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KILLERMAJESTIC
04:29
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No longer just a witness
Much more than a statistic
Reign in the new aesthetic
Blood-stain your perfect canvas
Fuck you
Mother said I was the son of the morning
Father said I was a son of a bitch
I don't think that I'm your son at all, man
Just an ever-present itch
In the mind of a reputation
Omnipresent revolution
I am the goddess of my own fate
And I'm here to give it all away
Are you listening?
Because I've started speaking.
Gonna rip off the heads of the martyrs
Gonna flash all the non-believers
Gonna tear apart your power structures
Gonna spill my guts on strangers
Gonna wave my big, black flag
Tear out my heart and put it in a bag
Throw it in the river, watch it get dragged
To the bottom of the universe and never come back
Loud movement, crying eyes
My nightmare come to life
I'm squirming, affirming
Rebirthing, usurping
Claws digging, mouth grinning
Skin stretching...
Free us from the confines of our flesh
Are you listening?
Because I've started speaking.
Are you living?
Or just fucking breathing?
Choose wisely while you rot.
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Rot
02:48
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There is a blackness without end
There's a cloud between my eyes
Between a rich man's pocket and a poor girl's dream, I float
Lying face down in a river of spacetime
Rearranging what I'm locked in
But here I stay, because it ain't coming
I am the problem, I'm all that exists
I'm the weight that crushes all my loved ones that they cannot lift
I got a solution, it's buried in my wrist
Come claw it out and save yourself, 'cause
There ain't no way I'm surviving this
Wish there was more, but I know there's not
A better life's a passing thought
Long ago, I lost the plot of what makes a home
I want a family, wife and a baby
But I know that good life ain't coming to me
Don't want to die, but don't want to hurt
I'm in hell, but hurting you is worse
I can't breathe to speak because
The stitches rip my lips
And I can't stand what I am
So I'm sticking to my plan
Or maybe I'm just saying that so you might listen
I've got a spot to rot in
I've got a spot to rot in
I've got a spot to rot in
But not today
I am the problem, I'm all that exists
I'm the crushing weight that will destroy you if you let me in
I got a solution, it's bursting through my chest
Hold me while we explode
'Cause there ain't no way I'm surviving this.
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Saturn
03:47
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I hope you call me again at 2am so I can write another stupid song about it
I don't know what I'm doing, but I wish it was you
Because I'm in such a fucked up state and I don't want to be the things you hate
So I'm playing chess with my dreams and hoping they come true
Well, I got a new place to crash
And I think I'm bouncing back
And I think I might just have me figured out
So if you wanna try something new
Then I can finally make my move
And melt into the "yes" that leaves your mouth
I'm starting all over in the middle of winter
And I'm gonna do it for the right reasons
And even though it's snowing, I can feel myself growing
So you can tell that fuckin' reaper he ain't won.
Well, I've got some room to breathe
Even if it's cold and bleak
There's a price I've paid for this autonomy
Can you see how bright it shines,
This little light of mine?
It's dark here but my spark is guiding me
I'm not afraid of all my indiscretions
'Cause I'm living in a state of progress, not perfection
Not hanging from my tether
Just pulling myself together
I hope you call me again at 3am so I can hear you call me on my shit
I don't know what I'm doing, but I wish it was you
Not doing this for no one else
But I won't lie and say you didn't
Help me dig through my heart and pull out the truth
Well, I got a new place to crash down in the aftermath
I've made my bed, but at least I can sleep
I can tell you all my plans
And if they fall right through my hands,
You'll still be the one promise I can keep.
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Firecracker
02:20
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He says you're such a firecracker
That's just 'cause he can't take the flame
Now here comes another boy to dance in your fire
It's like I'm watching through a two-way mirror pane
You don't have to know what you want to know that you're wanted
By every two-bit boy with a halfway-decent smile
It's how the fairy tales go:
The boy gets the girl,
Then it's happily-ever-after, for awhile
But I can see it - something ain't sitting right
And I can feel it when you look in my eyes
Is there something in my drink, or am I flying?
He says you're such a firecracker
That's just 'cause he can't take the flame
Now here comes another boy to dance in your fire
It's like I'm watching through a two-way mirror pane
I'll take another drag while he tries all his favorite lines
Gonna ride this out, 'cause all I got is time
And later when you spill your guts, I'll remember tomorrow
But I'll fall asleep still wishing you were mine
Is there something in these stolen glances,
Waiting for a break from all this madness?
You ain't gotta know where you're going, but I'll follow
(If you want me to.)
We said it, and I'm proud of us
I don't regret it, and my hopes ain't up
I just can't shut up when my heart's beating this loud
It's in the open, it's a big "now what?"
But don't sweat it, 'cause I don't know what I want
But I'd love you in all the ways a girl can love
(But not a boy.)
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Flux
03:47
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I think I'm gonna hit the road and get the hell away from everyone
Pack up my clothes and my guitar, start driving west until I see the ocean
I'm swimming in the parables and drowning my potential in the expectations
It's strange, even to me
I've been holding my breath
But in the water, I can breathe.
There's a kind of wonder in leaving altogether
And chasing something new
There's hope in being hopeless
A freedom when you're reckless
I can't find in an office view
I feel a desperation that I can't put in proportion
A pleading no one hears
I can't find what I need inside the walls of factories
So if I'm dying anyway, I might as well be dying to escape
So give it all you got and swing your life where you feel it needs to go
And they will be cheering you on, wherever you decide you need to roam
The smile that you wear should be for you, and only you alone
And home will always be there, if ever you may tire from the road
The times, they are a-changing
The story's rearranging
All we know for certain is to move
I've seen my share of places
Worn two different faces
But I feel like I know myself with you.
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