1. |
Bend Don't Break
05:07
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If the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Would it change a thing (about their disbelief)
Or sew the seeds for the same mistake?
If the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Don't let the high winds take you down
When pain becomes a cold sensation
Neither good or bad
Any feeling, even fleeting
Becomes the goal
When life is but a destination
Along a broken path
Every step feels like a million miles
And walking feels like a broken record
But if the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Would it change a thing (about their disbelief)
Or sew the seeds for the same mistake?
If the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Don't let the high winds take you down
When dreams and altered states bring comfort
That sober hours lack
Weigh the options
Tip the scale cautiously
But don't let it fall
Yeah don't let it fall
Cause if the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Would it change a thing (about their disbelief)
Or sew the seeds for the same mistake?
If the yucca can stand so tall (no matter what the ache)
I wish I could see them now (to tell em)
Bend don't break
Don't let the high winds take you
Don't let the high winds take you down
Stand your ground
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You wear your crown
Like someone so sure of their place
Surrounded by
Those who'd never talk shit to your face
Secure in nothing now
You made a final vow
That you don't need us, but look who's come crawling back
The time has come and gone
Your second chance withdrawn
And the sun is blazing on your back
The clouds won't catch you when you fall
What you thought you had now seems so small
And while you drown the oceans rise
Just like Icarus you're still surprised
Simmer down
Before you boil over and make a huge mess
And this story might not make you cry
But the ending, you'll never guess
Secure in nothing now
You made a final vow
That you don't need us, but look who's come crawling back
The time has come and gone
Your second chance withdrawn
And the sun is blazing on your back
The clouds won't catch you when you fall
What you thought you had now seems so small
And while you drown the oceans rise
Just like Icarus you're still surprised
I don't need your half-assed lies
Your decisions will be your demise
Flying solo up so high
Clouds won't catch you, and I bet they won't even try
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Just like Icarus
Secure in nothing now
You made a final vow
That you don't need us, but look who's come crawling back
The time has come and gone
Your second chance withdrawn
And the sun is blazing on your back
The clouds won't catch you when you fall
What you thought you had now seems so small
And while you drown the oceans rise
Just like Icarus you're still surprised
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3. |
The Others
05:16
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Human nature makes us think there's someone out to get us
Even though that's not always the case
Looking left and right for opposition
But never looking inwards, knowing something's out of place
Him and her and they know nothing anyways
So disregard their validity, and call them vicious names
Give me 10 good reasons why you know they must be wrong
And maybe I'll consider sparing you as a target of this song
You all fall victim to a system that's designed to hold us back
I'm no exception, my direction being veered away from fact
The fiction causes friction, this we know but don't wanna understand
Demand a better way that doesn't make you hate your fellow man
Just because I share your views
Doesn't mean that I'm with you
Or with anyone who claims
That just the others are to blame
Blame
Are to blame
If you have your facts and I have mine
Then where do our opinions lie?
Running in circles does no good
But nobody wants their enemies to be understood
Like the wind in my face
On a harsh winter's day
You just keep pushing back
But it's fine this way
Cause positions can never stay locked
And time is the key
Like the wind in my face
On a harsh winter's day
Thought you'd leave us by now
But it seems you'll stay
Just as long as the feeble minded
Allow you to breathe
You all fall victim to a system that's designed to hold us back
I'm no exception, my direction being veered away from fact
The fiction causes friction, this we know but don't wanna understand
Demand a better way that doesn't make you hate your fellow man
Just because I share your views
Doesn't mean that I'm with you
Or with anyone who claims
That nothing's ever gonna change
Just because I share your views
Doesn't mean that I'm with you
Or with anyone who claims
That just the others are to blame
Woah
Woah
Woah
Woah
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4. |
52!
07:28
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5. |
False Alarm
05:27
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Just someone's name
To some poor doctor who must bring the awful news
No one to blame
So where does all the anger and the pain diffuse?
Into your heart?
Your soul?
A deep dark hole?
A fatal tragedy
With far too much debris
False alarm, but the threat is all too real
And isn't seen till it's too late
Broken heart makes me wish for some control
In this erratic world
You were a light
To many people, but now heaviness remains
And far too young
Without a goodbye or a final word, it pains
Me to wonder why
And how
Could God allow?
