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The Second Phase

by The Second Phase

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Drowned out cries in this bottomless sinkhole Cement shoes dragging myself with them on their torturous journey With the waters rising With the waters rising, deliberately and ever so carefully Inching up towards this immobile self Frantic screams reduced to nothing Wounds burning in the salt waters Suffer the consequences of those before and after Suffer the consequences Isolated, the fear inside me gnaws away The worst of me placed against these fabricated worlds Placed here to rip myself apart A fevered dream of mine The unforgivable astringent nature Chaos, placidity, one the same of the opposite A lyrical metaphor of our own personal strife Averted by, pursued by, filled and emptied A paradoxical mess that is a definition of our actions Paralytic; drained & leeched These dreams of ours become the parasites of our lives With the waters rising, deliberately and ever so carefully Inching up towards this immobile self Screams reduced to nothing Isolated, the fear inside me gnaws away The worst of me placed against these fabricated worlds Placed here to rip myself apart A fevered dream of mine and the unforgivable astringent nature of this reality Paralytic; drained & leeched These dreams become a parasite
2.
I can count on not counting on you I see the apathy building inside You’ve come to bullshit Why can’t you realize the depth of your ego? Loss of ambition With empty hands, we are plagued without a cause It’s not hard to understand, we’re always staring at the hour hand Put things into perspective: what’s our perception of this world around us? Ignite the fire, the embers will never fade Are we supposed to feel complete? Our world is crumbling Such a waste of a masterpiece It seems there is no return to our own paradise I don’t see or feel a light from the coming horizon Where is the warmth I once felt? What is this guilt I now feel? It’s strong, it’s strong We are all pieces, and the picture we make up is distorted And it always fucking will be It’s not hard to understand, we’re always staring at the hour hand Put things into perspective: what’s our perception of this world around us?
3.
Look in my eyes what do you fear? In this verse of time, We are but memories to our future selves A growing passiveness, I’m pulled away Can’t we be free? Shattered are these dreams, They’re broken at my feet Never to be revived Now it’s all obscured Drained out by the visions of what this could have been Now live on drenched in fucking regret what has be come of this life, and all of the events that lead up to this failure Does anybody want to see The last fragment of this ambit of sanity dispersing fragments of my sanity becoming lost in the abyss, of this psychotic fear, falling towards the unknown, Now, losing hope and all life, in a psychotic fear, dragged down farther in this hell. The nights we’ve laid waste Stripped of all hope, stripped of all heart We stood in atrophy with no limit now on what there’s to be Don’t let these dreams fucking die I can be free Letting go Shattered are these dreams, I’m broken on my knees Never to come to life So clear a path that’s for the new Though desolate and stark we seem Look in my eyes, break the lies that we’ve shrouded in fear
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Constant 04:18
My mind stays awake, my body tries to sleep The act of thinking is too hard to overcome It brings out the worst in me, the worst in me My mind's eye blurred beyond compare What can I do to see through the fragments? Fragments of my soon to be nightmares Involuntary nightmares I swear to know what will become of me (X2) I’ve been waiting for a break from this overload, in my head Constant in my eyes, turn around I’ve been sick at the thought of what the future holds I can’t wait any longer, the feelings never been stronger Get out of my head Thought disappear Transporter, take me away to a place of total silence I want to hear and feel the tranquility It’s just an anomaly; imagination is strong, Control the feelings deep inside It’s so tempting, but I will control myself I will control myself The day comes to a close, Churning moving feeling Don’t let this direct you You are the king of yourself, the king of yourself I’ve been waiting for a break from this overload, in my head Constant in my eyes, turn around I’ve been sick at the thought of what the future holds Get out, get out of my head. I will restore myself
5.
Well it looks like their ears are screwed tight shut, With the look on their faces like they don’t give a fuck The world we live in has tainted their minds To believe the same stupid lies Told time after time I want to have hope this world will one day change But it’s impossible with all of these broken statues Standing tall all up over you Now I’m here to tell some truth You are who you are so don’t fuck with it Shut out what you’ve heard, don’t think solely through the mirror These days are in need of serious change, Look across the world we live in We are here to make our voices loud So don’t jump into the maws of this hell Couldn’t there be something waiting to thrive Caged inside and you won’t let it out Stop pretending what you aren’t This life wants you and all of you to thrive These days are in need of serious change, Look across the world we live in We are here to make our voices loud So don’t jump into the maws of this hell Be the one to let yourself go Look to them and say I won’t follow you There is no template for your own life Stop pretending to be what you aren’t This life wants you and only the real you To thrive You are who you are, so don’t fuck with it
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Endeavours 07:18
An abscess so malign and filled with hate Merging to who i am, a parasitic symbiosis Left spent and burnt out, unable to tread any longer Drowning deep in flames, falling out of connect With the assurance of this disquietude and dysphoria becoming dead and stripped of all ambitions and hope Witness the rise, the triumph of all around me Letting go, falling into the abyss, saturated in fear Rage and fear, all factors of this resentment Nothing can will away my perseverance Wiping blood sweat and tears, from my eyes and- Grit my teeth, now set these broken bones back in place. Nothing left for me, Though I'm still bound by ties, To the monster I once was Parasitic symbiosis With the assurance of this disquietude and dysphoria Becoming dead and stripped of all ambitions and now all hope Drowning deep in flames, this hell falling out of connect with myself The coward’s tale is one i will never heed trampled over left behind and hung up to bleed Persevering, never yielding, it won’t stop me Breaking through the lies to set myself straight. A parasitic degradative cyst, merging to who i am A parasitic degradative cyst, becoming all i know Rage and fear, all factors of this resentment Nothing can will away my perseverance Wiping blood sweat and tears, from my eyes and- Grit my teeth, now set these broken bones back in place A parasitic symbiosis; degradative, hateful cyst

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released June 24, 2016

Written by The Second Phase
Produced by Connor Martin and Cam Doner
Mixed and Mastered by Cam Doner
Artwork by Daniel Wagner at D-Dub Designs

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The Second Phase is a metalcore band from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After a number of lineup changes, the band has never been so strong since it's formation in 2010. With influences like Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, Periphery and many more, they strive to challenge themselves, create music that stands out, and put on a killer show. ... more

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