Heartsounds - Dualistic Nihilist Lyrics






I've seen the end of it all.
I was on my kitchen floor,
With a knife held to my throat.
Battles raging inside,
The darkest waves crushing me slow.
The soul replaced by the season's change taking control.
Forcing me down a road that I've never known.
So completely alone,
The shadow grows and tears the insides out.

I have a history of burning myself out.
Nightmares set to the beat of the years counting down.
I lost myself in my own skin,
With no feet on the ground I dove right into,
A world that did not exist.

Nobody saw this coming at first,
As the year crept by I rose from the earth,
No understanding of what I felt,
A fever rising but I couldn't tell
What was happening to me.
"You don't seem yourself, I don't think that you're ok."
Just follow me
Down a twisting, turning maze of thoughts,
Exploding from a mind that just won't stop.
It's all good that everything's changed.
It seems insane, they'll understand someday.
I know I'm right.

I'm pulling the anchor down,
And it's getting darker now,
I'm pulling the anchor down,
Too low and now we all suffer.
I'm pulling the anchor down,
And you're fighting harder now,
But I'm pulling the anchor down,
Sink with me, tonight I'm skipping town.

By 10 o'clock I'm gone,
Into the night, southbound, I don't belong
Here anymore, this all just feels so wrong,
But at 90 miles an hour I felt strong,
Heading towards the worst that I'd become.

Dualistic annihilation, destroyer of foundation.
A blackened force headed towards a devastation.
Polarize the halves, a total separation.
Slip through the cracks into false revelations.
Dualistic annihilation, destroyer of foundation.
A blackened force headed towards a devastation.
Polarize the halves, a total separation.
Slip through the cracks into...

Electric currents control the path,
Los Angeles highways confuse the map.
It was laid out with perfection,
But the plan's rotten with infection.
I was sure of where I was going

Electric currents control the path,
Los Angeles highways confuse the map.
It was laid out with perfection,
But the plan's rotten with infection.
I was sure of where I was going
Until the lights started dimming.

Alone in my car, the logic starts skipping.
Exits the same in every direction.
I don't know where this high is heading,
But I know I'm scared to end it.

A series of events and new reality exists,
Life turned inward, unpredictable shifts.
Alone in the condition of flawed perspective.
A disaster too complex, a virus to dissect.
Too late to resurrect the spirit that left,
The power of the heart navigates until the end.

A series of events and new reality exists,
Life turned inward, unpredictable shifts.
Alone in the condition of flawed perspective.
The power of the heart navigates until the end.

Sunset self-destruction with my trust on guard,
Roam the streets alone in the eye of the storm,
Enter the home where personalities split,
Confusion persists and identities twist,
The wires were crossed in impossible knots,
And all was lost.

Deny it all. Trust your heart when it's raw.
Follow the moon. Listen to your father's call.
He existed in the sky, for that moment in time,
Watching me pace the halls in a fury of fire.

Returning home to no relief,
Transformed unrecognizably.
The weapons are drawn for the ones in the trees.
For a midnight walk with someone following.

Awaken alone, dread soaking the sheets.
Actions cause reactions, I don't want to be me.
To think of what I've lost is to look to the cause.
The center of destruction, I'm locked in its jaws.
Look to the side where no one resides,
A hollow reflection of the passing of time.
You did this to yourself, so blame no one else.
Heart beating you down, no one could help.
No one could help.

Ingest the sedation.
Avoid isolation.
Get outside and adjust
Your vision.
Confront the weight of your decisions.
Run from the fear of a nightmare made real,
From a dream that ends in swift, cold steel.

You and I have climbed a million miles,
Watched everything die and I've been waiting all my life
For something to survive.

Now, every day: "Did you eat?" "Did you sleep?"
Allowing you to hate me shows my love unconditionally
Refusing to hate you
Now, every day: "Did you eat?" "Did you sleep?"
Allowing you to hate me shows my love unconditionally
Refusing to hate you

Who are you and what have you done with my friend?
I'm afraid, I'm afraid I've almost accepted
Nothing will ever be the same again
I feel violated, but is that misguided?

