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A​.​I​.​O​.​S (An Institution of Sorts)

by SparraLIMB

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A.I.O.S is a collaboration with my friends Drew Nold from Drunk and Lonely and Joel de Blois of Steam Slicer. This song is a reworked and extended version of the opening song from my 2023 album FROM THE BONES originally titled An Introduction of Sorts.

lyrics

Such cozy camouflage
To hide your head in
Please humor my mirage

The cart has come around
To pile your dead in
I swear I'm still alive

I'll show you how your symmetry
Has forged a strange form from me
Pry my eyes
Make me see
The truth awaiting me

The weight I've had to bear
The risks I've taken
I wish I'd taken care

This should be the end
If I'm not mistaken
Yet somehow I'm still here

I'll show you how your symmetry
Has made me my own enemy
Now wide awake
I wait to greet
The fate awaiting me

Show me who I'm supposed to be
I feel him creeping close to me
Show me who I'm supposed to be
I hear him breathe when I don't breathe
Show me who I'm supposed to be
I see his shadow slithering
Show me who I'm supposed to be
Hold my breath and hope he leaves
Pray to a God I don't believe
Show me who I'm supposed to be

Swing that wrecking ball
Watch the pieces fall
Use the chains they've made
To bring off my escape
Swing that wrecking ball
Watch the pieces fall

I'll show you how your symmetry
Has made a strange shape of me
Take my hand
Help me see
My essence is immutable
This fire was not born physical
It's of the soul, it's mystical
They can't take that away from me

credits

released April 19, 2024
Guitars/Bass: Rick Whitehead
Vocals/Lyrics: Drew Nold
Guitars/Bass/Drums: Joel de Blois

Written by Rick Whitehead, Joel de Blois and Drew Nold

Arrangement by Rick Whitehead and Joel de Blois

Mastered by Mark Grider

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SparraLIMB England, UK

If anyone spends any of their time listening to my stuff, thank you so very much!!! Dark songs and Ideas from home, bits from bands I am in and the ones from the past. Words about Doubt.

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