the time has come
the beating of the war drum
their days are numbered
we cross the names off one by one
the time has come
to cut the cancer out
their world is ending
our reign has begun
piece by piece their culture crumbles
the walls protecting them turning into glass
and the glass they walk on, cracking
the boot-marked faces biting back
for too long we have suffered these
kings and charlatans to hide in plain sight
now they’ll suffer us
as we take back the power they abuse
for all the broken stairs
for all the misplaced hands
for all the poison words
for all the poison deeds
for justice!
for innocence lost
we must rise above
and be better than them
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021