1. |
||||
|
How many times have you caught yourself
Looking up at the reflection of a too bright sun
Among a softer audience?
Trapped in orbit that goes from hot to cold
With no in-between, unable to sustain life
Heart like a comet, going fast and frigid
Leaving a trail none ought follow
Except from far away, through the looking glass
Did it ever make you feel less empty
All that dark matter like black canvas
Seating an audience trillions strong
With everywhere to look but you?
Jupiter ever make you jealous
With all those it holds close?
Reminding you of who you miss
Wondering what would it be like
To be so heavy that no-one could get away?
And so you crash against some other body
Just to make an impact, even if all you left was a crater
At least that would put you on the map
All these others with their pretty rings
Turning brilliantly, lighter than air
As you stumble lightless and listlessly
Wishing you could fall apart like a rocket in flight
Pushing for that next stage
Leaving sections of yourself all along the way
Wondering what it feels like
To feel full of something other than phantom pain
And forced feelings
Caught without the sun
Starting your own fires
Filling yourself with fuel
Pulling hard on that ember
Like it's your fuse to go off
And then, it's over
And here you are, just the same
No nova past that; the light is out
Just a black hole, missing the horizon
Caught within its field
|
||||
2. |
Comets for Eyes
03:29
|
|||
|
Craters cover my skin
Reducing the past to impacts
Sprawled across my wrists, producing the memories
How can you believe what you think
Is true
Your self-worth is not dependent on what those people think
Sleeping at night
To avoid the lies
And I can't close my eyes
'Cause there's always the light
I can't see me in the future anymore
A straight trajectory aimed in between
Comets for eyes, they burn bright
The exit wound ejects the frozen fumes
I can see you now
I can see you now
I can see you now
Pristine colors surround me
Please don't leave me
Come out of the darkness and back to me
|
||||
3. |
Ringing
04:15
|
|||
|
I gave it my all, it was the best that I had
But it's funny though, 'cause the best that I had was
Waking up at all
My heart is diseased with narcotic excuses
Look away, you won't feel the pain
Maybe if I cover up with metaphors that are obscure
I won't feel so ashamed
A universe inside my eyes
Each star fades with the dying light
The puncture wounds on my arm
Bleed the life of nebulae afar
The last pulsar beats in my neck
The last pulsar beats in my neck
There is no up, there is no down
Only the space that fills my skull with ringing sounds
(Silence reminds me of why I'm alive
The light, my eyes, try to live behind
The broken white space that leads to these lies
Maybe soon I should say that it's my time)
|
||||
4. |
Get It Right
04:00
|
|||
|
It's too late to go back home
With cheap beer on my breath
I promised I wouldn't drink and drive tonight
I gotta walk it off
'Cause I can never get it right
And there's one last shot at the bottom of the bottle
And here's my last shot, 'cause I can never get it right
My dependency has its hold on me
'Cause I can never get it right
|
||||
5. |
Endless
04:27
|
|||
|
For days I sleep
Stuck in an endless painkiller dream
With arms outstretched to you
Come pull the curtains back
The sun bleeds in through cracked eyelids
(Why does the sun come out?)
Wish I couldn't wake up again, couldn't wake up again
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
Would pull the trigger but it wouldn't do anything)
Wish I couldn't wake up again, couldn't wake up again
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
The thoughts of sorrow with no ending of self-defeat)
For days I sleep
My script is out again
All my sorrows
Gotta wash em away with a bottle of Heaven Hill
I don't know how I made it this time
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
Would pull the trigger but it wouldn't do anything)
I don't know how I made it this time
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
The thoughts of sorrow with no ending of self-defeat)
I wished I couldn't wake up again
(Wishing all my fears would come back to me
Thinking maybe that my demons are out for me)
I don't know how I made it this time
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
Would pull the trigger but it wouldn't do anything)
Wished I couldn't wake up again, couldn't wake up again
(The dreams mitigate my missing reality
The thoughts of sorrow with no ending of self-defeat)
I wished I couldn't wake up again
But I woke up again
|
||||
6. |
Because
03:32
|
|||
|
You make the claim that you want the best for me
Like it's so hard to see what's underneath
I tried my best to quit the beast
But its claws are now part of me
I drink the fire and as it burns my throat I choke on weak excuses
I used to blame it on shitty outcomes
But I know it's all
Because of me
It's all because of me that
This house went up in flames
It's all because of me that
Things just stay the same
So I just grit my teeth and smile through the pain
It's all because of me
Two years clean but narcotic fits still rage inside of me
|
||||
7. |
Y
04:30
|
|||
|
What if I told you who I am
Would you stay, or would you leave?
