The Fiction We Live

I'm the Best at Ruining My Life

Milligram Smile

Lyrics 

I’m not going in. Not tonight.
The rust on the gate says my name back.


Rusted arch, names in stone,
wind plays organ through the bones.
Damp earth holding in its breath,
footsteps echo—edge of death.
Windows blind, no housey grin,
walls say prayers with nothing in.


Cold air in my lungs, pulse off-beat,
a thousand eyes in the dark I can’t see.


I’m afraid of graveyards, afraid of empty homes,
where monsters stay quiet but shadows roam.
Keep me from the gate when the bell tones roll—
I turn around before midnight folds.


Floorboards sing under iron nails,
curtains whisper, turn and bail.
Keyhole staring, stairs want truth,
roof drips questions I won’t prove.


A kiss of fog across old ground—
everything still somehow loud.


(as above, bigger)


Clockstrike / heartbeat—count with me.
Three—two—one: RUN. Let the house just be.


NOT THAT WAY! NOT THAT WAY!
STAY INSIDE THE LINE OF LIGHT!


I’m afraid of graveyards, afraid of empty homes,
but I hold together while shadows roam.
Shut that gate and let night go—
I breathe until the morning shows.


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 Wake Beneath the Cross is a post-hardcore concept album that fuses Christian faith with Lovecraftian dread, unfolding across a cursed coastal town lost to ancient darkness. Through haunting lyrics and explosive instrumentation, the album follows a cliffside poet, a redeemed foreigner, and shipwrecked sailors as they confront demonic forces, ancestral idols, and the cost of salvation.

 Each track is a chapter in their spiritual war—lamenting long voyages through profane lands, breaking tribal curses, and ultimately facing a final choice: escape on the last ship, or stay and fight for a town that may already be lost. With themes of redemption, sacrifice, and divine defiance, the album ends on a cliffhanger, leaving the fate of the town—and the souls within—up to the listener’s interpretation.

 For fans of narrative-driven heavy music, Wake Beneath the Cross is both a battle cry and a benediction.

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