It's almost not worth thought
But can't be left unsought
False alarm, but the threat is all too real
And isn't seen till it's too late
Broken heart makes me wish for some control
In this erratic world
That spins faster every day
Our timeless ball
I wish you could've stayed
But we'll all fall sooner or later
So make sure that they know
Into the summer
Let it burn
Into the summer
Let his memory burn
Into the summer
Like a sun
Into the summer
Let it burn
Into the summer
Let his memory burn
Into the summer
Like a sun
Into the summer
Let it burn
Into the summer
Let his memory burn
Into the summer
Like a sun
Your wings will take you far beyond
False alarm, but the threat is all too real
And isn't seen till it's too late
Broken heart makes me wish for some control
In this erratic world
That spins faster every day
Our timeless ball
I wish you could've stayed
But we'll all fall sooner or later
So make sure that they know
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6. |
Windowsill
06:31
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Just another day
Another day where all hope flies out the window
And finds another soul that needs it more
Wish I could stay
That I could stay here with you every waking moment
But what good would that do you for
Trying my hardest to empathize, not sympathize your plights
Is it working?
If I could do more, I would for sure
But these things don't always have an answer
In plain sight
Like watching rain on your windowsill
Come crashing down against its will
No matter how hard you hope
It's much too slippery of a slope
Like falling rain runs down your window pane
Only to fall down again
And hit the ground without a sound
Void of desire to be found
Just another week
Another week it seems will never fucking end
But then it does, and what will happen then?
Time doesn't stop, I wish it would
But I don't know if even eternity could heal these wounds
Trying my hardest to empathize, not sympathize your plights
Is it working?
Whoa oh
If I could do more, I would for sure
But these things don't always have an answer in plain sight
Like watching rain on your windowsill
Come crashing down against its will
No matter how hard you hope
It's much too slippery of a slope
Like falling rain runs down your window pane
Only to fall down again
And hit the ground without a sound
Void of desire to be found
You've lost your way
It's well out of my hands
And I know you're in foreign lands
But everybody has to find their way
#INSTRUMENTAL
#CHORUS
Like falling rain runs down your window pane
Only to fall down again
And hit the ground without a sound
Void of desire to be found
Just out of my reach
Watching your decline
And wondering how long it'll be till mine
And if anybody's gonna carry me down
Or if just like you I'll drown
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7. |
Providence
02:19
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8. |
Just Here
06:03
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Independence always felt so optional
Something I'd always liked to try
But through circumstances not so optimal
I guess we're just here
Unprepared and understanding none of it
Seems to be the theme this year
Make no mistake we're having such good fun with it
Well, at least while we still can
The sky is blue but so are you
To hell with all those fickle plans you made
They probably didn't matter anyway
You play the part and hope your heart
Can take another disappointment
From the longest "month" in history
Just another Tuesday
Melts into Wednesday
And falls apart into Thursday once again
But thank God it's Friday
That's what they'd all say
A so-called "week end"
But it never really does
So what's your pois-
I mean, how are you handling?
The least we all can do is try
(Right?)
But even that request can be dismantling
When all you wanna do is cry
The seasons change
But we're the same
So say goodbye to old Ms. Springtime
And hello to the brand new paradigm
A rise, a Fall
Reveals the call
Of Mr. Summer, who ain't so far away
But will our inner Winter choose to stay?
Just another Tuesday
Melts into Wednesday
And falls apart into Thursday once again
But thank God it's Friday
That's what they'd all say
A so-called "week end"
But it never really does
Never really does
It never ends
You hope and pray that yesterday comes back
But little do you know the consequence of regression
When all else fails
How do we set sail on a raging sea?
Raging sea
Raging sea
Raging sea
Raging sea
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9. |
Esoteria
05:03
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The clock is ticking as the sunshine fades
Another day with little to report
But the mind still parades
I know the day's not over till it's done
Yet somehow it feels lost before it's begun
Weakness plagues my mind
Thoughts only I can find
And when I do, they never let me go
Din perpetrates my ear
Sounds only I can hear
But God I wish they'd simply fade away
Listen close
The silence grows
How in the hell
Would you know my pain?
When you've never been
Inside my brain?
Trapped in my Esoteria
Saying that you'll be there
Comes to us with such ease
As we struggle with empathetic tendencies
That bring us to our knees
Lies in my eyes
Sights only I could analyze
And take away a message of misfortune
Listen close
The silence knows
How in the hell
Would you know my pain?
When you've never been
Inside my brain?
Trapped in my Esoteria
Trapped in my Esoteria
And if you could see my darkest day
Would you still choose to stay?
Rah
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my Esoteria
Trapped inside my
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10. |
Exoteria
04:15
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Envious of those
Who push forward
As if you're vying for the crown
What you may not realize
Is no one here is king
They've been immobilized
By their thoughts and anxiety
Solitude is your detriment
You are not the only one
It's as if it's been lost in translation
Was it meant to be understood?
