i've tried to live my life at a certain pace
emphasize the key points and
leave the narrowest trace
i'd draw the longest line to try to circumscribe these minutes i've wasted
all through these years
they've added up to moments, to days, to a lifetime
so i'll rage against the dying light
til my lungs swell
and i'll strive for artistry
to leave my mark
as a serious man
i counted quietly in my sleep
all the steps it'd take to keep
the worst of this from you
but my body's devastated
and my mind's a blur
so i'd rage against this dying light
but my lungs fill
and i'd strive for artistry
but my eyes fail
and my trembling hands
just can't outline your shape anymore
but my silence is not strength
it's certainly not composure
it's just a feeble vice grip
on the place that i've lost in this world
oh i've lived
i've lived my life without a pace
i'm at a loss for talking points
there's nothing left but consequence
oh but i'd swear anything for you
i counted quietly in my sleep
all the steps it'd take to keep
the worst of this from you
but the truth is
i never saw farther than the shoulders of giants
because i just couldn't climb that high
after the life i've lived
I
won't be anyone's joke
Atmospheric black metal band Sadness and experimental screamo band To Be Gentle channel intense emotions on this split single. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 28, 2021
Eve Beeker of screamo band To Be Gentle stretches her solo work in new experimental directions on this EP, a meditation on gender & healing. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 10, 2021
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
Epitaph Records will be matching all pre-orders of “Always Foreign” with a donation to The Immigrant Defense Project. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 28, 2017