COUNTERPARTS LYRICS

1. Monument

I am a desperate attempt at putting my exhaustion into words
Cut my tongue out of my mouth
It's about as useless as my lungs

I have nothing left in me to give
I am a monument for those who live
And breathe in empty space

Put a fucking bullet in my head
And dig your feet into my back before you leave

Murder me and my intentions or bury me alive
Fill my lungs with dirt and watch the light drain from my eyes
Fold me in half like the blank pages that will taunt me to my face
Words like razors aimed directly at my wrists and now I speak

I have nothing left in me to give
Words like razors aimed directly at my wrists and now I speak
I have nothing left in me to give
Tie my lies around my throat until I finally tell the truth

I have nothing left in me to give
Words like razors aimed directly at my wrists and now I speak
I have nothing left in me to give
This is my eulogy, don't pretend to miss me when I'm gone

2. Selfishly I Sink

Bred to feel an unfamiliar touch
Lust begins and ends with both of us
Keep me close, drag me down
In the wake of shallow waves you leave

Fill the void like fingers in my mouth
Spread slowly like a plague I've invited into me
Emotions cast like stones skipped across empty lakes
And selfishly I sink

Cure your rust from within
No desire lives past dawn
Nocturnal by default
Speak softly
Drive a nail through both of my lips if you must
We whisper as a metaphor for trust

Absence of affection
Not worth the cancer I have caused
Sever the ties to keep from stringing this along
Keep me close
Suspended just out of arms reach
No vacant pair of wings were ever fit to hold me
Keep me close
In the wake of shallow waves you leave
The water left me filthy
But somehow you're completely clean

Cure your rust from within
No desire lives past dawn
Nocturnal by default
Speak softly
Drive a nail through both of my lips if you must
We whisper as a metaphor for trust

Selfishly I sink

No vacant pair of wings were ever fit to hold me
Drag me down
Selfishly I sink

3. We Forgive

We carry our devotion parting silence
Like a sea from the air into our lungs.
Aim to be outspoken, awaiting gusts of wind
Strong enough to shake the words from our tongues.

We are not known for easing tension,
We'd rather tilt our heads and swallow teeth.
Shelter me from dreams in which you die,
I'd rather witness my own death.
Eyelids open like I never needed rest.
I hope I choke from no practice speaking my own sentences.
Moving forward from my former self,
I haven't missed me yet.

We are not known for our forgiveness,
Only the acts that we forgive.

I would much prefer our fate
Resting in the palms of open hands
Rather than confined in a clenched fist.

We carry our devotion with our guilt like thorn
And stem resembling an orchid recently resurrected.
We have lived and died both in earth and by your bedside.
Preserved in soil, we confide in connection.

We are not known for our forgiveness…
Letting go so we may live.

Shelter me from dreams in which you die,
I'd rather witness my own death.
We are not known for our forgiveness
But regardless, we forgive.







COUNTERPARTS LYRICS