Of Matter - Proxy, Retrospect, Resist (Live at Sphere Studios)
// Of Matter – Proxy
I'm a surrogate I'm archetypal and itinerant I'm your excuse to long For a superior I will undertake I will overcome
Imperfection you will find Look close enough Tear off the mask I need This endeavor is not mine You subject me to the daggers you conceive I'm stronger than I was before Thus you reinforce these walls I can't fight you anymore Threatened by the open door All the chances I ignore I can't stand still anymore
The day is done Nothing left to say Resting head in hands Wishing I had known my place To take a stand The errand of a fool I'm not to reprimand I'm here to help you through
Is nothing like it seems? Living in this sequence, a dream Is nothing like it seems? Gather broken shards of self esteem
// Of Matter – Retrospect
Burning bridges as I cower beneath Trying to salvage the debris My devotion tied around your waist lest you fall no one seems to sense the strain No one seems to know x2
I don't begin to proclaim that I know I can't continue down this road
Dwelling on what has come to pass no force alive will bring it back I would know I can feel the pressure getting steeper with every life lost You hope that I won't see the light of day in time to come With no conviction founded Just judgement contorted based on lust Give me strength Your assumption brings to a conclusion of no consequence and I refuse to play into your hands for your appeal
Inadequate, Inadequate I know I know I know I know I've hoped I've hoped you'll see me
// Of Matter – Resist
Turn back time Reason why Break neck speed History
No! I tried to settle bets with my own soul Bless my lips for the first time before you don't Gripping to the last touch of your hand I grow to loathe Hope that you remember just how far I'll go I'll spend the rest of my life wishing I'm enough