Smothered, and held captive inside to keep up the front that I've got nothing to hide
Normalizing the numbness over years of avoidance
DELAYED CONFRONTATION, MISREAD STRENGTH & WEAKNESS
DELAYED CONFRONTATION TO MAINTAIN THE DECEPTION
MY REPRESSED SELF-AWARENESS
THOSE SIX YEARS, AND I BEAR WITNESS
Pressure built up in fear
I'm coming to terms with the reality of tears
DELAYED CONFRONTATION, MISREAD STRENGTH & WEAKNESS
DELAYED CONFRONTATION TO MAINTAIN THE DECEPTION
MY REPRESSED SELF-AWARENESS
THOSE SIX YEARS, AND I BEAR WITNESS
Those six years were deafening, but the silence lost
Let the tears flow
credits
from SEVEN,
released April 1, 2017
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by: Dave Downham
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