pray the sky falls
for maybe that’d be easier
as this steel strung casket
provides more care
choke, gasp, die, relapse
plague alive outside
yet the sun still chases me
as i find comfort tonight
honesty passed out and isolated
cold sweats
adjourn
burning bodies
some people never learn
your control won’t stop you bleeding
opened up wounds left with words left unsaid
with the crime in the headlines
and the murder in the city
your control won’t stop you bleeding
driving through a harsh reality
crashing cars just to feel something
stricken fear panicking
she’s sitting happy with her prints wiped clean
only to kill at night
so march in the air…hands held high
your control won’t stop you bleeding
opened up wounds left with words left unsaid
with the crime in the headlines
and the murder in the city
your control won’t stop you bleeding
fear dragged under fingernails
evidence turned blind
unstable disinfectant to be thrown in my eyes
fear dragged under fingernails
evidence turned blind
unstable disinfectant to be thrown…in my eyes
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021