Imagine What We Could Destroy /// If Only Given Time

by VEXES

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▌│█║▌║▌║ S.u.F ║▌║▌║█│▌ Just WOW!
Lyrically Awsome, Musically Awsome!
Nothing more to add only that I want more. Favorite track: Gather Your Bones.

duskbringer So good to find a band taking chances like this. More of this please! An excellent album I've been recommending for some time. I hope these guys can stick together for many more. Their covers EP is also a real treat. Favorite track: We Are If We Dare.

tremorchrist84 tl;dr - Tighter band, less predictable song structure, 2x Album=Win & not typical bloat

Huge A Life Once Lost Fan. Saw them 5 times at the Ottobar, Baltimore (lots of Ferret bands stoped by)

Either way, I was really intrigued when I heard of "Ancient Geometry" Would those members adjust to a different instrument and musical style overall(Justin talked about the style change b4)

This album is a resounding "Yes"
Much better than I imagined. Production/Engineering like this for a unsigned band?

Timbolevium Vexes continue to enthrall with their unique blend of gloom infused post metal/rock goodness. One can tell how much heart has been poured into this masterpiece by this fine group of humans. Favorite track: Gather Your Bones.

Darknight Vexes have created a glorious uplifting album of crushing melodies meshed together with crunching guitars and amazing vocals. This is the perfect record, masterstroke from four very talented guys who write awesome post rock/metal tunes, I only realised now... I've fallen in love with this cool band. Favorite track: We Are If We Dare.

Diluziun Just one of many great songs on this album. Favorite track: Low Choices.

