Code Orange - The Above Album Review

Code Orange & Going Above And Beyond

Code Orange, the iconic hardcore punk and metal innovators, have returned with their latest sonic offering, 'The Above.' In what can only be described as a remarkable evolution, this album is a testament to their relentless commitment to pushing boundaries. Carry on reading for my Code Orange The Above Review. 'The Above' is not just their most experimental work to date; it's a testament to the band's ability to remain true to their hardcore roots while embarking on a journey into uncharted musical territory. With a hint of commercial appeal without sacrificing their signature intensity, Code Orange invites us to explore the realms of their interpolation of metal blending into hardcore, building upon the industrial and grinding landscapes they've previously explored in their discography

Code Orange - The Above Album Review

Our Welcome To The Above

The Above starts with Never Far Apart. This is a perfect opener for the journey the album takes us on. It starts out with a synth and that glitchy tweaking talking from frontman Jami Morgan that builds up noise before Reba Meyers starts singing” We will never be far apart, Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart, It's getting blurrier lately”.

Never Far Apart breaks down into some absolute madness around the 2-minute mark. Showcasing that signature Code Orange switch up from taking this song being one thing to building up this explosive energy hearing “Do it, do it, do it, do it” over and over switching between vocals of spitting, screaming and guttural variations. Before the song switches right back into Reba's chorus and then switches back into the deranged “Do it, do it, do it, do it” Following this, we see the Code Orange come alive into this aggressive energy in a new verse “I'd push you out the window for a better view, Eat your stomach fat if I needed fuel”.

Theatre Of Cruelty (Code Orange The Above Review)

The second track on the album Theatre Of Cruelty opens with sliding synthetic horns and is subject to the switchback roaring out before heading back into the horns into something that takes influence from early metal music with “Pulling back the curtain to reveal, Nothing much at all”. These grungey vocals we hear from Jami are sick and I’m glad we’re getting more of that on this album.

The second half of this track is absolutely sick. Code Orange always keep us on our toes and they continue to do that with, the song divulges into complete chaos but then extends even further than what the song needs to be in a good way of the staggered vocals calling out “Laugh now, Die later, It's all, Good theatre, Laugh now, Die later, It's all, Good theatre. Laugh now Die later You're part of something greater”

Code Orange - Take Shape Featuring Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins (Code Orange The Above Review)

The third track on The Above by Code Orange and we see a Billy Corgan Feature. Take Shape was one of the singles released prior to the album and damn this song has grown on me over time. This song encapsulates Code Oranges' experimentation on the album. We get more grunge styled 80s drenched vocals with Jami singing Today I lost reality A severed head was in its place Today, the smoke screen faded away The desert of the real remained They all live by my design We exist and are confined Into a, into a world that has no why I think that it might finally be time.”

This song's chorus is presented quite well, and clearly, this song goes from this gunge rollercoaster drenched in their hardcore roots. The Corgan feature is short but adds to the song in a good way, coming in like a gothic vampire singing “Spread your wings Show us who you are, Spread your wings, You'll go far, Show us all, Show us who you are, Spread your wings”.

Digging even deeper into Code Orange - The Above

I’m absolutely in love with The Above, I tried to not get myself gassed for the release and now it’s on repeat and everything feels so fresh. I need to give track 4 a mention because it starts out with this intro riff that’s driven and sick but doesn’t go too far before heading into a crazy clean phaser with backing Morgans vocals before the chorus. The song ends… Or so we think, with synth swells bring back in the instrumentals and guitars with the anthemic lyrics following “I am not living, I'm asleep, I am not living, I'm asleep, I am not living, I'm asleep”

Code Orange - The Mirror (Code Orange The Above Review)

I love this track so much, it completely comes out of left field in the above and is a welcomed break from the calamity of the album as the song brings in a stripped-back set of instrumentals we see Reba taking centre stage singing ““I swear I saw it all, And I'm not sure, That I found anything I want, I saw it all, And I'm not sure, That I found anything but what I never saw”. The song questions happiness too with a slight demonic voice trailing off ⁣. Oh, well, are you happy now?⁣⁣Yeah, well (Will you ever be?)⁣⁣Oh, well, is it enough now?⁣⁣. Yeah, well (You know that you'll never be)⁣⁣

