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Certain Demise

from Certain Demise by John Bellows

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lyrics

Say what you will, but what you say will come back to haunt you
Suspension of belief can’t reach this towering facade
In the throne of emulation it powers through the chain reaction
That’s sustained in the distraction trying to find the fatal flaw

It tip-toes around you, but never claims to have ever found you
Somewhere in the circle seeking for a place to start
It was bled of all its longing there where you first heard your calling
And lost between someone you were and what you have become

Faint recognition is taking stabs at a sense of wonder
Sneaking suspicion beneath this vision led aloft
And it’s not like you have to, that is to say, nothing could prepare you
For the violent intervention on this path to your resolve

Certain demise you know you must, so morning can rise to blue dusk
You’ll learn to respect what you can’t perfect
Or know when to walk away

The name of your bastion may be the one that holds you captive
In the grip of paralysis, the chalice of the gods
And the purpose of this mask is to make you feel vaguely attracted
But all the pain of the masses knows exactly what you are
The moment you walked away

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from Certain Demise, released October 6, 2023

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John Bellows is a singer songwriter and home recorder from small town Kentucky, schooled in Chicago, and now back to the land in rural Washington.

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