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Ζ​η​τ​ώ Ν​ε​ρ​ό (Begging For Water)

by Mavro Gala

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1.
Walls are closing in, your brain is shutting down Can’t deal with yourself and no one’s left around Who inspired you to give a fight bound to be lost? What gave you the strength to die every single night? Snapshots of your childhood fading, as time passes and you’re getting older Tragic events and graceful moments, all the things you said you won’t forget
2.
We hurt our ears to drumbeats too fast for us to dance We hurt our ears to screams, we can’t make out the words We thought tinnitus will hide the bad news It only gave us one more reason Not to be able to fall sleep Such a sweet caress, a friend now lost
3.
We never asked for calmness We never asked to be tucked in in quiet times We shouted over the goodnight songs We kept on shouting Never beg again, never beg for water Will our voices cover the deafening silence? Caged on your own but the burden is those we loved the most
4.
A4 - Stains 03:05
You vanished as I left You came back as I returned What brought you back, what made you come again Was it the cement? Was it the routine? Was it the shit that I’m afraid I will be in? I know I don’t want the stains, I know I don’t want to be alone I know I don’t want the stains on my skin I know I don’t want to be alone, left out by what I called friends as a kid
5.
It’s getting colder, said a friend But I can’t recall winter leaving our hearts Α hug on a mattress on the floor, withered away As if there was no moment to live, no breath for us to gasp When intimacy morphs into a prison A life of no promises seems the way to go on Affection is dead Long live the functional self
6.
Time has come for choices to be made, choices a little less personal The memories will always be there, Ι know But they’re not enough to keep the pieces together Time has come for choices to be made, choices that will lift a burden No one wanted to admit it was there I take the knife to cut the rope, the rope that formed a noose, a noose around my throat A throat now ruined, ruined by words unspoken A throat free but with a bruise that will be there forever Words unspoken, sickness greater than mockery Warmth denied, a value greater than a silent life
7.
As if myself is something that should be preserved As my self-inflicted pain Could ever sweeten the tears you shed We glorify moments we wish will never come We keep hurting our bodies Hoping tonight we'll manage to sleep Hard labor as self-preservation As if myself is something that should be preserved As my self-inflicted pain Could ever sweeten the tears you shed I’m sorry I thought this song was about you But at least I will get to sleep for four hours tonight And then I am hurting myself again
8.
Savoring our moments of solitude Wandering in landscapes of aspiration We are always judgmental Without embracing ourselves for what we truly are Meaningless this entity, I cannot feel a thing I strive to find emotions in this defective breed The caring, loving honest ones will never stand a chance The vultures will prevail and they will stay unharmed The bright ones will never shine within this human swarm I cannot sleep, I cannot breathe, all dreams collapse at once The time has passed, the windows broke and now I have to flee I have to find a way out of this, a way to feel free No, nothing for this world, nothing for us Nothing that matters and nothing that lasts This world is torn now, all love is lost Still you can stand your ground, but for what cause?
9.
Ruination, a new way to construct Rust, mold, sloth, abandonment Harassing nature and all living creatures An art that flourished in a decaying world You choose what you do, you choose your heritage What you rip and what you sow and what you leave behind Mother, my condolences for the son you've raised It’s easier to stay a victim than to take action Procrastination a new way of living The thirst for life, an unreachable goal Inertia swallowing your every day’s meaning The room is turning into a silent tomb Mother, my condolences for the son you raised It’s easier to stay a victim than to take action

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released October 14, 2019

Art direction by No Más / No More.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Ignite Music.

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Mavro Gala Athens, Greece

This is an effort to scream for what was promised;
an effort to scream for what was proven a fraud;
an effort to scream altogether.

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