Hold this front
A fort inside to protect yourself
Composed of images and words
The lies you keep might just become your world, hell

Does this feel real to you?
Do you feel like you belong?
Can anyone tell me the truth?
‘Cause I’ve been waiting far too long
Are we pretending?
Are we not fooling ourselves?
I hear the calling from my heart to search beyond this -
Ignorance, It’s never bliss
Words may skim the silence but they could never bind this -
Masquerade, I've grown afraid -
Of falling victim to the games that we play

I never thought it would be like this
Fluctuating in between exteriors of confidence
I never thought it would be like this
Fluctuating in between exteriors of confidence

Fighting for a grip on reality
So lost amongst the faces I see
Fighting for a chance to be the spirit
That I know is buried beneath all these fears

They feel like waves crashing down on me
Only swelling inside where no one else can see
There’s nowhere left to hide and it’s calling me to seek
Death comes for it all
Fighting for a grip on reality

I never thought it would be like this
Fluctuating in between exteriors of confidence
I never thought it would be like this
Fluctuating in between exteriors in consciousness

I can’t take this
Will I be set free from this imprisoning?
I’m trapped in a dream
I can’t fake this
Please, it just aint living
So I’ll keep fighting for a grip on reality
It slips through my grasp, I fear I’ll sink

[Every thought disintegrates, in the abyss they all fall
So here’s to slipping away until you’re nothing at all]

“In any case, you must yield your victory
Then you have nothing to do but fall..
And there is something to be known in that.”

Hold this front
A fort inside to protect yourself
Composed of images and words
The truth I seek will surely end such worlds, we rise to fall
So here’s to slipping away until you’re nothing at all

So here’s to slipping away until you’re nothing at all
(Death comes for it all)
Every thought disintegrates in the abyss they all fall
(Slip into the unknown)
The fear that you’ll go insane is the worst part of it all
(Breathe out and just fall)
So here’s to slipping away until you’re nothing at all
(Shed your blood and bone)

All my boundaries dissipate and the witness stands tall
(In love we fall)
So here’s to slipping away until you’re nothing at all

“What’s it like down there?
It’s cold and dark, just a million miles away
No voices, no data streaming
Just.. Nothing.”