From this track, I get vibes of Adventures, another band that features Code Orange members which is great as it’s letting them explore their darkness in a new setting. There is also a tasty video which joins this which shows highly stylised cartoonish imagery mixed in with grittiness.⁣⁣

Code Orange - A Drone Opting Out Of The Hive (Code Orange The Above Review)

This is one of my favourite and heaviest tracks on the album in my opinion, it showcases Code Orange’s dynamism on the album so well. The intro is heavy pushing rolling drum line that’s just glitching. I can’t do this song any favours trying to explain it’s build up and that’s all and the nervous anxiety and how on edge this track makes me feel before exploding into “‘Cause I am the drone Opting out of the, hive”

This track has such a sick production value there is an effect on the vocals that’s happening at the end of every line which is a demonic growl that’s like it’s taking you with it.

Please Listen to Code Orange - The Above

If there is one heavy album you listen to this year, then it should be Code Orange - The Aobe. It’ll proactively open you up to so many new sounds you didn’t know, from tracks I’ve talked to and the likes of I Fly,The Game,Grooming My Replacement.

One of my favourite tracks from the album is an anthem and Code Orange have blown it out the park with Snapshot, if they aren’t in the next Cyberpunk game after showing this aggression, and this synth work I truly believe they could make anything they wanted from a movie soundtrack or a game OST Code Orange are just too damned layered to put into a box.

Showcasing the more Grunge side of Code Oranges The Above we see Circle Through which is a pure 80s rock song, it’s catchy and driven. Closing off the album we see But A Dream… and The Above. But A Dream… is a nervous song that questions one's usefulness “You can give it all but it's never enough, You can count it up but it's never what you want, And we need them, more then they need us Do they need us?” and begins to questions free will and sanity "YeahThey say, Nothing but a dream Free will ain't nothing but a dream."

Closing off Code Orange Takes Us Into The Above

The last song on the album is the title track The Above and it’s a cathartic release to end the madness of what Code Orange has given us with this offering. It’s a pretty clean track that’s opens with synths beating like a fast heartbeat with whispered vocals layered which turns into repeating the second half of the track with Morgan singing” I'll accept my fate with grace

Fade into the above, Into the above, Into the above, Into the above, Into the above”

Jami and Reba then do a call-and-response on these lyrics and it’s just a prefect way to close off the album.”Acceptance is a faraway place But I'll keep beating it in, If I'm still breathing”

To close off my Code Orange The Above review. Overall this album is very much worth your time. Any fear you may have had about Code Orange not sticking to their roots then throw them out the window because this is a class example of their superiority in this space.

Compared to Code Oranges' previous albums

Beginning with 'Love Is Love/Return to Dust,' their debut as Code Orange Kids in 2012, they burst onto the scene with raw hardcore energy. 'I Am King' in 2014 marked a transition into a more metallic hardcore sound, showing hints of their inclination to push boundaries. 'Forever' in 2017 was pivotal, showcasing their fusion of aggression and melody, while 'Underneath' in 2020 ventured into experimental territory with industrial and electronic influences. Now, with 'The Above,' Code Orange delivers their most experimental work yet, maintaining its hardcore roots while boldly embracing new elements of grunge and new metal. It's an album that not only reflects their evolution but also builds upon the diverse sonic landscapes they've explored throughout their discography, making it a noteworthy addition to their impressive body of work

Code Orange - The Above Lyrics

We talk a lot about the lyrics in our review of Code Orange - The Above. So we've added them below track by track to go through. Enjoy.

