Please misplace her, please disgrace her
Can you give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Know not of whom I beg
To make her finally see
I'm alone in all of this
Should I just call it quits?
Effort taken for nothing
Not a thing is returned
And I am lost with only
One painful option
I'm down, down on my knees
The man in me smashed to smithereens
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Incidence got the best of me
Who can give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Tears of frustration
Must bring a quick end
This connection I felt
In her is severing
The veins to my heart
Are painfully tearing
So I am left with only
One painful option
Who can give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Who can help me bare her truth
Of the person I can be to her?
I'm left with only one option
And I am too deep in tune
To change for myself
The wavelengths I've felt
Were like nothing ever before
I beg to know what to do
So I am left with only
One painful option
But what is it?
I'm down, down on my knees
The man in me smashed to smithereens
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Incidence got the best of me
Please misplace her, please disgrace her
Can you give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Can you help me bare her truth
Of the person I can be to her?
What am I to do, when the love you felt seemed so true?
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Our Rose Hearts
The glowing hearts of millions
Inkling away into nothing more than
Paper-thin abstract cuts
Once veiled things now shadows
Of the former things we all have been
A side to us all only left unseen
Come the day that we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
We kill what we don't understand
We fear what we don't know
We swear by the comfortable and the seemingly safe
We revere false rewards and grandstanding lies
So much for being so fucking great
We need to erase our fear of the unknown
We need to grow out of our eternal childishness
We seem to be on the right path sometimes
We breathe for something great but can't yet grasp
It is evolution we so sorely need
The few and the far between hide and think
Truly grasping the balance of all things
When will we all stop and see
The bountiful things that we all can be
So come today when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Realize we're capable of great deeds
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Where's the "great nurturer" of life?
Where's the vast rewards we recite?
Blight on the mind all these painstaking lies
We need a healthy change for all time
Come the day when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Flourish again, flourish again
Our black rose hearts
Will redden once more
Flourish again, flourish again
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Inkling away into nothing more than
Paper-thin abstract cuts
Once veiled things now shadows
Of the former things we all have been
A side to us all only left unseen
Come the day that we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
We kill what we don't understand
We fear what we don't know
We swear by the comfortable and the seemingly safe
We revere false rewards and grandstanding lies
So much for being so fucking great
We need to erase our fear of the unknown
We need to grow out of our eternal childishness
We seem to be on the right path sometimes
We breathe for something great but can't yet grasp
It is evolution we so sorely need
The few and the far between hide and think
Truly grasping the balance of all things
When will we all stop and see
The bountiful things that we all can be
So come today when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Realize we're capable of great deeds
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Where's the "great nurturer" of life?
Where's the vast rewards we recite?
Blight on the mind all these painstaking lies
We need a healthy change for all time
Come the day when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Flourish again, flourish again
Our black rose hearts
Will redden once more
Flourish again, flourish again
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Someone To Hold Me Close
Love is lost for the outcast in me
Driven aback by society
Times are telling of my dear end
An end which will leave me empty
If you bare an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I know not of angels
The guardians of life's gold
Or their mere presence
Nor the heavenly essence
There's just inhumanity
And unjust cruelty
If you bare an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
Does my voice lend
To any privy ears
I'm a lost cause
Starving for love
Do my eyes meet
Any compassionate sight
I'm a lost soul
Starving for love
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
I've felt the pain
For way too long
Of loneliness and emptiness
Haunting my every waking days
I see you there
Can you be my vessel of love?
Can you reinvigorate me?
You may just be my goddess
If you are an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, please save me
Spare me, please release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
Your hand lights my heart
May you please never depart
'Cause you saved me
You reinvigorated me
Driven aback by society
Times are telling of my dear end
An end which will leave me empty
If you bare an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I know not of angels
The guardians of life's gold
Or their mere presence
Nor the heavenly essence
There's just inhumanity
And unjust cruelty
If you bare an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
Does my voice lend
To any privy ears
I'm a lost cause
Starving for love
Do my eyes meet
Any compassionate sight
I'm a lost soul
Starving for love
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
I've felt the pain
For way too long
Of loneliness and emptiness
Haunting my every waking days
I see you there
Can you be my vessel of love?
Can you reinvigorate me?
You may just be my goddess
If you are an angel may you send?
Spare me, save me
Spare me, release me
I need something to light my way
Before I melt away lost in time
Spare me, please save me
Spare me, please release me
I need someone to hold me close
A hand I can reach to in dire times
Your hand lights my heart
May you please never depart
'Cause you saved me
You reinvigorated me
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Converge
Jane Doe
1. Concubine
2. Fault and Fracture
3. Distance and Meaning
4. Hell to Pay
5. Homewrecker
6. The Broken Vow
7. Bitter and then Some
8. Heaven in her Arms
9. Phoenix in Flight
10. Phoenix in Flames
11. Thaw
12. Jane Doe
Total Play Time: 49 Minutes (approx.)
