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lyrics

That rhythm
Means life
A thud thudding
An onward march past the present
To an unknown void worth reaching
Cause this present’s water's getting dark
My clothes are getting heavy
And that beat is slow

Step and step
And a step for a step
Moving through a war I have no part in
A war
An unwinnable war that is not mine to be won
Whose resolution I can announce
If only my friends weren’t deafened from
Fire and brimstone bursts
And cannon fodder

This beat that fuels us
Lets us know we live
This beat that told me I was alive
But how naive this beat
When now I realize that the ones I care for can only hear it
As they stain my shirt with salt and masquera
And bury their heads in the sand of my shoulder
This beat is not with them
I said once this was a choice
I realize now this was a question with no answer

This beat that tells us how alive we must feel
When the only real feeling
Is the beat of heads against walls
To remind these cursed soldiers that they do still feel pain
I do not understand you brothers and sisters
I do not need to understand you
I feel the beat inside me
Believe in my beat
For as long as this beat moves me forward
I shall get you all home

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from Around The Bend, released December 10, 2017
Lyrics by Dante Chambers. Composition and mixing by Kiefer Nemeth.

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