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Agoraphobia (2023 Remaster)

Control was the
Only goal
For awhile
I spent my time
Waist deep in
White knuckles

And for following
Every rule
For every mile
What i received
Was a nod
And a smile

And nothing could have ever been good enough
I think that that’s something that hope does to us

Made it a point
To remember
Every word
So easy to
Disappoint
“I don’t remember
What I meant”

And for following
Every rule
For every mile
What i received
Was a nod
And a smile

And nothing could have ever been good enough
I think that that’s something that hope does to us


something hope does for us (demo)

I’m older now
Than you will ever be
I keep expecting
What came for you to come for me
I never eyed
Longevity
But I keep expecting
Inevitability to 
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me

A gunny sack
Filled with gasoline
I don't think I should close my eyes
I don’t think I should close my eyes
I don’t think
I don’t
It’s the other side
A necessity
I keep expecting something new to rise and
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me

It’s a warning sign
For depravity
My chest is tight
And now the time has come
I need you to
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me


comfort me (demo)

Simple math
It’s a simple test
They’ll cut the leg from under you
You were using it to rest
Terrified
Bloodshot eyes
Shot in the back, beat in the head
One too many times

Until you realize
The machinations of life
Reality’s a joke
The truth can sound contrived
Sometimes

I hope
That you are comfortable
And i hope
I can learn to get comfortable
Way too many nights
Laying on my side while i hope
I can learn to get comfortable

Too abstract
To mark on a map
You’ll wander so incessantly
And not know if it means anything
Mollified
Internal cries
The phantom pain of losing everything
When you haven’t yet lost anything

Dig deep and throw
The excess from the pit
I promise you the rest of us
Are all expecting it
Dig deep and throw
The excess from the pit
Everyone displaces dirt
The first to dig was scared at first
And everyone believes it’s them and them alone
Digging out a hole to make it home


the truth can sound contrived (demo)

What’s time but a thing to buy or keep or kill
While you’re notching the days from your sleeper cell
A tangled web is no good
If you only catch yourself
Outsiders might see it as arrogance
So quick to get back in the saddle again
But the sights can never lie
When I’m staring down them

Make your choice
In the void
To compare
To discard
Hateful noise
In your mouth
Who Let it out
I Let it out

Layperson viewing insignificance
From the view overlooking my pentagram
If you’re alone you're in the club
If you’re not then yes you are
Side-effect of the Mellifluence
It tastes sweet every time i open my mouth
So swallow hard and push ahead
Because the honey's running out

You stuck like napalm to my side
I tried to scrape you from my hide

I’m gonna think until my brain runs out
It was an honor just to shut it down
But come clean
In this world
There is plenty to think for all of us
Come clean
This world
Is so nearly full to bursting
I hope it’s worth it

What’s time but a thing to lose or live in
While you’re shoveling shit into the pig pen?
If there’s no point in slinging mud
The dirt has no business here
I got distracted by the paycheck
They put lien on my existence
They say if i can pay it off
Then I won’t have to think again

Double bluff
What i want
Second first
Then the start
Major chord
In your mouth
Who let it out?
I let it out

You’re shrinking like i told a lie
Who set the truthtellers on fire

What’s time but a direction we’re facing
What’s time but a direction we’re facing
What’s time but a direction we’re facing
Turn away
Turn away

Mellifluence

You've got the perfect disguise

I live a box in your spare room

You look away politely

I can tell I'm embarrassing you

You have let-me-down eyes

And I knew how to take a hint once in my life

I'm gone if you need me

I'm gone if you need me gone

I tell impossible lies

And you are glutton for punishment

and I'm a fool

and you're a fool

and we're locked in this forever

You've got the perfect disguise

I found it when I wandered down here

And I was hoping you could put it on

Or maybe not

Or maybe I could

Or maybe I could?

something hope does for us (demo)

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