THE RAIN FALLS AROUND ME
AND FROM BEYOND A DISTANT FOG
COME SHADOWS THAT COULD RENDER US ASUNDER
THE WAVES CRASH AROUND ME
PULLING TOWARD THE DEEPEST DARK
I STRUGGLE JUST TO KEEP FROM GOING UNDER
IT'S ALL I CAN DO
A DREAM WORLD, A GLORY
A CALL FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL
I'M SICKENED BY THE TERRIBLE REMINDER
A FANTASY, A FOOLS ESCAPE
A HOPEFULNESS, A SWEET EMBRACE
ILLUSIONS THAT THIS HORROR IS BEHIND US
IT'S ALL I CAN DO
BUT I MIGHT FALL TO PIECES
MIGHT NOT PULL THROUGH
BUT IF I FALL TO PIECES
IT WAS NOT YOU
A SOLID PLACE, A SECRET WANT
A DREAM TOO DANGEROUS TO HOLD
DENY MYSELF DESPITE THAT I HAVE FOUND YOU
A SHATTERED FIST, A SOLID WALL
CONTINUOUSLY RISE AND FALL
IGNORE THE DREADFUL THOUGHT THAT IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE IT ALL
Idk if this is oddly particular but I would describe listening to this album like sitting at the edge of a stream and trying to cup the water that flows by: it doesn't matter how tightly you clasp on: it doesn't matter how slowly it leaks out: eventually, it will slip from your hands. It will return to where it came from, and you just have to let it happen.
It walks an EXTREMELY fine line between a very shaky sort of ethereality and a steadfast sense of vigor and life. Truly sublime stuff. qalsy
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