There are lies behind my eyes
But no one believes me
My knees hit the pavement
And I yell at the sky
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
Doors slam before I can tell you how I feel
I can't open up, no I can't open up
My skeleton is just a cage for my voice
I cannot speak a word
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
"Why can't I get it right?"
|
||||
8. |
Worse
05:55
|
|||
|
Drop me off
On the side of the road
But I don't want to go
And I don't want to be alone
You hold my hand
So I don't fall
When I'm too drunk to stand on my own
When it's too quiet
You get so afraid
That I'm hurting myself again
But i just want it to end
I'm sorry I fucked up this time
And I'm sorry for the things that I've done
It's killing me that it's killing you
My dependency has me too far gone
And I swear I'll get help
A floor covered in bile and whiskey
And scars across my veins
Is just another excuse
To keep everything from you
I've been sleeping in this bed for days
But there's nothing I can take to keep the thoughts away
I've been sleeping in this bed for days
And there's nothing you can say to keep me awake
|
||||
9. |
Apologize
05:16
|
|||
|
Inching back and forth in the space between
Uncertainty and constantly regretting everything I do
I exhale ketone breath and bottle up the rest
My hair smells of smoke, but I don't care anymore
Squeeze shut my eyes
And apologize
In the middle of the street pleading with the sky again
Wake me when it ends
My glazed over eyes can tell no lies
Did I pinch a nerve in the back of your throat?
Why can't you tell me you love me anymore?
Squeeze shut my eyes
And apologize
You deserve so much better than me
So much more than I can give
So I apologize
So I apologize
So I apologize
Apologize
|
||||
10. |
Better
07:14
|
|||
|
Translate your faces into words
Say what you mean when your eyes lock mine
And look away
Cause I know you feel just as trashy as I do
I'm not giving up on you
Oh, I'm not giving up on you
Oh, I'm not giving up on you
Oh, I'm not giving up
I can't help the way I feel
Cause when I'm with you
It makes me feel better
But I can't help the way I feel
Cause when I'm with you
It makes me feel better
I can't help the way I feel
Cause when I'm with you
It makes me feel better
I can't help the way I feel
Cause when I'm with you
It makes me feel better
I'm not giving up on you
I'm not giving up on you
I'm not giving up on you
I'm not giving up on you
Distinctive memories pushing through my veins
Repeating images that I can't escape
Lights fill the sky as they're heading my way
I think the love of my life is seeing God's face
|
||||
Laith Jonesboro, Arkansas
Laith is an indie/post-emo band from Jonesboro, AR. The band consists of Chenoa Summers (vocals/guitar), Trevor Scudder (vocals/guitar), Alex Washam (vocals/drums), Jeremy Jackson (bass), and Austin Turbeville (synth/keys). Their influences include Coheed and Cambria, Silverstein, Bayside, Foxing, and Brand New. ... more
Laith recommends:
Spirit Cuntz adds something different to the LR music scene with their female-fronted grungy, gritty punk.
go to album
Sayonara Oblongata
by Couch Jackets
Dance boi rock - their newest album is great. Kamels is so blatantly honest and is our favorite off the album.
go to album
Everything In Transit
by Pancho Casanova
This is our favorite album by our favorite people of all time <3
go to albumIf you like Laith, you may also like:
Throwing mathcore, emo, and ambient into the mix, Estonia's Kaschalot push progressive rock's multitasking approach to its limits.
go to album
The beloved Japanese post-hardcore group return after three long years away with two new dynamic, heartfelt tracks.
go to album
The Edge Of The Light
by Floating In Space
The aptly-named Floating in Space write songs as big as the night sky, misty layers of synth dotted with rolling, elegiac piano.
go to album
