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The Sweet and The Severe

by Envy Parade

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Desperate 03:11
Lately I've been aching You seem caught up in your words It's not my fault That you were forced out From this scene that you made for yourself Dim the lights Leaving the spotlight And bow for your audience of one I kept inside That I've been waiting for Your lies, cast aside I've been waiting But I won't be waiting long It seems like you're desperate to try Avoiding this now And it's so polite, and said so lightly But it's more than just your words Glance at the door Smile so slightly You'll be the first to take your leave But all those things you said before There's an overwhelming urge to just let go And say goodbye When the final words been said At least I'll know, that I tried
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Sing to me Misery, sing me to sleep The imagery subtle, the melody sweet Chance just one dance with me, Misery please Or drown me in sympathy All the loneliness weighs on heart All the differences that make us feel worlds apart Just sing for me, Misery I'm suffering endlessly We sleep for the dreams that we keep She said "Give me your anguish, your burden, your fear And I'll tear the pain from your world All of th eworries that weigh on your soul All of the lonely stones removed Because it's the loneliness that's killing you And this taste for distaste All of the life I've bestowed The distaste for this hate To live in a world we don't know She'll place her loving arms Against the world against us Inspiriting eyes, inspiring minds She'll place her loving arms Against the woes, against us Smiting in time, our gratuitous pride Sing to me, Misery So I can find peace in this hole And so in time, her sweet, subtle smile Will mirror the tears that we've learnt to let go
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A symphony of sorts It could be stolen, could be taught It could be anything, in fallacy A subtle seed infects you slowly Incurable disease You'll feel the pleasure start to cease You'll feel it suddenly, the air it breathes Overwhelms erroneously Is it that you're scared? Too scared to ask? To leave alone? For someone, dear, to take you somewhere else? To feel at home? With silent eyes, too blind to see the smiles Was it something that you wanted and asked for Tried but denied To laugh until we cry Should I tie my hands behind my back, or reach out? Darling would you ask me for, what you're asking for? Darling what are you asking for? A sense of senselessness, relief from doubt Don't hide dear, from us dear, what's inside dear For the same old fears will find us
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Idle Times 00:44
"I give my permission to let you condition these ears To toughen the tender and try to surrender old fears" Try to be patient and wait while these changes take place We'll turn your thoughts around Or burn them to the ground
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You've been concentrated, with the things you hated For the sake of safety, you've found comfort in Subtle pleasure, found in something better Just the thought alone seems much too hard "But the fear in me always grows And I'm too scared of letting go Oh it's familiar, to feel this I ache to hold that moment dear... But uncertainty leaves me tense And transparency makes more sense See for the pressure is lesser And the fire inside's long been left cold" If you drown the world in morbid thoughts We'd all be left to die There's still so much more Don't pretend that what you have is good enough There's nothing worth a second thought You "needed it"? Your hopes and dreams are everything To make sense of this life your living in Tempt the soul with something more Believe in it If your plans based on open hands They're left empty in the end All along you've been waiting for meaning to come Was there ever a love before? All the feelings suggested had answers That you endlessly craved to hear Such and idling sound Left you stagnant and taut Was there never a love before? It's the warmth, not the fire, you should focus on Desperate for the sound of a familiar voice Make it full of hope Make it feel like home It's simple, it seems It is not that it's too far from reach Your intangible dreams will awaken your passiveness From inside
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I’ve watched this disappear, clouded and unclear Ringing from a voice, ringing in my ears A sentimental sound, though ascetic and austere Screaming for me to adhere This densely dire room, with claustrophobic walls A glutton for the gloom, as sweat seeps from my pores The pressure to press on, the tempt of letting go The muse plants the seed, will it grow? Or will the devil dim the lights? Close and cover up our eyes Lie and stricken us with fear Hide the thoughts that we hold dear Watch the clever, writher scared As the devil rears his head Leaves no evidence or utterance The once effulgent is now solemn and old One word could take this pain away Just a teasing taste Take these things I feel And make them words I say Every sight and sound Every thought resounds Every bittersweet, servile symphony And oh, it’s just a breath away Such a pleasant place Where the devil hides, hides his wicked face Oh hear the words, blessed words That bring music to my ears Then silence tears this whole thing down The pleasant crest, depressed, exhausted Watch the devil dim the lights So sad are the seeds we sow When the thoughts don’t grow And the fields dry From a cloudless sky Watch the world become livid, embittered and cold Or will the fires burn Will the wheels turn One creative churn Feel the subtle smile As the world becomes better than ever before
