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Half Life

by Hornbill

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1.
Haunted 01:55
How do you convince yourself that you're not a bad person? Haunted by the mistakes I told myself I wouldn't make How do you convince yourself that you're not a bad person? If your choices are what define you I have no choice but to play the Martyr for making poor decisions Kill me (please) Kill me (please) I'm begging you End this for me End this for me Relieve me of this pain I've hurt so many people I know it's all in my head but I can't help but blame myself for others' pain whether I caused it or not. It's become this whirlpool of hating myself I can't swim out of. I'm drowning. So end this please Now let me go
2.
You might hear us But are you listening? Filled with so much emotion And somehow still so numb Conscious of our fading We wither away Seemingly talking to a wall We cannot unpack this all We wake up, all we do is DECAY DECAY Desperate to find the root cause of why we're this way We go about our day and DECAY DECAY So anxious yet eager for the moment we slip away You don't blame the light for leaving you in a dark room you fight the dark for not illuminating your surroundings Feeling every second of every day Pleading to get lost in a task. Instead, a state of constant disarray Functioning as best we can to preserve our pride Constantly wondering when all this pain will subside You don't blame the light for leaving you in a dark room You fight the dark for not illuminating your surroundings The inclusivity of loss, of understanding the purest pain Maybe we're not alone, maybe we're not alone
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Pride 03:09
I'm not myself So who am I? Trapped in this body Is this hell? I'm screaming but no one can hear me This is simply agony I've ripped down the walls in my mind and found nothing I guess I'll just deteriorate But There's actually something wrong I'm vindicated Who am I holding this over? But hey I'm vindicated Pride is weighing heavy Please just let me be Get out of my head Please just let me sleep Fuck me, I'm broken fundamentally We should not be suffering Or dreaming of a better day There's no way this is what life is supposed to be? Please just let me be Get out of my head Please just let me sleep Fuck me, I'm broken fundamentally Just let me be
4.
Becoming one with the earth I've started the decaying process The rain swallows me Cold and lifeless It's finally over At last some peace You told me it was the most selfish thing I could do So I'm glad I finally put myself first And embraced what the storm knew At last some peace Call it a downpour Call it whatever brings you solace For how long do you love your dead son After it was the most selfish thing he could do? How long do you mourn your dead husband When he was fighting solely for you? The rains begin to dissipate and clouds start to wither away Beams of light pierce the darkness My head still resting in the same place But the scenery is changing before my eyes Clear skies make for a clearer mind
5.
I don't know what to do So I sit here motionless You abandoned me when I needed you most I still remember that call At least you let me know you were done I had to figure it out on my own So I scrounged up the courage/resolve and made it through the night Without you I don't want this I'm somehow below low I don't need this I should have fucking known I can't do this Why can't I let this go? I still don't know if I did anything wrong Can never tell by your tone and if you're blaming me Why am I the one that's always wrong? You never told me why, you just left and severed ties. I still blame myself for this And I overthink every last relationship I have I still hate myself for this Clearly I did something wrong and I can't process what happened
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I know you because you're me Things aren't the way you wanted them to be You don't want to be here anymore And believe me I understand But you cannot leave me you just can't up and leave me abandoned You need to know I won't let you go You are not your flaws I know you because you're me Every second is misery All we know in this life are pain and suffering but I'm begging Please don't leave me Unwillingly in a self made prison Beating yourself up for not being present But You are worthy You are cared for You are needed You are loved I need you to know I won't let you go We both didn't ask to be here, crushed and barely breathing Let me go I won't let you go I wish you didn't feel the way you do I wish you could see how I see you You're so much more than you give yourself credit for And I know that life can be a god damn chore I wish you could see there's so much more Because we deserve to be loved and cared for
8.
Burdens 01:49
Weigh me down and walk me into the ocean And Let me drown Cut my ties and let me fall Out of your mind I know this isn't the first time we've met But I still don't know you How could I know you? Alleviate my mind from your burdens The ones I took as mine
9.
How do you convince yourself that you're not a bad person? Haunted by the mistakes I told myself I wouldn't make How do you convince yourself that you're not a bad person? If your choices are what define you I have no choice but to play the Martyr for making poor decisions Kill me (please) Kill me (please) I'm begging you End this for me End this for me Relieve me of this pain I've hurt so many people I know it's all in my head but I can't help but blame myself for others' pain whether I caused it or not. It's become this whirlpool of hating myself I can't swim out of. I'm drowning. So end this please Now let me go
10.
Prefacing my descent I hover before gravity consumes me I've been here before and I can't stop it There is nothing beneath my feet And now I know what to anticipate I'm Spiraling, spiraling down I'm ungrateful, I'm thankless now I'm useless and still alive somehow I'm Spiraling, spiraling down I'm doing the best with what I know It still isn't enough I know no one cares And I fucking hate myself for thinking anyone does I know I have done bad things So I'm assuming this is my punishment The only thing I've killed is my will to live How could I do this? I guess I have to live with this Has my moral atonement not forsaken me? Why should I fight to stay alive If Im already Dead On the inside
11.
Turn the lights off I can't bear to look at what we've become Rip the fucking switch out of the wall So it's one less thing on my mind Trapped in this room stuck with myself They're all around me, just waiting They've always been there but only Prominent when I could physically feel time Fuck you and I Just you and I You're ruining me You're choking me Just you and I You're smothering me You're killing me What's different this time? You're all I am, you're all I see Trapped in you You're all I hear, you're all I feel Lost in you I don't know how to lose you Just get out of my head But who am I really kidding? I told myself I wouldn't be defined by this yet here I am propagating the cause I knew I couldn't handle this because I can't fundamentally take care of myself I'm so hopeless but eagerly desperate That I can find solace in someone else I'm so sick of what I have to say and know that you are too I just can't get a grip of what else I'm supposed to do Hating you is hating me Being you is a disservice to me
12.
I'm aimless I'm goalless I just want you to be happy I always thought I'd be dead by 25 So I truly feel I'm stealing all your time Where did I go wrong? I just wanted this to mean something I wish I could have done it different, done it right, been able to keep your attention. I just hope I've done enough for you You've given me enough time I just hope I've been enough for you I can't get you out of my mind When I said, "it's fucked up and I hate it" (please don't go) It was my obsession with never being left alone And trying to cope I'm on the fence between Life meaning nothing and everything In the grand scheme Forget it Forget me Just Forget me All that matters is your smile And I hope you see that I’d do anything for you It's hard to feel alone When you are my home

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released July 29, 2022

Written and performed by Ryan Shreeve and Bob Godden
Recordings and production by Ryan Shreeve and Bob Godden
Album Art by Shanna Barlow
Vocals by Courtney Lane on Decay and "Fade"
Vocals by Derek Christensen on "Decay"
Vocals by Saint Judas on "Despair"
Vocals by Joe Howland on "Despair"
Vocals by Liam King of Again in May on "Spiraling"
Vocals by Davon Hernandez of Kurama on "Obsession"
Vocals by Mitchell Jay of Weekend Run Club on "Fade"
Vocals by Jeff Cook of Nurture Nurture on "Trapped"
Vocals by Lily Crimi of p.s.you'redead on "Flaws"
Vocals by Will Green of Full Blown Meltdown on "Blame"

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Major Key Alt Rock about sad stuff with a mathy twist.

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