Slumbering eyes deserted from life
Stagnant breaths buried deep in my chest
Apathy flows through every pore of this flesh
Lay this soul to rest, lay these bones to rest
A faceless crowd, carrying their woes
With tired shoulders, dressed in rust
A thought still lingers upon my toungue
An outgrown desire of letting go
Eyes wide shut
Your eyes have sunken to depths unknown
And I'm aware my thoughts are being controlled
But time slips through our fingers and dissolve
When we realise our love's grown old and cold
credits
from Still Waters Run Deep,
released October 29, 2013
Music written & performed by Totem Skin
Lyrics by Christoffer Öster
Mixed, mastered & engineered by Lewis Johns
Assistant Engineered by Tony James
Recorded at the Ranch Production House
supported by 75 fans who also own “Atrophy Of The Heart”
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
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
supported by 65 fans who also own “Atrophy Of The Heart”
Hearing the songs while reading the narrative behind the lyrics, I felt overwhelmed by this tragic story in which humans and artificial intelligence couldn't coexist side by side. Their reciprocal annihilation was inevitable. Except one "sole survivor, in a ship filled with memories. She had become the proof of Earth, proof that life had existed there, a voice for all the species and beauty we once knew". A dystopian concept dressed up in brilliant musicianship! @Slevin, thanks, I owe it to you! Umbra Cornuta