Don’t settle into uneasy sleep.
A hint of red and wine, of tainted thyme on your lips.
Your every breath of labored rest brought you closer to regret.
Into your body, he took your strength away.
Call out, call out.
You scream from your skin,
You scream from your skin.
You’re empty with the devil,
The devil, god and sin.
"Come hither", you whimper.
Lowered your hands so fair.
“Come here”, he whispers.
“I am your despair”.
It never fit quite right, the shiver in your spine.
A figure now so slight, come age, come time.
What you did will make you weep, as you fall at his feet.
All that you once were, is now lust and deceit.
Into your body, he took your strength away.
The devil and god in you, they know and they speak.
credits
from What Safe Means,
released October 10, 2014
Music: Zuzu Depoyster & Ahmad Husayn
Lyrics: Ahmad Husayn
Mix: Allen Hickery
Master: Bert Moose
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021