From the recording Hope & Other Distractions
Lyrics
For everything we have we’re still alone
Surrounded by the ghosts of all we’ve ever known
We cant seem to see past
photographs of ambivalence
For everything we think won’t change a thing
Pushed out on tides and drawn back in again
Consciences peak and decline
Our gravities set to collide
And we don’t need to breath at all
When we suffocate on hate and vitriol
As oxygen depletes within our lungs
We nebulise our self-consumption
We inhale our conceit
Hold it close until we’re forced to admit defeat
For everything we do won’t mean a thing
Disappointments onto which we cling
The more we wriggle ourselves loose Ever tighter grips the noose
And we don’t need to breath at all
When we suffocate on hate and vitriol
As oxygen explodes within our lungs
we can’t change fate with acts of contrition
How can we ever justify
Knowing that we know our insignificance of life
The oxygen on which we rely
Can’t supplant the truth that we’re living in denial