first time actually releasing my autism-fueled singing.
all* instrumentals are from Chonny Jash, all vocals are from me.
stick around to the end for a shitty demo from earlier in the year.
track list:
(Single)
0:00 - 0.5. Intro
0:42 - 1. The Ballad of Gleel Repeal
(Bonus)
3:55 - 1.5. Interlude
4:17 - 2. Be Born
*all but the very beginning, which is the latter half of the beginning of Haiku by Tally Hall, reversed.
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LYRICS:
- concurrent lyrics indicated by [] square brackets and {} braces -
INTRO:
Welcome, ladies, gentlemen and the technicolor rainbow in between!
A quick performance today
First and last on the tracklist:
A tale of victim & culprit; murderer & fatality
A tale of a cursed woman’s sorrow & the falsehood in Black & White
A tale of dual, death, dueling & contempt
A tale of protection & perfection… or the distinct lack thereof
This is The Ballad of Gleel Repeal!
(I promise that she won’t take up too much of your time…)
THE BALLAD OF GLEEL REPEAL:
|Verse 1|
Is it worth all the ringing?
Is it worth all the pain?
Is it worth the pretending, the fear, the disdain?
Is it worth the shift in countenance just to live how I'd like?
Is it worth the split in conscience just to sate what's inside?
Is it really still working, this thin, weak facade?
Can I really still maintain my emotional guard?
|Verse 2|
My paintwork is thinning
My pain’s just beginning
My gears begin to grind as I see the mimic grinning
And the fear contorts ‘to anger as I begin to see red
And the anger grows remorseful as I return, retiring to bed
This sad, seeping tragedy inside my head
|Verse 3|
And there's so much to see here, so much more to do
Yet I can't help but relinquish control off to you
Perhaps my creator, thought to be kind and just
Isn't quite as forgiving as I once thought she was
This blue-glowing silver, or whatever I have got
Seems to be my seldom let from this hellish assault
|Verse 4|
You sit here and tempt me
Overgrowing with envy
Like a great, infectious moss, determined to drain me ‘til I'm empty
And I know I shouldn't feed you
But somehow I feel the need to
Like a deviant or a drunkard condemned by oaths they cannot see through
And lo, here I am, and here I stand
|Chorus|
So if you can, please take the moss from my hand
Before I change my mind and let the freak upon this land
I've tried this before, to keep a bandage on this sore
But every time it starts to rain, it just falls back to the floor
|Verse 5|
I've cried, ‘come disheartened
While keeping these shackles hardened
But the monster lain in wait will never cease her barrage
And I've begun to grow short in both Willpower and stores since
The chromium I rely on seems to be tainted and impure
So I laugh at the irony
And I know there's one single, lonesome cure
|Outro|
But if it takes Killrepeal with me
Then I'm glad to hang
INTERLUDE:
Oh, oh, I do believe we've been hijacked
Well, hey now, let's see what these kids have to say, with their newfangled ideas and such
This, is Be Born
BE BORN:
|Verse 1|
You must be oh so content
in your little hall
“Locked by someone else’s mistakes”
But the cold you feel amongst your soul
And these clouds that dull your call
Are your punishment for refusing to stand tall
|Verse 2|
You were afraid of me before
And you’ll be once more
When you succumb to the cold
The time you seek's ready to spend
But look how we repent
Stuck here singing songs so many times made old
|Chorus 1|
[{But what if I told you}, I am not the villain?
{What if I told you], you're the same as I?
[Half a hollow person], ruled by our depression}
[Cloaked in noise]
{Hear my voice}
[Split this noise]
{Into two sides}
|Verse 3|
I feel it growing more intense
This dissonance
Between what we are and what we want to be
Is it so goddamn hard to see
Through your glowing lens
[That in the end, {we are not your enemies?]
|Chorus 2|
And what if I told you}, [you are not a victim]
{And just this fucking once you [actually heard?}
You are not that {special]
And yet you keep your vessel
So if you're sick, [and if you're tired
Then soothe your} mind] {soul, with songs inspired, oh}
|Bridge|
[Time,] {(time, time,) [will move forward
Onward without you}
So climb, {(climb, climb,) [or crawl forward
It's all that you can do}, oh]
|Chorus 3|
[{So what if I told you, no one here is listening?
What if I told you, that is for the best?
These clocks that keep on ticking are not truly endless
These facts entwine to form a sign
To craft your voice through son and side
So make your choice and make it right
Will we be ours? Or will you die?]}