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The Place I Cannot Find

by IRONSTONE

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Brave The Black 04:33
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Rejuvenation You close your eyes and let it be I’d move a mountain If I could only get to sleep In a daze The light it bends in my direction It casts me into space And robs me of my wavering perception I can’t maintain attention Rest though I should I’m far too tired And if I could get what’s required I’d close my eyes and brave the black With thoughts that won’t release me I dread the night retreating With the time I won’t get back Balanced on a knife Visions blur and time rewinds Take me to the place The place I cannot find Go to sleep Rest though I should I’m far too tired And if I could get what’s required I’d close my eyes and brave the black With thoughts that won’t release me I dread the night retreating With the time I won’t get back If now I fall I should get 8 It dawns on me 6 isn’t great No time at all I’m down to 5 With only 3 I cannot survive I cannot survive I close my eyes and brave the black With thoughts that won’t release me I dread the night retreating With the time I’ve wasted Brave the black Ignore the thoughts that haunt me Escape this purgatory I just want my life back I want my life back
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Mr Struggle 05:20
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Breathing at a heightened rate the air is cold and yet I swelter There is no hiding from the dark I have to try and concentrate when not alone and sheltered So as not to lose it Don’t punish me for what I’ve done My heart and mind are not at one It’s gonna break me A compound destined to combust A two way street with one way trust Has turned the ground once solid to dust Diving sinking deeper Listen now listen oh Some things take time though it’s a shame I’m not equipped to play your game I can’t convince you that this isn’t black and white This is my fault to some extent You spoke the truth I understand I may be Mr. Struggle But I needed you to stay and weather all the trouble For what I’ve done My heart and mind are not at one It’s gonna break me A compound destined to combust A two way street with one way trust Has turned the ground once solid to dust My life constricts around my throat My senses come adrift And if I stay without direction With everything as is How can I look at my reflection A man who looks like this Don’t punish me for what I’ve done My punishment’s what I’ve become I can’t escape me I need somebody I can trust An eye to look beyond my past The ground once solid turns into dust This day I stay you leave The only constant that I know is me The only constant that I know is me Me
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Who Scares Who 05:42
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Far from the surface far away The threat that I disregard And I feel the force of wonder From green eyes so bizarre The children of the stars Trapped inside the darkness There's a light above my head A foreign hand outstretched Takes away my breath I heed I abide For fear I won't get out alive My recognition growing Let logic be my guide Beyond my plane of knowing They open up my mind Trapped inside the darkness There's a light above my head A foreign hand outstretched Takes away my breath With wisdom that I cannot comprehend They scare me I scare them too It's hard to tell exactly who scares who It's hard to tell exactly who scares who I'm free from my burden Rising onto a higher ground Who scares who? I fail to see the difference Who scares who? Build a bridge over this chasm Trapped inside the darkness There's a light above my head A foreign hand outstretched Takes away my breath With wisdom that I cannot comprehend A foreign hand outstretched The hand of my new friend
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Shiny Things 04:08
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The point of attraction is hard to define You follow a light when it catches your eye My expectations misaligned There is no substance I can find It shows all that glitters isn’t gold As I dig deeper I grow Shiny things are getting old And you’ve just lost your glow I suspect that you see distorted truth void of reality The way you see yourself is but a dream All on your own all on your own The iron’s on but no-one’s home And you don’t even feel bad You’re in wonderland Head first in the sand Shattering your sense of worth Bring your heightened pride back to earth My expectations misaligned There is no substance I can find It shows all that glitters isn’t gold As I dig deeper I grow Shiny things are getting old And you’ve just lost your glow Does it make you feel better Control to the letter The way you appear in their eyes Yeah It just goes to show All that glitters isn’t gold As I dig deeper I grow Shiny things are getting old And you’ve just lost your glow All that glitters isn’t golden no Shiny things are getting older now
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To Be Like You 04:16
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I am the one you refuse to see So blinded by popularity ohh And if I cannot turn the key I know what I must do To win your damn approval Corrupting all the files in my heart It's true You occupy my fading mind What an honour it would be To be like you To be like you It seems I never belonged Now my resentment has grown So strong It hurts to think I must Sacrifice me To stand under the sun yeah Stand under the sun I ask myself If I wore you shoes Would you kick me to the curb? It seems I never belonged I walk the path alone Survived your sticks and stones Resentment is so strong I am the one you refuse to see So blinded by popularity And if I cannot turn the key I'll live in my own reality Reality I ask myself If I took your face and wore it Would we see eye to eye? It seems I never belonged I walk the path alone Survived your sticks and stones Resentment is so strong I walk the path alone I'm stronger on my own To be like you would be so fucking wrong
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Staring At The Sun 05:14
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Self-reflection intervention I tried to fit the mould Head's a prison they won't listen They make the assumption That I'm in control of the way I am I know I break with convention no redemption I don't give a fuck about your expectations I don't give a fuck about your expectations Spent half my life locked in a cage Wishing I was someone else ohh And I did this all to myself Staring at the sun I see the light Eclipsing the problems that weigh on mind When I falter I stare at the sun Block out the vision of everyone Making me feel like I don't belong Telling me where I went wrong Evading escaping denying My altered state of mind My heightened sense of what is right Bring me closer to the centre of the fire The clarity that I desire I feel the frustration I cannot give in to this unyielding tension Who am I to try and circumvent myself And live in disguise? 'Cause I need the light To overexpose all the fear I can't hide When I falter I stare at the sun Block out the vision of everyone Burn my eyes until they're gone I pledge my eyes to the sun I see it even when I close my eyes The solar circles burned into my mind When I falter I stare at the sun Block out the vision of everyone Burn my eyes until they're gone Staring at the sun

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released October 29, 2022

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IRONSTONE Bendigo, Australia

IRONSTONE is a progressive metal band from Bendigo, Australia. Influenced by a range of metal genres, their music features the duality of clean and distorted vocals, djent driven riffs and breakdowns, atmospheric layers and epic solos. The result is a contemporary metal sound that is sophisticated, melodic and hard hitting. ... more

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