Until now
We were Tethered by relation and past
We drift and are cast
out to a scheme set fit in
It wouldnt be a struggle
But our essence tells us something else to believe in
Now is the time for me to fight
Confront the fact that
the only bones that i have are broken
Youve held it all together
But i'll loosen up your secrets
I am your conscience digging at you with guilt
Digging at this sense of complacency
Smoldering embers
Remnants of worlds weve seen extinguished
You wont see me flicker
You wont see me fade
Its my fate to be extinguished
But there's more to life than my fate
Along the grounds are trails of ash,
remains of the burning bridges
A reminder that all we are will eventually be nothing
In a world of only cut throats
You are told to round your edges
Just to make it easier
For you to slip through the cracks
I never asked to be sent here
I never asked to shape these outcomes
I never asked to face myself
But its relentless
Every question
A flickering match
Doomed to be extinquished
By the winds from which it came
There are many blast beat parts, but I don't want to say this is a post-black metal album. Outlier is a genuine post-hardcore band. This album has vivid, direct, emotive, and subtle aesthetics of true hardcore in large quantities.
A great work. ★
FFO: Envy, Oathbreaker. IDE
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