Sensory

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So is this what I am?
Acknowledged by many, known only by one.
With each grain of sand, a solid foundation is slowly away.
Beware what you claim, for all that you say is destined to day.
The ghost of the words will remain; they will haunt you for the rest of your life.
Is this what I am?
Never a whole but a sum of components.
The shape of a man, reduced to a series of conflicting moments.
This is what I chose to become.
Etched in stone can never be undone.
So is this what you are?
Your only direction: this map made of scars.
Retrace the steps only to find the mistakes that you made were there from the start.
Bare it all for the world to see.
Realise all that’s inside is only skin deep.
Beware what you claim, for all that you say will become a lie.
The soul you sold is worth nothing.
Unappreciated.
Where do I fit when I’m shapeless?
How do I stand with no legs?
Am I wrong or am I blameless?
No place to hide.
I am content to suffer in silence.
This is what I am.
I am content to set my morals aside; to see there’s no sense.
No argument can force the turning of tides that leaves you defenseless.
I am content to suffer in silence (It’s best left unbroken).
Live my whole life as if I was blinded (Yet my eyes are open).
It might be true that I am spineless.
At least I know what I am.

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from Identity, released April 29, 2016

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Fortress

Apr 2018
The Optimist

Feb 2018
Identity

Apr 2016
Storm of the Century

Jun 2011
Vultures EP

Jul 2010

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