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Stitches In Sanity EP

by Defences

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1.
Defences 03:57
Please be patient with me, I swear, I’ll let you inside Despite my worries of what you’ll find I built these defences strong, invincible for so long I feel them weakening, and it scares me Trying to ignore all the signs, that I’m in too deep Will you be the one to save me? This is not an unfamiliar force but It hit me harder than ever before and All I want is to take care of you Promise that you’ll take care of me too ‘Cause I can’t pick up the pieces again There’s no secrets I’ll hide from you, no stone left unturned But it’s no secret that the words get caught in my throat Over and over again, I hear them Screaming “don’t do this again”, these voices Trying to ignore all the signs, that I’m in too deep Will you be the one to save me? This is not an unfamiliar force but It hit me harder than ever before and All I want is to take care of you Promise that you’ll take care of me too ‘Cause I can’t pick up the pieces again The pieces of my heart, without falling apart I swear I’ll let you in, I swear I’ll let you in Pick up the pieces again, I swear I’ll let you in Go! Fuck! I swear I’ll let you in Give me time to figure it out I’m breaking down my defences Give me time to figure it out I’m breaking down my defences This is not an unfamiliar force but It hit me harder than ever before This is not an unfamiliar force but It hit me harder than ever before and All I want is to take care of you Promise that you’ll take care of me too Get the fuck up!
2.
I see these faces of strangers surrounding me Weary hearts and idle minds I’ve wasted time trying to find the light behind their eyes But they forgot their dreams (the indifferent will only achieve) And they don’t aspire to anything (a life of apathy) I don’t wanna live like the rest of them No one should settle for second best Even when it feels like it’s hopeless with no way out All the walls are getting closer and I start to doubt it all I’ll give it everything I’ve got, every part of me To make the most of the life I lead So many places outside the one you call home Places you’ll never know And I’d waste my time trying to show you the world through my eyes When you’ve lost everything (ambition replaced by despair) I won’t let it happen to me (content though you’re going nowhere) I don’t wanna live like the rest of them No one should settle for second best Even when it feels like it’s hopeless with no way out All the walls are getting closer and I start to doubt it all I’ll give it all that I have, all of the air I breathe To make the most of the life I lead You can keep your ignorance But for me there will always be more to this You can keep it, with your back to the world Remain oblivious, you can keep it all No initiative, no intention to grow Stay oblivious, and fucking keep it I don’t wanna live like the rest of them No one should settle for second best Even when it feels like it’s hopeless with no way out All the walls are getting closer and I start to doubt it all I’ll give it everything I’ve got, every part of me To make the most of the life I lead
3.
Scared 04:14
Someone tell me please, are we supposed to live this way? Unwilling and afraid To seek these cherished treasures They’d set us free, oh so easily It lives in us all, entwined in the threads of our veins The fear, the confusion, the pain Provoking us to give up, until all hope is destroyed But this isn’t the end, we all have a choice Our defining moments are when we decide To cower or jump and pray for flight Fingertips weaving through sunset skies Are you feeling scared or are you just feeling alive? We get caught in a never-ending cycle of doubt It’ll pull you in and push you back out Is there a way for us to move on? How can we learn to overcome These obstacles in our minds Preventing eager hearts from feeling alive We live for the spark but fear the flames Caution triumphs and instead the matches get thrown away Our defining moments are when we decide To cower or jump and pray for flight Fingertips weaving through sunset skies Are you feeling scared or are you just feeling alive? Are you feeling scared or are you feeling alive? I won’t let the fear back in, I will feel alive again Our defining moments are when we decide To cower or jump and pray for flight Fingertips weaving through sunset skies Are you feeling scared or are you just feeling alive?
4.
I can’t stop this But I will always have a choice You never witnessed it The very sound of your voice Time to rebuild and start again But I will always have white noise to save me When nothing is changing Break! Through! But this ain’t nothing new Stop! Me! Or I’ll end up like you You say you’ll stay beneath the surface where you can’t dictate me Am I going crazy? Am I an illness? Or just a box you gotta tick? Reality exists In more ways than you will admit You’ll never see this face again But I will always have your arms to save me I know you’ll be waiting Break! Through! But this ain’t nothing new Stop! Me! Or I’ll end up like you You say you’ll stay beneath the surface where you can’t dictate me Am I going crazy? And I fear, for my life! Am I losing, losing my mind? Cut you out, thought I’d won But this war, has just begun Break! Through! But this ain’t nothing new Stop! Me! Or I’ll end up like you You say you’ll stay beneath the surface where you can’t dictate me Am I going crazy? Break! Through! But this ain’t nothing new Stop! Me! Or I’ll end up like you You say you’ll stay beneath the surface where you can’t dictate me Am I going crazy?
5.
Help me, I am submerged in the ocean's abyss I gasp for breath as my lungs are filled Crashing waves into my chest They’re drowning me out, they’re drowning me out Did I pull you under? Or did I push you down? To the place where the stricken dwell I can't alleviate this feeling, don't know what to believe in Don't tell me I'll be fine when there's no hidden meaning Written in between the lines Help me, I can’t see and I’m struggling Blind in my efforts to get underneath The armour you wear, didn’t have that before You hide away now that I need you more Give me a reason to see past the guise Is there really more than meets the eye? I can't alleviate this feeling, don't know what to believe in Don't tell me I'll be fine when there's no hidden meaning Written in between the lines We got lost in the stars The weightlessness pulled us apart Back to the solitary corners of our mind Where we used to live We got lost in the stars The weightlessness pulled us apart Back to the solitary corners of our mind Where we used to live I can't alleviate this feeling, and what do I believe in? When there's no hidden meaning, written in between the lines I can't alleviate this feeling, don't know what to believe in Don't tell me I'll be fine when there's no hidden meaning Written in between the lines

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Forming in late 2013, Defences found their unique style combining the melodic sound of Electronic and Orchestral styles with the aggressive bite of Metal. The band got to work creating their best, most hard-hitting music to date, released in the form of their debut EP, Stitches In Sanity

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released March 31, 2014

Writing:
Cherry Duesbury - Vocals
Ed Briggs - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Programing
Calum Wilmot - Guitar

Recording:
Cherry Duesbury - Vocals
Ed Briggs - Guitar, Vocals, Programing
Calum Wilmot - Guitar
Joe Papworth - Bass

Mixing:
Ed Briggs

Mastering:
Shawn Christmas (Chango Studios)

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Alternative metal quintet from Hertfordshire, UK

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