How can I dream when I can’t even sleep?
Open up my eyes,
How can I be saved if I never believed?
Open up my eyes.
Running blind,
Running on borrowed time,
Lived the only way I know,
Sins of my past seem so trivial.
I traded in her lips,
For the needles kiss,
If I knew then what I know now,
I might have been able to dig myself out.
I needed help,
Reaching out, grabbing at fistfuls of nothing,
All of my failed attempts,
Due to a lack of sincerity.
And in the moments of clarity,
Is when I can truly see the distance covered,
(“Heroin track marks are clear indicators of drug use.” - The Recovery Village Drug and Alcohol rehab)
The tracks left behind,
Staggered, humbled by life,
I was walking blind.
I said what I needed to,
To be left alone,
Never believing I would get better,
But something is different now,
I’m ready to surrender.
How can I dream when I can’t even sleep?
Open up my eyes,
How can I be saved if I never believed?
Open up my eyes.
And for the first time,
I see the beauty in my life,
Hope took the place of deep despair,
Embracing dreams I never dared.
Finally rescued from myself,
Praises leave a cursed mouth,
Understanding what was missed before,
The freedom in total surrender.
I needed help,
Reaching out, grabbing at fistfuls of nothing,
All of my failed attempts,
Due to a lack of sincerity.
I needed help,
Reaching out, once again fistfuls of nothing,
All of my failed attempts,
Due to a lack of sincerity.
Reaching out, grabbing at fistfuls of nothing.
Romance of Affliction somehow makes an old genre feel brand new. Amazing. I would have swore this album was from 2005 if I didn't see with my own eyes it wasn't. SYSC takes everything good about mid-00s metalcore and brings it into the modern day, leaving behind the trash. It's a pure distillation of the genre with brilliant structure, pacing, and lyrics. The album ebbs and flows, letting emotions swell before punching in with some of the most intense passages I've heard in a while. rettisawesome
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