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Sunday, 6 December 2020

As I Lay Dying Tribute EP

Forever

Forever your eyes will hold the memory
I saw your heart as it overtook me we tried so hard to understand and reason
But in that one moment I gave my heart away I gave my heart away
In that moment I gave my heart away
In that moment I gave my heart away
What perfect breath where my mind lay beside me
And all I knew was what had overtaken me with no reason 
I am comforted by the inability to understand

Forever your eyes will hold the memory
I saw your heart as it overtook me we tried so hard to understand and reason
But in that one moment I gave my heart away I gave my heart away
In that moment I gave my heart away
In that moment I gave my heart away

Forever your eyes will hold the memory forever your eyes will hold the memory
Forever your eyes will hold the memory
When I wake from this dream
Will your smile still open my heart and leave me transparent
When I wake from this dream will your smile still open my heart

The Darkest Nights

For so long I have felt alone content to live with unrest
Longing faded into countless nights that buried my weary heart
But You brought an end to this dead hour and meaning to a calloused life
Held in Your arms but too far from my heart

These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights while Your eyes rest in
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights while Your eyes rest in mine

I remember the way You looked at me
And the way You drew drew me close with one deep sigh
Scattering pieces of my my restless mind
Forgetting all that we have left behind
We have left behind we have left behind we have left behind

Through Struggle

Only through struggle have I found rest with a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand hollow out this machine like chest
With its gears that turn to make me feel and assembled thoughts that fade away
Only through struggle have I found rest only through struggle have I found rest
Remove from me this deception that I called love that I called love

With its gears that turn to make me feel and assembled thoughts that fade away
Remove from me this deception that I called love that I called love
Only through struggle have I found rest with a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand I begin to understand I begin to understand love

Within Destruction

If music is a mirror revealing the depths of my heart
Then I will write the darkest song for without forgiveness my soul is lost
All that is hope within destruction comes from you for I have fallen
All that is hope within destruction comes from you for I have fallen

If music is a mirror revealing the depths of my heart
Then I will write the darkest song for without forgiveness my soul is lost
All that is hope within destruction comes from you for I have fallen
All that is hope within destruction comes from you for I have fallen

For I have fallen and there is nothing good within me yet I've been given life
I will I will never deserve for without forgiveness without forgiveness my soul is lost
All that is hope within destruction all that is hope

A Greater Foundation

Reality no longer battles perception this letter is written to no one.
Sincere I sought your truth and divine purpose through myths of revelation.
Guidance all wrapped up in a paper box, supported only so long 
As my mind was the enemy I could not in conscience hold on.
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on, TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on,TRIUMPH AWAITS us

The powerful constant that I had once leaned on is no longer there
You call this shameful disbelief, a process like losing my closest friend.
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on TRIUMPH AWAITS us

Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart,
Before we can rebuild them again a greater foundation.
I wish there was another way, but no amount of devotion can fix this Triumph awaits
Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart,
Before we can rebuild them again a greater foundation.

Shaped By Fire

The wise before me chose to refine themselves
Melt away their shortcomings by enduring trials
A process we will all undertake even if we try to prevent change
Face it before you are pulled in face it while it's still within

Like iron shaped by fire we aren't born this way
Shaped by fire we are reborn through pain
We aren't born we aren't born this way
We are reborn we are reborn through pain

Though I too have endured fire I wasn't wise enough to ignite the flame myself
But carried enough fuel for a flicker to excel
Face it before you are pulled in face it while it's still within
Face it before you are pulled in face it while it's still within

Shaped by fire we aren't born this way
Shaped by fire we are reborn through pain
We aren't born we aren't born this way
We are reborn through pain
Shaped by fire we aren't born this way
Shaped by fire we are reborn through pain
Through pain we are reborn
We are reborn through pain

The time has come to watch the fire grow
Find new things to throw in don't let the flames get low
I've grown used to the heat that makes me reevaluate
What I carry with me and what should be thrown away
Face it before you are pulled in face it while it's still within

Like iron shaped by fire we aren't born this way
Shaped by fire we are reborn through pain
We aren't born we aren't born this way
We are reborn through pain
Shaped by fire we aren't born this way
Shaped by fire we are reborn through pain
We are reborn we are reborn through pain

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