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Second Skin
01:14
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The curtains fall
Make sure your costumes fit
Try to get familiar
With your second skin
What means truth more than a phrase
When we fail to reach beyond the surfaces
I won't believe in any of this
We won't believe in anything that you say
We can't believe in anything we see
We're all actors, just trying to fit into a play
Before we fall out of our role we just call it fate
Let's call it fake
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Monolith
02:57
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Tell me something certain because I long for purest truth
I can't stand the chaos that rules my thoughts
Show me something beautiful
Something that enlightens this world
'Cause all I see is darkness
Or maybe I just can't see at all
What's the final consequence
When everything starts to crumble
We're already sentenced
We've been sentenced from the start
We worshipped every shrine and we offered every sacrifice
Still some find hope in beliefs because they won't accept that we are meant to decay
Do you think you're different
You just blind out the facts
I wish that I could do the same
Oh how I wish I could escape
This monolith on my chest keeps pulling me down
Breathe in, breathe out
These heavy thoughts in my head, they're pulling me underground
Breathe in, breathe out
Cause everything that blooms will at one point start to fade
No matter which road we choose
We're all sentenced
We will rot in the end
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Hollow At Heart
03:43
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There was a time I believed that comforting everyone around me
Is the only thing I need and means to give up my identity
A faceless man with corners cut, your knife is sharp so don't you stop
Everyone is happier when I'm not around so please tear me apart
But I forgot there's something left to say
When you leave just make sure that there is nothing left to take
Left to take from me
Guess I just need some time
Out of sight out of mind
And I've learned to fake a smile
This ship has capsized
Out of sight out of mind
I bet that you can't tell a faked smile
Since I chose to go alone I need no face
The emptiness inside me grows with every passing day
I tried to fill it evermore but I'll hollow at heart
Searching something worth searching for
And there's no one else to blame
Make sure there's nothing left to take
I never chose to be like this
Honestly, I would chose to be any other way
I am the only one to blame
Make sure there's nothing left of me
Guess I just need some time
Out of sight out of mind
And I've learned to fake a smile
This ship has capsized
Out of sight out of mind
I bet that you can't tell a faked smile
I did not choose to be like this
I'd choose to be any other way
Still I'm the only to blame
Make sure there's nothing left of me
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Silent Birds
03:12
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Still we decline our liability so please don't ask me how we've got this low
Did we ever make a move to change where this was leading from the start
We're not doomed but yet we won't plead guilty
And all I see is us, marching towards the end
We've dug this hole all by ourselves
Deep enough to scratch the surface of hell
Sad thing we didn't realize that no one will ever be able to escape
And the birds have stopped to sing so long ago
We are so blind with greed we didn't miss the sound
Air runs short, I can hardly breathe
We choke but we won't stop to seek
Until there's nothing left to take from this earth
Face the darkness, where we navigated to
Face the silence down here
Scratch your eyes out
Till we can see what we've done
We will all remain blind
It's us who took our sight
Would you rather be wiped out or sit and watch us slowly fade away
It's the one and only choice we got
So think fast and close this coffin like a book
That wasn't worth to be read to the fucking end of it
And the birds have stopped to sing so long ago
We are so blind with greed we didn't miss the sound
Air runs short, I can hardly breathe
We choke but we won't stop to seek
We've dug this hole all by ourselves
Deep enough to scratch the surface of hell
We inhabit a grave
That no one will ever be able to escape
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Rip put my tongue 'cause it only spreads lies
Every single sentence is another disguise
For the ever growing ignorance of where I've led myself
Comfort is my prison and cowardice keeps me in place
Where did I lead myself
It all seems so senseless to me
I don't even know what I want you to believe
There's so much left to say
Words remain unspoken, trying to find a way to tell
I'm screaming at the top of my lungs
Hoping the noise won't let you understand
What I'm trying to say
Row back from all I've said
Finally clear out the mess in my head
As I talk and talk till the construction of words
Distracts all listeners from their core
This comfort zone inherits no comfort at all
And I don't know what to do when I run out words
I'm running out and the water spills the boat
Row back from all I've ever said
Finally clear out the mess in my head
Forgive me for all that I said
Forgive me for who I am
It all seems so senseless to me
I don't even know what i want you to believe
There's so much left to say
Words remain unspoken, trying to find a way to tell
I'm screaming at the top of my lungs
Hoping the noise won't let you understand
