1. |
Comfort
01:14
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I just wanted to feel the warmth
The gentle touch of your immaculate skin
You didn't even have to say a word
All I needed was your presence
Before my ashes interred
Begrudgingly accepted everywhere I roam
Just like an architect without a home
Designing my life
To fill up the gaps
But until then
I'm still trying
I'm trying
To find
Comfort
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2. |
Smoke and Mirrors
03:11
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I have withered through every single struggle of what's to come
Acceptance is what holds me here
With so much room to grow
I've got a tight grip on reality
I need to make myself whole
I searched for answers to break free
Darkened halls and glaring corners
Took a deep breath and listened to my heart exult
I can feel my bones wrenching under the weight of grief
Replace it with an easeful pain
The rain taps against the windows
The lies I've hidden between my teeth
(The rain taps against the windows)
Are some sort of a delicate truth
I'm better off this way
It's a sight of relief
A beautiful monument
Whatever happened to the man with wisdom
The martyr to keep me unharmed
And to land me on the rightful path
The seasons change
So do our perspective
Shadows move precariously across the floor
As I pace back and forth
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3. |
If Only I Could Leave
03:58
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I've lost all prospect
In growth and progression
I build these gallows to swallow me in
Isolate my way
It's what I need right now
I speak in tongues but it makes sense to you
Justify what's left
But my fear fuels the flames
A sense of salvation
A vacant despair
So when the shade cloaks again
Let me live within the moment
Searching for a fleeting image
A temporary blithe
And I have this
Tendency to think that everything is fine
I'm caught in a certain descent
And there are no aspirations
Everyday I face the same old sequence
I can't breathe
It's like I'm drowning in a sea
My lungs are giving out
But I'm trying to keep my composure
When the skies darken and the arms of the ocean sway
I think about the words stitched to my mind
Perpetuate the indefinite
Showering fabricated prospects with a glimpse of concrete certainty
Until I feel the gentle warmth of the process
Touching my heart
Until there's no damage deep down
I'm fine
Breathing life into the lifeless soul
Until the river recedes again
Longing for a worthwhile sentiment
Dissolve the qualm
I'll find my way
When the ember glows inside
I'll forgive myself
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Searching for hours
Searching for nothing
It draws me back to
The times you used to stay
A selfish love buried deep inside you
What's more to say?
Where do I turn to?
And every night I wondered (This will forever be an apology)
How did it feel
To place your hands on another (With weary eyes and a broken heart)
Set in stone, purify your actions
Did you even love me from the start? (I'll let it disappear)
Or was it a norm for you to tear me apart? (You can't reassure)
I couldn't tell the difference anymore (So let's burn our bridges)
Despite everything
It's so compelling how
The words that pour out
From your mouth
Are nothing more
Than empty promises
And I can't take this anymore
So now I'm trying to
Revert myself back
To the person I once was
Praying for a change in concept
I guess I'll never know
I guess I'll never
I lay awake at night
Thinking of what we could have been
Everything I wasn't
Drove you away from me
So don't say you're sorry
No more apologies
With your knife in my back
You watched me bleed
I'm broken
I'm bleeding
And I know that you can't hear me
Because the decisions that you made behind closed doors
Showed your disregard for all we were before
So now I lay alone
In a bed for two
In a house we made
That was ruined by you
I'm recovering from your absence
But I'm still looking for the fragments
Of myself
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5. |
Dear Me
03:15
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This is what I've become
Breathe in slowly, so encompassing
I won't be a lost cause
Harbouring adverse thoughts almost constantly
But optimism is a euphoric allure
Instil belief
I turn my head up to the sky
And I commune with nature
Will I ever be the best version of myself?
Time changes everything
But I won't expire
For what it's worth
It's over and gone
There's no turning back again
A great part of my suffering has withered
I'm moving closer
Closer to inner peace
No sadness
No pain
No remorse
Have mercy on me
(I'm in control)
With every waking moment, I feel
(I'm in control)
With the thoughts running through my head
I dream of reality
A vessel built to shine
A sudden surge for a need to escape
Carry my fears away
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6. |
Substance
04:00
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Pick your shirt off the bedroom floor
Recollecting night after night
What it's like to shove
Your skin with needles to form a makeshift pain
Endless cycles from day to night
With your white lips and pale face
Your head in the clouds
A fragile state of mind
What you need is silence
A change in your stature
Walk a little straighter
And you'll see the transition
An epiphany you already knew
Is what separates me from you
And you can't wake yourself up
From a point of no return
When rage and fury emerges
Could you bear to watch
Your mother's tears drop onto her cheeks
Hindering the bond
You had with this family
Your hands came down empty
Constantly surrounded by inadequate influences (Your loss)
Dictated by substances, stuck in decay
But mom and dad were your saviours after all
You were provided with the brightest of life (Your luck)
Yet you set upon yourself in the darkest of places
Suffocating on your own empathy (Endless)
Had choices to resonate but the air grows paper-thin
What you need is silence
A change in your stature
Walk a little straighter
And you'll see the transition
An epiphany you already knew
Is what separates me from you
And you can't wake yourself up
From a point of no return
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7. |
Departure
04:19
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Will I remember you?
Will you remember me?
It felt like just yesterday as you sat beside me
Smiling and telling me
"Everything is gonna be alright"
I just wished that you could've stayed by my side
A dream that felt surreal
Images I can't erase
Your soul still lingers around
I grieve upon your end
I've lost myself the moment you took your last breath
Precious times elude my memory
The cigarette burns to its filter
With a glass half full in my hands
A fleeting moment of intoxication
The cigarette burns to its filter
With a glass half full in my hands
So that I don't sink into insanity's deceptions
Turn back the time
I'll cherish every moment with you
Turn back the time
I'll hold you close and tell you how much you mean to me
I bid farewell
My eyes feel numb
My heart feels empty
No longer the same
Desolation fills the void
Time will tell when the reaper with his scythe will arrive
The cloud engulfs the light
I've lost all will
I'm trapped within the walls of my mind
A prisoner
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8. |
In My Own Arms
01:22
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It's been a long time coming and I don't know how much longer I can stay
But I can't imagine a life without you
You know everyone has to go eventually, right?
I know and that's true
How I wish I could turn back the time
How I wish that I could have witnessed you grow
But it's okay, I understand that you have to go
Then maybe I'll be able to finally find comfort in my own arms
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Virtues Singapore
Virtues are a 5-piece Melodic Hardcore band originating from Singapore.
Formed in 2010,
Virtues continues to break down boundaries in hopes of giving voice to the voiceless, drawing inspiration from life experiences, daily struggles and mental wars.
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