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Summer Demo 2016

by Floodlight

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1.
I toil in dying dirt that's all but fated (faded) Wrapping calloused hands around the stalks of weeds In an attempt to prevent what’s anticipated But the roots are much too deep (And my hands are much too weak) They say you reap what you sow But see my scythe is dull now And I’m getting tangled up in growth So I’ll wear this thorned crown And with every blow of the wind it spreads their seeds Unto the dying dirt from which it feeds Nourished only with the blood, sweat, and tears Spread from countless half-forgotten memories of what’s to come My body lie elsewhere Restless in a bed of broken mirrors I catch a glimpse of something called self-reflection I’d like to look away but that burning image is staring me right in the eyes They say you reap what you sow But see my scythe is dull now And I’m getting tangled up in growth So I’ll wear this thorned crown And with every blow of the wind it spreads their seeds Unto the dying dirt from which it feeds Nourished only with the blood, sweat, and tears Spread from countless half-forgotten memories of what’s to come So sharpen your blade and hurry up I'm getting quite impossible to cut And I know you'd like to get out And this fire in my lungs Is venting the smoke off of my tongue Just to suffocate us all And I know I'll survive this drought But I have more than an itching doubt That you won't make it out of here alive
2.
Daybreak 05:05
I was just one in life Breaking at every seam Living a sleepless dream And falling down We'll swim through the waters While parting the lies We look at each other Into our dim eyes I toss the night away A broken break of day I gasp and hold my breath A night just like the rest Broken hands and weak walls I tried just to close my eyes A bitter pill caught in my throat I struggle as I choke I was just wandering life Waking but not yet seen We've traveled so far from right Trapped in what might have been This is the end of night The day comes with scorching eyes The rays dig under my skin Just to end rest before it begins We were not done with life Suffering and not yet clean We'll drown in the waters Of what we've never seen A moment that's lost to time Biting our tongues and screams These windows so smeared with grime They could have never been I toss the night away A broken break of day I gasp and hold my breath A night just like the rest Broken hands and weak walls I tried just to close my eyes A bitter pill caught in my throat I struggle as I choke Lips are cracked and eyes are sore Body drained and thoughts no more.
3.
Cracked Lips 06:18
How can the cracks not show here anymore? They still hurt when I run No words, no actions, not a single touch Can change the minds of the ones I used to love. The air is dry I can’t move No effort To renew I can only tell myself that I don’t need your structure How can the cracks not show here anymore? They still hurt when I run No words, no actions, not a single touch Can change the minds of the ones I used to love. A slight chronic ache That came on slow And I couldn’t hold it back I wasn’t holding back The faults of its ghost 'Cause I had no idea that it had longed to fade Was only able to catch The aftertaste Of a slowly eroded path I try to turn my face Without looking back The truth is I know And I’m trying to drown Finally dropped this weight I’ve picked up something new A new sense of futile guilt And nothing To reflect upon
4.
We're all walking alone Unaware of our surroundings Blind to the things That our shadows casting We should walk together But we're caught up in our own perceptions Lead down a primrose path Of our own wrongful convictions And I know what lies behind these walls But I can't look And I know If I were to let go Then things could change But my feelings Are firmly in the way It's my decision So leave it alone If I see through it Then you'll know The hand's movement has caught your eye As the pendulum swinging from side to side And the clock ticks slower Over and over The match slides cross the striking strip As the word "stop" is uttered past your lips But you're far too late Now that your back is turned You've learned that you've gotta let it burn And move on And let the ash cleanse you
5.
Hallway 05:09
I thought I heard you say that this is not enough But when I turned my head you said instead This is giving up I never thought I’d Get so far from broken All these words unspoken Not a day goes by Is this sanity I’ll make believe I'll dream of a world where I don't always leave A voice of reason makes me clean I'm still a coward I've always been Because I quit before I win You'd think by now that I'd be void of inspiration But I breathe thoughts of you with every exhalation A voice of reason Make me clean Another season Of the same history Is this sanity I’ll make believe I'll dream a life where I don't always leave A better future makes me clean But I'm still a coward I've always been Because I quit before I win

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released July 2, 2016

Ferrin Barr: Guitar/Vocals
Cody McCloud: Guitar/Vocals
Jeff Kretsinger: Bass
Jason Hess: Drums

Produced and Recorded by Eli Tocchini
Artwork by Ryan Hahn

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