We Are Not Our Scars (2013)

Tracklist:

Namesake
Dopesick ∥ Hopesick
Infinity Times Itself
We Are Not Our Scars
Come Home ∥ Empty Years
Flowerbomb [The Amity Affliction cover]
Suicide Songs

Lyrics:

“Here we stand
precariously balanced
at the edge of infinity
Turn away
Make your escape
Please change your fate, it’s not too late
(x2)
Shatter the mirror and preserve the soul
They’ll never know
The violence
(REQUITED)
THE VOID HAS BECOME A VEIL
Who could tell?
WE MUST NOT LOSE OURSELVES
Don’t succumb to infinity
That is not what’s meant to be
Step back from the ledge
Take my hand, take my hand
Bear with me now
The grave gapes below
Though you feel dead on the inside
I know you aren’t too far gone
The violence
(REQUITED)
THE VOID HAS BECOME A VEIL
Who could tell?
WE MUST NOT LOSE OURSELVES
Don’t succumb to infinity
That is not what’s meant to be
Step back from the ledge
Take my hand, take my hand
Bear with me now
The grave gapes below
They left us to die
and I know you’d burn the world
just so they’d realize
the grave gapes below
Rush the inevitable
Revel in the rubble
Would you trade peace for vindication?
Troubled minds seeking answers
Injustice overwhelms us all
We must save ourselves
and with us, one another
Here we stand
precariously balanced
at the edge of infinity
Turn away
Make your escape
Please change your fate, it’s not too late
Although injustice overwhelms us all
we must save ourselves
and with us, one another
Don’t succumb to infinity
That is not what’s meant to be
Step back from the ledge
Take my hand, take my hand
Bear with me now
The grave gapes below
They left us to die
and I know you’d burn the world
just so they’d realize
the grave gapes below
Although injustice overwhelms us all
We must save ourselves
and with us, one another
DON’T SUCCUMB TO INFINITY (x4)”
- “Namesake”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Sethfire [+others]

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“[spoken] No, it was like nothing else in the world.
I’m shaking, I’m nauseous
I THINK GOD FORGOT US
How much can I take on FAITH?
Can I even believe
there’s a cure for the sickness in me?
(WHEN WILL THE POISON FEVER BREAK?)
How do I learn to make a home of these sheets?
Just a brain-washed nodder staggering in from the streets
(done with feeling dopesick)
How far must a man fall to beg his chest
To give his own heart back again?
Give me back my love, (PUSH COMES TO SHOVE)
I swear I’ll make it enough— (NO MORE STARS ABOVE)
Let the message stick (THE NEEDLE PRICK)
I’m done with feeling hopesick (FEELING DOPESICK)
(DON'T LET ME BETRAY MYSELF)
Sell me on spring, I’m fucking begging
LET ME BELIEVE IN ANYTHING
Let me take part in something REAL
How can these hollow daggers
twist what matters?
(EVEN IF IT HURTS JUST LET ME FEEL)
shift what heals and what shatters?
a medicine that only makes you worse after
(done with feeling dopesick)
Can I still come back from this?
Let me keep my own promise
Give me back my love, (PUSH COMES TO SHOVE)
I swear I’ll make it enough— (NO MORE STARS ABOVE)
Let the message stick (THE NEEDLE PRICK)
Done with feeling hopesick (FEELING DOPESICK)
PUT IT DOWN AND WALK AWAY
DROP THE NEEDLE, FIND A WAY
I want to be here, I want to stay
Live to hope another day
I know that this fight’s worth the pain
I’m sick and sore, taken to the floor by the ache
But no matter the itch in my veins
this is a price I want to pay
I’m done with feeling hopesick
Give me back my love,
(PUSH COMES TO SHOVE)
I swear I’ll make it enough—
Let the message stick;
Done with feeling hopesick
(DONE WITH FEELING DOPESICK)
NEVER AGAIN
NEVER AGAIN
DONE WITH FEELING HOPESICK
(DOPESICK)
(HOPESICK)
(DOPESICK)”
- “Dopesick || Hopesick”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Anarchy
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“Existence is—
infinity times infinity
I know I might be too far gone
Couldn’t earn my parents’ love
I know no fleeting halcyon
I’m not sure if the pain ever made me tough
But I know living it through spilled my blood
Again
and again
and again
IT DOESN'T END
[spoken] I can’t change it now.
The ouroboros of the venomous and the victimized
The cycle repeats, the starving snake eats
AND BLEEDS
AND NEVER (never) DIES
I’m not sorry that I
SAID THAT GOODBYE
the spokes on the wheel of fate
might break
under the weight of that day
Where is the lie that I tell?
I’d been living that hell
for infinity times itself (TIMES ITSELF)
Clawing up the inside of my head
Knowing everything is knowing nothing instead
so simple and so complicated
How can I pay the price?
(AND WHY SHOULD I?)
Now can I recoup what’s mine?
Again?
(IT NEVER ENDS)
Do you want me to convince you I’m profoundly changed?
I’m sorry, I don’t think I’m reformed, I’m just REARRANGED
and blamed
For being ambivalent when I should be ashamed
(DON’T YOU THINK I FELT THAT ENOUGH?)
I’m not sorry that I
SAID THAT GOODBYE
the spokes on the wheel of fate
might break
under the weight of that day
Where is the lie that I tell?
I’d been living that hell
for infinity times itself (TIMES ITSELF)
Haven’t we watched this all a million times?
When does the shock wear off?
When do we just accept mankind:
As bloodthirsty, vengeful, and blind?
(THE CYCLE REPEATS)
(A MILLION TIMES)
FOLLOWING THE HIGHWAY LINES
infinite memories, infinite minds
if you had your way, how would I pay for my crimes?
I’m sorry that I
SAID THAT GOODBYE
the spokes on the wheel of fate
might break
under the weight of that day
And now if I must tell
I’m still living that hell
for infinity times itself (TIMES ITSELF)
pure, pure happiness—
hate everything, love me:
the contradiction continues
infinitely.”
- “Infinity Times Itself”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Kato

