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Chapters

by Lycanthrope

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1.
Wings 03:13
My backs against the wall Backed into a corner I won’t leave at all Forced to make decisions we later on defy Though long ago we sought comfort and shelter Now I find it hard to breathe restricted by your protection I still need my lungs to breathe I still need my blood to bleed I will never know who I’m meant to be If I can’t spread my wings and fly These concrete boots that chain me down As water continues to rise Hold my head above the torrent Scream till my lungs collapse Hoping you will hear my torment Anticipation I’m still drowning Contemplation While your still breathing Expectations Of what you want me to be Pure frustration My side you just don’t see We held our refuge with a silent tongue We held our refuge till the silence My backs against the wall Backed into a corner I won’t leave at all Forced to make decisions we later on defy I still need my lungs to breathe I still need my blood to bleed I will never truly be me If I can’t spread my wings and fly These concrete boots that chain me down As water continues to rise
2.
Skin & Bones 03:45
A picture holds a thousand words Image tells a thousand tales Each timeless portrait steals a piece of your soul A vulgar display that you shamefully disgrace Yourself for the amusement of the souls who can’t be saved We are blood and flesh, we are skin and bones Just stop the obsession, embrace imperfection After all it’s what makes us all unique Don’t sell your soul for the price of beauty Don’t sell your soul to be another clone Identity abandoned - true beauty lies within Don’t need your opinion to sway an altered perception We won’t offer forgiveness to the sheep who follow regardless Dedicated to obtaining perfection Completely consumed by your own reflection A vulgar display that you shamefully disgrace yourself for the amusement of clones
3.
Gambit 03:31
Conscious that you have a problem Yet choose to resist for the thrill of the chase The stench of victory overthrown by countless mistakes Beating a dead horse Double-down your arrogance The odds are stacked against you You’ve been dealt a dead mans hand Would you throw it all away? Contorted by greed of money Feed the addiction to fuel the flame While you throw your life down the drain So roll the dice Pretend your selfishness is justified by the price of your fortune Snake eyes No guilt and no remorse Obsessed by increasing volume Russian Roulette every time you place your bet Hold the gun to your head Dignity put a price on integrity It’s safe to say your down on beginners luck Put a price on your dignity Put a price on integrity It’s safe to say you are royally fucked Bow down to beginners luck Clean sweep or a heart beat You’re royally fucked
4.
Chapters 03:30
Strive forward for tomorrow If you can’t get your best out of today Erase it from your memory Obstacles are thrown at us Test our judgment, trial our trust All chapter to our life story Will you be forgotten or say all you wanted to say? Fade into obscurity or build a legacy? Life’s always changing beginning till the end Always shaping children into men Turns children into men Think you’ve found the solution Indications lead to contradiction Search to find your better self With no feeling in your ambiance Search to find your better self And no heart in your brutality Search to find your better self With a lack of passion and clarity Search to find your better self Struggle to find rhythm in life’s harmony The change starts today it’s up to no one else Independence - A strength most don’t possess Until your forced to learn the hard way Insecure - You’ve lost control, your life’s a mess Far from the hopes and dreams your reminisce The only one to pull this train back on the tracks The same person condemned us all to see the wreck Condemned to see the wreck When staring at defeat the strong will find their feet To march on through the rain to find a better day ‘Bout time you found your better self
5.
Like A Ghost 03:24
Exploited Taken advantage of I dug myself my own grave Buried myself with others problems Shifting in and out of consciousness Grieving compulsions I must repress Walk around like a ghost with your head in the clouds Subject to violence I am renowned A mouthful of sorrow to wash it all down A sudden realisation Like lightning restored my vision Backflip decision to remove myself from the source of depression Why do I have to be the only one To walk away or bite my tongue? So many things I had to say Where you won’t like my reaction I always have to be the bigger man And walk away when the damage is done So many things I had to say So many friends lost along the way With my feet firm on the ground I’ll neglect as you choke on your sorrow and drown Subject to violence Your neglect cut straight to the bone Why am I the only one left biting my fucking tongue?
6.
If I embrace this downward spiral Or give in to this vicious cycle I will never find my way and my signs are vital As I tiptoe through this headspace To find the memories I’ve hidden away Under lock and key and woe is me I’ve got my fingers crossed that they weren’t erased Cause I vaguely remember devotion But I kind of think that it was replaced By a confusing sense of direction I’m hoping it will show me the way As I lose sense of perspective A broken compass is all the remains To navigate me through my problems That I struggle with every day I will search the depths of this ocean Uncharted waters and crushing waves In the distance I see a flashing light I’m hoping it won’t lead me astray Now I’m running through this headspace Unlocking memories awakening pain Looking back on life right before my eyes and nearly everything I wanted to change Cause I vaguely remember composure But I’ve lost my drive to navigate Still the distance calls and beckons me and now I’m left to follow my name
