brake light shards scattered in the brush
dead seeds, a monument to nothing
sun-faded headshots, so easy to forget
the aftermath of skidmarks veering to the left
a dormant intention chained to the bottom of a sunken spaceship
drifts endlessly out of reach
as a silent informant gasps for air
ancestral visions sinking out of frame
“where do they go?” and “is it all the same?”
this callous world beats upon my threadbare heart
should i cut the strings or patch it up?
all’s well that ends well, but what if ending never comes?
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