The Agonist-Waiting out the winter(lyrics)

Which is more elusive: freedom or sanity?
When one disappears, the other follows so quickly
Certain species, races, beings are gifted, you see
with the power to rob us of either
should they feel so inclined to bother

The land is run by a man-made set of rules
described as Holy or patriotic tools
Ethics are invented, although a consciousness is not
Adamant beliefs are highly protected
and when challenged frequently emerge victorious

You can't speak, think or feel
Severed wings never heal
So justifies the kill

Wait out the winter
Under forced custody
The static cold feels more like home
than this open-armed penitentiary
and we embrace the comfort of lost liberty

So fictile is identity without self-governance
That's why free-thinkers always feel so lost and desperate

And I just witnessed my first death
I watched the last escaping breath
I just saw a life turn into death
For them to claim it doesn't count is reckless, blind ignorance

A cry for help - silenced
I saw her go... I don't know where
a frightened stare became a lifeless glare

Suddenly she was no longer there with me
although I'm there with her
I didn't know when it was okay to exhale
The excuse-making race decides
that breaking their own laws applies
But taking any life is wrong
I feel the pain for every one

Though you can stand, learn, still ignore
the weight of knowledge cracks glass floors
Ink runs quickly, blood runs slow
So wait for the rain waters to flood the snow

Wait out the winter
Under forced custody
The static cold feels more like home
than this open-armed penitentiary
and we embrace the comfort of...

Disgrace yourself because you've caged yourself in
Destined path's a dead-end
Eyes take snapshots from broken clocks
Motion slows to a sleep-walk
and senses shut down with the frost
and all is ending
Mental hibernation

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[HeartShapedBox4]

this band is far underrated

[6al6is6]

it's not only the vocals,growls and music of this band but also the ethics they present in their songs that makes me just love em =]

the meanings and the hidden messages of their songs are even deeper than the ones in the writings of ancient Greek philosophers, althought it is easier to understand here... =P

[nightgathering]

@6al6is6 I do agree, I love their lyrics and ethic, and the fact that Alissa is a vegan, she rules!

[Malignus1000]

One of these things is not like the others(the guy second from right kinda looks outta place)

[dorkymetalfan]

I love these guys! It's great to have a band where the female screams/growls :)

[hock3y4lyf3]

i subbed JUST because you said that :P

[salvabas]

Los instrumentos y la voz también le dan un aire gótico al grupo

[funkinthechili]

@xxEthsxx No they're not metalcore. They may have metalcore elements, just as they have death metal elements, but they don't fall strictly into either one. And that's what makes them awesome--they span genres. I can hear clear elements of Arch Enemy, Bleeding Through, Unearth, Opeth, Lamb of God, and even a touch of Cradle of Filth throughout this album. I can even call out what parts of which songs sound like those bands.

[212metalhead]

My god this album is so fucking awesome, WAY BETTER than Once Only Imagined

[vatoloco22]

@xxEthsxx lol not really, they have melodic death metal elements in them, some of their songs are more melodic death metal then metalcore, soo i guess you can catagorize them as metalcore/melodic death metal.

[xxEthsxx]

they are metalcore not Death Metal but I get the point

[vatoloco22]

@HeartShapedBox4 Agreed, its cause their death metal and canadian =P i bet if they were like rnb and american everyone would know them