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Kill Cycle

from Speak / Siren by Telestela

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lyrics

I: STOP (0:00 - 3:02)

Isn’t it over?
How do I pop this fever dream?
Who can I trust [STOP] now?
How can I watch this?
Got my attention
I know which hand is feeding me
If I can just [STOP] pause
I think I got this

When I was missing
Spots in the walls were eating me
It was just so [STOP] low
How could they do that?
Lost my direction
Every path is beating me
Highs aren’t enough [STOP] anymore
Why am I watching?

PULL - the alarm, make it fast you don't have much time to
ACT - find the door, out the back and keep following the
TRACKS - on the ground, through the trees till you're wading in the
SEA - dive beneath, kick your feet and keep swimming towards the
HEAT - find the void, hidden deep listen till you hear it
SPEAK. YOU. FALL. ASLEEP.

Eyes roll below their lids, you're seeing something
Who is that kid? The one you used to live in
Breathing quickens, your pulse a drum like beating
Oh no, don't go! You can stay here
In my memory

The walls then ignite and drown you in a bright light
You've been here before (maybe in a past life)
You're a docile animal. Take a look around, you're lying in
A field of gold

You're split now. Float up, look down
Body lifeless on the ground, shadows growing all around
Pennies on your eyelids, surrounded by your grandkids
"You can stay here"
In my memory

Uh oh, an echo. Why do we keep repeating?

II: IN MEMORY (3:03 - 6:31)

What are we now?
Do I have to do something?
Somewhere a wave is cresting
Elsewhere a wave has crested
We have been everywhere we will be
So what now?
Didn't you say that you've heard me before?
That I ask you this over and over?

III: ECHO (6:32 - 7:24)

I turned a corner
All of my life was meeting me
Gave me a sharp [POP] shove
Out of my body
I had it coming
But I don’t drop so easily
Look at me now [POP] wow
Isn’t it crazy?

I wanna know, am I really just an echo
You said yes? No? Maybe so?
Try to speak clearly

IV: VOID (7:25 - 11:17)

Dear holy fountain, please remember me
Your folded son
This sinking Earth has lost its hold on me
And I feel as one

We’re only walking, as I melt away
My time has come
Oh holy void, I fear to see your face
But I feel as one

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from Speak / Siren, released July 2, 2021

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Telestela is comprised of multi-instrumentalist/producer Matt Nelson and singer/guitarist Ricky Wilcox. Telestela was formed in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 2014 (with percussionist Cory Zdunek and bassist Carrie Schneider). The band released their debut album Blood/Metric in 2017, followed by a creative hiatus. Wilcox and Nelson returned to the project in 2020 to record Speak/Siren, released in 2021. ... more

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