ROLO TOMASSI – Illunis

From the album Astraea (℗ 2012 Destination Moon)

The sheer disrespect of this To disregard and feign bliss I listened to the movement Now I’m stunned to silence

Claim to love it, unconditionally But boast resent with charmless ease

What seems to get overlooked Is this is not compulsory This isn’t who we are Lost in the lines in between

Your bitterness in this business A hate supreme and merciless Pierce with distaste to watch it bleed Romanticizing misery

This league is bred to criticise And now we watch it multiply Fail to resist intrigue in interest Detonate the illusion of affluence

This sunrise brings entitlement and we fight to earn it All is not lost for this lost art Though it’s forged with lukewarm sentiment When all else is laid to rest

How dare I dare to demonstrate? What was beloved is now waste

Grieving the death of easier days Against dominating waves Laboured breath forcing it to wake Call control on what you did not create Reduce this weight before we sink Revive and reverse, resist and return

Conquering my despair The true prevalence of passion