The Deserter

from La Vie En Noir by I Destroy

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Suffocate
On the air in front of me
At home but abandoned and I can’t sleep
Save your breath
Deny me my family
The savior they’ve shown me
Has left me here alone

You are not a man of God
You are not holy
I have seen who you are
Now pardon me for calling you out

I am a black sheep blacker than night
I am wildly misled for staying in my own head
Destined for Hell for carving my own path
I am your antichrist

You are not a man of God
You are not holy
I have seen who you are
Now pardon me for calling you out

Cover my eyes so I can’t see
Your cross-shaped smile hiding bent teeth
We’re not on the same page
There is no love
No peace of mind
Pray that we live while I pray to die

This Alcatraz-like institution;
Parasitic walls,
Omnipresent clouded judgement,
Falsified love.
I will not bow before your god for he
Has ruined my faith
I will destroy your precious mirror
Watch his image die

Cover my eyes so I can’t see
Your cross-shaped smile hiding bent teeth
We’re not on the same page
There is no love
No peace of mind
Pray that we live while I pray to die

Where is the thought that said I’ll worship at his throne,
Or walk with his people?
If this, your heaven, is a dream
Then I’ll sleep with my nightmares

If Heaven is a dream, then I’ll sleep with my nightmares.

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from La Vie En Noir, released February 10, 2017
Additional vocals by Jeremy Schaeffer of Earth Groans

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I Destroy Minneapolis, Minnesota

Heavy. Pissed.

Twin Cities Metalcore

Vocals: Skylar Cary
Guitars: Mitch Sierra
Bass: Matt Loberg
Drums: Chris Edson

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