I am starving for reasons and any motivation I can find
cause my hopes and energy was stolen by thieves
they entered in the night when I was asleep
and they left in the morning I think they crept through my window
leaving an empty shell
someday the rain will wash it all away
and I wonder if we will swim
or maybe we just drown
and swallow all the water
that should have washed away our guilt and all of our sins
unless the sun burns us first
and I wonder where did they take all the parts
that as one used to be me
but hope isn’t dead unless I am
so please someone wake me up and help me catch the thieves
did I ever wake at all
cause it feels like I am sleepwalking through my own life
cause nothing is ever changing and anything I ever had or have
isn’t capable of filling the void
who but myself will lift me up my feet
to face this mess to satisfy my needs
I can hear it in every corner in this city
what we have to do is compete
and I wonder where did they take all the parts
that as one used to be me
but hope isn’t dead unless I am
so please someone help me catch the thieves
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