slide it back waterless
past the teeth
a pulsing throat
a dry release
(falling out)
selling death for ecstasy
nothing to overcome
(tolerating complacence)
tolerating selfishness
devoid of life of circumstance
(benefiting cowardliness)
benefiting worthlessness and
all the fear that dominates
collapsing in on everything
consume the flesh a mind at ease
(false tithe)
immersed in a vision of courage
denying my place
as just a link to the void an echo of shame
in unison voicing both fear and lust
for the soils call, the ending of pulse
lost just a moment
its not just a state of bearable sadness
a caustic refrain
into icy fixation never ebbing away
just a cadence to carry
the screams of my name
As a coward reeking of dread
chasing barren hope to an earthen pit
a blatant deceiver of pyre and urn
delay the fire delay the burn.
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