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Gallows

from Betrayer by Catalysis

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lyrics

As I face the gallows
My imprint on the shadows

Another pinch in the side of my pride
My pride
Another stride to anonymous lies
The lie
Ticking in time the clock is facing
Bracing, hasten, endless chasing
Of the end
A line just dropped into my mind, my
Engram is a vision, but the
Impact is not my decision

You will know my name
My face etched on your brain
I’ll smile to you as I wave goodbye
Laughing as I drop into another demise

Here we go again,
Another stab into the heart of my existence
This insistence that I face
Displaced
A numbness in this desolate place
If numbness is a lack of feeling
Why is my face now raw and bleeding?
Bleeding
It’s hot in here but my blood runs cold
Everything I am I can't hold

You will know my name
My face etched on your brain
I’ll smile to you as I wave goodbye
Laughing as I drop into another demise

You captivated me
Made it all I see
Maybe I don’t want to recognise
But I know it’s me

What I tell the world
Is only what I want to be
This picture perfect book of lies
Looks nothing like me

Again I face the gallows
This court reflects my last
Imprint on the shadow
Smoke and mirrors shroud the past

Shroud the past

I don’t need you to read my mind
I just want to live my life
I don’t want you to define
My life
I need you to make me feel like
I just want to live my life
Why can’t I ever act like
I have my own mind

Picture perfect
Image fading
Feeling worthless
Enervating


Smoke and mirrors forever shrouding me
My eyes are stuck
Stuck with needles
My face looks back from beyond the black
My ears are filled
Filled with poison

You will know my name
My face etched on your brain
I’ll smile to you as I wave goodbye
Laughing as I drop into another demise

Life is perfect
Only when you can't see
The truth behind what
You read

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from Betrayer, released December 15, 2023

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Catalysis Dundee, UK

Catalysis is a 5 piece metal band from Dundee, Scotland. Formed in late 2016, the band have released 4 EPs (Into The Unknown 2017, Catalysis 2018, Relicta 2021 and Innova 2022) and 2 full lengths (Connection Lost 2020 and Betrayer 2023).

The band have appeared alongside acts such as Warbringer, Avatar, Lost Society and more, as well as winning Best Metal at the 2022 Scottish Alt Music Awards. ... more

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