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The Quiet Terror of Being Alive

by The Requisite

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1.
Tell Me 05:02
If I don't leave here right now I will never be clear of what anchors me down My bloods young like my mistakes I can feel it run, running through my veins Seconds before you knew my name Tell me what does it mean When screaming over strings does nothing Not a single God damn thing Tell me where I can turn When the curve I learn on Only ends with effort burned You can feel it in my chest See it in my eyes Smell it on my breath The taste it lingers on my lips You can hear thundering all throughout my silence Seconds before you knew my name Tell me what does it mean When screaming over strings does nothing Not a single God damn thing Tell me where I can turn When the curve I learn on Only ends with effort burned This life has been one run on runaround waiting for Someone to save me from waiting it out This life has been one run on runaround waiting for Somebody to- Tell me what does it mean When screaming over strings does nothing Not a single God damn thing Tell me where I can turn When the curve I learn on Only ends with effort burned Tell me what does it mean (This life has been one run on runaround waiting for) When screaming over strings does nothing (Someone to save me from waiting it out) Not a single God damn thing (This life has been one run on runaround waiting for) Tell me where I can turn (Someone to save me from waiting it out) When the curve I learn on only ends with effort burned
2.
Beat Down 03:31
I couldn't say how long it's been since I felt the electricity Surging from someone else's heart To coarse through me, to coarse through me And every time I feel its weight upon my chest, the gravity I know the scene set for the screen could only mean it should play out like books we read Lock me up darling, I'll never leave Yours to the end release me Lock me down darling, throw out the key This is the end please believe I like to torture myself with hypotheticals, ifs and maybes And keep my inner most concerns to myself in hopes that chance will save me I won't lie to you more than I already have I think about it down the line Growing from the initial shock into something worthy of your time Lock me up darling, I'll never leave Yours to the end release me Lock me down darling, throw out the key This is the end, oh this is the end And I never thought this through Who could have known it was never you Lock me up darling, I'll never leave Yours to end release me Lock me down throw out the key this is the end, oh this is the end (Lock me up darling, I'll never leave) And I never thought this through, (Yours to the end release me) Who could have known it was never you
3.
Shackles 03:38
I wore shackles on my tongue Chained to the back side of my teeth And when the time had finally come The silence held me, complicit in the deed I'll be the first to admit I waited too long to do it By the time I opened my mouth We had all fallen to ruin I miss everything that I lack I'd give anything to go back Just to tell you I feel it too Shackles are meant to be broken I'll be the fear in your heart I'll be the chill in your spine I'll be the shake of your hand I'll be the doubt in your mind It's your able body's betrayal It's the ravages of time That'll finish what was started Never was enough to start it (By your hand) By ours hands, they're tied I miss everything that I lack I'd give anything to go back Just to tell you I feel it too Shackles are meant to be broken They'll try to tell you that your cage is so brilliant They won't want you to know that there's a difference Between the lies caught in their throats, and their grip on your own And when the only way out is to shoulder crushing doubt I miss everything that I lack I'd give anything to go back Just to tell you I feel it too Shackles are meant to be broken
4.
Lost Voice 04:45
I hate that way my skin feels Stretched out over my bones Like being made to live inside Someone else's, someone else's home Hard rain, sideways, coming in underneath the door Rising higher with every word as it falls to the floor Outside, it's clear, the storm is here but everyone else can breathe If parted lips are sinking ships then there is no hope for me Lost voice, I know You are caught in the wind No choice, and no hope A tidal wave of noise rising up to swallow us alive Lost voice, you are not alone Maybe I have been so quiet cause your grip has been too tight Coming to all of my friends with all your scripted lines Your conditions, they're submissions, no reason left to fight This is the way we've always done it, there's no reason left to fight To fight Lost voice, I know You are caught in the wind No choice, and no hope A tidal wave of noise rising up to swallow us alive Lost voice, you are not alone Lost voice, I know You are caught in the wind No choice, and no hope A tidal wave of noise rising up to swallow us alive Lost voice, you are not alone You are not alone You are not alone You are not alone You are not alone
5.
I Won't 07:18
Late at night the silence tells me What I try to forget And with the memories surrounding Each one it's own regret I've been putting up walls with no foundation I've been walking the halls with a quiet desperation Just 'cause you own the tools don't mean you know how to build It's the opinion of fools to think a hammer can be willed But I broke it all down for you anyway, why did I try? I thought wrong And there's nothing you could do or think to say to make this right I thought wrong You built a home inside my bones I carved your name into my throne Just so I could (just so you would) Never be alone What were you after (God knows its over) But you knew it all along But I broke it all down for you anyway, why did I try? I thought wrong And there's nothing you could do or think to say to make this right I thought wrong Late at night the silence tells me what I try to forget

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The Quiet Terror of Being Alive

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released May 1, 2017

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Matt Houghton @ Uberbeatz Studios & Big Rig Studios
Mastered by Charlie Scourbys
Album Art by Christopher Mintken

All Music and Lyrics by The Requisite. Bass writing contributions by Drew Dickinson.

Lead Vocals/Guitar - Maxwell Royce
Lead Guitar/Vocals - Matt Houghton
Bass - Luis Aznárez
Drums - Sam Sperrazza

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The Requisite Seattle, Washington

Maxwell Royce, Matt "Big Rig" Houghton, Sam Sperrazza, Luis Aznárez...

Stealth Rock // Sub-Rock-Indie-Psycho-Pop

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