Saturday, 26 May 2018

Respire: these scars no longer hold us



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.

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