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1.	Digital Trust 01:19		buy track
2.	Beyond The Sinking 05:16	lyrics	buy track
I can see it come from miles away, clear as day It’s not enough to say you’re wrong We’re finally waking up It’s real, it’s tough to shed entanglements To admit you’ve lost your touch With the mirror held underwater You can’t see your breath Suspended animation It’s getting hard to pretend This is so cold, so deep, impersonal A prerequisite, that we take these things for spite It’s just the theme, The burden of a common man To keep the flame alight To keep the flame alight No harmony No voice beyond the sinking We’re on our own On bended knee Waves of synthetic thinking we’re on our own And our cover’s blown It’s just the theme It’s just the theme No harmony No voice beyond the sinking No harmony No voice beyond the sinking We’re on our own On bended knee Waves of synthetic thinking
3.	End With Me 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Reconcile, combine As the moment’s lost its worth You say everything in time The words fall from your mouth like a curse I’m used to hiding in plain sight You’re the knife that turns the water red You dissolve me, liquify So I float where all the others bled Take me to your depths and ride (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) On waves of cherry oxygen (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) What a gift bestowed, to be A stranger to a worried mind To listen and not speak Just one wave and I’ll be cast aside You dissolve me, liquify You dissolve me, liquify Take me to your depths and ride (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) On waves of cherry oxygen (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) We won’t medicate Our bodies won’t take the bait We’re blinded by desire Plagues of patience, plagues of pain Plagues of what we used to be Remembering the truth among lies Take me to your depths and ride (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) On waves of cherry oxygen (You’re the ghost, the breeze that blends it in) We won’t medicate Our bodies won’t take the bait (Take me to your depths and ride) Plagues of patience, plagues of pain Plagues of what we used to be
4.	We Are If We Dare 04:34	lyrics	buy track
We climb mountains of dust Though we ascend we are never finished What’s done is done and we’re free Abandon all for a new beginning We feel no guilt anymore It doesn’t seem like it’s worth the effort Progress or sympathy It’s been replaced by which evil is lesser Is there a way to survive Disintegration of tranquility inside Inside You say what you need too slow I’m here for you if you want it But you say so slow I’m gone It took too long to find the words I didn’t build this just to watch it all burn down Watch it all burn down Now all I see are past versions of me Just swallow down, it will all get better You say what you need too slow I’m here for you if you want it But you say so slow I’m gone You say what you need too slow I’m here for you if you want it But you say so slow... I’m here for you want it But you say so slow I’m gone
5.	E.O.T.W. 05:53	lyrics	buy track
Do you remember The taste of betrayal (Cold and distant) You never thought things Could go this wrong And remember the waste of The cradle (we held so dear) I drown in myself A storm is coming make no doubt For far too long we’ve lived without You all stretch so far to reach The things we couldn’t keep in how am I supposed to pretend And we fall From the hands of mothers Looking for the other Now I am sure this is the end The end We’ve never been welcome Our backs turn (on the offer) The bounty’s become a spoiled feast So this is the weapon The fortress (will fall in fear) I drown in myself Bow down to your conformity Is this the way we’ll always be? You all stretch so far to reach The things we couldn’t keep in how am I supposed to pretend And we fall From the hands of mothers Looking for the other Now I am sure this is the end The end Now I’m I’m sure This is the end We’re all stretched so far to reach The things we cannot keep We’re all looking for the things The things we cannot see Now I’m I’m sure This is the end
6.	A Darker Motion 01:47	lyrics	buy track
How am I supposed to live without you Imagine what we could destroy If only given time If only given time
7.	Gather Your Bones 07:57	lyrics	buy track
Drifted so far Can’t find my way I know I’m falling behind I can’t recall Ask me why I failed you (surely) It’s just my burden to bear The need to create The pleasure in reverse You know it only gets worse I need something to feel I need something to feel like The place that we were before We make up things to believe So we won’t have to feel like The place that we’re in no more Moments that blur Fade in and out I let my silence erode As you prefer Retreating into isolation Leave me the darkness unknown I tried to gather my bones and disappear You know there’s nothing to fear I need something to feel I need something to feel like The place that we were before We make up things to believe So we won’t have to feel like The place that we’re in no more
8.	dryspit. 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Shapes against a wall Serpents in the air The fleeting comfort fails to satisfy It’s easy to adore Convergence in despair While life is flashing right before our eyes With our arms alight Setting fire to all deserving of Just to feel the opposite of love We’re so undefined All blurry sight and distance in between Wish it was the opposite Is this meant to amaze The stale state that we suffer in? In relation to all that’s been Understanding the phase Thoughts failing in sensory Discordance and memory We’re content with our innocence We’re so content with our innocence With our arms alight Setting fire to all deserving of Just to feel the opposite of love We’re so undefined All blurry sight and distance in between Wish it was the opposite With our arms alight Setting fire to all deserving of Just to feel the opposite of love Just to feel the opposite of love We’re so undefined All blurry sight and distance in between Just to feel the opposite of love Just to feel the opposite of love Just to feel the opposite of love
9.	Twisting of the Points 05:24	lyrics	buy track
The slow motion sick that reminds me of Those years I gave away All pale sweat and shockwaves that undermine The peaceful part I’d play My body is a ship of pain There’s nothing here that feels safe I hope you are as tired as me I see the valleys in your face Some days I marvel at your will But when the time is right, we’ll leave this place Imagine what we could destroy If only given time No boundaries, no holding back No fault in the design You left a mark on me that never fades (We’re losing everything) We’ll die as one, we are thick as thieves) (We’re losing everything) You left a mark on me that never fades (We’re losing......) You left a mark on me that never fades (We’re losing everything) We’ll die as one, we are thick as thieves) (We’re losing everything)
10.	INEXEROL 05:14	lyrics	buy track
We sway and gather So steady now Tender moments traded for the blur of neutral light The signal of another beckons me Like staring down the sun without a loss of sight Held so mechanically You’re stabbing into me You’re stabbing into me We fall asleep with misfortune It sticks into you like steel Exist among the distortion You make the dream become real Become real Less of an image in my mind Without the digital effect Your face as white as stone on graves Control the rise and fall of beating in my chest We fall asleep with misfortune It sticks into you like steel Exist among the distortion You make the dream become real We fall asleep with misfortune It sticks into you like steel Exist among the distortion You make the dream become real
11.	Imagine What We Could Destroy 04:17		buy track
12.	Low Choices 05:20	lyrics	buy track
