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To Exist

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lyrics

Unnamed fears wrench me awake.
Confined by a stranger's skin, it stretches as the fear grows enormous.
I'm tearing at the seams, the terror binge perpetual.

The pain is promised in the break of every dawn,
The immense mental labor of lucidity.
Our brains buckling under the weight of their own thoughts.
The defective thought machines.

I keep my cowardice in its place.
But it's scratching at the walls.
I yearn for release.

Fleeting moments of beauty are obscured in time,
by the torturous monotony of existence.
And we are taught,
This is good.
This is life.

We never wanted this.
We never have a choice, and yet we are.

I drink from the cup when seldom it's offered to me,
And I can't deny, I am happy when the reaper claims me,

We are the climax of the perfect execution.
Born from nothing we fight never to revert.

Fleeting moments of beauty are obscured in time,
by the torturous monotony of existence.
And we are taught,
This is good.
This is life.

credits

from Arkiro, track released May 2, 2014
All music written and performed by Arkiro & Matthew Templeman
Lyrics written by Rhys Emmons
Vocals performed by Ryan Suckling
Recorded by Jay Huxtable & Matthew Templeman
Mixed & produced by Matthew Templeman
Mastered by Simon Struthers

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Arkiro Perth, Australia

Arkiro is a progressive musical project undertaken by Alan Carlisle, John Overthrow and Rhys Emmons (with recent additions Ryan Suckling and Bren Croll), focused on breaking the mould in contemporary music and genre boundaries. The band formed in 2008 and began writing original music. Following line-up changes and setbacks the first Arkiro release is available as of October 3, 2014. ... more

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