parataxic distortion

from sea of vacuity by dross

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i had a revelation of vacuous proportions
the limits of my faith have been tested
and i must’ve failed
cause the dark won’t take me
and the light won’t save me
i felt the thin edge of the wedge
driven by a sledge
split my head down the middle
cause i had bets to hedge
so i chase what i can’t efface
debase what i can’t embrace
replace what i can't erase

what would it take ?
a trail of broken hearts in my wake?
a trail of shattered lives for my own sake
cause i don’t have time to wait?
all those past lives, narratives to make
smaller in the rear view
disappear from sight
the fight, the plight, the truth to overwrite
increasingly distant, insignificant
embedded in my core
and consciously nonexistent

how many choices?
how many years?
how many voices?
led you to here?

maybe i have poison in my heart
maybe i was broken from the start
maybe there was nothing left to do
but fall apart
cause everything is tainted
everything is painted
everything is pain

so i take the bait
and overcompensate, conflate
mistaking chance for fate
distorted vision leads to poor decisions
maybe i should find another way
so in the interest of my self preservation,
i'm switching off
metabolize my grief into
something i can kill off
disposable memories
forgettable pleasantries
a future that is molded by
the pain that has silenced me

agonize, antagonize, disguise
compartmentalize
and organize the lies
that i tell to myself
otherwise i won’t survive
i'm recreating a scene
from a vicarious life.

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from sea of vacuity, released November 17, 2019

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one man band making homegrown heavy music since 1994.

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