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Comfort in Illusion

from Without Intervention by Head with Wings

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lyrics

A dignitary doesn’t waste his time
second guessing himself.
A luminary wouldn’t offer light
if there’s none left for itself.
The visionary no longer inspires.
Imagination fades away.
Crawl out of the rubble.
Don’t spend your life asphyxiating.

What a crippled little family life.
They deprived me of my wife and child.
Shatter the hubris of emboldened men.
Did you believe in the power of two,
when you were young and she was smitten with you?
These are the musings of a broken heart.
It feels like only yesterday,
I had it all but it was taken away.
You left when they were on the precipice.
We’ve been here before,
without intervention.

The sudden change
in your demands.
It makes me feel
like I’m on the way out the door.
You’re hobbling on cobblestone.
The arbiter sits on his throne.

Let’s put the goddamn father on trial.
The news media control the dial.
Don’t act like they won’t blur the narrative.
They’ll say he’s a troubled kid.
Brainwashed,
false prerogative.
Don’t act like they won’t bask in the absence of truth.

A dignitary doesn’t waste his time
second guessing himself.
A luminary wouldn’t offer light
if there’s none left for itself.
The visionary no longer inspires.
Imagination fades away.
Crawl out of the rubble.
Don’t spend your life asphyxiated.

Through the trail of tears,
I find my way down a river.
Sailing past the tombs,
among debris of a past life.
Giving all I’ve got and what I’ve gained to crossing over.
I’m their memory,
embodiment of a failure.

Be who you are even if you’re misunderstood.
You’re getting somewhere still.

You had to be the one
to show me that there’s something
on the other side
of grief and despair.
Hiding from the sun.
Been a year long depression.
If I had access to a gun,
I may not be here.

The comforting illusion is setting in.
(Better get in line. Check yourself)
Hostility fills me up like I’m a bowl
(before you do something you’ll regret.)
that’s ready to crack and topple,
overflow.
(There’s no reason to get so bent out of shape.)
The comforting illusion is setting in.
(You’re gonna lose it all. It’s your downfall.)

The comforting illusion is setting in.
(Better get in line. Check yourself)
Hostility fills me up like I’m a bowl
(before you do something you’ll regret.)
that’s ready to crack and topple,
overflow.
(There’s no reason to get so bent out of shape.)
The comforting illusion is setting in.
(You’re gonna lose it all.)

Through the living room,
to the left and past the kitchen.
Down the basement stairs,
there she lies chained to her freedom.
With certainty,
I accept this grave condition.
I’m the extra rope,
the slack allowing for the hanging.

Notify the authorities
and pray that they believe you.

He’ll rectify all his mistakes.
Swears he’ll do whatever it takes.
He is not the man who he claims to be.
Lives at 20 Psychopathic Lane.
Says he did it,
but he’s not to blame.
Claims he’s not a criminal.

Lives at 20 Schizophrenic Lane.
We get calls almost every day.

Man,
he’s delusional.
We’ve been here before.
It’s the land of the false alarms.

I see no relief.
No,
there’s none ahead of me.
Life is a struggle.
We’ve been here before, as the crisis goes ignored.
Without intervention.

Crawl out of the rubble.
don’t spend your life asphyxiated.

credits

from Without Intervention, released October 20, 2023
ALL SONGS COMPOSED BY HEAD WITH WINGS
PRODUCED BY VIKRAM SHANKAR AND HEAD WITH WINGS
BASS COMPOSED, TRACKED, AND PERFORMED BY CONNOR OYSTER
KEYBOARD AND ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATIONS COMPOSED, TRACKED, AND PERFORMED BY VIKRAM SHANKAR
DRUMS TRACKED AND EDITED BY GREG THOMAS AT SILVER BULLET STUDIOS
GUITARS TRACKED AND EDITED BY BRANDON COUSINO
VOCALS TRACKED AND EDITED BY FRANK SACRAMONE
LYRICS WRITTEN BY JOSHUA CORUM
DISRUPTIONS BY “THE KING OF BEERS”
LYRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS ON “TASK OF BREATHING” BY BRANDON COUSINO
DRUM CONTRIBUTIONS ON “TASK OF BREATHING” AND “COMFORT IN ILLUSION” BY BRANDON COUSINO
GUITAR CONTRIBUTIONS ON “THE DREAM BROKER” AND “ABSOLUTE ZERO” BY JOSHUA CORUM
MIXED AND MASTERED BY VIKRAM SHANKAR
ART DIRECTION & LAYOUT BY NICK ROBINSON
ALBUM DESIGN CONCEPT BY HEAD WITH WINGS & NICK ROBINSON
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY BY VIKTORIJA KUKULE
ADDITIONAL PRESS PHOTO EDITING BY JAMIE COE

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