“Predator & Prayer” lyrics
“Predator & Prayer” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Predator & Prayer” (We hear you, we don’t care We hear you, we don’t care We hear you, we don’t care) You sit and soak in your beliefs You cling to ice and think You’ll float away to your demise And won’t regret…
“The Escape” lyrics
“The Escape” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “The Escape” Memory is fiction so the past is your invention Catch yourself, self-dissect How youth outlives age How beauty shames skill Prayer is for dependents and wish is for the will A struggle for independence, a harmless stage Art gaining post-mortem fame Oh…
“You’re Coming With Me” lyrics
“You’re Coming With Me” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “You’re Coming With Me” Intentional dreaming reveals a deceit less obvious It’s the liars who are punished but the liars speak the truth I will never know your intention but I’ll make clear my own – You’re guilty by association and I’m…
“Chlorpromazine” lyrics
“Chlorpromazine” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Chlorpromazine” I awoke to a complex chemistry So, I went to a neurosurgeon inquisitively To see what she could see But she only knows what she’s taught So I turned to a tree to see what he thought And he asked: when does three equal…
“When The Bough Breaks” lyrics
“When The Bough Breaks” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “When The Bough Breaks” Alone she was And we face this journey alone Helpless and weak Dependent on others’ decisions and needs But who’s to say what is right? To protect a soul or to save a life? Is it a plague…
“The Sentient” lyrics
“The Sentient” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “The Sentient” Here once stood One hundred million species Undiscovered until extinction Here once stood Unnatural amounts of prey turned product Mechanized slaughter The sentient flaunted their machinist superiority An ersatz compensation for real instincts lost Millennia of ancestry Plowed down for modern industry…
“Globus Hystericus” lyrics
“Globus Hystericus” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Globus Hystericus” What says the tree to his friends the rocks? When he lives and breathes and they sit and mock And he grows strong for centuries long But finally dies and begins to rot ‘We will last intact this way! And you my…
“Martyr Art” lyrics
“Martyr Art” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Martyr Art” Awaken, as from a tormented sleep With eyes anxiously looking to creep beyond this Twisted dementia displayed on the walls Mysterious mindsets and ink-droplets fall Muses take flight in an all out war Shall I catch with open hand? Or let it…
“Waiting Out The Winter” lyrics
“Waiting Out The Winter” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Waiting Out The Winter” Which is more elusive: freedom or sanity? When one disappears, the other follows so quickly Certain species, races, beings are gifted, you see With the power to rob us of either Should they feel so inclined to bother…
“Birds Elope With The Sun” lyrics
“Birds Elope With The Sun” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Birds Elope With The Sun” Air like water, water like stone, birds elope with the sun A velvet quietus furtively draped over ears Quartz underfoot and crystalline opal tears Welcoming webs of gasping despair Nival anaphora textures the air Anamnesis waltzes…
“Thank You, Pain” lyrics
“Thank You, Pain” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “Thank You, Pain” [Judge:] So, lowly criminal Please tell me, how do you plead?[Defendant:] Now, honorable judges, ladies, gentlemen of the jury Please allow me to present my case[Judge:] Ha, what case can you possibly present To rip a man from his family,…
“…And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep” lyrics
“…And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep” lyrics The Agonist Lyrics “…And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep” All I heard was the sound of fish who’d drowned All I saw was the inside of my eyelids All I said fell short of reaching open ears Words floating, clouding the…