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Firstwake Lyrics by Silent Planet

The Night God Slept

2017

[Verse 1: Garrett Russell]
You'd be choking on your flame, my Son without a name
Made king [1] of all the wastes
And forever will swallow us alive, we'll be abstracted from time
We can let the tides wash over

[Pre-Chorus: Garrett Russell & Thomas Freckleton]
This is the epilogue to the introduction (Lost in the sound) [2]
Hold tight to all your systematic theories
That help you to sleep at night
But remember that there could be no sufficient certitudes in hell

[Chorus: Garrett Russell]
Father, forgive them
For they know not what they do [3]
Mother, receive me [4]
'Cause I'm coming home to you, does this cup run dry? [5]

[Verse 2: Thomas Freckleton & Garrett Russell]
Look at what we've done again, we wage war in the name of love
Using gold to fill the holes in your hands
Caught in the paradox
Juxtaposed between bifurcated black and white
And my propensity to fail you
Caught in the cyclical narrative of violence
That invokes your name to justify genocide
They'll take everything

[Bridge: Joel Quartuccio]
We traded water for salt
Something whole for something equally as broken as us
Now dying of thirst, we'll write this out in blood
And shut you in a stone-cold time where the air rots out, leaving us alone
We chose to be alone
I was given this cup to quench parched tongues
But I became drunk and lust lynched my lungs

[Chorus: Garrett Russell]
Father, forgive them
For they know not what they do [3]
Mother, receive me [4]
'Cause I'm coming home to you, does this cup run dry? [5]

[Outro: Garrett Russell]
For they know not what they do [3]
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Silent Planet

Silent Planet

About “Firstwake” by Silent Planet

Read the complete lyrics to "Firstwake" by Silent Planet from the album "The Night God Slept" in 2017. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under USA, In English, Progressive Metalcore.

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"Firstwake" is credited to Silent Planet. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Firstwake" appears on "The Night God Slept" in 2017.

Visit the Silent Planet artist page at /artist/silent-planet for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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