7.
Not even in my worst nightmares Could I have ever believed that This sickness that courses through me Will bring me down reduced to nothing Within the very depths of my mind Forever trying to find the strength to survive Forever in the depths of my mind trying to find Lonely, Abandoned Deserted by myself on the verge of death Fragile carrying a burden Feeling breakable under all this stress Desperate to conquer this plague and find my way back home With every second I waste I will not hesitate To fight on and last another day With every step I take I will not hesitate I will not hesitate to fight on and last another day Now I see the light through the darkness Now I see the path that divides me Struggle on through the sickness Through the fever thats burning me Battle past complications in the face of adversity I fight with belief that I will be well again And conquer this plague I call my own This black room that divides me Separates me from the outside world Images of my life crash to me as I find it hard to breathe Reflections of my life crash to me as I find it hard to Separate the real from this dream Reality imaginary Separate the real from this dream
8.
Here’s my retaliation, a verbal devastation Keep hating me - that’s your only justification Cryptically abuse and lie for the whole damned world to see This hollow truth that you live by no longer involves me In the hope that you won’t strive for such sympathy Somehow you’ve mistaken death with prosperity And as the lies build you dig a deeper hole Who will benefit the most out of this tragedy? Cause I clearly see that your playing the victim Will you ever hold guilt in your heart or live with deliverance? Remember that sympathy Is only short comfort in tragedy Keeping your honesty Stay true to yourself or your nothing to me I’ll take your criticism bottle it up to fuel the rage You call me gutless, you call me weak Yet too coward to say it to my face And now its clear to see that your pointing the finger at me So easy to play the victim when it all seems like criticism In the hope that you wont strive for such sympathy Somehow you’ve mistaken death with prosperity You face a Bitter Resistance Remember that sympathy Is only short comfort in tragedy Turn a blind eye to honestly Stay true to yourself or your nothing to me I’ve been there through everything The hard times the lows and the self pity Through all my advice you turn a blind eye Now you face a Bitter Resistance
9.
Blindfold 03:55
Future destroyed, he only wanted to enjoy The finer things this life supplies But his life changed and on that fateful day This boy would never be the same Cause he knew a man who was a family friend The boy thought that he could trust But he was betrayed, kept quiet with bribery All to forfill a religious pedophiles fantasy Raise your voices to unravel the conspiracy and betrayal Cover ups, secrets and lies Manipulation of our generation behind your disguise Paying for your alibi Robbing children of their innocence Blinding parents of their common sense Future destroyed, she dreamed to conquer the world Her future burning all to bright ready to ignite Eager to learn she learnt a harsh life lesson At the end of the school day Then her life changed lived out the rest of her days A product of her own disgust She was betrayed, kept quiet with bribery All to forfill a twisted teachers fantasy
10.
X VII 04:44
My heartbeat in your chest Your breathing in my breath Staring into your eyes entwine myself with you Legs begin shaking Trembling lips embracing Time makes this an eternity I am lost in your serenity We made our way out of the catacombs We made it away from deaths mosolium Shine your light for me These shipwrecked seas that torment me I need your light to guide me free Three sheets to the wind Sail this gallion from this chasm My love my life my everything So shine your light Loosen the noose Loosen the hangmans noose my love Unchain me from the gallows I’ve been chained down for too long Loosen the noose been chained down for to long This heart upon my sleeve I wear with pride And with every passing breath I promise to be right by your side This heart upon my sleeve I wear with pride Take your hand in life or death this I solemnly vow to you I don’t want to live forever I just want to live for you

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released February 16, 2018

All music written and performed by Lycanthrope.
Produced by Rhys Zacher and Lycanthrope.
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Rhys Zacher at Spinlight Studios.

Synth Programming on tracks ‘gambit’, ‘Chapters’,
‘Like A Ghost’ and ‘X VII’ by Jarred Vickers.
Synth Programming on track ‘Follow My Name’ by Rhys Zacher.

Band Photography by Dean Abraham.
Album artwork designed by Matthew Stoja.

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Lycanthrope Newcastle, Australia

Lycanthrope is a six piece metal band from Newcastle in NSW, Australia.
With music that is full of energy and purpose, punchy rhythms, melodic choruses, and heavy breakdowns, Lycanthrope are quickly building a solid fan base and leaving their mark on the metal scene.

New EP 'Revival' is available now.
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