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Struggle
02:12
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Something tells me
I should test these waters
before I dive right in
but it's too late now; I'm sinking now
I am drowning
I used to think that I could swim
but now my head's underwater
I reach out my hand; I'm gasping for air
and all light dims
my friends are all around me
but they don't seem to see
so I grab the one closest to me
together we struggle
struggle for breath
together we struggle
to stay alive
together we struggle
struggle for time
together we struggle
struggle for life
we drift away
and time runs out
we use our last breath
lose our embrace; begin to fall
in separate ways
we both sink towards the ocean floor
we just couldn't hang on no more
we took for granted all we had now
we have nothing
this is my new home.
along side my dead friend on
the sandy floor of the salty sea
my bones will become homes
for fish to reside
I'll fit in just fine
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A Problem Situation
03:04
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we're all living underground in a den with its mouth open to the world we've been here since we were born with our legs and necks chained held in restraint a small taste of the truth is all we need to want it more even if we don't like what we find and it scares us half to death behind the shadows of ourselves and through the shadows of all we know there's a flame that draws us into the unknown what if we make it out alive? are we ready for this life that lies ahead? or will we retreat back to the den? all that we know and come to realize... we're already dead
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Now Serving
01:21
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the feeding troughs are in… this is where the games begin when it's all over who will win? who will outlast and who will quit? will I live to see the end of it? fend for yourself get pushed aside it's dog eat dog, eye for an eye get put in place, single file line in just a matter, a matter of time at the risk of sounding cliche I've come to realize that we're all the same automatons droning through the days one by one until we're out of this place
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Red, Black & Blue
03:22
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I've let myself and everyone else down so why don't you drag me to the center of town hand out a stone to each and everyone to throw at me as hard as they can and if they miss, grant them the chance I never had, to try again and if they miss, grant them the chance I threw away, to try again when the crowd clears and I emerge no one will recognize me: no friends no family I won't recognize myself through a mask of red: red, black and blue bruises may heal but scars linger on the worst is yet to come mistakes don't come undone so sick of hiding from myself with my head held low so put me to the stand and I swear (I'll swear) under oath and find me guilty 'cuz I know you will and stone me publicly for the choices that I made they put me to the stand and I swore under oath I raised my right hand and I swore under oath that I'd cut off both hands before I reach for you again and I'll sever all our ties 'til my bitter fucking end I'll cut off my hands before I reach for you again I'll cut off my hands
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Left Unknown
05:25
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nobody's gonna save me now head under water reaching out for a hand that is not there I drift further and further as I sink you fade away losing all faith, I pray to a god I don't even believe everyone and everything else let me down I'm on my fucking knees I'm begging you please can you help me to find a purpose; some meaning in this life? there's gotta be something more something I'm leaving out; something I don't know much about we only get one chance some people claim they've found the answers to questions not asked our time's too short to worry about life after death it's hard enough to find my place on this earth it's hard enough when I question my worth every single day no one hears our cries so no one replies look to the sky for hope but can't find answers wasting our time; wasting our lives we get caught in the shuffle so we don't get left behind wasting our time; wasting our lives struggling for truth in this world that is so blind wasting our time; wasting our lives in a place with no problem leaving us to die wasting our time; wasting our lives living day to day as we try to find ourselves I'm in this on my own... I never claimed to know it all some things better left unknown can't look to you to find myself can't look to you or anyone else no one hears my cries, so no one replies as I look to the sky for hope we try, we try, we try so hard to find I can't find answers I'm on my own but so are those surrounding me we try, we try, we try so hard to find and in that sense I'm not alone the truth is that no one knows we strive, we strive, to find meaning in our lives try to make the best of our time here it's so hard when nothing's clear we try, we strive, until the day we die we're running out of time to find some meaning in our lives we try so hard until we die and we're running out of time
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