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Cure 02:45
An intriguing question to answer in time Our thoughts sewn like thread to untwine ‘Do we know everything?’ ...well evidently We know what we’re told quite despite what we see Can we run? Try to run dear, try to appease Disposable lives, sick with greed At war with the air we breathe We’re our own disease Arrogance or ignorance, which would you please? And how long before we give in? Ideas, like dust in the wind Floating so carelessly, away from me Are you prepared to let go? To let go Just let go, passionately Free from this hatred screaming at me Free from the lies that lead so recklessly Forcing us to let go climacterically Free from this stigma suffocating Free from the hands that bleed everything Destroying the world that we know Is there more to the means than the end? Or is the end all the means will demand? Is Faith the cure? Can we be sure? Restricting our lives with our hands in the air.. Naive and unaware
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Inside they’re cold. Why is there nothing left to hold? We’re conscious of their thoughts Could this be you? Tired and old Blind from the incandescent Moulds The tears around their eyes Could this be you? A silhouette booms, a strong frightening laugh As you hide in the dark, all alone now at last Add light to the shade, you won’t hide for long For I’ll be the one who was laughing all along We’ll just hope that the rope That we tied around their arms won’t come loose Please don’t come loose And the hope that we’ve roped That we’ve tied around their hearts like a noose Please don’t come loose A thief that takes the world and fakes the words Makes it so we’ll never know There’s more to life than only living A piece to fit their mould, What we’re told makes it so we’ll never know We’re worth more than they know They’re only words, a useless phrase We are melody, movement and grace We are, at heart, dancing In a condescending sense of pride Only to pretend White ivory eyes upon me We can take them One by one
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Father, stop the fighting, Take the weapons from the war Their dying is not exciting And no ones screaming for more Why’s it so hard to see? Are our eyes sealed closed? Let the children know (That it’s time to let go) Let the children know there’s something wrong Ignorant or cold, it’s all we know It’s just so hard to let go Over fields of careless hearts we go It’s just so hard to let go Oh, I want something more A world that’s not at war I won’t let it go Anybody’s home, is everybody’s home I won’t let it go Such a senseless race, are we I can see it Evolution anarchy I can see it Why’s it so hard to see Normal life blinds us all Let the children know (That it’s time to let go) Let the children know there’s something wrong
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It’s just love, my love For Winters white cover Her skin, her touch For a while she smiles The earths undeniably hers... all hers Just to breathe her cold air is moving Silent and soothing But between her sweet insatiable words I’ve begun To craver her, my love Now she holds the key to my heart But she’s chasing the warmth of the sun Come spring I’ll see her gone And the summer sees me left alone Who here knows the secret to her love? For I’m tirelessly searching The warmth she seethes, I’d breathe inside my lungs And I’ll wait, so come Winter; my love Lover, young lover, her loves for another I’ll find for you Another young love who’s love is more suited and true But I feel her smile still, my love And it’s forever warming, my love When autumn sees her near Then it won’t be long until she’s here “When will your patience grow old, my dear You wait til the weather grows cold, my dear And incessantly sever the thought that she’ll never be true Young lover, her love’s not for you” Who here knows the secret to her love? Who here knows the secret to her love? For I’m tirelessly searching The warmth she seethes I’d breathe inside my lungs And I’ll wait, so come Winter; my love
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Always the same phrase 'The madman, or the lover?' All night, her sad eyes And the smile that keeps them covered But here we are so far apart This open wound, a lovers doom And still, you are my evening star So guide me to the heart of you I feel, feelings are best kept left alone And we'll pass each other, still, unknowing That I've realised that I'll never have her

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The debut album by one of Australia's most talented and under rated progressive punk band.

There's something for everyone, whether you like it heavy, soft, sweet or severe.

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released September 1, 2010

Produced by Brian Mcternan
Assisted by Paul Leavitt

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