homesick for distant shores, of sands walked in visions. a blind hand reaches across the sea, for a warm belonging felt in lives past.
I’ve been here for too long. a siren song is beckoning with melodies of hope. drowning under frigid waves, crashing in front of me, filled with bittersweet echoing harmony. behind these wooden walls, whose pores seep full of doubt, I leave this all behind.
the trembling blaze. smoke billows from crippled homes. sold dreams of the infinite, peddled by colonizers, imprisoned by their tempests.
burning, phosphorous limbs suffocate. melting, faceless we assimilate. fading, eroded by sands of hostility. rising, from the fallen walls of the antiquated.
a fire, a beacon, on the horizon. upon these ashes we plant seeds of hope. blackened waters seep through tired oak, guided through fog by irradiant souls.
this hope is all i have left, this hope keeps me alive.
from the breathless depths of woe, untangling the cycle of rot, blessed to watch the sunrise again.
credits
from Vivid Illusion,
released October 29, 2021
Ant Taboada - Lead guitars, Bass, Clean vocals, Production
Aki McCullough - Rhythm guitars, Bass, Harsh vocals, Production
Aaron Stechauner - Drums
recorded in Allston, MA, New York, NY, Marlborough, MA, and Shrewsbury MA
Aki runs a studio where we recorded most of "Vivid Illusion". Sales of her studio's compilation go towards funding production costs for trans artists. Vivid Illusion