Hiroshima. All our black clouds collide.
And "what does it mean when our shadows won’t fade
off of this concrete?"
We live our lives the same way.
Drink the nights, watch the days fade away.
Celebrate as bodies rot,
stretched against concrete.
The sky opened up.
Our little boy falls to the ground.
The sky opened up.
The fat man falls to the ground.
This city covered in silence.
Uncharacteristic like the ash covering sidewalks.
Sort through the remains all day
of your loved ones trapped under debris
or your thoughts plague by the images
of buildings falling onto these sidewalks.
The sky opened up.
Another one jumps — and hits the ground.
The sky opened up.
Hubris trips on stolen ground.
They'll leave
nothing
behind,
behind.
Our lover
whispers:
"I’ll kill you
before I leave you.
Before it stops.”
Make it stop.
Make it stop.
Make it stop.
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