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A change of tides rushes on to the shore.
Wash away all of these broken memories.
Scattered about they erode with the sand.
Nothing left. Wasted breath.
If you could only step outside the picture and see just what you’ve created.
A distance that continues to keep growing every second.
A million voices in your head distract you from the truth,
The only enemy that ever posed a threat was you.
Why can’t you see?
You were always swimming
Upstream against the current like there was no other way.
Paranoia.
Chained to you just like a curse but you could always break free.
You always held the key.
I need to turn the page because the ink has run dry, and I have no more words to write.
So I’ll sit with the crowd, since you’ve already set the stage, and face the fact that you will never fucking change.
You will never change.
Never.
A change of tides rushes on to the shore.
Wash away all of these broken memories.
And after all these years I finally know there’s nothing left. Wasted breath.
For every time that I stuck out my neck,
You sunk the sharpest blade into my back.
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Promise me it will rain.
I keep searching for water only to discover this empty well.
Where I’ve cast all my hopes and dreams but instead it has swallowed them all.
Nothing left of the earth but a tree which lays split apart in the dirt
I’m surviving the endless drought, drowning beneath the waves of sorrow
I gave everything I had to give (everything)
all that remained, but it wasn’t ever enough to sustain.
The garden we had grown together (beneath our feet) with our own skin, so I guess it wasn’t always meant to be.
It has to rain...
I keep glancing back to watch the landscape disappear, and fade away from me.
The world we sculpted disintegrates back to nothing.
An effigy seeking a color so much deeper.
One that’d leave a stain, a piece of you to mark me forever.
The vows we made were carved in stone,
But even stone begins to crumble.
It turns to dust in both my hands.
A million drops of water can fall,
And beat the mountains down to rubble.
You loved me like a hurricane,
And then you left me with the wind.
So all that’s left; a single image inside my head.
The moment you looked into my eyes and said...”Forever.”
It will all subside, just give it some time...
And how long must I go, how much longer do I have to wait?
Promise me...
I'll pray for rain, but you can't predict the weather.
You walked away when you promised me forever.
Haunting me,
Like a ghost leaving a familiar chill in my bones.
And within a breath
You vanish, and deep down I know you’re never coming back.
I'll pray for rain, but you can't predict the weather.
You walked away when you promised me forever.
I know you're never coming back.
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Thirsty Heart
01:21
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Still sinking beneath the waves without a vessel to carve my name
Upon a stone which I portray
Another lost and forgotten face
Leave the remains to decompose
As I bid farewell to all I've known
While the earth devours my skin and bones.
Face to face.
A figure glancing back at me, and
Shattering
The divide that's kept us torn between
Descending,
I thought these waters held greater depth. Yet I'm suffocating,
And this pressure will cave my fucking chest.
How much farther do I have to fall?
It seems like there is no end.
Every single fucking piece that remained
Was buried away like some distant memory.
You placed the final nail in the casket.
And dug the home where we'll lay for all of eternity.
You can't save me.
Sinking.
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Endure
04:00
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All that exists is a burial at sea.
A shallow grave, only ankle deep.
Imprisoned inside this rusting cage
Confronting my inner demons where I’ve been wasting away.
Still searching for deliverance, searching for a purpose.
I keep fighting but I am only scratching at the surface.
I've anchored myself down to the ground with shackles at my limbs.
Lay in wait as the waves cascade over me because I'd rather sink than swim
Break the cycle.
No looking back, not this time.
Failure, is this what I've become?
Enslaved myself to all of my mistakes.
Failure, have I been clinging onto a figment of my imagination?
Everything seems so far out of reach.
Disconnect myself from this internal plague.
How could I let this sickness consume everything?
The weight crumbles beneath my feet and wither down to dust.
I’ll keep fighting because I’m only scratching at the surface.
No footstep to follow.
Never a signal to guide.
As I watch the light that I seek start to fall, and dusk begins to set.
I feel a force awaken my soul, embrace the unknown and lay my fear to rest.
I was placed on this Earth to endure all the trials that are placed at my feet.
I will construct my own legacy and I will be the last one standing when it all crashes down on me.
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Awaken my soul.
Each day I wake up underground to find I’m barricaded inside this tomb.
I crawl out of the hole I’ve dug where the sun is shining through.
And every day I head down to that bridge I built but never finished.
Incomplete it waits for me because I’m longing for an exit.
Do I have the strength?
To let the wind conduct me away like a symphony, and follow this road wherever it takes me.
With every step that I take I leave another piece of myself behind.
So how far can I go before there’s no trace left of me to find?
Pacing back and forth I decide I can no longer afford to stay.
Light a flame, set fire to this empty space where I’ve remained.
Burn the field, ‘til the smoke fills my eyes.
Burn the field, leave this place behind.
There is a man, always waiting for me across the river.
I drag myself through the rushing water to follow him further.
With every step, the deeper I sink. Everything goes black, I can barely breathe.
It's always the same man I see, but not yet the one I’ve grown to be.
I fully submerge as death cradles me.
Resurrect.
Born a new man.
Re-emerge.
I am no longer chasing a grave, and leaving behind a flawed reality spent waiting for change.
Do I have the strength?
To let the wind conduct me away like a symphony and follow this road wherever it takes me.
With every step that I take I leave another piece of myself behind.
So how far can I go before there’s no trace left of me to find?
Letting go of what surrounds me.
Above. Below.
Finally breaking free from my own mind.
Casting away all of these chains that bind.
One step out of the water, on the other side with the setting sun.
I see myself from where I came.
Turn my back and start to run.
Rise east. Set west.
Following towards the darkness.
If I let all the light fade, will I be able to find my way?
Can I find my way?
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Artisan Albany, New York
Artisan is a melodic hardcore band from upstate New York. Formed in early 2013, we set out to make music that was heartfelt
and had meaning. Our main focus was to give the listeners something that they can relate to; to give them the words that they needed to hear, and to reinforce the voice that they have. Check out the links below!
For Fans Of:
To The Wind
Counterparts
Hundredth
Gideon
Defeater
... more
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