planes and trains took you away were never ending chasing with no consequence your new obsession you always went alone you never trusted anyone how far will you go to forget where you're from oh god I always felt like you were such a stranger and I know the farther you go I'll need you closer oh god I always felt like you were such a stranger from a tale of a life that I once called my own with the fear that you'd escape my contradiction could this be a lesson learned or all for nothing oh will I ever feel what I felt with anyone how far must I go to forget what I've done and you wonder how you'd ever fathomed how you would be content would the places that you traveled to someday be filled with friends that you threw away back home and said you'd find them all again would I just be just like them a replacement in the end
The verse "Can't even buy a coffee without exploiting someone" got me. It really hits hard. For the entire length of the album it felt like the end of the world.
But to be perfectly honest, it's just how life is these days. And it's fucked up. szczur
viscerally affected by covid, this album has a less optimistic but more accepting message than the previous. it reaches the heart of my experience (and others'?) in a cathartic and depressing acknowledgement. it's nice to know you feel the same niq
TV Priest's second record springs forth with a tension, dynamism, and crunch not often found in this brand of broody, shouty post-punk. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 16, 2022