you're looking better
my head's stuck to a bar table
but you don't mention it
if you'd forgive me
i've been off in my own head
and i know you want
my undivided attention
i've just been making one-night friends
we've only got one thing that keeps us together
clean-cut, lined up
worse for for better
it's the one thing we got that keeps us together
i wipe the cocaine glaze off my blank face
do you still idolize me?
our paths tend to cross
like the cracks in the sidewalks
in my head
the pedestal breaks
and you hold my weight for me
again and again and again
i know it breaks your heart
that i won't look you in the eye
believe me,
it's been so long
since i've been able to look at myself
in the mirror
i've been to corners of the earth
that would make my mother cry,
lying face-up
in their gutter
if you'd be so kind,
roll me back over onto my stomach
so i won't choke
on my tongue
or my vomit
or my words
credits
from posthumous,
released August 1, 2018
vox, drums - mateo
guitar, bass - trison
vox, keys, cello - max
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021