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All Mimsy Were The Borogoves

from Paralysis by Hands Of A Saviour

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No self esteem; no self respect; no sense of self at all –
all in all: no-sensory overload.
I’ve been idle for the longest time
and how the devil has been working on
these idyllic hands of mine.
All mimsy were the Borogoves –
I've been killing time but only heaven knows how.
Another year passed by; fading away into the black of night.

Now I don't want to be another charity case
but I’m lost and I feel so empty.
There is no real me – only an entity;
something illusory – totally vacant.
I wonder which of my make-believe-mes they find less flagrant.

But here's something for free: you go in on one of mine, I'm coming for you. Now here's the scoop: even though that's a lie, I just wanted to try that one on for size. That's how I fantasize - thinking I'm a real man. Guess that's my deal, man. 'Cause the truth is - and this is ruthless – every time I flex, I feel useless.

But that's all I know.
“Trust nothing; love no one” - look what that gave me.
I hate the taste, but it made me
whatever it is that’s making me stare at the wall.
If I've got the gall and I fall in love,
could she love me enough for both of us?

How are you going to love someone
who wants to be somebody else?
Telling me that I’m always too hard on myself,
but I do not believe it when you tell me that I’m better than I do it -
I can't see it; you don't mean it; cannot prove it.
And I don’t want to be feeling like a vagabond forever,
but I don’t know what I’m seeing when I’m looking in the mirror
so I find it kind of hard to make the feelings any clearer.
All I’m hearing from that figure is this:

“I don't want to see your family cry;
I don’t want to read your vital signs;
I don’t want to end your life, but I
want to see the light fade from your eyes.”

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from Paralysis, released January 18, 2016

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Machine-gun vocals, dissonant grooves and heavy, technical metalcore from North London, England.

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