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Withstand

by Withstand

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1.
Intro 01:59
Pain, searing pain erase my sight Flesh dissolving in the heat of blinding light Pierce my skull with precision Enduring the scalpel probing The blunt force of sacrifice As the test of living evolves What can we withstand?
2.
Fight or flight Lethargy spreads like ink as it pulls you into its well Dulling your nerves with the black discontent of life Trying to inch towards freedom Self control elusive the discipline the will to persevere In a moment of weakness I could surrender under its weight We give it up to let go Give up to let go As I drown I expel what consumes me Fight or flight The fight to abstain the need to remain Fight or flight Life in the shadow of the man I want to be Death has the upper hand, he whispers over me Lie down, lie down Lie down, lie down Lie down, lie down Succumb Striving to see the path before me in the fading light In these times of desperation i feel the demonic sedative Seducing me I feel the noose’s rough weave cutting into my flesh Choking in the fog, numbing, stifling I feel it reach into me tearing out what’s left As I drown I expel what consumes me Fight or flight The fight to abstain, the need to remain Fight or flight As I drown I expel what consumes me Fight or flight The fight to abstain, the need to remain Fight or flight Lie down, lie down Lie down, lie down Guideless and drifting, my eyes begin to close Thoughtless awaken rage Negate the pull of death Focus this hatred Fight or flight
3.
Disengage 03:39
The measure of progression standardless Untethered from the past Floating irreversibly unmoored yet yearning for more The framework of understanding The language of the living Discarded sacred canopy Shattered or merely bent Social capital overdraft Retreat into our homes Empty streets groan Hollow hearts, hollow minds Behind closed doors Interaction abandoned, exchanged When right and wrong are one What should be mourned The place where joy and sorrow bind Blind guides on power trips Soulless, narcissistic We respond with isolation Solipsists, conscienceless Consciousness led to The place where joy and sorrow bind Complacent detachment Can we erase this consequence Strive to bridge experience For meaning, for purpose for consequence Complacent detachment Can we erase this Complacent detachment How can we avoid the consequence Are we creating Are we creating Heaven or hell Heaven or hell Are we creating heaven or hell
4.
Lines 04:16
To wish a child goodnight To trust your words To close your eyes in faith That you will survive Drowning in the ink black No light no map No way out but through Options removed long ago Forced to follow an instinct Past life memory, some push Too tired to stand alone Skin acts as a bag just Holding something that’s broken Bones worn to fine dust Will puppeteering flesh that’s Long since cracked and torn Taking a breath just to feel that something is still working Taking a step just to find if Something keeps you moving To gain nothing but a restful night Everything has been left To win nothing but not have to hide There is no price too high Taking a breath just to feel that Something is still working Taking a step just to find that Something keeps you moving It’s not for you There is no choice It’s not for you It’s not your life, you don’t know horror It’s not for you It’s not your life, you don’t know horror There is no choice It’s not for you It’s not your life, you don’t know horror It’s not for you It’s not your life, you don’t know horror There is no choice You demonize the same hand You wish would reach out You demonize the same hand You wish would reach out Let your ego die
5.
Thresh 02:13
One motion to send its bloated greedy corpse to the ground To tear and split To decompose and finally sprout Some new form of life To grow something new Shedding old skin expanding the lines Fearlessly climb sword in hand Tear it down to find… Leaving old ways that poisoned our minds Fighting old battles Destiny calls to us A new place to begin Life that we always hoped to find To hold up honesty Free from the power of oppression greed and lust To grow something new No need to be less than what we can To feed a new life where no blood will spill again Instinct restrained as we mold the new way To be not to take not to crush Build. create. Nothing’s in our way. Build. create. Nothing’s in our way. Build. create. Nothing’s in our way. Build. create. Nothing’s in our way. A new place to begin Life that we always hoped to find To hold up honesty Free from the power of oppression greed and lust Forget the gold toothed grins, they’re all dust now Cut the rungs off the ladder

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released March 25, 2020

Engineered, Recorded, and Mixed by Thomas Costello. (He wants to record your music. Find him here: instagram.com/sometribe )

Mastered by Will Killingsworth (DeadAirStudios.com)

Withstand is Alan Popoli, Scott Muir, and Trevor Machinia.

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Withstand Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philly-based 3-piece hardcore formed in 2018.

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