There’s a war inside my head, I know The assassins start on my command I can feel it like the start of a fire Intuition glowing amber and red The incessant spiral never ends Turning temporary light into dark The instant definition transcends, It’s gone like the wind with a spark Haunting, Ungrateful Hesitate and falter It’s human, somatic Like screaming through the static I only want you to know This one thing There’s no one here to wish you farewell So save all your tears And wave goodbye They only know the worst of you The breath on the glass Crystallize and cascade Like powder from the wings of a moth Expendable and betrayed Pathetic and vanished I’ll never understand it It would be much better To end this altogether I only want you to know This one thing There’s no one here to wish you farewell So save all your tears And wave goodbye They only know the worst of you If I believe you’ll stay It doesn’t change anything Disguised by the damage Discord, we can’t overcome our words I’ve fathered this famine I only want you to know This one thing There’s no one here to wish you farewell So save all your tears And wave goodbye Wave goodbye
13.	Phantom Pain 05:14	lyrics	buy track
Underneath we fall Tempted by our dreams Alone in a sea Weather me in gold Wash the world away Every single day I know you want me to say I’m at my end Draw all the lines Take in the night And wash it all away I feel less like me Every light we pass Close your eyes to see The empathy you know Your voice won’t wait And there’s a place inside your head And there’s a place inside your head I’m at my end Draw all the lines Take in the night And wash it all away Just come back down to me Just come back down And there’s a place A phantom pain A broken head Beyond your repair I’m at my end Draw all the lines Take in the night And wash it all away Just come back down to me Just come back and wash it all away
14.	The Symptoms of Dying 03:47	lyrics	buy track
I know I need A favor or some sympathy It comes in threes And I’m cleaning up what you bleed Every day you’re someone else Watched you take my hand Just to burn me out again When we stray we are immortal It’s only when we come back down We find all hope We find all hope is gone Pulled by your strings My mouth is bound Just sit quietly But I’ve already seen things And I come unwound As my lungs seethe When we stray we are immortal It’s only when we come back down We find all hope We find all hope is gone When we stray we are immortal It’s only when we come back down We find all hope We find all hope is gone
15.	Collapse At Limit 03:12		buy track
16.	Energy Vampire(s) 04:13	lyrics	buy track
The nonexistence, the great mistake I am the flood that topples towers Leaving a void within my wake You got exactly what you wanted Spin me around leave me on my own Ever condemned, ever the hunted Where should I go if nowhere is my home Awash in liquid black My mother’s fears in human form I’m not destined for anything I’m not destined for anyone Destined for anyone You got exactly what you wanted Spin me around leave me on my own Ever condemned, ever the hunted Where should I go if nowhere is my home It always plays out Exactly how I thought You got exactly what you wanted Spin me around and leave me on my own Ever condemned, ever the hunted Where should I go if nowhere is my home
17.	In This Destruction 03:00		buy track
18.	The Dream Disease 05:44	lyrics	buy track
Let’s sleep this off another year I know you’ve waited but don’t disappear We’re almost there but can’t disarm We watch the dream disease The feeling of what was and what will never be Did you forget the day? The one that left all to fall And it goes on and on to the disarray Down on your knees You slow into a crawl And it goes on and on to the disarray Shallow inside Hollow outside Ascension star, we rise above Can you explain what we’re so frightened of? The primitive pain we’ll never feel All those foundation cracks where we refused to kneel Just let it fade and down look back At the withered bloom that you failed to grasp Did you forget the day The one that left all to fall And it goes on and on to the disarray Down on your knees You slow into a crawl And it goes on and on to the disarray A wayward stare A parting glance We love the silent circumstance Did you forget the day The one that left all to fall And it goes on and on to the disarray Down on your knees You slow into a crawl And it goes on and on to the disarray You slow into a crawl And it goes on and on to the disarray Shallow inside Hollow outside Shallow inside Hollow outside
19.	Bleak Machine 04:20	lyrics	buy track
So what’s the worth In what you’ve found We’re right beneath your feet We hover just above the ground A bleak machine Churning bones to sand Just go about your business under command Ill will and bitterness What makes your garden grow Said yes so many times we should’ve just said no We’re all kings in our minds But that doesn’t make it true You can’t build your empire On ashes of the few Here inside Fall between the lines of All of what we tried so hard to be (Chorus) I create the sound And I drowned you out Would you do the same Would you do the same to me We find temptation in the killing dream Survive the temper Changing to extremes With skin exposed just tell me Who’s to blame We’ve lost all love but everything’s the same I create the sound And I drowned you out Would you do the same Would you do the same to me I create the sound And I drowned you out Would you do the same?
20.	At Nothing 03:05	lyrics	buy track
Sorry for the tease is all you ever say You turn me into mold Just to eat away Catch me staring out at nothing but nothing is something and something is somewhere and somewhere isn't here Whatever we say You're mad at life forever Whatever we say I'm just your dead surveyor While you lie asleep I worship the decay The strings that hold me up are tired thin and frayed And I'm tired of feeling sick but it runs in the blood and it's all over you and it's all over me Whatever we say You're mad at life forever Whatever we say I'm just your dead surveyor Whatever we say You're mad at life forever
21.	Invisible Shine 06:36	lyrics	buy track
When you’re alone Speak softly to the darkness You’re like the painted summer sky Illuminate You starve in my catharsis And I can’t help but sympathize Maybe there is something more I can picture us in different forms Bored by the sound Your voice and mine collided But I’m like water through your hands So we build that wall And the bones behind ignited It’s everything we have It’s everything just to withstand I feel your touch in every wave The crush of air that your create Maybe there is something more I can picture us in different forms Oh what a wonderful pain The stress and sting of the blameless torture To be consumed by the flame, we are The fruit that falls in the barren orchard You are destroyer Leave me unwell Grasp with uncertain hands Embrace the infidel You are destroyer Leave me unwell Grasp with uncertain hands Embrace the infidel Oh what a wonderful pain Oh what a wonderful pain The stress and sting of the blameless torture To be consumed by the flame, we are The fruit that falls in the barren orchard Oh what a wonderful pain The stress and sting of the blameless torture To be consumed by the flame, we are The fruit that falls in the barren orchard
22.	Tangents 01:58		buy track
23.	Away Stars 05:44	lyrics	buy track
Below the swine The worm, the dust A place of rest It gains the worst of us Pulled from the ground Magnetic It’s like a weight we lift Sound off the cadence And don’t say a word Stay awake We’re not sleeping in the dirt We fall away I’ll meet you on the other side So disconnect And sing our song of discontent I’ll meet you on the other side So stay... A damaged smile The slight decay It’s so familiar Alkaline in every trace The words that once kept us here There’s always space to fill And we’re the leech that drains the blood (Without you) Stay awake We’re not sleeping in the dirt We fall away I’ll meet you on the other side So disconnect And sing our song of discontent I’ll meet you on the other side so stay Stay awake for me Stay awake for me Stay awake We’re not sleeping in the dirt We fall away I’ll meet you on the other side So disconnect And sing our song of discontent I’ll meet you on the other side so stay
24.	If Only Given Time 05:01		buy track

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released June 17, 2022

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VEXES Asbury Park, New Jersey

Charlie Berezansky: Vocals/Guitar

Justin Graves: Drums

John Klagholz: Guitars

Bobby Carpenter: Bass

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