Don’t know how to say I hope you’re doing well.
We shared secrets that we swore we’d never tell.
But I can’t see you from where I stand.
I held you close when we heard the news about your dad.
The broken glass from the frame that left the wall,
We cleaned it up but we never got it all.
Pain in my feet, though the splinters are gone,
But the pain gives me something to focus on.
Yeah the pain gives me something to focus on.
They say that violence is in our genes,
Point the finger as if they ruined everything.
Our fathers cursed us with spirits unclean,
But it’s only up to us to change our destiny.
They say the only place for men like us is hell.
Forged in misery and left holding a shell.
Damaged goods that nobody will want.
Possessed by demons that always will haunt.
But I refuse to see the men that we’ve become,
Backing down as if it’s easier to run.
It’s difficult because I’m afraid that they’re right,
But we should prove them wrong,
If only to spite.
The broken glass from the frame that left the wall,
We cleaned it up but we never got it all.
Pain in my feet, though the splinters are gone,
But the pain gives me something to focus on.
Yeah the pain gives me something to focus on.
I don’t believe that only heredity
Can decide the man I’m supposed to be.
And though our bloodlines say to be afraid,
We can erase all of the past, and write new history.
What a damn solid record! It's the perfect example of why I'm certain that Ska Punk is going to play on the highlight reel when I hit up the afterlife. Scott
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021