Fell asleep with the lights on
Only to find them turned off when I woke
If I would have known that it would be my last night of rest
I would have made it last
The only thing I regret is not making the most of those days
When I felt rested and ready for this world
Now I get up every morning faced by the stranger that I see in the mirror Go on give me a reason to carry on
It’s in my head
The pain and the dread
Optimism has found its way out
Pessimism has found its way in
I feel my body start to break and bend
Blurry mind and faded smile
How do I fix what can’t be mend
The best I can do is stare at my ceiling
Hoping the night takes me away to my dreams
All wrong and out of luck
I know that ceiling all too well
I’m not a normal being
Continuous days have me in a death grip
It’s coming to an end
I don’t have the strength to pick myself up how do I defend
Symphonic stuff in metal doesn’t make its way into my collection aside from a couple of early Cradle albums. The orch here though just ads to how huge this band sounds. It makes elements in the songs more immersive. There are plenty of breaks from orchestration where its in deathcore/slamming brutality mode. While not ignorant, the songs never play with time or get mathy making it accessible and memorable. Came out 2015? Impressed. Mitch Mitcherson