Code Orange Never Far Apart Lyrics

I swear I'm not the one you're after Just the ghost of a system error Because there's no way I'm supposed to be here Tar me up, cover me in feathers Is this a joke? Some sick form of entertainment For the ones that control the vector I've been through the womb Through the cold But the story continues Even if you won't turn the chapter We will never be far apart Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart It's getting blurrier lately Maybe the first time's a mistake But twice and the eggs on your face Three times And you're a clown With bodies wrapped in plastic Digging trenches just to hide the habit (Murderer) No one forgot No one gave you a pass They just watch from behind the glass We all know Human beings don't change their nature When faced with their own failure We will never be far apart Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart It's getting blurrier lately We will never be far apart Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart It's getting blurrier lately Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it We will never be far apart Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart It's getting blurrier lately We will never be far apart Do you have memories from the start? Before everything fell apart It's getting Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it, do it Do it, do it Do it I'd push you out the window for a better view Eat your stomach fat if I needed fuel Break into your house and split your head in two Plastic fingertips so no one ever knew Let's go Partial fingerprints so no one ever knew Slide into your skin, I'll make a better you I'd keep your partner warm and take your kids to school All the money in the world but you can't tell the truth All the power in the world, look what you couldn't do You have everything you want but what good's it to you? All the money in the world but now you're black and blue You have everything I want, look what you couldn't do

Code Orange Theatre Of Cruelty Lyrics

Pulling back the curtain to reveal

Nothing much at all

Just a tortoise burrowed in my machine

While above, my family shrieks

But I barely hear anything

In my theatre of cruelty

This obsession is going to ruin me

In my theatre of cruelty

In my theater of cruelty

The light is all that I can see

In my theatre of cruelty

We crawl towards a desperate dream

Who even knows what's up there for me

But there's nothing that can stop the bleed

Deep inside my soil unseen

You can't put back the data leak

Just open up the faucet

Let the people scream

Open up the windows

And let the people see

Open up the faucet

Let the people scream

Just open up the windows

And let the people see

My theatre of cruelty

This obsession is going to ruin me

In my theatre of cruelty

In my theatre of cruelty

The light is all that I can see

In my theatre of cruelty

Let them see

What's in me

Let them see

What's in me

Laugh now

Die later

It's all

Good theatre

Laugh now

Die later

It's all

Good theatre

Laugh now

Die later

You're part of something greater

Laugh now

Die later

It's all

Good theatre

Laugh now

Die later

You're part of something greater

Code Orange Take Shape Featuring Billy Corgan Lyrics

Today I lost reality

A severed head was in its place

Today the smoke screen faded away

The desert of the real remained

They all lived by my design

We exist and are confined

(Into a) Into a world that has no why

I think that it might finally be time

I see every little tell

Every look and every breath

I feel far, I'm out of tune

Out of touch with higher good

So suck it back, postulate

Drink it in, suffocate

I am the one you love to hate

So if this is it

Then celebrate

Just spread your wings

Take shape

Today I swerved across two lanes

A rotting corpse was in the way

You pinched my hand but I pulled away

It felt like touching ripe decay

Is this all just by design?

Surrounded by your cardboard signs

Scenery that has no why

I think that it might

I think that it might...

I see every little tell

Every look and every breath

I feel far, I'm out of tune

Out of touch with higher good

So suck it back, postulate

Drink it in, suffocate

I am the one you love to hate

So if this is it

Then celebrate

Just spread your wings

Take shape

Spread your wings

Show us who you are

Spread your wings

You'll go far

Show us all

Show us who you are

Spread your wings

I see every little tell

Every look and every breath

I feel far, I'm out of tune

Out of touch with higher good

So suck it back, postulate

Drink it in, suffocate

I am the one you love to hate

So if this is it

Then celebrate

Just spread your wings

Take shape

Code Orange The Mask Of Sanity Lyrics

The truth is I'm jealous of you

And your looks

And your talent

And your heart

And your passion

While I'm just stuck in my mind

Trying everything twice

Thinking 'bout everything a million times

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

You're growing, I'm stiped

You're natural, I'm so contrived

You're floating, but I've died

A million times

'Cause I can't make a decision to save my life

The sun is shining (inside my foxhole)

The cattle graze (so I migrate)

But I'm an analogue killer (killer)

In a digital age, yeah

We nod as we pass by

Maybe make pleasant chatter

But then you flip the wrong switch

And all your words start to splatter

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

There is something about hating you

That makes me feel whole

How could my seed ever bloom?

