach?
Did you even try?
Was it too hard to stomach
I really hope you tried
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2. |
Memento
02:59
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All this time I’ve been left alone
Accompanied only by my thoughts
My shattered skull, a memento
Of times meant to learn, to grow
“Someday soon you’ll find your way”
That’s the shit I’ve always been told
But now every motions a labor and I just don’t think I can roam anymore
And at the end of the day
My dreams of you, they dissipate
If I climb to the peak just how far will I be able to see?
My vision is hazy, my legs they start shaking
The anxiousness brings out the worst in me
swept away in this current
The riptides, keep their grip on me
can’t write out my fears, my inkwell is empty it has been for years
I don’t think you get how fucking exhausting it is to exist
Taking every shot I could possibly take, every single one missed
So here I lay, body exposed soaking up these rays of self loathing
And I patiently wait for death to arrive and motion for me
My lungs they won’t
Hold in this smoke anymore
My lungs they won’t
Hold in this smoke anymore
By your hands I choke
I can feel my life slip away
I don’t know if I can survive
For another day
The crater left in my chest is the only memento of you
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3. |
Fate And Forgiveness
03:15
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My mind is slipping, I shiver
The veil of darkness lifts
Your voice echoes,
a deafening blast
Always told to push forward
With nothing to light my path
My voice escapes me
The weight of this burden persists
Why can’t I
For once put up a fight
Held down by
This fear I thought I left behind
If to suffer is to be human
I’ll gladly throw it all away
Understand, this isn’t selfish
This is a pain I feel every day
You can’t escape your fate
You can’t escape your fate
Don’t run it’s not too late
You can’t escape your fate
The silence is crippling
I’m too afraid to even breathe
I can’t feel my own heart beating
Only my life dripping from my veins
I never asked to be born here
Because of you I feel nothing but anguish
All I needed was a pillar for support
Something you could never be for me
Nothing but a broken soul
Will be left from the collapse
Let my demise haunt your memories
Plea for forgiveness, you won’t be exempt
Plea for forgiveness, you won’t be exempt
Let my demise haunt your memories
Plea for forgiveness, you won’t be exempt
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4. |
Decay
03:42
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These are the winds of change,
send constant chills up my spine
A constant threat, a challenge
That you imposed on my short life
A feeble voice, a promise
forget the hate you left behind
There’s not much left for me to give
Can’t explain yourself, refuse to forgive
life decays faster than eyes can see
I felt the weight of your words crash into me
Your cynical nature; the final nail that sealed our fate
As the days goes by, I feel more shards of glass flow in my veins
your limbs grow cold yet restless
Searching for a host to spread their plague
Pride had you speaking in circles
More bullshit lies to feed to me
Always had to take advantage
Of any poor soul you could corrupt
Take a deep breath, inhale the poison that you created
Thoughts of me put you in a frenzy
watched the whites of your eyes quickly turn black
I hope you can’t sleep, fear what’s watching
The rhythm of my heart staggers
I snap awake in a cold sweat
You’ve learned to weaponize my sorrow
And I can’t live like this
You can call me whatever you like
Your voice is an arrow flying out to me
A piercing vibration going through my eardrums
Just save your breath I won’t to hear it
You can choke on the shit spilling from your mouth
Your opinions prove your ignorance
There’s no time to fear your past
I’ll make sure this breath is your last
Will be your last
No one expects to be born broken
A birthright so hard to come to terms with
I don’t think it’s still worth the effort
No one expects to be born broken
I try so damn hard to be let free
I see myself in every leaf flowing in the wind
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