It could be called a delusion of mine
I swear I look at you, and I realize
that I've been a liar, a vagrant, a thief
a captor of everything beautiful I see
I advocate every aspect of "Stockholm Syndrome"
to the extent that I believe that there is anything
righteous or just about the way I act
around you
I'm gonna lie for the rest of my life
I am alive when you nervously utter my name
breathe in the thought of loving someone else
let the tears surface, and exhale
there can't be a day when I think about
how much I still think about you
your voice is poison to my ears
I like it that way
don't ever change
and every time you say my name, acknowledge me, I'm there
resting in your skull
I swear to everything that made us what we were, I'll tear the states between us apart
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021