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watershipdown
02:17
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Tossing change into the fountain of youth won't stop time from coming to take you away
I'd never seen something as frail as you in the dead of Winter
And I was wrong to think you were some kind of answer
Night comes to the valley and bittersweet memories come alive like phantoms
And I can't escape no matter how hard I try
I swore I'd never give another thought to you again
Not after leaving me feeling forced to pray to you
Then I realize: I am my own personal damnation
Before you, I never knew that kind of hate
Hiding inside of me
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HALFLI(F)E
03:20
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I used to use your memory like a guideline or a compass
Until I found that it takes more than an idol to overcome this.
Now it feels like I'm living alone in a vicious cycle that you started
And all the victories you claim are the mistakes I soon adopted.
I can't believe anything you say.
I see which way you bend the truth.
Sink in your teeth, remember to breathe.
I won't let your legacy tarnish me.
Sink in your teeth, remember to breathe.
You talk a big game but have you ever died for anything?
Do you know what it's like to really live half a life
when the other half has always been a lie?
You've come back to haunt me all over again.
Your distant cries they taunt me, branded in my head.
I can't believe anything you say.
I see which way you bend the truth.
Spit out your teeth, and struggle to breathe.
I won't let your legacy tarnish me.
Spit out your teeth, and struggle to breathe.
You talk a big game but have you ever died for anything?
Your legacy, rotting in real time.
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You Left a Void
03:59
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I hummed a tragic song
That seemed to summon the news that your were gone
And in that moment, all these futures were lost
I tried to intercept the pain your departure caused my loved ones
But still I felt somewhere else, my thoughts dwelling on another
Don't go
Distraction leaves me inadequate in grief
Don't go
Celebrating your life only brings a faint relief
There's a shadow shaped just like you
Hanging over where we meet
To help each other through
When the people you love get lost in the shuffle
I don't want to follow you down
Though I may not have a choice
From how hard I've hit the ground
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Forced to Pray
02:20
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Make up your mind, decide your side
This could end up ending you and I
I spent last night lying next to you
Through my teeth and to myself
You were looking for something (better)
I could never be (like you)
I was frozen in place (helpless)
With no excuse for my escape
When you walked away, the ground behind you gave way
Taking me with it (lost in youth)
And an unfamiliar shame sets in
As you swallow my sorrow (lost to you)
By the time I make it home, maybe this won't mean a thing anymore
I spent some time in the gutter
But it took tonight to help me realize that
I lost touch
With who I was
And who I am
Can never be enough
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Happenstance
03:50
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I cant fake it enough to keep the creeping blue at bay
I made every excuse designed for pushing you away
But time was not on our side in the first place
The impending sense of dread
Things lose meaning over time
As the blue seeps out red
And sadness gives way to death
A shallow grave for the heaven we made
Every night, I dig up it's bones
And hold a seance not to feel so alone
Every night, I fight with your ghost in various forms
Indifferent to hope
Peace in the valley for me
Pieces of me left in the valley
This world has run me through
And I know you felt it too
Lost in youth and how it was wasted on you
And everything you do
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Death Is a Dignitary
01:25
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Damage Done
04:24
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Recounting memories closely held, grasping for reality
Diminished slowly away, induced to fail
I blame myself and no one else
Image of certainty, an illusion
A frozen still, reforming the truth
Evolving rapidly into a sense of delusional guilt
Ensuring a downward spiral
Dragging me away from all we've built
Catharsis from trauma that's overstayed and overused
Kept reminiscing by these echoes of you
But this was all an illusion we've taken for granted
Suffering doesn't have to always mean something
You are not your scars and they don't have to define you
You can't undo the damage done
(Stop leaving marks to keep yourself from falling apart)
But you can live with it
All we've known is to carry on
So live until your heart gives out
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watershipdown Cookeville, Tennessee
Ross Faulkner-Vocals
Jarred Harrison-Drums
Cory Kesty-Bass
Aaron Bilbrey-Guitar
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