Jane Doe
"The album's lyrical themes were born out of a dissolving relationship and the emotional fallout from that experience. - Jacob Bannon"
1. Concubine
2. Fault and Fracture
3. Distance and Meaning
4. Hell to Pay
5. Homewrecker
6. The Broken Vow
7. Bitter and then Some
8. Heaven in her Arms
9. Phoenix in Flight
10. Phoenix in Flames
11. Thaw
12. Jane Doe
Total Play Time: 49 Minutes (approx.)
Where to begin? How else can I review such a masterpiece as this? I must do this album full justice somehow. Well, I'll try by starting with the first track...
"Concubine" is an intimidating opener. The breakdown at the beginning beckons a sonic assault that will immediately hit you, hard and mercilessly. The grindcore-esque ferocity of the drums and guitars doesn't let up. Then, after a wonderful slap of the drums, the short-lived intensity of the song comes in full circle. You will immediately notice the inhuman vocal style of Jacob Bannon. He sounds like a really pissed off King Crimson. And with the story of the album in question, rightfully so.
The next track, "Fault and Fracture", doesn't stop to help you gather your wits. Converge is trying to blow you away, and if you were open-minded enough to keep going after the short introductory track, then this will do the exact same thing to you. It's twice as long as "Concubine", but that makes it all the more ferocious. The whole band works like an orchestra from hell, and it makes for stunning effect.
The next several tracks don't change much, but they set you up for a little breathing room. There are instances of clean vocals that come from Kurt Ballou, as Jacob Bannon is a self-professed "abrasive vocalist." Then a duo of songs come into play, "Phoenix in Flight" and "Phoenix in Flames", respectively. They are, of course, further sonic exploits intended to keep you interested and on the edge of your seat. The aggression is meant to tell a chaotic love story, after all.
And then, after the strange timings present on the 11th track, "Thaw" (which is probably why they have been given the label, "Mathcore"), you are presented with, what is to me, the most emotionally charged song that I've ever heard in my life. I don't want to ruin it with details; you'll have to listen to believe. But, one can only do bare justice to it by describing it as an "emotionally tinged, relentlessly aggressive, sonically delivered opera into the mind of a man recovering from a traumatic and devastating relationship with a woman." The song closes the album quite properly, and you could not ask for anything better.
Now, many fans of Converge are split on this album. It seems to be that this was the turning point for the band, in style and sound. There is the "classic" Converge camp that prefers the sound that led to this album, and there is the "Current" Converge camp that prefers this album and onwards. However, "Axe to Fall", their latest album, is said to be a slight departure from everything they have done (however, they maintain their trademark ferocity in parts of the album). So what do you prefer? This album, or the band in general, is not for everyone. J. Bannon's vocal style is insane and in-your-face, something many people will not be able to stomach. But for those of you who can tolerate such vocals, and even the chaotic nature of their overall sound, or those of you who can put aside the overall insanity that they produce in their sound, then you're up for a thrilling ride either way. It is now one of my favourite albums, and rightfully so.
And look at that artwork by Jacob Bannon...it describes the story of the album (lyrics) perfectly. A woman you've tried so hard to love, but because of the pain and misery you both went through, you only hope to forget. The story in the album tells tale of an anachronism, but the album as a piece of music, should never be treated as such.
"Concubine" is an intimidating opener. The breakdown at the beginning beckons a sonic assault that will immediately hit you, hard and mercilessly. The grindcore-esque ferocity of the drums and guitars doesn't let up. Then, after a wonderful slap of the drums, the short-lived intensity of the song comes in full circle. You will immediately notice the inhuman vocal style of Jacob Bannon. He sounds like a really pissed off King Crimson. And with the story of the album in question, rightfully so.
The next track, "Fault and Fracture", doesn't stop to help you gather your wits. Converge is trying to blow you away, and if you were open-minded enough to keep going after the short introductory track, then this will do the exact same thing to you. It's twice as long as "Concubine", but that makes it all the more ferocious. The whole band works like an orchestra from hell, and it makes for stunning effect.
The next several tracks don't change much, but they set you up for a little breathing room. There are instances of clean vocals that come from Kurt Ballou, as Jacob Bannon is a self-professed "abrasive vocalist." Then a duo of songs come into play, "Phoenix in Flight" and "Phoenix in Flames", respectively. They are, of course, further sonic exploits intended to keep you interested and on the edge of your seat. The aggression is meant to tell a chaotic love story, after all.
