1. |
Nothing
04:31
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Time has stopped, I can't breathe
A black monolith with pages for me
I look around in this foreign place
Where I've spent so fucking long
Adhesive breaks as I tear away
I close my eyes because I know
Water flows, trembling, suffocating
Choking on the end of it all
They mean nothing
We mean nothing
I mean nothing
But you
The panic's back, look left and look right
Why is this happening now
Lost life absorbing my soul
I'll let the ink run and blur the lines
Lost hope after all I've done
It's time to let go of this idea
This is it, this is the end
How can I ever feel the same again
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2. |
Focus
03:38
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I wish I could feel it coming
Echoes from far away
I wish I could be ready
Louder as it gets closer
And here I am
Stuck in my head with lips moving and no sound
But here I am
Paralyzed with dread with hands shaking and no air
And now that things are clear
I focus on what I fear
And now that things are clear
I embrace and disappear
What is wrong, why can't you focus on me
I'm talking to you, are you listening
What is wrong, you can't even say something
You can't face all the silence
Breathe it in and breathe it out
Doesn't matter if it's overwhelming
Listen here, focus
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3. |
Keep Moving
03:43
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Together like a puzzle
Putting on a beautiful show
They can look deep
But they won't find any cracks
Closed like a circuit
Such a beautiful connection
They can look deep
But they won't see the break
Just keep moving
Don't stop breathing
One foot forward keep repeating
Just keep moving
Don't stop breathing
Tear burned eyes alive with meaning
The full spectrum of light
Complete in every way
They can look deep
But they won't see the waves
The complete series
More than you could ever want
They can look deep
But they'll never know the real show
I just want you to know
But they can never know
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4. |
mEnd
03:36
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If I let my guard down
Can I trust you to take it away
One last try
One more time
Do we end
Do we mend
Do we start all again
Do we end
Do we mend
I can't do this again
If I take a step forward
Can I trust you to not turn away
I want it
I need it
Do you want it
Do you need it
I think I want to go away
I think I want to stay now
You want it
You need it
Do I want it
Do I need it
I think you want to go away
I think we both don't know
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5. |
Everything's Alright...
04:05
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The creature strikes again
Form and function
All venom, no grace
It wants much more
Gravitating dust
They all want in
Sips of memories
Fading away
Hate
Blame
Hate
Blame
You know everything's alright
Advantage to the beast
Friend or not
Smile and the lure
Unconscious bore
It fucked it all
It fucked it all away
Shedding off its skin
It's time to let more in
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6. |
Drug of Choice
03:38
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Take it out
Plug it in
Start it up
Press start again
And here I am
Please lash again
I need some more
Please strike again
I need you to hurt me
I need you desert me
I feel you repel me
I feel you dispel me
Take me down
It's my drug of choice
Break me down
It's my drug of choice
On my knees
Back exposed
I'm ready
Take a shot
Keep firm grip
Don't pull back
Give it all
Across my back
I need you to break me
I need you to hate me
I feel you deride me
I feel you despite me
I'm not here, I'm not here
I sit here, but not lost
Exist here, collecting
All parts of what I've wrought
Please take me please break me
Please hate me please please
Please take me please break me
Whatever the fuck you do just please kill me
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7. |
Breathing Room
03:13
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Stepping into, into the darkness
Away from all I know
Walking into, into the darkness
Away from who I am
I'm losing myself and my grip on reality
I can't remember the day
Wading into, into this darkness
I've never seen this film
Slipping into, into my darkness
I lay down my tired head
I'm losing myself and my grip on reality
I can't remember the day
I'm losing myself and my grip on reality
I can't remember the day
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8. |
With
03:09
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Here I stand again with you
Waiting for you to tell me what to do
And the rage bursts free
As your tongue strikes me
I'm so tired it's true
All I've done's for you
Am I with or without
Aren't you tired of these excuses
Everything I do seems fucking useless
And still I can't see
The path in front of me
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9. |
Without
03:44
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The path had split and become overgrown
With sharp things and the danger of the unknown
I had looked to the left, but know it wasn't that
The way out is forward, not looking back
The path had split and become overgrown
Unfamiliar eyes, false comfort of home
Sharpened senses guiding me towards the light
Escaping the darkness, this decade of night
I no longer
Have this part of me
and I am better without
I no longer
Have this half of me
And I am better without
The path had split and become overgrown
The key in my hand, resetting all I've known
A hand not worth holding, words of death
Leaving this forest, and a name not worth my breath
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10. |
The Morning Wake
03:42
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The air brings hope in desperation
For the love of old and young
Gathered round to question why
The whispers of their hearts have sung
Their eyes meet with stinging want
For all is gone in the morning wake
I stand back alone so far away
Because they don't know
We all fall
With no one to catch us
We all break
With no one to fix us
We all scream
With no one to hear us
We all hurt
With no one to mend us
The embrace changes nothing
They turned their pages quietly
They're the blind searching for the light
To find peace and comfort when they're dead
A perfect escape from reality
Their fantasy logic burns inside of me
If they saw what I have they'd open their open their eyes
For the first time they'd see
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11. |
Eleven East
05:58
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Sitting out in the cold
Synapses flicker on
Fading pictures flash by
Faint connections resisting dawn
I can't remember what it's like to feel alive
Walls of color light the room
Thick air stops head height
There's no stopping it now
They get what they want tonight
I think I remember what it's like to feel a…
Sitting out in the cold
Memories long gone
It seems the book's been closed
Tiny wants sputter on
The forest speaks softly
Shadows beckon, comforting
Through the dark is a glow
And here I face my reckoning
The voices were so loud
I couldn't hear myself sing
But now I'm alone and that's alright
I'm exactly where I need to be
I finally remember what it's like to feel a…
Yes I remember what it's like to feel alive
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