Resent is a nasty song, going into the resentment that can build up over time. Failing... low social status... rejection… these things can easily lead you to believe life is not worth pursuing, and more than that, that existence itself is corrupt beyond repair. A losing game. A zero-sum catastrophe. I do not ultimately believe this, but I've been there before, and I thought I'd better write about it lest it build up inside.
lyrics
"Resent" Lyrics:
Resentment and agony, life is not justified
For meaning is absent in wake of my despise
The feeling of weakness in all I have to give
Surrounding the failure of my entire self
Facilitation of the death and resurrection going all through time
In my own life
As time goes by the symptoms remaining, all my life is all for the taking
Am I imagining this?
It’s getting harder to see when I’m not rewarded (for playing the game)
Like a worm in the mud of existence, I spend my life groveling (for a reason to be)
Now years have compiled of wondering why
Evolving, my evil, and hatred of this world
Familiar, the faces, a failing, writhing mass
So foolish, so frail, the bounds of existence
Wah-oh-oh-oh
Facilitation of the death and resurrection going all through time in my own life
As time goes by the symptoms increasing, all I am is all for the taking
Am I imagining this?
It’s getting harder to see when I’m not rewarded (for playing the game)
Like a worm in the mud of existence, I spend my life groveling (for a reason to be)
Entering the realms of interwoven fantasy
Not far from reality, though these realms may seem
Spiders in my thoughts and in my actions overwhelming
Sands of time have shown that the web is unraveling…
I come undone
It’s getting harder to see when I’m not rewarded
It’s getting harder to see when I’m not rewarded (for playing the game)
Like a worm in the mud of existence, I spend my life groveling (for a reason to be)
credits
released October 20, 2020
Grimm - all instruments and vocals
Mixed by Frederick Erlingsson of Audiosphere Recordings
Artwork by A Space Monkey
Grimmreaper is the solo project of Logan Grimm. From metalcore to black metal, Grimmreaper takes listeners through a unique and deeply personal musical journey in his debut album, The Tragedy of Being. Pre-order today!
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