And then, after the strange timings present on the 11th track, "Thaw" (which is probably why they have been given the label, "Mathcore"), you are presented with, what is to me, the most emotionally charged song that I've ever heard in my life. I don't want to ruin it with details; you'll have to listen to believe. But, one can only do bare justice to it by describing it as an "emotionally tinged, relentlessly aggressive, sonically delivered opera into the mind of a man recovering from a traumatic and devastating relationship with a woman." The song closes the album quite properly, and you could not ask for anything better.
Now, many fans of Converge are split on this album. It seems to be that this was the turning point for the band, in style and sound. There is the "classic" Converge camp that prefers the sound that led to this album, and there is the "Current" Converge camp that prefers this album and onwards. However, "Axe to Fall", their latest album, is said to be a slight departure from everything they have done (however, they maintain their trademark ferocity in parts of the album). So what do you prefer? This album, or the band in general, is not for everyone. J. Bannon's vocal style is insane and in-your-face, something many people will not be able to stomach. But for those of you who can tolerate such vocals, and even the chaotic nature of their overall sound, or those of you who can put aside the overall insanity that they produce in their sound, then you're up for a thrilling ride either way. It is now one of my favourite albums, and rightfully so.
And look at that artwork by Jacob Bannon...it describes the story of the album (lyrics) perfectly. A woman you've tried so hard to love, but because of the pain and misery you both went through, you only hope to forget. The story in the album tells tale of an anachronism, but the album as a piece of music, should never be treated as such.
9.2/10
Breakdown:
- Insane vocal stylings from Jacob Bannon, that are executed appropriately for the tone that the album is meant to portray.
- Wonderful album artwork. It's dark, it's hateful, it's metaphorical, and overall, starkly poetic. It's the creation of a man in touch with all of his emotions, all sparked from a woman he'd rather forget than remember.
- Album is inconsistent, but keeps you on your heels. The lack of consistency actually keeps the album refreshing, which is necessary to keep the listener interested until the very end.
- Standout tracks such as, "Concubine", "Fault and Fracture", "Bitter and then Some", "Phoenix I & II", and the epitomical closer, "Jane Doe", all keep the album interesting.
- Relatively solid musicianship all around.
- Can be overwhelming at times.
- Must be in the mood to be able to handle this brutal, bitter, and intense album to be able to thoroughly enjoy it.
G
- Insane vocal stylings from Jacob Bannon, that are executed appropriately for the tone that the album is meant to portray.
- Wonderful album artwork. It's dark, it's hateful, it's metaphorical, and overall, starkly poetic. It's the creation of a man in touch with all of his emotions, all sparked from a woman he'd rather forget than remember.
- Album is inconsistent, but keeps you on your heels. The lack of consistency actually keeps the album refreshing, which is necessary to keep the listener interested until the very end.
- Standout tracks such as, "Concubine", "Fault and Fracture", "Bitter and then Some", "Phoenix I & II", and the epitomical closer, "Jane Doe", all keep the album interesting.
- Relatively solid musicianship all around.
- Can be overwhelming at times.
- Must be in the mood to be able to handle this brutal, bitter, and intense album to be able to thoroughly enjoy it.
G
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Don't Live Life So Dark
You burn for charge
Heart of steel melting
Mending the ways destroyed
Flex your greatest desires
Accept the defeats
That the journey will bring
Exercise wise humility
Clear the storm
That you create
Out of fear and control
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Tailor it all to your liking
You'll always happen on suffering
If you let it be that way
Mark your own words
For they are not infallible
Pressing you on, must handle
With all your might and wits about you
See the road ahead
It splits and there's no end
Only if you give up
The road ahead will stop
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Just dance, dance
Know you've got no other chance
Just sing, sing
Know that you can make your own way
Sing...sing...dance the darkness away and sing
It's all in your hands!
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Heed the cyborg's words!
Heart of steel melting
Mending the ways destroyed
Flex your greatest desires
Accept the defeats
That the journey will bring
Exercise wise humility
Clear the storm
That you create
Out of fear and control
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Tailor it all to your liking
You'll always happen on suffering
If you let it be that way
Mark your own words
For they are not infallible
Pressing you on, must handle
With all your might and wits about you
See the road ahead
It splits and there's no end
Only if you give up
The road ahead will stop
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Just dance, dance
Know you've got no other chance
Just sing, sing
Know that you can make your own way
Sing...sing...dance the darkness away and sing
It's all in your hands!
Marching down the road
Blind to hopes and dreams
Laugh, live, love
And smile effortlessly
Acceptance
Resplendence
Don't live life so dark
Heed the cyborg's words!
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