Each of the five tracks on Metamorphosis was inspired by one of the five stages of grief. Pretty Face is denial, Burn The Past is anger, Carry Me Home is bargaining, Warning Signs is depression, and Memory is acceptance. Each track is ~about~ something, too, but it always serves the greater whole. Everything’s about grief and change.

Metamorphosis

LYRICS:

there’s something wrong inside
there’s something changing
heartbreak made you hollow
made pain easy to swallow
i can see it in your eyes
a storm is coming
thunder in the distance
ignored at your insistence

i thought that i could save you
but you locked me out
i fell so far away
but that’s on you now

put on a pretty face
that smile so out of place
maybe this time you’ll erase
every last part of them
just burn it to the ground
why swim when you can drown?
if you want me i’ll be here
right where i’ve always been

you shut everything out
you built your fortress
nothing fells the castle
it stands as you unravel
but the hammer will come down
and all the walls you
made will be your prison
each day your hell to live in

i thought that i could save you
but you locked me out
i fell so far away
but that’s on you now

put on a pretty face
that smile so out of place
maybe this time you’ll erase
every last part of them
just burn it to the ground
why swim when you can drown?
if you want me i’ll be here
right where i’ve always been

it’s scary what a smile can hide
each lie brings you closer to the edge
and i can see the smoke in your eyes
as you burn it down and start again

put on a pretty face
that smile so out of place
maybe this time you’ll erase
every last part of them
just burn it to the ground
why swim when you can drown?
if you want me i’ll be here
right where i’ve always been

just burn it to the ground
why swim when you can drown?
if you want me i’ll be here
right where i’ve always been

Pretty Face

LYRICS:

i thought that i could
move on
but i’ve been here for
too long

i don’t know when you
became part of me
i don’t know how i
missed the signs
but since i still can’t
quit the misery
there’s only one way out

this time i’ll burn the past
let it fall away
and beneath the ash
hope there’s someone left to save
inside the smoke
will i taste your name?
will you let me go
if i destroy the parts of me you made?

i swear i tried to
keep this
but you’re my greatest
weakness

i don’t know when you
became part of me
i don’t know how i
missed the signs
but since i still can’t
quit the misery
there’s only one way out

this time i’ll burn the past
let it fall away
and beneath the ash
hope there’s someone left to save
inside the smoke
will i taste your name?
will you let me go
if i destroy the parts of me you made?

i’m letting go
i’m letting go

or am i lying to myself?
is it too late to make a change?
will i become somebody else
without you here?
and what if i’m not ready yet?
has all of this been done in vain?
am i worse off if i forget
and disappear?
 
i have to leave
god it hurts like hell
will this set me free?
i still don’t know how to tell
there’s no way back
but that’s just as well
so i’ll strike a match
and then finally burn

just burn

i’m letting go
i’m letting go

Burn The Past

LYRICS:

i’m sorry for the things i’ve said
i’ve made mistakes but
know that i regret
everything i’ve done to you
i’d take it all back if i could
erase the past and
make things like they should be
i’m sorry i let you down

just carry me home 
i know we’ll make it if we
leave this all behind
there’s nowhere to go but forward
life’s too short for
acting like it’s fine

just carry me home
i’ve got nothing left to lose
just carry me home
i don’t want this without you

i’ve tried to be okay
to tell myself that
we’re just better off this way
but i’ve been bleeding out
so let’s just start again
we’ve come too far for
this to be the way it ends
why won’t you turn around?

just carry me home 
i know we’ll make it if we
leave this all behind
there’s nowhere to go but forward
life’s too short for
acting like it’s fine

just carry me home 
i’ve got nothing left to lose
just carry me home
i don’t want this without you

while we’re still young
can we still change?
is there time left to
dress the wounds we’ve made?
i’m everything i wanted not to be
and killing you’s been slowly killing me

just carry me home 
i know we’ll make it if we
leave this all behind
there’s nowhere to go but forward
life’s too short for
acting like it’s fine

just carry me home
just carry me home

Carry Me Home

LYRICS:

i’m haunted by a vision
calling out to me
i should have done something
i had a chance to save you
but i just watched you bleed
i knew and let it be

it’s tearing me to pieces
i’m the reason
that you’re not coming back
if god is really out there
when you meet em
tell em sorry

i should have
seen the warning signs
but i missed the
shadows in your eyes
now you’re just a memory
i let you bleed away
i saw your smile and
knew it was too late

i don’t know how to move on
i don’t know where to turn
in silence i can’t speak
you set the world on fire
and now i’m left to burn
i’m struggling to breathe

it’s tearing me to pieces
i’m the reason
that you’re not coming back
if god is really out there
when you meet em
tell em sorry

i should have
seen the warning signs
but i missed the
shadows in your eyes
now you’re just a memory
i let you bleed away
i saw your smile and
knew it was too late

you could’ve met me here
as you fell apart
i swear i wasn’t far
you always had my heart
and when you lost your place
watched all your world erased
i would’ve kept you safe

you could’ve met me here
as you fell apart
i swear i wasn’t far
you always had my heart
and when you lost your place
watched all your world erased
i would’ve kept you safe

i should have
seen the warning signs
but i missed the
shadows in your eyes
now you’re just a memory
i let you bleed away
i saw your smile and
knew it was too late

Warning Signs

LYRICS:

not every sinner is punished
with simple sticks and stones
so if you’re given the option
just take the broken bones

i’m not the same
so shouldn’t i be different?
is there something i’m doing wrong?
still on my mind
there has to be a limit
i swear i’m trying to move on

memory
memory
are you all i’ll ever be?
i can’t go back i can’t go on
and don’t know how to change
dear memory
memory
part of every part of me
i have to learn to let you go
but can’t seem to escape the memory

not every sinner is punished
with simple sticks and stones

it’s all a blur
the days are out of focus
the weeks are turning into months
still not okay
i think i might be broken
or maybe i just think too much

memory
memory
are you all i’ll ever be?
i can’t go back i can’t go on
and don’t know how to change
dear memory
memory
living in this melody
i have to learn to let you go
will you let me go?

it hurts me less though all the time
and i think that maybe hurts me more
some part of me doesn’t want to be okay
because if i’m okay
and it’s all just the same
what the hell was all of this for?
i’m scared letting go will
mean letting you fade
but if i don’t i’ll hold on till i break

and so you’re gone now
and so it’s over
and so i miss you
and so it still hurts
there’s not a way out
but for what it’s worth
i guess that it gets easier

and so you’re gone now
and so it’s over
and so i miss you
and so it still hurts
there’s not a way out
but for what it’s worth
i guess that it gets easier
maybe it does get easier

Memory

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4PGxeTYZfVP58FlkbA85Bb?si=p8nvlaH4Tcqm5ZCmS5RKbQ
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/metamorphosis-ep/1658934595

That is how he died, without a word, in front of everyone.

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