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The Portrait - EP

by SVCRED

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1.
Empire 04:06
Take my crown I’ve crossed the line, left vacant Passion’s throne Ill-fated, overgrown Charmed by death The prophet swore he’d save me Now I’ve got something to say We left it all behind Draw deep the breath we can’t deny We’ve all got something to hide Choke down a breath as we deny This is the breaking point. If we had time If we had time Life in the empire’s taken its toll So blind my eyes I'll pay your price And wash away my… Tear me down Ignore the signs I’m vacant So, I’m free There’s nothing left of me Pray to death And maybe she’ll remake me Now I’ve got something to say We left it all behind Draw deep the breath we can’t deny We’ve all got something to hide Choke down a breath as we deny This is the breaking point. If we had time If we had time Life in the empire’s taken its toll So blind my eyes I'll pay your price And wash away my… My love, my hate, my heart, my soul (The fear takes hold) Would time erase this broken home? (It takes its toll) (It takes its toll) Always waiting, Searching for the sound Hope was fading Here, still, wishing we'd be found The lie to keep us whole The lives we never sold The lie to keep control We left it all behind Draw deep the breath we can’t deny We’ve all got something to hide Choke down a breath as we deny This is the breaking point. If we had time If we had time Life in the empire’s taken its toll So blind my eyes I'll pay your price And wash away my… My love, my hate, my heart, my soul (The fear takes hold) Would time erase this broken home? (It takes its toll) (It takes its toll)
2.
The Portrait 03:39
Daylight dies, I hear them crying All you do it leaves me sighing Oh, I speak your name It starts again Daylight dies, I hear them crying All you do it leaves me sighing Oh, I speak your name It starts again Now I’m going insane Slipping swiftly into sin I can’t erase You told me you’d save (I speak your name) Under the moon you taught me scorn the son I heard the sweetest song So strange You don’t change Sip of my wounds I can’t complete you Desperate we’ll claw at the frame This portrait tomb It soon depletes you Choke on the filth you became It starts again. Now I know it’s a game Every whisper, every touch, every new face We’ve broken the chains (I speak your name) Under the moon I tasted all you’d lost I cared not for the cost So strange You don’t change Daylight dies, I hear them crying All you do it leaves me sighing Oh, I speak your name It starts again Daylight dies, I hear them crying All you do it leaves me sighing Oh, I speak your name It starts again Sip of my wounds I can’t complete you Desperate we’ll claw at the frame This portrait tomb It soon depletes you Choke on the filth you became It starts again. It starts again Daylight dies, I hear them crying All you do it leaves me sighing Oh, I speak your name It starts again
3.
Paper Skin 03:26
I’ve seen your faith, it’s grown deathly thin It’s just a delusion wrapped up in paper skin I know you’ve cast off the divine So hide behind your lies Everybody will see the end Yes everybody will see the end Apocalyptic The smile behind your eyes The demons you can't hide It's cataclysmic The way you've redefined Your darkness into light You’ve held on But the mask’s gone Your soul’s lost in a war that can't be won Apocalyptic I fear our time is nigh I fear our time is up Night plagues you only with fractured dreams You're nothing, a tiny cog in the grand machine Come morning light will warm your face For you've abandoned grace Apocalyptic The smile behind your eyes The demons you can't hide It's cataclysmic The way you've redefined Your darkness into light You’ve held on But the mask’s gone Your soul’s lost in a war that can't be won Apocalyptic I fear our time is nigh I fear our time is up Round and round This maudlin dance We lost ourselves We caught the scent See everybody pretends, my friend So nobody will ascend, my friend Spit in the eye of heaven-sent With notions that they don't pretend Not one of them will ascend, my friend So everybody will see the end Yes everybody will see the end Yes everybody will see the end Yes everybody will see the end I promise you that you'll see the end Apocalyptic The smile behind your eyes The demons you can't hide It's cataclysmic The way you've redefined Your darkness into light You’ve held on But the mask’s gone Your soul’s lost in a war that can't be won Apocalyptic I fear our time is nigh I fear our time is up Our time is nigh Our time is up Our time is nigh Our time is up
4.
Black Thorns 04:17
Who will join me in this wake? Embrace my sin, then watch me break I've fought the tide I've challenged fate (There's no escape) The darkest dreams still bind me Choke each word; hope never finds me This place is not my home (It's all I've ever known) But it's not home I can't let go (Oh oh oh oh) Black thorns at the edge of every thought (Oh oh oh oh) It's in the blood It's in the blood Again this heart slips from my hold Obsessively I crave control I once knew peace You took it all (You left me war) In sorrow's haze you claim me Stoke my fire, then suffocate me This face is not my own (It's all I've ever known) I can feel your pulse; it's thunderous to me Like a starless night it's all consuming Disappear, we'll taste the sky Trace my lips along your thigh, You're mine. (Oh oh oh oh) Black thorns at the edge of every thought (Oh oh oh oh) It's in the blood It's in the blood (Oh oh oh oh) Black thorns at the edge of every thought (Oh oh oh oh) It can't be stopped It can't be stopped This is all I've ever known A long and lonely road Searching for a place to call home This is all I've ever known In silence, oh so cold, Endlessly, I'm searching for a face of my own (Oh oh oh oh) Black thorns at the edge of every thought (Oh oh oh oh) It's in the blood It's in the blood (Oh oh oh oh) Black thorns at the edge of every thought (Oh oh oh oh) It can't be stopped It can't be stopped
5.
The Dark 03:55
There's nothing left here but silence and rage This room left vacant, it echoes her name It been so damn long; how can I face them again? Now that I've realised we were the same Through the ice, I watched her (Fall) (I watched her fall) Unloved Losing light, I couldn't (Hold) I couldn’t hold her heart Winter's touch has killed the fire Stripped the warmth from her desire It's my fault (It's my fault) Leave me to the dark There’ll be no cleansing of hands caked with blood A cruel reminder, left comfortably numb As doubt takes the reigns, I question all that I've done I wonder if she found peace up above Through the ice, I watched her (Fall) (I watched her fall) Unloved Losing light, I couldn't (Hold) I couldn’t hold her heart Winter's touch has killed the fire Stripped the warmth from her desire It's my fault (It's my fault) Leave me to the dark Through the ice I watched her fall, unloved Losing light I couldn't hold…her heart Through the ice, I watched her (Fall) (I watched her fall) Unloved Losing light, I couldn't (Hold) I couldn’t hold her heart Winter's touch has killed the fire Stripped the warmth from her desire It's my fault (It's my fault) Leave me to the dark Through the ice I watched her fall, unloved Losing light I couldn't hold her heart Winter's touch has killed the fire Stripped the warmth from her desire It's my fault Leave me to the dark

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released May 30, 2018

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