When you keep growing so tall, so tall

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

The mask of sanity slips

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm asleep

I am not living, I'm a

Code Orange Mirror Lyrics

Take a look in the mirror, are you bored?

Is it everything and more than you ever hoped for?

Cause it ain't fair, so unfair

And nobody's ever gonna care

They just wanna hear you talk

For a story, for the moment

Oh, well, are you happy now?

Yeah, well (Will you ever be?)

Oh, well, is it enough now?

Yeah, well (You know that you'll never be)

I swear I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything I want

I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything but what I never saw

A final sin

It feels so clear in the reflection

This could be what ends it all

If you believe that's what we are

'Cause we're all the same

Spreading blame but covered in shame

Finger that points to what they lack

Is the same one pointing back

Oh, well, are you happy now? (Are you happy now?)

Yeah, well (Will you ever be?)

Oh, well, is it enough now? (Is it enough now?)

Yeah, well (You know that you'll never be)

I swear I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything I want

I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything but what I never saw

Inside this factory of endless doing

Who can really spot the difference

Between the illusory world

And self reaffirmed sensation

Sensation

Sensation

Sensation

I swear I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything I want

I saw it all

And I'm not sure

That I found anything but what I never saw

Sensation

Sensation

Sensation

Sensation

Sensation

Code Orange A Drone Opting Out Of The Hive Lyrics

Phones buzzing on the table like downed bees

Put 'em in ziplock bags, pull out the batteries

Beige walls, white carpet to match the extremities

It gives a sense of order, cleanliness to the families

A love that's barely hanging on

Thin and breakable like spider silk

You point your feet at the door, you got that liar's tilt

Your "truth" is threaded like razor-wire, but shallow as cellophane

Wrapped tight around your mouth, you can barely

Don't step in the wrong spot

You will get caught

When you step in the sweatbox

They'll make you talk

But it's of no consequence

There's nothing you can say that is relevant

You can take my life, but I'll live again

A thousand deaths that I have left to give

A thousand deaths that I have left

'Cause I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, shock

That's kept you alive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

Your consciousness has been colonized

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, shock

That's kept you alive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

Your consciousness has been colonized

A pantry moth that never leaves

Hiding in the seams

Spaces in between

What you are, and what you pretend to be

Walls closing in

The room is windowless

They make it like that on purpose

You flop like a dead fish

Evil lurks within the plainest surfaces

A failed experiment

The conversation is strict

But the motive's in doubt

The past is frozen in ice

While the present bleeds out

Don't be afraid of the silence

Let it hang out

An apostle talking about kings

Let it ring

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, shock

That's kept you alive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

Your consciousness has been colonized

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, shock

That's kept you alive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

Your consciousness has been colonized

Tick, tick, tick, tick

Tick, tick, tick, tick

Tick, tick, tick, tick

Tick, tick, tick, tick

Tick, tick, tick, tick

Tick, tick, tick, boom

I am the main character

I am the player and the narrator

I'm the symbolic and the actual

I am the rabbit swallowed whole

I am spores consuming this city

I am cancer that shows no pity

I am the monster's final form

I am exactly what you aren't

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the, hive

I am the, drone

Opting out of the

Hive

Code Orange I Fly Lyrics

Here lies me The demon seed I merely Went to extremes That you Carried half way You'll never be Never be like me And if at all You had a fault It was staying low Staying small You'd rather be Left astray But not me Not me, not me, and now And if at all You had a fault It was staying small But not me Not me, not me, and now It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death, I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death, I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly I fly I fly So high Here lies I The big brother Without a father A poor mother Children in all She bore four Thank the lord there will be no more Family was first But love was their devotion Pushed it too far And wound up in the ocean And if at all You had a fault It was staying small But not me Not me, not me, you're not It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death, I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly And if at all you had a fault Just keep it buried in the vault We must all die, there is no doubt Your glass is running Mine is out I fly So high It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death, I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly It's all over me So violently You might be a slave Nothing's stopping me Cheerful in death, I close my eyes Into god's arms I fly

