My Sentence Awaits

from Sentient by Insurgent

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This track is the finale of the EP. The narrator feels a sense of hopelessness as he realises that despite his best efforts, he has made a society that values everything he stands against. The song then goes on to reflect on the fact that the narrator himself is responsible for the failings of modern-day society and as such he should practice what he preaches and take responsibility for his shortcomings and do what he can to be the best possible version of himself.

lyrics

Plotting your escape,
Erasing and retracing all the
steps that you'll make,
Vilifying, antagonising
All that's in your way,
Painting on a canvas no-one
else can trace.

Tell me what I know,
Release me from my inhibitions,
Blind and alone.

Sell me your story so I can change my ways,
Bound without reason,
Treason, my sentence awaits.

Forced underneath,
Carrying your conscience my
integrity is seized,
Tormentors they dance around me as the
earth caves away,
To a better being, a sense of feeling,
When you let your devils have their way,
There's no-one else to blame.

Tell me what I know,
Release me from my inhibitions,
Blind and alone.

Sell me your story so I can change my ways,
Bound without reason,
Treason, my sentence awaits.

Tell me what I know,
Release me from my inhibitions,
Nowhere left to go.

Nothing left to say,
This is of my own volition,
Find another way,
Find another way.

Sell me your story so I can change my ways,
Grinding my teeth now I'm left here to fight the change,
Appeasing my demons, failing to turn the page,
Bound without reason,
Treason, my sentence awaits.

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from Sentient, released August 6, 2021
Katie Teitge, Joseph Rowley, Jake Brettle, Michael Tabone, Thomas Gittins.

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