“Relinquished” is Ethereal Siren at her most haunting and uncompromising, a slow descent into the dissolution of self. The song unravels like a final confession whispered inside an endless night, where consciousness frays and the soul release its last grip on reality.

Built around a looping, ritual-like refrain, “Relinquished” captures the terrifying stillness of surrender. The lyrics paint a world where anguish becomes one unified force, where venom coats the words left unspoken, and where identity becomes a fading silhouette swallowed by delirium. Each stanza deepens the spiral, blurring perception until there is no reconciliation, no refuge, and no return.

Here, pain is not a moment, it’s an atmosphere. A place.
A state of being that erodes everything it touches.

Relinquished

[INTRO]
Your name’s still caught in my throat
Like broken glass, like a final note
They took your light, they killed your song
And now I’ve carried this hate too long

[VERSE 1]
You were breathing, you were here
Now there’s just silence and fucking fear
No goodbye, no last embrace
Just an empty room and a fallen face
The world kept spinning like nothing changed
But my whole heart fucking deranged
Every corner whispers your name
Every mirror reflects my pain
Someone walked away that night
Left your body without a fight
And they breathe like they’re still clean
While you haunt every fucking dream

[PRE-CHORUS]
I won’t spill blood, I won’t become
The same kind of monster that pulled the gun
But I swear by every scar on me
The truth will crawl out eventually

[CHORUS]
I’M GONNA FIND YOUR MURDERER
NOT WITH A KNIFE, NOT WITH A GUN
BUT WITH TRUTH THAT BURNS LIKE FUCKING FIRE
AND KARMA THAT CAN’T BE RUN
I’M GONNA MAKE THE WORLD REMEMBER
WHAT THEY STOLE, WHAT THEY DESTROYED
JUSTICE MOVES LIKE A SLOW BLACK RIVER
AND IT’S COMING FOR YOU, ENJOY

[VERSE 2]
I dig through memories, through the night
Trying to piece together the lie
Every rumor, every glance
Every missed, forgotten chance
They think they’re safe, they think they won
But clocks tick loud for everyone
You can’t bury what you did
Can’t hide forever, can’t outlive
Your shadow follows everywhere
In every laugh, in every stare
Even if no cage holds you tight
Your mind will rot you every night

[BREAKDOWN]
This isn’t forgiveness
This isn’t peace
This is the promise
Of no fucking release
I won’t become what I despise
But I hope you choke on your own damn lies
Let guilt rot your brain apart
Let fear beat inside your heart

[CHORUS]
I’M GONNA FIND YOUR MURDERER
IN EVERY SECRET, EVERY TRACE
KARMA’S GOT A SLOW OLD HUNGER
AND YOUR NAME IS ON HER PLATE
YOU STOLE A LIFE YOU DIDN’T OWN
LEFT NOTHING BUT A BROKEN HOME
AND I’LL SCREAM THE TRUTH UNTIL YOU’RE KNOWN
UNTIL YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A NAME IN STONE

[BRIDGE]
You should be here, breathing air
Instead there’s just cold and prayer
I talk to you in the dark each night
Wonder if you’re holding light
If heaven’s real, I hope you see
Every breath you took in me
I’ll live twice as hard for you
That’s the only thing I can do

[FINAL CHORUS]
I’M GONNA FIND YOUR MURDERER
WITH THE TRUTH I’LL NEVER DROP
NO BLOOD ON MY HANDS, NO CHAIN ON MY SOUL
BUT I’LL NEVER FUCKING STOP
UNTIL THIS WORLD SAYS YOUR NAME LOUD
UNTIL JUSTICE STANDS UNBOWED
ANGELS FALL, BUT LEGENDS STAY
AND I’LL CARRY YOU EVERY DAY

[OUTRO]
This isn’t revenge…
This is love with claws…
This is karma…
And it never forgets…

I’m Gonna find your Murderer & Give them Their own Karma

All my lyrics.

(Verse 1)

There's a shadow in the backyard
A figure in black
It knows what I hate and it knows what I lack
I take a step further, but I'm wanting to go back
Any provocation might make it attack!

(Chorus)

I've met my Maker
My Soul Taker
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! 

I've met my Maker
My Soul Taker
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! Soul Taker

(Verse 2)

I see it hovering 
Floating on the air
No escape from eternal locked stare

Horrid! Hollow! Menacing Glare!

It's eyes are red and it doesn't have a care
It wants my soul!
Of that I'm aware.

Horrid! Hollow! Menacing Glare!

(Chorus)

I've met my Maker!
My Soul Taker!
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! 

I've met my Maker!
My Soul Taker!
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! Soul Taker!

(Guitar Solo 1)

(Verse 3)

No return from the place that I have been
Is this reality or is it a dream
No where to run now that I've been seen
I curse the one who has brought me to my knees

A demon of the void!
An empty shell!
No light or heat!
It's cold in hell!!!!!

(Guitar Solo 2)

(Chorus)

I've met my Maker!
My Soul Taker!
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! Soul Taker!

I've met my Maker!
My Soul Taker!
Will Breaker! Bone Shaker!
Widow Maker! Soul Taker!


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For the past two decades, Silverstein have relentlessly pushed themselves to become the best version of the band for both themselves and their fans. That determination has led the Ontario-based five-piece from their underground roots to becoming one of the most influential bands in their scene, playing two thousand-plus shows all over the globe, and selling over a million records. Now Silverstein are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of their 9th, and perhaps strongest album to date: A Beautiful Place To Drown. 

While many bands would take their 20-year anniversary as an opportunity to rest on the laurels of nostalgia, Silverstein (vocalist Shane Told, guitarists Paul Marc Rousseau and Josh Bradford, bassist Billy Hamilton, and drummer Paul Koehler) see the landmark as a time to appreciate how far they’ve come, while also channeling all those years of experience into something new. A Beautiful Place To Drown finds the band deftly balancing their core sound—an intensely dynamic mix of melody and aggression, rooted in the energy of hardcore punk and the unabashed earnestness of emo—with their natural growth as songwriters and evolving inspirations.

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