All lyrics written by Travis DeBlois

01. Circles

Verse 1:

Run from cover into the rain, the search for satisfaction,

avoidance allows for the pain, to be covered by it's distraction,

escape plan accessible, I'm just waiting for the moment,

soon as they get too skeptical, put the procedure in motion

Rap Verse 1:

Change the setting yeah, retreat and then, 

repeat the steps, perform' til I complete 'em again,

Am I forgetting what happened before? Open new doors,

I think I was hoping for more,

 Guess I was betting on something new, feel dumb the clues,

were there but I misconstrued,

Now I'm just sweating 'cause I'm living the past,

been driven to madness and I am givin' in fast

Chorus:

And time's not getting slower, 

different endings falling closer,

circles come in waves,

I'm just searching for some closure

 

Verse 2:

Was never part of the harmony, always watching from a distance,

can't relate to conformity, always felt too much resistance,

so I thought I could dig a hole, find another way through the maze,

but it caved as I lost control, all the memories lost in haze

Rap Verse 2:

End up regretting decisions I make, cuz when I break,

I recall the choice I didn't take,

Then end up letting it dominate, it storms the gate,

and I can't think calm or straight,

No peace reflecting on my verdicts, I've tried to fix,

my mind but I'm tired of it,

because expecting things to not revert, to what had hurt,

isn't honest and won't stop their return

(Chorus)

(Trumpet Solo)

(Chorus)

02. Primitive Emotion

Verse 1:

If passion is real, and pain can be healed,

then why won't you stay?

Why won't you stay?

We've tried so hard, to treat all our scars,

so why won't you stay?

Why won't you stay?

You're eyes look strange, you're fading away,

nothing's the same,

nothing's the same

Can't we restart? I'm falling apart,

what is to blame?

What is to blame?

Pre Chorus:

This primitive emotion,  this primitive emotion yeah,

has torn me and burned me so long,

has torn me and burned me so long yeah,

This primitive emotion, this primitive emotion yeah,

has strangled your devotion, has strangled your devotion yeah

Chorus:

And I remember all the ways you were there for me,

all you remember are the names that we'd yell and scream,

and I remember when you'd say you'd always love me,

all you remember are the days when we'd feel defeat,

and I remember all the ways you were there for me,

all you remember are the names that we'd yell and scream,

And I remember when you'd say that you, say that you,

say that you, say that you, say that you'd always love me

Verse 2:

 ("You said that you'd always love, you said that you'd always love me" plays in reverse)

I've noticed the drift, slowly bit by bit,

how could you betray? How could you betray?

I know you are drained, I swear things can change,

but still you'd don't stay,

still you don't stay

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

 

03. Camouflage

Pre Verse:

Remember the days living with no fear?

Before the ways of the wicked became clear?

Now I never keep my eyes closed, my eyes closed

No I never keep my eyes closed, my eyes closed

Verse 1:

All I know is that one day things changed, rearranged, woke up and everything was different,

couldn't tell if I was sane or if games being played, fucked me up and messed with my vision,

Cuz everything that was grey now had color,

slowly walking down the street, just a dog with a collar, I'mma,

take another look back at the past as I ask what did I miss on the first go 'round?

Watch it like a broadcast through the glass and the fact is that it's clear with what I know now,

some people out there that'll kill you for a dollar,

only care if they get bigger even if it makes you smaller,

Hold up!

Chorus:

Eyes open, watch your back,

camouflage keep them wolves off your track,

you gotta camouflage, no applause,

camouflage, no applause, 

camouflage

Pre Verse

Verse 2:

 I was so naive, on my sleeve, I would leave all of my strongest emotions,

and it would please all the thieves, cuz with ease, they knew how to take advantage and control them,

 "Ain't nothing better than a being with no power,

make it easier to take all that we want now watch 'em cower," how are -

we to trust the unjust, the corrupt, when they finally say they wanna help out this time?

And they won't discuss their conduct yet they want us to submit and do it blind,

reach out your hand as I place in it a flower,

maybe peace won't last forever but let's try to buy an hour,

Hold up!

Chorus x2

Verse 3:

The water's getting cold I  can only put my toes in,

very few can drink it they're the ones who are the chosen,

but they are not aware soon the water will be frozen,

on that day we'll be the flood upon the gates soon as they open

Chorus x2

04. No Method

Verse 1:

Keep the options open, never know when I'm gonna need,

an exit opposing what hasn't been guaranteed,

and now everyone's sellin', but there's not enough mouths to feed,

 so nobody's excellin', an outcome forged by greed,

 consider this moment, has the time come to conceed?

Can I fix what's broken? What is it to succeed?

 Can I still continue when there's nothing left to achieve?