If I could tell you one year ago today,
That someday I would need you just as much as you needed me
To let me know I'm not alone
To not give up on me or let me give up on everyone

Save for save —
I'm gonna make
Sure you're ok
Save for save.

This rescue goes both ways,
When the sky looks like the end of days.

And when this is long behind us,
What are we going to tell ourselves?
Recalling those days from Hell,
Climbing mountains by myself,
Pouring frantic tears and sweat,
Turning strangers into friends
When I'm calling them for help,
To protect you from yourself.

Everyone else trying to live.
Well, good for them - we are different.
You and I are just trying to stay alive.
But hours creep by one day at a time…

The panic of collapse, the dread of existence.
Floods through the rivers of the nervous system.
The pain saturates the depths of the mind,
The outcome of war, a failure of design.
Drowning in darkness in a single room, confined.
If there's nothing beyond this, there's an excess of time.

Take a breath, but don't sit back and reflect.
Soldier down the road, try not to look back.
Surrender to the horror of the past.
Don't dwell on when you chose the wrong path.
But this is now, the present takes over.
The wrath of regret weighs heavy on shoulders.

Crawl through each moment to the end of every night,
Stay in constant motion to keep the head right.
But everything's wrong, I'm not who I once was.
Something's been stolen, I can't see the light.

A fire in the eyes no longer burns bright,
I'm preying for the animal that controls the light.
Support systems can't heal the condition,
The expanding void of death's incision

As days pass by, I fall further inside
Engage the impending end of this life,
Spiral inwards, feel the burn of my internal eyes.
On a path now derailed with no end in sight.





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Heartsounds Dualistic Nihilist Comments
  1. M.... B....

    Man, this is the best melodic hardcore band!!! It could never end! My whole life listening to this style and heartsounds is amazing!! They have to back and come to Brazil!!!!

  2. D.... F....

    Heartsounds is one of a kind. One of the best punk rock bands ever. Better than 99% of shit on the radio & TV these days!

  3. K.... ....

    Great song by a great band!

  4. m.... u....

    its like the decline but not like the decline takes talent to write somthing this long

  5. S.... G....

    F..,g awesome. Huge Aussie Fan. come 2019 and rip it up with Strungout

  6. s.... f....

    great sound as always!

  7. d.... ....

    I wish I could like this more than once.

  8. d.... g....

    Melhor banda de todas <3

  9. T.... B....

    I love heartsounds, but the sound is awful on this, too grungy.

  10. M.... C....

    Heartsounds is pretty much the pretty much the pinnacle of melodic punk. I don’t think anyone will ever do this genre better.

    M.... C....

    strung out did it

    M.... C....

    @mike uwish not like this.

  11. f.... t....

    they still got it man

  12. K.... K....

    It will etch itself in punk rock as the decline has.their album artworks are j as killer.thank u heartsounds for giving this to our world

  13. K.... K....

    It's killer. Play that long n hard isn't easy,like that dude said it hasn't been done since nofxs " the decine".rad sound.great piece

  14. T.... ....

    Love you Bobby. Fan for life

  15. J.... ....

    I hope to see this band at least once

  16. B.... C....

    Who TF thumbs downing this? Y'all don't know a good time.

  17. C.... ....

    So good!! Just ordered the 4 vinyl bundle - I can't wait!

    C.... ....

    Hell yeah, thanks for the support!!

  18. T.... ....

    Every time a new HS record drops, I find myself spurred harder towards writting music. You guys just make this special brand of your own that inspires so many people, including myself. Thank you for working hard and keep it up!

  19. J.... H....

    Somehow managed to get to 2017 having never heard of this band. Feels good to hear this album plus the back catalog! "I'm pulling the anchor down" portion of this song reminds me of A Wilhelm Scream for some reason...love it. Great EP and great sounding band!