What I'm trying to say
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Strangled
02:25
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I'm getting strangled by my own fears
I call for help but there's no one out here
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Awake
03:20
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Searching for sleep made me only find
Loneliness besides the abyss in my mind
Brightly awake I appear to be
Recaptured by my childish fears
I would go for a walk if I wasn't this tired
I would love to stay but I can't
Staring into the dark won't brighten up my thoughts
The most fainting glimmer I see is blinding my eyes
I wish I could turn my head off
Just for one night
Let us choose the longest way home
So we can wander the streets
Don't leave me alone with my thoughts
Not in these walls
Darkness brings silence, it makes us look into our soul
And I don't want to see it
Not at day, not at night, not at all
'Cause darkness will bring silence
Silence makes us look into our soul
Though I am honestly grateful for your sympathy
But I'm still searching for sleep
And you will always find me staring into the dark
Trying to turn my head off
Let us choose the longest way home
So we can wander the streets
Don't leave me alone with my thoughts
Not in these walls
Don't leave me alone cause I can't stand my thoughts
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Dissemble
03:21
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The mental suicide has begun
We're rotting out the human race by putting intellectual strength on holding tracks
Since the elites haven't beared in mind us as the few of our kind
The fall they'll have to face will be one of height
Thoughts become our hammer, problems become nails
Would you please make use of both and bring an end to this
If it's not you and me or us and them combined in our minds
Let us rise
Why would anyone endure this misery
The solution rests in front of us, it just need initial aid
Some may see this aid as a wall in front of us
But we're able to just climb on it and dissemble everything
Look beyond the borders and take part of what we all consider to be progress
Think of you as one of those who will distinguish
Since the elites haven't beared in mind us as the few of our kind
The fall they'll have to face will be one of height
Let us rise
Why would anyone endure this misery
The solution rests in front of us, it just need initial aid
Some may see this aid as a wall in front of us
But we're able to just climb on it and dissemble everything
Look beyond the borders and take part
Think of you as one
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The subject changes but the message stays the same
Like we didn't hear this before
Filled with rage, striking to every side
Blind hate, blind pride
In cover of masses they reveal their face
Emerging from shadows fear is brought to homes
They claim to spread the truth
But I won't fall for their hate
If they seek confrontation well here I stand alone
If you long for violence come and throw your fucking stone
The victims change but the actors stay the same
Like we didn't see this before
Why take pride in something not achieved
You practice hate under the flag of free speech
In denial of reality a scapegoat was found
The mob carries fire and the shelters burn down
Fear is brought to homes, we've seen this before
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I locked myself in so long ago
I swallowed the keys, they turned my stomach to stone
I know the tides will rise again
And I will be standing here, waiting
Please save me from here
Can you hear, the waves are coming in
Cause I'll be standing on the ground
No matter how deep I sink I won't leave on my own
And once the water has reached my chin
I won't beg for help again
It's better this way
'Cause it's always been like this
Explanations won't lead anywhere
Take my hand, I promised you I won't change
It's better this way 'cause it's always been like this
I will keep holding on to a mask
In a matter of self-protection we hide in a shell
To keep every impact from our soul
At first we feel invincible, but once the waves come rolling in
It turns out we can't move
It turns out that we can't move
Once the water has reached my chin
I won't beg for help again
Expressing your emotions is a knife against my skin
I feel it breaking in and I never learned to swim
Helpless
Can you hear the waves are coming in
And once the water has reached my chin
I won't beg for help again
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Persona
03:38
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Why would we do this to ourselves
To not give up on our pride
To not destroy the walls we build that keep ourselves in line
Playing dead to the outside so no one can assume
That we are human beings and alive on the inside
I've acted so-called strength for so long
I can barely tell how it feels to be honest to myself
Though I could never become anyone else
I'll let down my shield if you did the same
I'd give up on my armour and expose myself
Let's destroy all borders made upun our minds
Let us have the courage to be alive
I won't act so-called strength
I won't act no strength
It's the truth that hurts but the lie that makes you sick
Pain is temporarily in difference to regrets
Let us stand outside
Waiting for the rain
For our masks to be washed away
Let us stand outside
Waiting for the rain
Until we can see each other's face
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