Code Orange Splinter The Soul Lyrics

Splinter To see is to know And to know is to be A sinner And to be is act like you've been already Don't bother 'Cause I know what I'd do Only just to slip through You follow All of the square pegs That you already fit into But I'm round I'm alone Broken, misshapen Screamin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Cast me in the pavement Singin', "I dont wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Dragged down to the basement Singin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change" Splinter the soul I'm in control Splinter the soul I'm in control Been here before Splinter the soul Beggars To escape, all we need Is a crack or a hole But I know Like an itch, like a tick Like a pattern of thought It creeps up But I'm misshapen And I think you've been mistaken For someone that's worth taking along (Drop dead) Broken, misshapen Screamin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Cast me in the pavement Singin', "I dont wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Back down to the basement Singin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change" Splinter the soul I'm in control Splinter the soul I'm in control Let's go Yeah Broken, misshapen Screamin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Cast me in the pavement Singin', "I dont wanna change I don't wanna change I don't wanna" Back down to the basement Singin', "I don't wanna change I don't wanna change" Splinter the soul I'm in control Splinter the soul I'm in control Splinter the soul Splinter the soul

Code Orange The Game Lyrics

I am the artificer

The pathogen that is pulling at the strings

You're just the documenter

Taking shots of the scene

This is the game

We crave

But hate the taste

This is the game

Create the game

But then we don't wanna play

And I'm becoming amoebic

This is the game

At the sound of your name

(Just look the other way)

I just pressed the red button

To stimulate a little hatred

Just a little bit of light

And a precise manipulation

You're a predictable machine

And you keep learning the same lesson

Never bite the hand that feeds

Never befriend your oppressor

This is the game

We crave

But hate the taste

This is the game

Create the game

But then we don't wanna play

And I'm becoming amoebic

This is the game

At the sight of your face

Just look the other way

Look the other way

Look the other way

You're a predictable machine

And you keep on learning the same lesson

Never steal a crumb from my kingdom

You will be made into an example

This is the game

That you chose to play

This is the game

That you chose to play

Play

Play

So look the other way

Code Orange Grooming My Replacement Lyrics

Truth comes in twos

One is mine

One is yours

Gossip reaffirms

What you thought that you heard

Now you're deaf, blind

Dumb and confused

So you spew like a sewer of your truth

Until you purge it out

All those words that you puked

Turned our blue into brown

I'm grooming my replacement

Consuming all their hatred

The insects come to life

Under the movie lights

I keep a list in my mind of the times

That you cried "neophyte"

You wear me like a suit

Spine upright filled with screws

Stand up tall

Like your old man wanted you to

Show some gall

And be mean

Like I want you to be

I'm grooming my replacement

Consuming all their hatred

I'm grooming my replacement

Consuming all their hatred

Accruing a debt that you can't afford

But you've heard it all, said it all, done it before

I gnawed at your center, I rotted your core

But you've heard it all

Said it all

Right?

I'm already in your mind

Your brain's a vehicle for my failures

So give me the fucking light

Give me the

Light

Give me the fucking light

Give me the

Code Orange Snapshot Lyrics

Snapshot is a hunting term

Either stay in position or you're gonna learn

That I'm a provider and I gotta earn

So sit your ass down, baby, wait your turn

You fool, you barely even know yourself

You fooled you and I'll do you one better

The old rules are unwritten

We can have our blood soaked baptism

Shame? I'm not ashamed

I built this place

It's not a home, more like a cage

Where nothing's safe

So you can play or turn away

'Cause in the end

We all receive what we emit

It's not a safe house, it's a cage

Take a snapshot and remember this moment

We all make shitty choices but now you gotta own it

He hid out in the bushes, sleuthing only money buys

That was the night I found out that you were uncivilized

You're a fool who can barely control yourself

Who fooled you into thinking your wants matter?

