Respire quote from Dénouement
"this record... is an attempt at closure. a reflection on a decade spent gasping underwater. a reflection on trauma, addiction, guilt... yet it is in practice of something else: a wanting to let go. to open up. to find within. to take back agency and reveal this wounded self untethered. to expel this haunting of our hearts... the corrosive rotting of the ego... the pain we lose ourselves in. this presence... these streets... these scars... no longer hold us. this record, this attempt at catharsis... is to let you know that if you’ve ever felt the sentiments expressed here, you’re not alone... we feel the same emptiness. wherever there is hurt, there is a chance for the reverse: connection. whenever you feel alone, remember that in this life, we are only alone when we isolate ourselves. when we let our pain possess us. poison us... to those living with this spectre, we see you... your trauma, your scars... are as valid to us as our own. we hope our effort to lay bare this framework helps to break the cycle of isolation. we will reach the light... together..."
Trauma unbinds me
Pages spill out
Flood,
Overtake
Everything
And anything
The ego sheds
Detachment now
A loss profound
A heart that tears will
Bleed, endless
Breathless, I fall
Help me up
Help me up.
I wish I could undo the
Years spent drowning this in dust.
I found the deafening silence so
Comforting.
I lost all I had
Back then
Back then
Back then.
Underneath all this,
A weak heart beats, still true.
Underneath always,
A fading light still burns.
I tried to believe it all,
Tried to keep faith that
This would end someday.
But still it comes crashing,
Still the pain resounds.
I’m lost and out of rope.
You’re more than this...
You’re more than the
Things you’ve done
This hate turned in
The loss profound
Detach,
Detach.
You’re more than this.
You’re more than this,
I promise.
