I don’t want to be afraid of this life anymore
I don’t want to be suffocated by the weight
Who was this person I was pretending to be?
Silent compassion broke these chains of misery
Scared to death of being vulnerable
So I need everything I could to put the walls up
I locked myself and held myself in a cell of shame, screaming for a change
Pull the thorns from your heart
I tried so hard to run away from the truth
I hated myself so I abused my soul, my heart, my body for the sexuality that I didn’t choose
Devastated by shame, I was so entrenched in pain
I found that hell is the absence of loving self
I’ve been looking for a pearl, this whole time it’s been right in my chest
I went diving to the depths of hell once, but I only found death
“He said to me, don’t be afraid of your end. Be bold, be authentic, be brave enough to love again”
And he said,
“Pull the thorns from your heart, to wander in the fields of flowers”
Give up a little, gain a little peace
Empty yourself, become eternity
I will not die in shame
Classic emo sing-a-longs trade blows with tormented post-hardcore passages on the Brooklyn outfit's powerful sophomore LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2024