A BROKEN MAN
WITH A THOUSAND-YARD STARE
STANDING IN THE RAIN
WATER MASKING TEARS
ALWAYS ALONE
AND HEAD HUNG LOW
THIS TORTURED SOUL
IS OLD BEYOND HIS YEARS
CHAINED LIKE A WRAITH
PINNED LIKE AN INSECT
ALL OF HIS HOPES AND DREAMS
FLOWING LIKE MUD
THROUGH THE DIRT
WONDERING HOW TO CONTINUE ON
AND WHEN WILL THESE
WOUNDS EVER HEAL?
"Battle not with monsters,
lest ye become one
And stare not into the abyss,
for it will stare back into you"
A LESSON NEVER TAUGHT
A LANGUAGE NEVER LEARNED
CRAWLING INTO
THE WARMTH OF THE DARKNESS
DRAGGING HIM DOWN
WORDS OF CONCERN UNHEARD
DEATH IS WRITTEN ACROSS HIS BROW
FOCUSED ON HOW HIS LIFE WILL END
BEYOND ALL REACH NOW
ALLOWING THE DARKNESS TO SINK IN
THROUGH SO MUCH HATRED
THROUGH ANGER AND DESPAIR
A MIND AND SOUL
BRUISED AS BADLY AS HIS BODY
A CONSTANT PRESSURE
BENDS HIS SPINE, HIS WILL
HIS EYES ARE TIRED
THEY LONG FOR RELEASE
WITH TEARS THEY FILL
ENOUGH OF THE SUFFERING
TOO MUCH ENDURED
ENOUGH OF THE SUFFERING!
credits
from Mojave Repressions,
released May 9, 2022
KEITH MERROW - (GUITARS, BASS, VOCALS)
KRIMH - (DRUMS)
GORD OLSON - (VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS)
CHRIS FINSTER - (VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS)
LEON DEL MUERTE - (BACKING VOCALS)
Heaviest thing I’ve heard all year along with Altarage. Okay I’ve been listening to this record for the past two weeks and it just gets better and better. Dissonant grooves galore Jacob Ballance
The album description mentions an “emotional apex.” That’s really the difference between Stare and the band’s previous albums. Ulcerate was always supremely technically proficient. I just didn’t care all that much. Their growth has come from making music you will feel. Metallurgical Fire