Languish

By Abstracted

On Hiraeth

Released on July 9, 2025

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[Intro]

I'm fed up with the lies

That will get better

Day after day, it never changes

Stuck in the same cycle

Drifting over the edge

Wearing a mask to disguise my reflection


[Verse 1]

Falling, lingering dreams

Buried beneath this blackened soil

Left out to rot without a name

Conceal my face for that it brings me shame

Sever the pieces to put them back together

The amalgamation of all but none


[Chorus]

Day by day, no days ever pass

Frozen in time, breathing this stagnant air

Watching flowers wither as I welcome demise

Blossoming plague that feeds upon all that's in sight


[Post-Chorus]

The absence of all hope begins to take its toll

I feel I'm growing weaker as the days go by

Devoid of purpose, never to feel whole again

Mimicking life just to believe this time


[Verse 2]

Lifeless mannequin, standing tall but hollow still

Crumbling, condemned to nothingness

The greatness vanished long ago


[Chorus]

I will try to make things right this time

Picking up the scattered pieces of my broken heart

Stained by sorrow, sight to see, all that I have lost

The sands of time will bury me, the king has been dethroned


[Post-Chorus]

The absence of all hope begins to take its toll

I feel I'm growing weaker as the days go by

Devoid of purpose, never to feel whole again

Mimicking life just to believe this time


[Bridge]

Retribution for the times I stood still

Waiting for a glimpse of hope to clutch to

Denial perpetrates the shackles

That bind me eternally to this place


[Outro]

Apparitions, laughing at despair

Vile specters, feeding off my past

Apparitions (Apparitions), laughing at despair

Vile specters (Wailing), feeding off my past

Apparitions, laughing at despair

Vile specters, feeding off my past

Apparitions, laughing at despair

Apparitions


[Instrumental Outro]