Mastodon - Hushed & Grim [The Best Progressive Metal Album]

Lyrics to Hushed & Grim [The Best Progressive Metal Album] by Mastodon

Tracklist: 01. Pain With An Anchor Oh, my dear Look what we've done here My greatest fear A pain with an anchor The taste of defeat Oh, my dear Look what we've come to We've shattered serene I've turned the grief to medicine Into my mouth will enter The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down As karma whispers Oh my dear The damage is done hеre I disappear A love with no anchor In thе depths of the sea I've turned the grief to medicine Into my mouth will enter The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down As karma whispers 02. The Crux Another sinking stone Finds its way down below Resurface when only light will ever show And while I progress slow I'm soon to surpass you Entitled to all possessions I have adored I feel pressure I feel the pressure And all the faded bones Piling up high and low Returning to life once you can stand alone Don't get too close this time The depths of love haunt you It's dark inside where all my demons hide I feel pressure I feel the pressure Waiting with patience of eons Your presence fades into a memory Underneath a cloud of silence, you journey into the rift Will time defy the weight of you leaving us I feel pressure I feel the pressure Hold aggression Hold aggression 03. Sickle And Peace [Intro] Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace [Verse 1: Troy Sanders] Please excuse the madness Of the situation I am in Are we reunited For we both share the cause of this [Verse 2: Troy Sanders] You choose to apply logic It's hard to ply where there is none My destination's unknown Allow the man to walk in his shoes from here [Chorus: Brann Dailor] Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes [Verse 3: Troy Sanders] Justifying all your control I cease to mourn what never could be No feeling's ever final Just another scar I wear and hold dear [Chorus: Brann Dailor] Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes [Verse 4: Troy Sanders] Falling down and losing ground Save me from myself All I've seen and all I know I've not been this low [Verse 5: Troy Sanders] Now I stand up on my own Learning from myself Where I've been and where I'll go Still remains unknown [Chorus: Brann Dailor] Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes 04. More Than I Could Chew Will there ever be a moment I won't feel this heat coming up from ground? Will there ever be a time when I can show myself through open doors? All I need is you to tell me how to reconcile this guilt and shame I’ve already ripped myself to pieces and I've given it away All the weight lies upon my shoulders from The great disruption It's hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt Tidal distraction Can you tell me how to wish away this chaos making my head spin? Can you tell me how to soothe the savage beast locked up inside these walls? Will there ever be a place that I can hide and heal these open sores? Or do I have to cut them out and eat them as my people adore? All the weight lies upon my shoulders from The great disruption It’s hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt Tidal distraction I have, I have lost my way Reaching, reaching for today I have, I have lost my way Reaching, reaching for today Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running back 05. The Beast I'm out of my mind Pictures of past lives Trapped in a memory In fragments of time The way things used to be Find a better way to get back home Reaching for something new That's just not there anymore 'Cause you know that it's gone You slip away to the distance Pass a crack of light in the floor I hear the sound of mischief As the promising light shines some more I paid you in fool's gold, and I don't owe you anymore And I deserve nothing I find Like a mountain of pain on the floor Losing ground Taken by a prophecy Siren sounds Calling for your sanctity Wipe away The blood from your face All I see is our demise Headed for the blackened skies And I need more time I still hear The beast is breathing Should I fall upon my sword? Make sure they know That I fought for them Make sure they know They know I tried I scraped and clawed I gave my all Stars in the distance Oh how they tell a story of my life And tell us to beware Repeating the past Nature is nocturnal and that is that I spend my days underground covered in ash and smothered in dirt And you know how it hurts this little clown Pay no attention to the sound of the beast 'Cause you know it can't hurt you when you're with me 06. Skeleton Of Splendor You reached two hands outward Two birds spreading our wings Today's arms turn numb When I turn it inward We live and breathe all your thousand words Now you sleep, we'll finish your work To my detriment To my detriment To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment You painted us with effort Always praising us high The day has come to face the storm As lightning strikes me in two We live the dream onward as it were Endless days we'll carry on as one There's no doubt of what we're herе to do You laid it out A promise of yourself To my detrimеnt To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment 07. Teardrinker [Verse 1: Brann Dailor & Troy Sanders] Within a bruised heart I'll just say when Just one time before It will come again Little voice inside Inside my head Tell me when it's time to turn around again All appears to fade away [Chorus: Brann Dailor] I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done [Verse 2: Brann Dailor & Troy Sanders] Try to give up what weighs What weighs you down The only control you have Is all your own Do I fit the pieces Together again Or do I leave them lying on the floor? All appears to fade away [Chorus: Brann Dailor] I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done [Bridge: Troy Sanders & Brann Dailor] Leaving you behind Is the hardest thing I've done Asking where did I go wrong? I wonder what all of this makes Does fortune favor the bold? I only know that leaving you Was the hardest thing To cut and run [Chorus: Brann Dailor] I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done 08. Pushing The Tides [Verse 1: Troy Sanders] I think I'm ready to start I thought I heard you scream We're all part of this fucked up devastation (Go) Always spinning the wheels A greater vision in sight It's not failure if you're trying [Verse 2: Troy Sanders] Another prick of a thorn The body reaches deep As I choke the situation Seeming clever and wise Clouded beyond the dark cells I know not what drips inside me [Chorus: Brann Dailor] Pushing the tides Trying not to go down and taken under Pushing the tides Try to keep my head above the water [Verse 3: Troy Sanders] (Go) You try untying the weight And you continue to breathe I remove you for protection And where to go from here A place you value the most Such a brilliant realization [Chorus: Brann Dailor & Troy Sanders] Pushing the tides Trying not to go down and taken under Pushing the tides Try to keep my head above the water Pushing the tides Leading us to prevail And all we desire Pushing the tides With every ounce of strength I have 09. Peace And Tranquility The night I went under And there was no one around Nothing to swim to Not the sky, not the ground I heard you speak to me And said to, "Just go down" Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay And I keep on waiting For someone to save me I keep waiting for someone to ask me, "What is your name?" Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay I've seen worse before I've had trouble breathing I've had scrapes and scars Healing from lacerations Bending from days on end I get up and walk away Through all the lies I told before Well now, they've all come true Never mind this screaming in the cold And when I caught a glimpse of you You were laughing at me and looking away And I did everything I could To try to get you to stay I pass through dimensions And leaving this plane Turning into the ether It changes everything Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay I can't hear at all I've had trouble speaking Will this heal my heart? Relive the never-ending Bending for days on end I'll get up and walk away 10. Dagger I cannot bare to believe that you have left this Earth I couldn't stare as they covered you up with dirt and left With all the best intent And all your eloquence The price we paid to know you Your smile is stretching from the stars I am still standing here in solace I sense the writhing Peeling off your skin As the coals burn We'll walk on fire The lines you carved remain Too many days to remember Too many times have I tried The price we paid to know you The price we paid to know you A dark shadow was cast with your departure Now dig our way out from this mudslide and survive With all the best intent And all your eloquence The price we paid to know you Projecting light from beyond We stare until the bruises soften Never will there Be another you As the Sun turns We hold you tighter The final curtain calls How many ways you brought pleasure How many nights you brought to life The price we paid to know you The price we paid to know you 11. Had It All A thousand lights in the night Alone in the spectrum On this sand, I find And realize The light will guide you alone I can position your way You're going to make it Enduring the tireless fight Death in slow motion I'm growing tired of this scene Echoes in your past The light will guide you alone I can position your way You're gonna to make it You had it all Tomorrow's never fine The peace we lost in ourselves are never found You're gonna to make it You had it all Tomorrow's never fine The pеace we lost in ourselvеs are never found You're gonna to make it You had it all Tomorrow's never fine The peace we lost in ourselves are never found You're gonna to make it You had it all Tomorrow's never fine The peace we lost in ourselves are never found You're gonna to make it 12. Savage Lands Running from an endless source of everlasting light Stumble into darkness of my own creation Navigate this maze of self-destruction's inner glow Worship at the feet of primal gods of chaos The walls we create The cracks will begin to show And watch them start to fall All is indefinite How quickly we evaporate To memories and only dreams As the seismic shifts Veering into unknown space Where monuments will bare your name Drinking from reflections in the pool of endless doubt Continue on the path of reckless devastation In the pit of death and bones and carcasses decayed It's here I find a guiding hand to true salvation Push through the pain Developing calloused hands To dig, scrape, and claw Thought and visions stick The images, how they still burn Cementing of your legacy Now it's flooding back Trigger the unlocking fate To wash away and letting free Dredging the weight Dragging through hollow ground To break the chain of lies 'Round and 'round, we battle ourselves Silencing our tongues 13. Gobblers Of Dregs Long and frayed Static surrounds us Break the free fall Safely land When man can climb to see His rejection Spirit'll burn Evaporate I left you in the wind To pull the scraps together I'm the one who sinned There's more for me to weather Complications Of loss and of gain The grace he gave Is filling the void How to proceed With new direction As photographs Melt away I left you in the wind To pull the scraps together I'm the one who sinned There's more for me to wеather Waiting For the Sun to rise So I can Say my last goodbyе All that I needed from you was your warm embrace Turns out That was mine to give Fools play into broken plans Tuned straight From servants' hand Reaping Ill-gotten gains Bleeding This love away Coming Home to rescue me The fate of man resides in empathy Seems my foundation is shaking and giving way Look for my hand reaching up from this rubble and clay It's too late My hearts away It's too late Reborn again I left you in the wind To pull the scraps together I'm the one who sinned There's more for me to weather 14. Eyes Of Serpents All eyes forward See what's to be done Calloused as I am becoming Less and less of my own If I burn the bridges Leaving the ash behind There's no choice but to move on Within a heartbeat the dream is dead All that I have sacrificed is leaving me and letting go now I don't want to leave you here alone among the wind and weeping Circles I've broken Once, they seemed so clear Leaving the past I buriеd Deep in yesteryear This will bring back mеmories That I don't want anymore Always see reminders And now I close the door The illusion's gone, the end is here All that I have sacrificed is leaving me and letting go now I don't want to leave you here alone among the wind and weeping If I could crawl beneath the earth and settle with the worms and dirt I'd steal the eyes of serpents soothing powers from the deep blue sea Is this just our fortune or unexpected fate? A betterment for all The trials we made are troubling, they smother me Lay me bare to dry Begging me to call it quits and go for broke Bury me as I fall To treat you as a part of me, it hollows you The story has to fold 15. Gigantium I wish I could run forever Not concerned if I am found I wish I had all the answers I wish I knew what went wrong Whatever you say is too late Speak it before you run Waiting is just a mistake I just need you to whisper Tell me all is well You deserve to be happy Not stuck knee deep in hell Whatever you say is too late Speak it before you run Waiting is just a mistake It pains me to see you this way To erase you is what I fear You're swimming through my head It keeps you near But all we said was too late Still, you intend to run Chasing another mistakе It pains me to see you this way To erase you is what I fеar You're swimming through my head It keeps you near My love, so strong Washing the dirt away As the snakes all go to their holes My love, so strong Bathing in turpentine Until the flesh and bone come undone My love, so strong Deflecting the thoughts of strangers To reach the other side My love, so strong The mountains we made in the distance Those will stay with us