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Thanatophobia

by Paleos

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Thanatophobia, by textbook definition means "the fear of death". The song itself, however is less about the fear of death and more about fear itself. It's about experiencing, embracing, and most of all, overcoming that feeling of terror and emptiness in the pit of your chest. Overcoming that feeling of dread when you think about or experience that one thing that you fear above all else. It is our firm belief that when you overcome those fears, absolutely nothing else can stand in your way.

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Lost and confused
Locked up in a dark room
Trapped with my thoughts of reality,
These shadows beg me to take my life drastically
Lost and confused
Locked up in a dark room
Trapped with my thoughts of reality,
These shadows beg me to take my life drastically

Crushed Reality
Shatter, like glass
I questioned the reaper,
And the keeper beckons my soul to pass
(my soul to pass)
I'm not the first I sure won't be last
The face of death forever present like a light in my mind
Just when redemption was within my grasp
Shroud my eyes,
Detail my demise
And speak of how all men must die

This vision is delusion
Engulfed in the illusion
A constant intrusion, of uncontrollable emotion
Don't want to be,
Black my eyes, rid me of this disease
Please relieve me of this catastrophe

One weary sound will be the same
The shadows fall from my eyes
As my lone bedside candle dies
Into a crossfire of doubt of an afterlife

This void in my chest cannot be filled with your empty promises
[I've] realized my fate is tangled in the Gods of death
Claws of a being with no mind for human desire
[This] rudimental existence you love will soon expire

But now
I'm too far gone
Breathe out
Breathe in
I know
I'm not the only one
How do I get back
How do I satisfy this emptiness
Let go, breathe slow
Embrace the pain that grows
Embrace the pain that knows
Of all your regrets and woes
Let go, let go
Let go of the reality you know

The shadows fall from my eyes
As my lone bedside candle dies

These eyes have witnessed the end
With peace wrapped up in a body bag
Devoid of morality
This is what I see
I peer into the mind of the defiled
I walk down the aisles of existence
With limited perception
Drawing my scope of the afterlife.

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released January 23, 2020
Music engineered, mixed & mastered by: Aaron Pace @ AP Audio www.apaudio.io

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Paleos Stone Mountain, Georgia

Paleos is an Afro-American metal band from Stone Mountain, GA. Their first studio album, "We Are The Weary," was released in 2017. Since then, the group has been composing new material and working on their second album. Their latest single, "Jekyll's Hyde" released on June 10, 2021, is an indication of what is to come for the future. ... more

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