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Proving Grounds Lyrics by Stolas

Allomaternal

2014

[Verse: Jason Weiche]
The Hunter wakes and feels hungry
Neglecting time will kill the weak
No medicine will come of rain
Craving wonder in a mystery
Out of arrows, so she plants the seeds
A solid promise to feed a need to worry

[Chorus: Carlo Marquez, Jason Weiche]
Hands that come alive
Grasping at the tree line
Hands free of all care
(Hands that guide the knife)
Take what you want and discard your vices
What will you sacrifice to live this way?
Betraying the distance, you better stay out

[Verse: Jason Weiche, Carlo Marquez]
Take what you want, discard your vices
What will you sacrifice to live this way?
The melody invisible at the moment it’s first witnessed
So just breathe, I can't with so much air alive
To grant life the weak can only see

[Chorus: Carlo Marquez, Jason Weiche]
Hands that come alive
Grasping at the tree line
Hands free of all care
(Hands that guide the knife)
Take what you want and discard your vices
What will you sacrifice to live this way?
Betraying the distance, you better stay out

[Verse: Carlo Marquez]
Her mouth is stitched
With roots the earth refused to keep
She speaks escape in every place we sleep
Her hands, soft skin
A cure clawing for disease
The serpent with its tail between its teeth
Her eyes made bright
With candles hewn from careful bones
The wax, it wanders, winds her throat
Her breath is so loud, oh
Her mouth is stitched
With roots the earth refused to keep
She speaks escape and now
I can't leave her, flying out all on her own
You see the trembling on the ends of her wings?
Because of you, it’s been shaking so consistently

[Verse: Carlo Marquez]
Leave behind the ghosts
Leave behind the fires of home
Every ounce of hope
Is lost in the steps that we don’t know
Leave behind the ghosts
Leave behind the fires of home

[Outro: Jason Weiche, Carlo Marquez]
Every ounce of hope
Hands that guide
Hands that guide the sharp edge
Sharp edge will turn towards the rope
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Stolas

Stolas

About “Proving Grounds” by Stolas

Read the complete lyrics to "Proving Grounds" by Stolas from the album "Allomaternal" in 2014. 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 Alternative, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock.

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"Proving Grounds" is credited to Stolas. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Proving Grounds" appears on "Allomaternal" in 2014.

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