1. |
Nervosa
08:08
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Phantom hands trace my skin
I'm counting ribs to sleep again
The weary paths are warm below
Faraway clouds dappled with snow
From a distance, you know
Those roads are aglow
Do you wish you’d taken the time to catch your breath?
To wave goodbye to all you had left?
I'm walking blind through countless threads
Trying to find the end of dread
If I stop for a second
I just exist in meaningless days
Is this all there is?
Fragments of tormented hosts
Singing songs to forlorn ghosts
Fragments of tormented hosts
Singing songs to forlorn
Fragments of tormented hosts
Singing songs to forlorn ghosts
That never wanted to come back home
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2. |
The Guide
08:51
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Through sunburned meadows
With trailing chains
And prowling shadow cats
A pale coat of glassy silver
Split light across the glade
In streams of painted moonlight
Where gentle petals waved
Soft insect voices
Rose as hymns
“Please love you
We promise to love you back
If we can give you everything
And take nothing you have left
Please love you
We promise to love you back
You will keep the best of it
And we will hold the rest”
They gave rise to dancers
With multicoloured skins
That taught me how to fly
“Please love you
We can give you everything”
“I don't deserve love
I carry this blame
It eats at my stomach
I'm always ashamed
Another round
With nothing to show
An eternal cycle
Learning nothing at all
Will I die before
I learn to let go?”
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3. |
Integrate
03:25
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Fading in and out
Breathing silence
Collapse into your mind
I've lost myself
Breathe you in and out
Collapse into your sun
Glide through inky waters
I'm losing my mind
Floating in circles
Trying to see your back
And every life you left behind
Consumes my every thought
I know that you'll be free one day
I'll take away your pain
Hoping you'll come back home
Swallowing your guilt
Cower in your demise
I'll catch your breath
And all that's yours
I'll catch your fall
And all that's yours
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4. |
Dissociate
07:18
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I won't feel alone
In a room full of friends
I know I'll be free one day
When I've got nothing left to lose
Or maybe I'm just hoping
That one day I'll come home
I’ll stop running in circles
Trying to see my back
And every life I left behind
I’ll stop running in circles
Trying to see my back
And every life I left behind
Will just be a passing thought
Or maybe it’s all for nothing
I’ll stop running in circles
Trying to see my back
And every life I left behind
Will just be a passing thought
I won't collapse
Into fresh fears every morning
I’ll stop running in circles
Trying to see my back
And every life I left behind
I’ll stop running in circles
Trying to see my back
And every life I left behind
Will just be a passing thought
Or maybe it’s all for nothing
I know I'll be free one day
When I've got nothing left to lose
I have everything to lose
Maybe it’s all for nothing
And I've already lost it all
Maybe I'm just hoping
That one day I'll come home
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5. |
Retrace
08:43
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Retrace your steps
Through dying embers
Of fiery paths
You'll always remember
I'll catch you from
The mouth of death
Cross through fire
Take a breath
Even if I reach
Salvation from grief
I'll always be
A version of me
You'll see me standing
Bright and bold
Beneath a sky of grey
Pale and old
Your skin will burn
And black your eyes
Through smoke and tears
You'll hear my cries
I've been silent all along
I hide from shame
I never left those rooms
I swallow the guilt
I never left the dark
I cower in death
I live faceless
This life
Lived once before
Through every form
You are one
I'll cleanse your wounds
Redress your skin
Place my hands
beneath your sins
"Retrace your steps
Retrieve your cause
He'll catch your breath
But not what's yours"
I'll cleanse your wounds
Redress your skin
Place my hands
beneath your sins
"Retrace your steps
Retrieve your cause
He'll catch your breath
But not what's yours"
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6. |
Wildfire
06:13
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The biggest reason I can see
Is just how beautiful life can be
When dreams and thoughts unwind
And leave the world behind
I don’t want to fade
Into misery
I want to dance with synergy
From now until the end of time
Between happiness and pain
In the end, they’re both one and the same
A fleeting moment on this plain
The wildfires I can tame
And the wilderness I can find
When I leave the trail behind
Where starlight mountains shine
Beneath my sky divine
I don’t want to fade
Into misery
I want to dance
with synergy
I want to run
Along a crooked line
And celebrate her life and mine
From now until the end of time
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Cairiss Southampton, UK
Cairiss are a 6 piece post-metal/black metal band from Southampton, UK.
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