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Pressure, heat, and time
Temper an intemperate mind
Push into form, imprinted with grooves

See it happen, day by day
Losing figure, taking shape

(Form to fit to seal to close to fill the space to plug the hole)
(To bridge the gap to lock it tight to cork the neck to stop the flow)
No man is an island, he's a hardened brick of clay that's been
turned into a soldier, and made to stand his ground

Fit To Form

Entry for Round 223
Theme : Music Imitates Art
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : Magikker
Vocals : Kilazur

Song was inspired by this picture: https://i.redd.it/5ommj2g9lzs61.jpg
Zdzisław Jasiński - Storm (1925)

"Behind The Storm"

River of dead
Kingdom of dirt
Sun bleached bones
Burnt red Earth

Born of the clay 
Of spit and dust
What's come before 
Rests in rust

Ash and smoke
In heavy air
Skull and beak 
Ancient prayer

Stolen glimpse of what's behind
Thunder cracked and split the sky

Dead kingdom 
Dirty river
Are you the deceiver
Or the redeemer

Red clay 
Taste of blood
The sky pumps
And the river runs

Stolen glimpse of what's behind
Thunder cracked and split the sky
 
Heat lightning
Thieves cry's
Stolen glimpse of what's behind

Kingdom of dirt
River of dead
Thunder cracked and split the sky

Behind The Storm

Lyrics 
[Verse 1]
I tell you that I refuse
And I black out from the impact
You make it so you can't lose
When I'm choked up and can't fight back
The scars you give me are revealing
The truth that I can't take these beatings
And you're always still lying
while I'm trying and I'm rattled
There's so much more than kneecaps 
and torn shoulders in this battle
It must be nice that I keep needing
I let you in but I'm receding

It's gone on way too long now
And it's fucked up, but I'm stalling
I feel it every day now
There's no leaving when you're calling
It feels out of my hands now
And I don't know how to change it
And I don't know how to hate it, no

[Chorus]
Give me the blame
It's all one with the abuse, my life's receding 
Mournful on my knees for you
You take till I give in, you got me bleeding till I'm blue
So misleading like you do

[Verse 2]
I tell you turns the lights on
You should see just who you're hurting
I close my eyes to pretend
what you're doing's not unnerving
You're trying hard and that's what matters
It's been a war and I'm so battered

You claim this shit's so easy
But I don't know how it happened
All that's left's been worn out, bruises run down
Oh I'm damaged
It feels out of my hands now
And I don't know how to change it
And I don't know how to hate it, no

[Chorus]
Give me the blame
It's all one with the abuse, my life's receding 
Mournful on my knees for you
You take till I give in, you got me bleeding till I'm blue
So misleading 

[Verse 3]
If your gifts of love are my injuries
And you don't feel nothing when you look at me
Tell me why you're making me pay
It doesn't feel right but I'll be okay
If you want to keep taking my breath away
Let me see your eyes before I fade away
If love's got no limits like you say
It's okay to show me pain
It's okay to show me

Behind The Storm

Digital_Failure

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