Surface Tension

from Identity by Of Blackest Oceans

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As I began to search for the cracks in the surface, I questioned where it was that I went wrong.
The shapes and colours, senses, they smother.
Bearing the weight of the universal resonance.
I turn to stone like so many times before.
Evade the ever-changing.
How is that I can still see, when my eyes are closed?
This has become out of control. It slipped through my hands.
The only sense of what I knew to be true is just a lie that we romance.
Petrified, but open to suggestion.
Take one look inside and leave it all behind.
Unable to get a foothold, I’m swept away.
Left with only what I’m told.
But will I forget this?
Even with the comfort of knowing this will surely end.
I can feel the fear sinking in.
I can feel myself slipping away.
Without purpose this temporary loss of self will take its toll.
Motionless I turn to stone. I’ve never felt more alone.
Will I forget this?
When will I forget this?
And in the end if I am not the same remember the way I used to be.
There’s hope if only I can forget this.

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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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