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Band: Holdstrong
Song: Awakening
Album: Pursuit In The Face Of Misfortune 7 Inch
Label: Pin Drop Records (1997)
discogs.com/Holdstrong-Pursuit-In-The-Face-Of-Misfortune/master/388783

'90s new school hardcore band from Holden, Massachusetts, USA


Lyrics:

alone in a dark room
listening intently
for something that
just isn't here
evoking fear, rather than hope
this silence is intimidating

betrayed by your innocence
deceived by your illusion

betrayed by innocence
deceived by illusion
manipulating promises
living way to false hopes

hidden depths and fragile surfaces
lost within
within oneself
clothed in a heavy stillness
awakening from this nightmare

all these empty moments
all these empty days
all these empty dreams
awakening