Running from a fading sun
Living in an elaborate deception
So what's it matter anyway?
If those who love
Don't know what they're fighting for
Dehumanized along the way
The bottom feeders know
This suppression holding the
World back as we consume the data
Can we not recognize
Misguided disposition?
But the sins of the father
Need not be of the son
Solitude is your detriment
You are not the only one
It's as if it's been lost in translation
Was it meant to be understood?
Running from a fading sun
Living in an elaborate deception
Exoteria waits
Let the sickness decay
Peace of mind is flying by
High off the ground
One day you'll watch it fall
Twisted perceptions
Make you bite the hands that hold
You are not the only one
It's as if it's been lost in translation
Was it meant to be understood?
Running from a fading sun
Living in an elaborate deception
You are not the only one
Break this illusion of isolation
And be free
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11. |
Sequoia
05:12
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No
These seeds of contempt
Have been sewn
Far too fucking long
So let's get this straight
Like you
I'm tryna understand why this is still an issue
Uh
Till this day your stance don't hold no truth
But then again what's new
I just wanna make it through my life without
Your two cents
But that can be a little difficult
When the lawmakers are in a cult, it
Keeps things tense
Just how you seem like it
But I think it's time to loosen up a bit
You act a saint but know you ain't
You permeate the soil you stain
Hiding under the guise of your savior's name
Praying each and every day
But not even the hottest of waters could boil your sins away
Steadfast liars
Perpetrating centuries of hate
Caught in the fires now
I'm sure your victims can relate
My my, the vitriol never ends
You love your neighbor but not if their sexuality bends
Riddled with paranoia
They say you've got a stick in your ass
It just might be a whole sequoia
But I bet you like
The way your disdain fills you up better
Than any kind of pleasure
Cause you'll never know
The things that you refuse to try till the day you die
You follow him but won't give in
You permeate the soil you stain
Hiding under the guise of your savior's name
Praying each and every day
But not even the hottest of waters could boil your sins away
Your delusions are infectious
Like how shadow spreads to light
You hold your ways so preciously
Oblivious to the animus they incite
Steadfast liars
Perpetrating centuries of hate
Caught in the fires now
I'm sure your victims can relate
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12. |
The Weight of Water
06:29
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Hello, could I ask you for your light or even more?
"For sure", you said
I know never too expect too much
But with just a touch
You've left everything I could ask for in the dust
When the silence becomes overwhelming
And I start to drift away
I feel your arms so gently wrap me
As you pull me in to say
"I'm no stranger to the pain
So let me be the one to keep you sane"
If I were ocean floor
And you the seven seas
Then I'd feel the weight of water
Pressing all around me
If I could help you grow
The way that soil grows the trees
Then I'd want for nothing more than
To sustain you patiently
Now I've had my heart broken a couple times
But I've never felt it lift so high
So if one day you have to let me fall
Every single moment would have been worth it all
When I struggle to find happiness
You never fail to make me smile
And hold me close to share your warmth
As we forget the world for a little while
And you say
"I'm no stranger to the pain
So let me be the one to keep you sane"
If I were ocean floor
And you the seven seas
Then I'd feel the weight of water
Pressing all around me
If I could help you grow
The way that soil grows the trees
Then I'd want for nothing more than
To sustain you patiently
And I'll wait for you
If that's what it takes to have you in my arms again
A thousand days would be worth it to see your
Smiling face
Radiate and cast my darkness away
Till another day
Words can't say it
Eyes can't see it
Hands can't touch it
But I can feel it
Words can't say it
Eyes can't see it
Hands can't touch it
But I can feel it
And even when you're thousands of miles away
And I'm yearning for the days that didn't feel so gray
I think of all the times when you said you'd stay
Regardless of how long it has to be this way
And I know you meant it
Cause when I look into your eyes and say it back
I mean it too
For this love, we must endure
Cause I've never needed anyone this bad before
This feeling's so damn heavy that it makes me cry
Don't know if I can carry it but I'll damn sure try
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Vicarious Charlotte, North Carolina
Vicarious is a power trio composed of Brad Williamson (bass/lead vocals), Colin Moser (guitar/vocals), and Zach Winton
(drums).
With "ESOTERIA", the three musicians set out to show the monumental growth that has occurred between this album and their previous releases. Vicarious believes that "Esoteria" is an anthemic prog metal record that will make for a memorable debut.
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