Jerusalem (Creator|Destroyer)

Forgive me, Creator, but the guidance you have bestowed upon me has
become a cross too heavy to bear. by the way, you can't say I never
loved you. I've done all that I can for you. Your too young to die
alone, take my hand and I'll bring you back home. Mournful disapproval
dangled from our necks for years. Has left you a stranger in the
hearts of your sons. Forgive me, Father, I've been gnawing at the
flesh of my fears for days and have yet to break the skin. Our dreams
had become nightmares until she appeared-the ghost of relief- to wipe
the tears from our eyes, to consume our spineless hearts. Our gloom
was lifted with the flash in the clouds. By the way, You can't say that I never
loved you. I've done all that I can for you. You're too young, to die alone.
Take my hand and I'll bring you back home. I've swallowed the bitter
expectations and double standards while you force-fed us our hopes and
dreams. Forgive me, Destroyer, you know not what you preach, you live
and you learn. Forgive me, Destroyer.


Iwo-Jima (We lived in the flicker)

Mother, can I come home to you? Can this be? I've done nothing but
refrain? Mother, can I come home? I'm not the same I never was. This
empty feeling that destroys us digs deep into what I've become.  I've
never felt so alone. I took her hand as we walked away, and you stood
alone and wilted. Turning my back to you turned my back to myself. I
don't want anything .. I just want me. To grow, to live, to love.
Everything is  the way it seems.. The one who is alone is the one who
was left. You'll make it on your own.  Why is there no end? Why can't
it just be okay? The growing of regret, the longing to escape,
powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate as we fell. The silence
nearly crushed us in the midst of it all. yet, we are men enough to
walk with sleeping hearts. I felt a tremble, I felt you coursing
through my blood. I nearly stumbled the day you walked away from me.
we lived in the flicker. we lived in the flicker.

Leningrad (Among the diseased)

There are no heroes among us. we wait among the diseased, and the
disease itself, unmotivated and uninspired. her ghost tied the knot in
this noose herself, and watched as I fell apart, I struggled just to keep
my head above, this choking flood that is her love. don't forget that I
was once like you. I've given everything I have, I gave it all away. To make
you understand, I'm doing this for you. I forgot who I once was in this
forsaken place. Scaling endless walls only to fall back to the earth.
There are no heroes among us. We walk alone, upon this broken path.
I know this isn't over yet, I know this can't be over, I know this isn't
over yet. I know this cant be over. Turning on the one that came from
you. I have never felt so alone, but alive all the same. I've given
everything I have, I gave it all away. To make you understand, I'm
doing this for you.


Kremlin (If I were dead)

If I were dead would you try to raise me? Without conviction they
dance at the side of our graves their worries strewn across the
universe, dispersed like stars among the clouds. Always reminding us
of what we've been through and what we've yet to survive.we are
plunged, into an ocean of space. we are ripped, outward into the
hearts of our surrounding stars. just this once. please follow me. Our
forefathers eyes upon us, our sight is lost with love, the future
fails to haunt the dreams of the enlightened. If I were dead would you
try to raise me? Without conviction they dance at the side of our
graves their worries strewn across the universe, dispersed like stars
among the clouds. Always reminding us of what we've been through and
what we've yet to survive. this will be the end of us. this will be
the end of me. fix bayonets, moments have become hours as this becomes
torture. gazing at the oblivion that awaits us. the bit of courage we
have left keeps us from falling apart. this will be the end of us.
this will be the end of me.

Normandy (The last exhale of the world)

May the bloodletting begin. We have murdered ourselves for less than
this. Descendants of our worst enemies. Forced to fight our father's
battles. We are hollow at the core. We are hollow at the core. Fearful
and lonesome, We've escaped the clawing grasp of guilt and fought our
way through dwindling hope. I wont let this be the end, I wont let
this be the end of me. Sinking into a dreamland, falling from our
father's arms, climbing through our clouded thoughts, it's the last
exhale of the world. send my regards from the gallows, forever yours,
wrecked and distraught. "Baby boy, you've done not what I have asked.
I can't love you, I can't cherish you, I can't understand you." took
me for all I have, bending and breaking, tearing me to shreds... I
wont let this be the end, I wont let this be the end of me. Sinking into
a dreamland, falling from our fathers arms, climbing through our
clouded thoughts, it's the last exhale of the world.



SPECIAL THANKS:
We want to say thanks to Will Ford of Stand Your Ground for vocals on Jerusalem and Jake Moore of IROM for vocals on Kremlin & Leningrad. It means a lot that you guys would be willing to put your talents into our music. We appreciate you, and thank you for everything!


Hope you enjoy!

Tyler Dishman
Vocalist | Alyria