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Strive
04:13
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I only felt the cold that day
But I still said ‘come whatever may’
For I knew in my heart
What they see with their eyes
Through their eyes
Nothing is real
Pull the black over their eyes
Tell them everything will be alright
My thoughts pulled through the back of my skull
You know we’re all dead
We inherit the struggle, though our courage will never die
Those who’ve passed before us, they belong to us, they belong to me
Fighting regression, but never victorious
They belong to us, they belong to me.
A vision of death playing over and over in my head
It was meant to be
Consumed by this cancer, we can’t continue
As soon as I vanquish this terror
I’m hindered by the rot inside my bones
Self-preservation deterioration, the way it’s meant to be.
Beneath the archive, we fester as worms
Decaying into time, complacent of our infection
We strive for life, but only in death
But its already too late, all consumed
Flailing at the fabric of time
I wish for closure, for comfort
But it schisms apart upon this breaking dawn
I can’t go on and it’s worth nothing without you
We strive for life, but only in death
But its already too late, all consumed
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2. |
Defy Dismay
04:12
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We live in a world, that we’ve sentenced to death
Our own destructive forces only feed its contempt
Suffocated under the weight of regret
If only such emotion could turn it back
We have a chance, until the rot sets in
We must defy dismay that we feel within
Though the scars, are only skin deep
To save this world we must abandon all our beliefs
It’s like we’re running with our skin pulled back
It’s like we’re running ‘till the night turns black
There is nothing
There is nothing left
Subvert our false idols
Drown them in the seas on ignorance
When will you leave this broken relief
There is nothing left
We live in a world, that we’ve sentenced to death
Our own destructive forces only feed its contempt
Suffocated under the weight of regret
If only such emotion could turn it back
Subvert our false idols
Drown them in the seas on ignorance
Feed them to the hunger
Which festers in their streets
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3. |
Survive
03:17
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Living through these endless days
Struggling to feel safe
Living through these endless days
I must keep myself safe
A space in my chest, is all that I can feel
The cogs worn down, the bearings disregarded
I will find a way to survive
We must all find a way to survive
Please just give me a second to breathe
This can’t go on forever
I feel alive
It goes on and on
These thoughts revolving
Tables turning
Waiting for the sun
These dams must break
These clouds must crack
Before I hit the ground
Because times have gone dark and I find it hard to cope
Just hold out your hand, I think I’m falling down this slope
A space in my chest is all that I can feel,
The cogs worn down, The bearings disregarded
I would toil through the night to give life to the sun,
To keep my head in this fight, I’ll work my hands to the bone
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4. |
Monolith
03:25
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Around this world spins
Running from our own sins
Decadence
Ignorance
Only time will show the mistakes we have made
Day by day we stand witness to the demise of a world so lifeless
Abused and neglected
Oh corruption has infected
How I long for a day when I could bring myself to care
A cancer on humanity for which there’s no cure
Obliteration
Suffocation
Of all existence
Token hatred blinds us all
Is this the day we all finally fall?
A pain you will never know
Afloat from reality
This world we call home
Decaying unto hell
My son; I confess
Creator; I atone
Mother nature - I mourn
Roots torn from our lands
Pride gone from our hearts
Our world, with a darkness stain
Oh how we’ve fallen from grace
Open your eyes and witness destruction
Open your ears and hear our plea “Is this the way this world was really meant to be?”
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5. |
Closure
04:11
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Fractured figures across the glass of my eyes ; a disfigured reflection
Falling back to the void of depression
so far from the light
the outlines; all that remain
We intertwine as we dance this dance with death
I’ll never be myself again
Reverberating back and forth through my head - I hear your name
Trying to bridge the gaps between these holes in my chest - I just can’t pull through
I cared for you even more than I hate myself, but still I’m condemned to rot
We intertwine as we dance this dance with death
I’ll never be myself again
Lost in my own mind
Reverberating through my head - I hear your name
I call in the night
I pray to the black
I hear your name over and over again
I just can’t control myself anymore
I can’t feel - I can’t feel
I am but a stranger in my own skin
I am just a construct of self-loathing
As my strength fails me, I’ll fight for your place in the final chapter
but there’s nothing left for me
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Perception Oxford, UK
Oxfordshire Tech-influenced Metacore.
Est. 2011.
Email: Perceptionukband@gmail.com
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