Nothing but a tribute to a life never perceived

Chorus:

 No method to the plan,

there is no process,

walk 'til I no longer stand,

No method to the plan,

Leap into the mess,

and I'm just hoping that I land

Verse 2:

 Keep the options open, no confinement to defeat,

experience exposure to every single thing I see,

 the time for decisions is when apprehension breathes,

 escape from it's division, something never done with ease,

 no it's not exclusive, only one rock on the beach,

solution's elusive, always be just within reach,

my head facing forward, but I know not what I seek,

only to move forward and accept what I receive

Chorus

Verse 3:

500 days I been chasing,

mind doing nothing but racing,

I'm doing nothing but pacing,

time doing nothing but erasing,

sighing as I go to face it,

trying to learn to embrace it,

blinded from being complacent,

finding a dream to replace it

Chorus

 

05. The Fog

Chorus:

We see through the fog,

they can't breathe the air,

their lungs filled with smog,

red shines from their glare,

darkness swarms the bog,

what was once dry land,

there's no dialogue, 

only their demands

Verse 1:

Clouds dress the moonlight,

the aura becomes dim,

stay wide awake all night,

grief overflows the brim

Fog x4

Chorus

Verse 2 (Rap):

There's a cloud separating us and them,

to them we're just a crowd irritating to no end,

instead of hearing out what we say and what we meant,

they'd rather plow us down like a daisy in cement,

they want us remaining silent yeah to shut our traps,

 so they just duck, sit back, and leave us stuck with scraps,

until the day comes when our luck gets bad,

and we get fucked but that's when they say cut the crap,

 because our problems are nothing but a nuisance,

 flaunt all their money but it never buys them a clue it's

amazing how the ego can render someone useless,

and how money can cause more backstabbing than Judas,

all these people living lives like there's no one else,

but they're really living lies all controlled by wealth,

 so they can give themselves a prize and enjoy how it felt,

'cause the real living lies where there is no self, the fog

Fog x4

06. Phantom Feelings

Verse 1:

Phantom feelings, guiding decisions in the now,

ghosts are screaming, memories of a life where they have drowned,

I believe them, trusting and living by their word,

never grieve them, once they're gone their teachings become blurred,

you can't see them, apparitions glowing just for me,

they deceive me, I let them stay just so I won't be free,

can't defeat them, but they would remain even if I could,

never leave them, once I'm gone I'll feel more than I should

Chorus:

(reversed vocals)

Verse 2:

Instinct talking, forcing me to harm all that I've built,

mist is blocking reason all that lies in front is guilt,

past is haunting, terrified to make the same mistakes,

yet I'm walking in a loop a cycle I  can't break,

they're all watching, pressure building as I reach the end,

I hear knocking, soon there will be no door to defend,

at the crossing, still not sure which way I want to turn,

 horns are honking, time is lost there's no more rope to burn

Chorus

07. Say the Ways

Intro Vocals:

Say the ways x4

Verse 1:

Lengths I'd go for you to see me, you would rather be alone,

I don't know how else to find you, you stay cloaked within plain clothes,

you elude me while you break me, you're absence has torn me up,

every second I'm here waiting is one less with your glowing touch

Verse 2:

They took the reigns away from you, -way from you,

there's a wound in place of you, place of you,

time I've spent chasing you, chasing you,

all is lost, no breaking through, breaking through x2

Verse 3:

Years cure the fever,

fear torn from the believer,

years cure the fever,

mere sting to the achiever,

years cure the fever (but I can't forgive the way),

fear torn from the believer (you took it all away),

years cure the fever (but I can't forgive the way),

mere sting to the achiever (you colored me in grey) 

years cure the fever (but I can't forgive the way), 

fear torn from the believer (you took it all away), 

years cure the fever (but I can't forgive the way), 

mere sting to the achiever

Outro Vocals

Say the ways (repeats until song fades out)

 

08. Walking Backwards

Verse 1:

Feel like I'm walking backwards, dealing with the fact shit don't often matter,

life is just a movie with some awful actors,

but acting doesn't suit me all I brought was laughter (hahahahahaha),

I'm just going through the motions, my focus polluted like spills in the ocean,

feel broken that humans are still so atrocious,

I'm smokin' to deal with these too real emotions,

And I don't know what's next, read the manual to life but it ain't show the specs,

I'm so perplexed 'cause I just don't get, how so many people live there whole lives distressed - 

without completely blowing up,

inequality so fucked that I feel like throwin' up,

yup

so I treat it like a joke,

only thing to do is laugh while the streets go up in smoke

Chorus:

Take a step then fall back,

make progress and relapse,

lose the path get off track,

freeze and fall in the trap

Verse 2:

And things could change any second,

but years have gone by and it's the same as I left it,

 afraid of the new so it's safest to reject it,

different shades of some blue is all that has been accepted,

And I'm just going through the gestures,

neglecting attention I should give to pressures,

expecting the tension to simply get better,

forgetting to step in on the things that matter,

All their actions got me frozen,

feel so powerless with the authority they're boastin', see,

They've smashed all of my hope and,

I feel so out of it inferiority is choking, me,

And I'm not sure what steps to take,

not sure what checks to make,

not sure what's next to break,

and I don't know what's soon to fall,

don't know how to stonewall,

when they seem immune to all

Chorus

Keyboard Solo - Lyrics in background

(backwards....falling back.....fall back....fall back....)

09. Gone By Now

Verse 1:

Arrive just to disappear, begin just so I can stray,

close but never there, start but never stay,

potential lost to years, time causes the decay,

memories the souvenirs, for what we've thrown away 

Pre Chorus:

And they sing to me, and they sing to me, as I lay my head

And they bring to me, all the things that I have ever left unsaid,

yeah they sing to me, yeah they sing to me, in the black of night,

and they bring to me, all that I have only only kept inside

Chorus:

Why won't they leave me alone?

Why won't they leave me alone?

They're supposed to be gone, gone by now (x2)

(in background)

memories grown distant, memories grown distant,

they're supposed to be gone, gone by now

Verse 2:

Flashbacks are unannounced, thieves of my mind's eye,

intrusive thoughts they shout, increase and amplify,

back and forth they bounce, don't leave they only hide,

I can't ignore them now, these fireflies in the night sky

Pre Chorus

Chorus x2