The Shapes and Shadows

from In the Event of Emergency by Nightmare Scenario

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lyrics

Dark
the darkest sea
Starving lights
Cease to be

Hope
Tunnels down
A swirling hole
of where I used to be

Drowned
Can’t come up
Drowned
It’s too much

Ripples from the past
A choir of currents
Runs deep inside

Adrift and alone
My hands keep grasping
At the rays of light

No future feels quite right
Weightless surrender
Dressed in new skin
 Oblong shapes
Muddied vision
Bleeding buoyancy

(In my dreams)
 In my dreams I’m drowning
I can hardly be seen
through the lines
of breaking waves
 Even though I’m drowning
A deepened calm surrounds me
This new form
Loose skin uniform

In my dreams I’m drowning
 Pull the chord
Rapid eye movement
Vacuum chamber simulcast

(That swarm around and cloud the sea)

I can’t control
The things above
 Even though I’m drowning
 A still life
Posing in the frame
Vacuum chamber simulcast

I can’t control
The things above
That swarm around
And cloud the sea
This new skin shield
Envelops me

Why are you
Why are you here?

(Why are you here?
What are you hoping to get out of this?)

Why are you
Why are you here?

(How does that make you feel?
Describe your dreams to me..)

I don’t want to change
what brought me here
I don’t want to sleep in fear
I don’t want to be defined
by the living suit
wrapped around me
I am held suspended
by the colors,
by the muted sounds,
the shapes and shadows

There’s no way out

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from In the Event of Emergency, released June 2, 2023
Vocals/Lyrics: Tommy Rogers, Dan Briggs
Drums: Will Goodyear

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