Twitching, moaning, vomiting pins,
Convulse or be consumed by sin
God’s wrath is just
Submit yr body daughter, obedience is not enough.
Choke on the needles you’ve been told to swallow
My knuckles are worn from making you follow
The damnation of suicide
Is it better than this life?
Ride into the night
On the devil’s black goat
Escape away
Into the forest’s dark throat
For they follow close behind
With hollow eyes…
The scapegoat of the plague
Only sheep to persuade
Point a finger and scream
That’s all you’ll need
To justify a witch’s suffering.
Let her be engulfed in flame
Let her hang on the cross she disobeyed
Be blind like me, binded like me
Bound to eternity.
Turn away an eye
Ignite her skin
Have a little faith
Because autonomy is sin
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021