Looking back into light
Once named as peace
Looking back from the dark
Once named as fear
Looking back into light
Once named as love
Looking back from the dark
Once named as pain
Looking back into light
Once named as hope
Five steps further
Further away from the edge
Of what we once called light
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
I can still feel the coldness of that chair
The coldness of the paradigm
As I bowed my head down
And whispered out His name
Emptiness that came so violently
Bareness of the paradigm
As I only heard my words
And the echoes of her wail
The light
Receding
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
Knelt and folded hands
For the last time
Whispered a prayer
Cried out to him unanswered
Small as I will ever be
A comforting lap grew thorns
Unifying song turned sour
Driving nails through the palms
In desperation reaching out for your help
Casting stones with feeble hands
Lifted up with your fears
Driving nails through clean hands
In desperation reaching out for your care
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
I can still feel the coldness of that chair
The coldness of the paradigm
As I bowed my head down
And whispered out His name
Emptiness that came so violently
Bareness of the paradigm
As I only heard my words
And the echoes of her wail
Knelt and folded hands
For the last time
Whispered a prayer
Cried out to him unanswered
Small as I will ever be
Time to leave and take my space
Time will leave a bitter taste and open wounds
The turning of tide seems faster
Seems much faster now
The circling of time seems tighter
Much tighter now
Time to leave and take my space
Time will leave a bitter taste and open wounds
The turning of tide seems faster
Seems much faster now
The circling of time seems tighter
Much tighter now
Floes drifting apart
We just stood there
Wind in our eyes
Not knowing that we would be drawn
Drawn apart
Keep following the time
Keep following the tide of time
The damage done
The violence of all that deafening silence
The damage done
The violence of all those good intentions
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
The turning of tide seems faster
Seems much faster now
The circling of time seems tighter
Seems much tighter now
The Devil's finest trick
Was to persuade the world
That He was not made up by man
It's getting harder and harder
To make sense
To read your words
To swallow your oil
Short-sighted
Ill-tempered
Greed-ridden
Unwilling and unable
We chose to believe
We are not the same
We chose not to be
A family again
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
We chose to believe
We are not the same
We chose not to be
A family again
There will be punishment
There will be an end
Oh and it will come to you
It will come to me
It's getting harder
Harder to make sense
To read your words
To swallow your oil
We chose to believe
We are not the same
We chose not to be
A family again
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
Eight steps further
Further away
From the rock we once built on
Who do I trust if not you?
Who do I build on?
Who do I lean on if not you?
Who do I search for?
To speak
To open up oneself
Is to offer up a neck
And if the teeth are sharpened
And mouth thirsty for blood
Letters become words
Words evolve into phrases
Like spreading weeds with lives of their own
Doubts become truths
Thoughts into intentions
Like rogue waves with lives of their own
Then we move in
Ready for the kill
Then we move in
Not ready to die
To speak
To open up oneself
Is to offer up a neck
And if the teeth are sharpened
And mouth thirsty for blood
Who do I trust in if not you?
Who do I build on?
Who do I lean on if not you?
Who do I search for?
With every step I'm slipping further away from you
about
Five-track EP, released one song at a time during July 2020.
Screamo, post-rock, and a little black metal meld together for Virginia quartet Infant Island's signature immersive and melancholy sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2020
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