SURROUNDINGS LYRICS

1. ...Like Our Dying Sun

Hell hath no fury
Like the last light of our dying sun
In the shadow of my former self
I grow relentless

2. The Grandest Intentions

This may well be
The last time we set sail
Considering our lives hold
An alternate course
All the while to the same end
Save your breath, just listen to the waves
I'll traverse these seas alone
We've fallen apart
Upon these malicious waves
Through the boneyards
And the dust
I look to the horizon
And delve so diligently
Into the wreckage
Searching for anything
To understand the reasoning behind
This departure
But as the storm approaches
I withdraw my hold
For I have, no place within a company of thieves
I turn
And sail away
Sun at my back
Toward my end
This is our demise
The slow decay
As my vessel breaks
Wind tears my sails
I crash, into the ocean
This storm upon me
But amidst the chaos
I find peace

3. Weakness/Progression

Call me a sceptic
But this life were living in
Is nothing without the will to push forward
The longing desire to be pushed away from everything
To leave this place behind
And transpose to infinity
Abandoning what lies in the wake
Leaving nothing but a memory
Of where I once stood
Never thinking about
The actions that I take
And Consequence that follows
Leaving the rest behind
To dilute in the misery
I am a ghost
Left alone in this world
Product of my choices
You cannot change
That which you refuse to combat
To live in the past
Is to relive and regret
To live in the present
Is to forgive and forget
Let me go
Let me drown
Let me live
Let me breathe
I am not alone

4. Old Streets

Left Alone
Echoes bounce around a desolate scene
Before my tired eyes, these empty rooms once so bright
Now lay dormant
I guess that's life
Retreating through a void of resentment
For myself and anything I stand for
I scream at my reflection
Until the glass breaks
Old streets will always sound the same
Highway cars and distant passing lights
Laying here for just a while longer
I'll stare at the stars
Until I hear your name
This world once held beauty
Within the curiosity
Of an innocent mind
Picture frames now vacant
Shadows dance through the age old sills
Generations of memories
Are within these ancient walls
This was the closure
I've been searching for all along
Our mouths sewn shut
Torn in two, against our will.

5. Ceduna

[feat. Jayme Van Keulen of Statues]

Looking back
Reflecting upon the choices we've made
The hardships we claim
We all rely on desire to shape our selfish nature
Obscurities, we find fascinating
Of childhood memories, absence shines through
I stand back and witness this genetic trend.
Forever destroying, what I took for granted
Failure will drag me down
There is no poetry in this
We cannot erase
The experiences
We have been dealt
For it makes us who we are today
Canvas stripped clean,
Erased back to where we began,
Red ink colours the page,
The fire of my mind portrayed across the images we create.
The sunset hits your aged face,
I see the look in your eye,
Once there was an ocean between us,
Now brought together through the dissolution.
Your confidence wavers as you strike a match to light your cigarette. And your hands shake,
And tremble and there,
There aren't any words I can offer.
I swear I know your name.
But it's all for nought,
And I bare this on my own.
Believe in what you say,
It's safer to drive alone.
There's a delicate truth in our words. But so fragile.
And so,
I walk away.

6. Awake, I Become Limitless

Awake,
Feel the blood flow down to your fingertips
Another day spent,
Paying to live with hours of my life
Winters air, chills my bones
Tears away the layers of warmth
I've constructed from destruction
I never want to wake again.
Is this your excuse
Please tell me the truth
Should have never given in to you
On the inside you feel like falling to pieces
Never in this life feel like giving up
Tell me the truth
The truth is
I find no joy in life
Or the prospect of claiming mountains
And carving my name into this world
Standing on the edge of breaking
I suppressed the desire and drive for ambition long ago
I suppressed it long ago
For the first time in months
The air that used to chill my bones
Brings hope
Brings solace
I grow restless
I'll tear right through those mountains
I'll climb to the highest of heights
I'll scream at the sun
I'll scream at the sun

7. Dreamscape

[Instrumental]

