Check out these new stone boots we're asked to swim in
Despair, our shackles with hope wearing thin
As kingmakers stand watching empires fall
We just accept, brainwashed and enthralled
We'll keep biding our time
Biting our tongues until blood fills our lungs
Mesmerized by our greed
Lathered in snake oil, the lies we've believed
Hoarding meaningless wealth
With a sense of growing dread
We find ourselves tempered by tyrants and vultures
Who feed off the living and gorge on the dead
The ballot or the bullet
Aggravating “white” noise
Other voices are drowned in the deafening sound
Proof replaced by belief
The people’s will stolen by a popular thief
Disinformation
Widens the gap
Truth in the eye of the bot holder
A critical thinking lapse
Lacking empathy, the discourse gets colder
Encouraging coward bigots
To become bolder
Spoon fed our biases as truth
Deliberate lies become proof instead
We find ourselves tempered by tyrants and vultures
Who feed off the living and gorge on the dead
A failing culture of lies
built on fear in the guise
Of security offering salvation
We're all complicit as dull lives idly pass by
Too distracted, afraid
We edge forward to isolation
This excellent EP swings from lurching post-hardcore to shadowy dark rock, anchored by a shattering vocal performance. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 20, 2018