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“DO YOU FEEL PRIDE
IN THE DAMAGE DONE?
OR WOULD YOU RATHER HIDE
THE EVIDENCE FROM EVERYONE?
DOES IT REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE YOUR FATHER’S SON?
would you pay it back in kind?
the marks on your skin—are they the armor or are they the gun?
What do you see in me?
What do you see in you?
how does the mirror know
which of us is who
WHAT DO YOU
WHAT DO WE
SEE
beneath the scar
(BENEATH THE WOUND)
If we were born self-destructive or with guarded hearts
We’re healing now by trading keys or breaking in
(BREAK IN)
We’re promising each other that we are not our scars
And our identities aren’t defined by skin
SO TURN BACK THE CLOCK AND LET TIME STOP
ALL THE WORLD FOR US NOW
FREEZE FRAME, LET THE COLORS DRAIN
SNAPSHOT
LET GO
Who were we before they broke our hearts?
(cast our parts)
stamped out our sparks, sowed our scars?
because that’s how
I see you even now:
strong and bright
bringer of the light
ready for the fight
of your life—that’s right,
they couldn’t break you if they tried
What do you see in me?
What do you see in you?
what do we see
BENEATH THE WOUND
If we were born self-destructive or with guarded hearts
We’re healing now by trading keys or breaking in
(BREAK IN)
We’re promising each other that we are not our scars
And our identities aren’t defined by skin
(WE ARE NOT DEFINED)
What do you see?
(BY OUR SCARS)
(beneath the wound?)
We are not our scars
(WE ARE NOT CONFINED)
Are you listening to me?
(BY OUR HEARTS)
Neither are you.”
- “We Are Not Our Scars”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Athena

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“If you ever hear these words, I hope you still recognize my voice
If this song hits the radio, I hope it breaks through the city noise
Whether I’m screaming up to heaven or to a town a hundred miles away
I’m just going with the hope that I’ll see you again one day.
So come home
I’ve been worn down by these empty years
and I don’t know
where to go without you here
but I’m trying
the best I can to persevere
though I’d be lying
if I tried to say
the hole you made
when you disappeared
no longer aches
It’s been a while now, watching the seasons pass
Been called a fool for counting on you coming home
I’ve heard it enough so now I just don’t ask
but part of me’s still stuck on the unknown
I’ve found friends and I swear I’ll walk the path
but I guess with you gone I’m always half alone
Are you out there?
Where did the poison take you to?
Maybe somewhere
Your smile still lights up the room
No I can’t bear
To let memories become your tomb
So come home
I’ve been worn down by these empty years
and I don’t know
where to go without you here
but I’m trying
the best I can to persevere
though I’d be lying
if I tried to say
the hole you made
when you disappeared
no longer aches
I know how close the calls
I’ve walked the halls
I watched the darkness closing in
I’ve brushed hands with death
and nearly reached the end
Took a hit and risked a flatline
But if your heart’s still beating in your chest my friend,
I hope you find your way back here to mine:
Come home
spare me any more empty years
if you don’t show
I’ll spend a lifetime waiting here;
(spend a lifetime waiting here)
Here. (x5)”
- “Come Home ∥ Empty Years”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Anarchy

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“This isn’t romantic
not beautifully tragic
it’s ugly and painful
it’s so fucking wasteful
Suicide songs
are always too long
for something that cuts so much short.”
- “Suicide Songs”, We Are Not Our Scars (2013)
→written by: Athena