So you step out into the world
leaving your past behind
You put on a mask of iron
cast to protect you, but you're blind
as you travel forward
into the darkest fog
Compass needle spinning
directionless walking the bog
You have to find a river
in order to return to road
yet you march on endlessly
like a soldier whose been bode
on an unknown journey
unprepared and without dissuade
you lost your life so long ago
though you continue your crusade
Do you remember yesterday?
Have you forgotten all the happiness
Of lives gone past
which you left standing in the darkness there
Do you remember what it means
when you say the words I want to hear
they come ringing clear
but otherwise would fall on deaf ears?
So you're now in the open
all unknown at your sides
are you happy where you are
or would you rather be inside
undressed of all your armor
and have the happiness you had
reaching back to the beginning
become a shell of what once was
So you look in the mirror
and revealed to you are your flaws
a reminder of the past
that evoked your anger raw
so then I ask you
what will you do to reconcile
will you bridge the gaps
so one more time I can see your smile...
Do you remember yesterday?
Have you forgotten all the happiness
Of lives gone past
which you left standing in the darkness there
Do you remember what it means
when you say the words I want to hear
they come ringing clear
but otherwise would fall on deaf ears?
Do you remember yesterday?
Have you thrown out all your memories
'long with the keys
to save yourself from some insanity?
Can't you reach into the past
to gather what you need and might have forgot
and from the lot
this negativity which you shall cast?
A stellar cast of artists put their own shadowy spins on recent Bestial Mouths material—toward the goth club floor or into pure noise. Bandcamp New & Notable May 11, 2021