Oh god it’s started again
and now you’ve done it
set off on another dark descent
letting depression set it
you seem to love it
wrapped up in the soft warm glow
of a pessimism that helps you let go
again I’ll have to lie myself to sleep
but the process is flawed since I know that i’m lying
still I do it anyway
I just tell myself it’s okay
‘cause everything will work itself out
it all will be fine
everything will be fine
it all will be fine
And I’m trying to stave off loneliness
but all these people aren’t helping
I’ll turn it all around
Still lying in my bed
trying to block out the sound
of failures
but there’s no peace that is found
I’m still awake for heaven sake
and I’m lying to myself
Extraneous
I am excess I am the chaff
There is no meaning
when joy is minimizing suffering
when flight is merely hobbled stumbling
I flail for something to grasp
an awful something holds me back
I grasp at a youth I never had
I cling to a life that was never in my past
if the winners write history and all the rules
what happens to all us losers and fools
Burn
we’ll burn this fucker to the ground
we don’t need no water
burn, burn this mother fucker to the ground
we’ll burn it down, we’ll burn it down
we’re burning down
‘cause I don’t know another way
to let you know how I feel
and I am out of things to say
if I’m trying to be real
And I may never know who I am
outside of blood and skin
until I’ve left this whole illusion
I’m tied to this feeling
chemicals and genes and injuries
make me but a dumb machine
consequence of process and my surroundings
consciousness
is just experience
and my free will
diminished
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