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No Life In You
03:36
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You’ve heard it so many times
Bastards sing, bastards cry
You’ve heard it all before
Life is cold when you need warmth
I’ve heard through the grapevines
Lies can always be justified
I heard I’m doomed to fail
With little room to dream inside this hell
Break every mirror I pass
Try to let the past be the past
But I feel the haunt in every room
“Kill the trauma let love bloom”
I repeat and repeat those words
Trying to gain some self-worth
If this mountain is meant to be climbed
I’ll ascend through the darkest nights
Hung around until the promise broke
Dwelled on every lie you spoke
Opened my eyes to the truth
I can’t breathe life into you
Learned my lesson with this mistake
Not all I love is gold and pure
I cling to the future and what it might hold
Hoping the climb finds me a home
Trying my best to ignore the strife
That has taken ahold of my life
Bury the dead and say goodbye
Before the raven tears the good from my eyes
As the raven feasts upon the dove
I can’t remember what’s left to love
Truth clipped the wings I formed
Now I climb while the ravens soar
Love built by cruel intentions
Finding ways to fool me
But now I must accept the failure
I’ve led the doves to the slaughter
I climb and climb
Until you’re out of sight
That failure we made
Dies with you
I can’t let this drag me down
As I wait for the good to come out
False hope can always be found
In any bastards cry
As the raven’s feast upon the dove
I can’t remember what’s left to love
Truth clipped the wings I formed
Now I climb while the ravens soar
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Grief/Relief
04:51
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Drowning in the stream of consciousness
Off the coast of depravity
Escaped the ruins and sank in your skin
Wept and wept as I faced punishment
Watched souls escape through a lens
Forked tongue spewing venom
Blackened lungs and bloodshot eyes
This is how I always pictured I'd die
Searched for grief in a painting called relief
Bathed in lust to remind me
That desires always erase me
So love doesn't come easy
And hatred sings a song so pure to me
Adding fuel to all my insecurities
Always fail to cover my tracks
So when I fall I never react
Watched souls escape through a lens
Forked tongue spewing venom
Blackened lungs and bloodshot eyes
This is how I always pictured I'd die
Though I'd like to say goodbye
Forced dementia through my mind
It’s as if you never happened
I ignore every single cry
Unjustifiable existence
Watched the dust settle
Endured this rite of passage
Locked eyes with a ghost that failed me
Searched for solace in dead memories
So for the closure we'll never have
I'll continue to scream your name
Until I feel nothing
I seek nothing
Carried the weight of words you spoke
Felt your God clenching my throat
Left to dwell for eternity
About love, hate, and everything in between
Inhaling smoke and breathing out fire
Wish I was never born with desire
The gods have cast a burden upon my soul
And anguish cuts my throat
Leave me to the rats so they can feast
On all my dead weight dreams
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