The old rules are unwritten

You can have your blood soaked masochism

Shame? I'm not ashamed

I built this place

It's not a home, more like a cage

Where nothing's safe

So you can play or turn away

'Cause in the end

We all receive what we emit

It's not a safe house, it's a cage

First head down the street

Then up the stairs

Bedrooms on the left

I'll meet you there

Fall asleep in peace

It's different when you wake

Much to your surprise

The whole mood has changed

Now your feet are bound

And your hands are chained

The red light is on

And it's facing your way

Now you're just like me

Always on display

For the whole world to see

Humiliated and betrayed

So play your position

Change your face

This is our kingdom

We built this place

So play your position

Change your face

This is our kingdom

We built this place

Shame? I'm not ashamed

I built this place

It's not a home, more like a cage

Where nothing's safe

So you can play or turn away

'Cause in the end

We all receive what we emit

It's not a safe house, it's a cage

Code Orange Circle Through Lyrics

It's lurking in the dark

The future you've been heading towards

You keep tumbling upwards

Without praxis or regret

What could you be waiting for?

Just walk that circle through

And tell me what you wanna do

Just walk that circle through

And tell me where's it's taking you

It's blooming in the dark

The excrescence you manifested

This path is a spiral

And we've climbed so many steps

I've been here for too long

Just walk that circle through

And tell me what you wanna do

Just walk that circle through

And tell me where's it's taking you

I fell before, I used to run

But to evolve

Is to learn to crawl

Or they'll make you fools fuel

You'll run in circles

They fooled you

Do you know yourself?

You fool, you

Was it carved in your temple?

You fooled you

Could it be so simple?

Just walk that circle through

And tell me what you wanna do

Just walk that circle through

And tell me where's it's taking you

Just walk that circle through

And tell me what you wanna do

Just walk that circle through

And tell me where's it's taking you

Code Orange But A Dream... Lyrics

You can give it all but it's never enough You can count it up but it's never what you want And we need them more then they need us Do they need us? Because it's all in what you want it to be When you aren't living free The siloed anger for you Headjack fantasy for me Yeah Yeah They say Nothing but a dream Free will is nothing but a dream Nothing but a Yeah But in the end Is destiny all we ever wanted? You can climb up but it's way too tall And the colony ain't gonna break your fall You will eat shit and it'll taste like love Sublime, serene, autonomous Because it's all in what you want it to be When you aren't living free The siloed anger for you Headjack fantasy for me Yeah Yeah They say Nothing but a dream Free will is nothing but a dream Nothing but a Yeah But in the end Is destiny all we ever wanted? And when the vultures come Who will protect your young? You're just a ladybug Guarding your captured son Yeah Yeah They say Nothing but a dream Free will ain't nothing but a dream Nothing but a Yeah But in the end Is destiny all we ever wanted? Yeah They say Nothing but a dream Free will ain't nothing but a dream Nothing but a Yeah But in the end Is destiny all we ever wanted?

Code Orange The Above Lyrics

They say there is a place

A place where I can go

When I'm feeling small

When I'm feeling low

The sand is stalking me

It listens from below

But I listen to the waves

The pebbles as they roll

When what I'm supposed to be

Feels anything but known

I'll follow the rays

Not the water on which they fall

Because they aren't the same

One pushes and distorts

The other never sways

It's a portal into God

Into the above

Into the above

Composure has been frayed

A virtue that's been lost

But my soul will never wain

I'll dig deep down below

When what I'm supposed to be

Feels anything but known

I'll accept my fate with grace

Fade into the above

Into the above

Into the above

Into the above

Into the above

Acceptance is a far away place

But I'll keep beating it in

If I'm still breathing

Yeah

Acceptance is a far away place

But I'll keep beating it in

If I'm still breathing

Yeah

(I am not living, I'm asleep, I'm just repeating)

Acceptance is a far away place

But I'll keep beating it in

If I'm still breathing

Yeah

(I am not living, I'm asleep, I'm just repeating)

Acceptance is a far away place

But I'll keep beating it in

If I'm still breathing

Yeah