The New Despair

from The New Despair by Northtop Gunman

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You're not the first, you won't be the last
You are the vaccine that's gonna cure my past
You are alpha, omega
Be my Sirius, I'll be your Vega

You're so far ahead of your time
Call you HO-229
If I bleed you a river, will you sink or swim?
Will I be the one to reel you in?

For just one touch of her milk-white skin
I sacrificed a piece of myself and I let love in
For just one taste of her nectar
Bathed in red neon light, I fell down on my knees and begged her

Let me in
Let me in
Let me in
Let me in

The bread I gave you, not fit to taste
My body is dry and bitter, my faith in you displaced
The wine you gave me, not meant to share
I'm experiencing the new despair

Though you might go by a different name
Nothing changes, the objective remains the same
I'm descending into the spider's lair
And I'm teaching myself, teaching myself, teaching myself

New despair
New despair
Despair
Despair

Nothing that I say or do
Will ever be good enough for
I'm tethered, forever pulling threads of you
Forever lost with regret of you

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from The New Despair, released May 6, 2020
Performed by Northtop Gunman
Written by David Buchan, Conor "Cod" O'Donnell and Ruiri Harker
Produced by Fud Records

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