8. Flight QF77

You and I
We've been around for a few summers now
In different towns
We still call home
With a lust for adventure
And a fire in our eyes
The burdens in our chests
Keep us alive
We roll on through
Living day to day
With nothing but our names
Guidance seems to grow
Along with the darkness that sleeps
While the sun controls the skies
Can we just stop this loneliness
With the rise and fall of my lungs
I exhale and close my eyes
To live, is to love
To love is to...
Day in and day out
Just existing
With everything to loose
Let's spread our wings and find greatness buried in this earth
Let us bond together
And never remember the wrongs we commit
But learn from those lessons
And search for solitude and peace
With our backs to the sun
To live is to love
To love is to grow
Persistence can overcome anything that you desire most.
Idle hands, grow restless
Our backs to the sun
We set out with the skies to accompany us
Take my hand
We could get lost for years

9. Hymn Of A False King

You keep flogging a dead horse
Expecting blood from stone
Those weathered hands must eventually break
Your mouth so full of rust
I'll take an axe to its throat
To ensure that you
Taste the blood
As it seeps from formaldehyde inflicted wounds
Wear your fingers
To the bone
Upon a broken back it'll carry the weight of this world
For all of this to become my empire
A parting gift of a false king
Distance has made you all so jaded
Everything without a number is beginning to fade
We came for the taking of the kingdoms built into the sky
Constructed upon fractured bones
Tear
The flesh from bone
Open your eyes
Strokes down an empty canvas
Make way for a facade of hollow ideals
Heave through punctured lungs
As your empire burns to the hallowed ground
Sifting through the smoke
Buried within these ashes
Is the keys to change
Now wake up to the destruction that you have created
Step back
Stand back
And bask in the amber glow
Of a fallen sovereignty
Wrongdoings and failed intent
Brought forth an overdue demise
Distance has made you all so jaded
Everything without a number is beginning to fade
We came for the taking of the kingdoms built into the sky
Constructed upon fractured bones
I'll find peace, I swear
I'll find peace, oh I swear to you

10. Liars, Crows

[feat. Ryan Bowles of Prepared Like A Bride]

The sun sets over our forgotten streets
Turning away any chance at hope
Leaving us with nothing to believe in
Moving toward the right direction
I'll carve my own path
I will decide on my own fate
And the roads to take
To get there
Proving to myself, there is
More of a reason, to push forward
And not live in desolation
Letting go of past hurts and sorrow
The path we chose
Is beginning to crack
Beneath our fractured feet
Through clear sight
I'll turn this life around
Stand upon solid ground
And take the path less travelled
I won't be silenced
When stone hits the skin
Lace the, pathway with gold
A life's work, shrouded in grey
Those walls, begin to crumble
Everything we stood for
Now lays in ruin
The sun rises
To turn away the fear
The night sky brings
False truths backed by deceit
I am not ignorant
And I do not wish to be silenced
My voice shall be heard
And I'll remain on my own two feet
My voice shall be heard
Your forever lost, amongst the trees.

11. Between Hell And Highwater

Live, love, learn
And remember those dear
Forget the failures and push on forward
We step into the nameless
Holding back the potential
To become the ghost
Breathe that cold air
Days spent staring out to sea
In hope of an answer
To my desolation
Questioning the transgression and hollowness
Holding me down is the past that I have orchestrated
The path I have walked alone
Has been my guidance
through the days spent feeling numb
Staring for hours into isolation
Live, love, learn
Shadows shift the light through the windows
They dance with such elegance
Upon the cold ground
Realising that, I have been
Burning this candle at both ends
For far too long
This path I no longer walk alone
Though isolation, has been my guidance for a damned long time
I no longer feel numb
I don't feel numb
Live, love, learn

12. The White Tile Floor

We are no more than vessels
Lifeless entities amidst the void
These days seem to slip right by
As we continue our search (for)
A purpose, a reason
Growing and shaping to become
The things we desire most
Grounded by the endless complications
That obstruct the path less travelled
Fragmented landscapes
Intrepid imagery
The seasons change
Buried alive
In the chambers of our fractured minds
Searching throughout the voids
In which thoughts reside
Tangle the strings
Sever all that tethers you to your consciousness
We'll take the skies apart
And reconstruct through lucid dreams
Dream,
Dream this all away
Distort the abject memory
Burn the pages bound
In the wake of a failed moon
The disconnect comes quickly
Release these anchors bound to our feet
The mechanism of creativity
Teeth mesh into gears
And we take to flight
No longer walking in the shadow
Of a greater man
Those days mean nothing
In the glow of a brighter future
No longer sinking
No longer drowning
The light touches the frame
Our dying sun
The backdrop to a new world
That we have created





SURROUNDINGS LYRICS