1. |
The American Scapegoat
03:22
|
|||
|
Hello, depression my old friend
My confidence is missing again
And I can’t avoid you forever
Am I a disappointment?
Because you can’t look me in the eyes and say you are proud of me
For what I’ve done
For anything
You must be mistaken
For someone who doesn’t think for themselves
I want to change your prospective on how we all see things
Real life is drown out with this pop culture bullshit
Priorities include the biggest salaries, while consuming the fewest calories
So drive your SUV in our failed economy
And pollute your existence but
Don’t blame it on yourself
Well if I am not to blame
And you’re not to blame
Let’s point a finger and attach to a name.
Happy ever after
With friends few and far between
Is it too late to make the most of what I have?
It is all a competition for what
Happiness you can’t just buy it
Why can’t I just be there for you?
Am I not enough?
Is it the way I market myself
Do I not scream the man you want?
I am afraid I can’t make you happy
Even though this is what I want
Will I ever be enough?
How do we live this way?
What is success to you?
Cause it is subjective to me
Without direction
It is beautiful
Without direction
Subjective
Life’s compass is
Surrounded by magnets
|
||||
2. |
Cheating Destiny
02:47
|
|||
|
I’m lost
I don’t think this is where I belong
But I do think this is where I lose my footing
The place where honesty and fallacy draws its line in the sand
Mark it off
And I believe a little less
And a little less each day
I think it time for my date with destiny
But my glass seems to be half empty
And she won’t buy me a drink
Is this happening?
She a cheap trick
A one night stand in a pawned off day dream
I believe a little less
I believe a little less in you
I was raised a hopeful man
But somewhere hope has to ends
Doesn’t it?
My mother told me son
You will marry a catholic woman in a catholic church
But momma I don’t think that is how life works
I don’t think that is how life has to work
The dichotomy of shade of grey and photography
It’s all a game to them
Wait I think I found myself
Oh no, I’m just lost
But I think
I’m finally okay with it
I’m lost between my father’s dreams
And who my mom wants me to be
Is this what life means to me?
And I believe a little less
And a little less each day
|
||||
3. |
Barry Trotz
02:18
|
|||
|
A match strikes a look on his face
No, I have never seen a look like this before
It triggered something in my stomach
And my hands began to shake
My father face stone cold
Tangled in the memories that helped him grow into my hero
I cannot explain the feelings I had
But I can try to describe the look my father gave me
His eyes scream Caleb I feel so lost
Lost but honest
I don’t know if I am ready for this
And I don’t know if I ever will be
Ever will be
How do I go on without the man?
Who was always there
Cause he was always there for me
The tears on his face was the leaking the security
Of what his father once gave to him
The same comfort he gave to me
It means the world to me
Reminiscing over late night drinks
We were talking about how he used to be
He could not stay in the room
Picture from his past burning to the bedroom
His steps echoed out something from my life is missing
He locked himself in his father’s tomb
I have never heard him cry like this before
I could hear him from right outside the door
He was lost
He was searching for his father’s hands
And he didn’t want to let go
Don’t let go dad
Don’t let
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
Listen up
I got something I need to say
So pick your head up out of the dirt
And we can pray for that clean memory
Or at least one where you can consciously remember me
Please don’t say
Say you’ve forgotten me
I’ve always hated the word goodbye
Or at least the thought of not seeing your face
Don’t you dare
Say you’ve forgotten me
I always hated the word goodbye
When there is nothing good about it
We have been conditioned
To move along and break our habits
Not be stagnate
Living to live on?
Is that all you’re doing?
Living to live on without me?
Listen up
Gravity is weak without my heavy heart
I am scared of losing you
And everything we have shared
Gravity is weak without my heavy heart
And it’s the love we share that binds us to these moments I hold
You said you couldn’t wait to see the man I would grow up to be
Well I am still not there
Now you are not here to see me grow
Lost in the piles of newspapers on my drive way of home
It is a constant lump in my throat
Like saying goodbye to the house you grew up in
|
||||
If you like Devolver, you may also like:
Thundering, arena-ready hard rock with occult-inspired lyrics and gothic stylings; the pinnacle of musical devil worship.
go to album
A brand new record from one of the best metalcore acts around.
go to album
Wretched Blessing
by Wretched Blessing
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 26, 2024
go to album
A hammering new record from Thou finds the long-running group at their scorching best.
go to album
A HOMELAND DENIED: A Compilation for the Palestinian Liberation
by Hardcore 4 Gaza Initiative
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 2, 2024
go to album
Blackened hardcore with the sheer heady power of stadium crust and the glacial melodies of second-wave black metal.
go to album
A Eulogy For Those Still Here
by Counterparts
From riffs and production to hooks and breakdowns, the Canadian metalcore veterans' seventh album ups the ante in every way.
go to album