    J.... H....

    Took a 55 mile bike ride with this blaring from my phone on my arm...not even sure how many times i heard it, but the nature of it being a single track made it feel like it was one reallllllllllllllly long amazing track!

  20. g.... ....

    These songs helped me 5-0 a modern league. Thanks heartsounds, You guys helped me get through my first deployment with Until we Surrender.

  21. v.... b....

    Suuuuuuuper good! Love how it plays all the way through and encourages people to actually maintain some sort of attention span. Always loved Light this City too by the way!

    v.... b....

    Thank you!!

  22. M.... M....

    So fucking good. Love you Heartsounds. Props for thinking outside the box<3

  23. v.... b....

    Wow ! I'm a fan of this band since my 14 years old ! This band is my teenager boys dream ! I'm 22 years old right now and this song convince me that this pop punk band is one of the best of the world ! Great drum rythms, entertaining guitar, gorgeous voices ! All the best qualities of the heartsounds band great members ! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I love you so great ! Continue like that ! ;-)

  24. P.... T....

    It's fucking heartsounds dude, it sounds like heartsounds. God dammit😢😢😢...tears of joy...You kill it everytime. love finding the subtle musical intricacies in your albums. This one already sounds like it was a lot of work. Keep goin' you guys. Let's get up there to HX!!!!

  25. A.... G....

    we love you guys !! please come to Europe plez !!! Ben , Laura thank you for giving us the adrenaline and warmth from your music ❤

  26. i.... t....

    I think half of the views on this are me. I've been listening nonstop since it came out. I'm living in Brasil but this music brings me back to me California roots.

  27. V.... S....

    exelente trabajo chicos!
    espero verlos por mi pais algun dia de estos.
    Saludos desde Mexico

  28. l.... ....

    Fan-fucking-tastic! Love me some east bay punk.

  29. J.... R....

    De poca madre!!! <3 son fabulosos

    J.... R....

    Kevin Santana eso sí lo ignoro !😒😳.
    pero también es bueno! de todos modos un buen viaje !.
    que bien eso esta increíble.
    si si tengo. 😀

    J.... R....

    Jesica Knox jaja chale ni modo. Muchas gracias. Va ser largo el viaje pero todo chido! Si quieres te pasó para platicar por el WhatsApp? Vale? Para ver si vaya ver tokines o eventos cuando ande por aya. Para no aburrirme 😅

    J.... R....

    Kevin Santana jajaja 😄😂.
    Si me imagino ...
    claro estaría genial, si gustas si !!😃

    J.... R....

    Kevin Santana listo 😀

    J.... R....

    Jesica Knox gracias 😁😁

  30. D.... M....

    Great álbum!! from brasil!!

  31. B.... G....

    This song/album is truly an epic. Not since NOFX's "The Decline" has something of this level been attempted within the punk community. It is too early to tell, but I would hedge to bet "Dualistic Nihilist" will sustain as well, if not better, than this previous work.

    The ability of Heartsounds to cohesively arrange a variety of tempos, melodies, harmonies, dissonances, and volumes is beyond impressive. I have always found the interplay between Ben and Laura's voices - both with regards to their call and response and harmonization - to be unique; "Dualistic Nihilist" expands beyond what they have achieved in the past while continuing to share expressive and unique guitar work. Trey and Kyle's ability to not only provide a solid rhythmic foundation for Ben and Laura but to make the drums and bass, respectively, leading instruments in this arrangement makes this band something special. Furthermore, the subject matter explored is worthwhile and shows great reflection.

    Heartsounds has a sound, voice, and thoughtfulness that helps them to stand apart from other acts in an era where the amount of music seems to overwhelm an individual. I am looking forward to listening to this album for years to come. Thank you for your great work!

    B.... G....

    Ben Gross ❤️❤️❤️

    B.... G....

    PMX have done it.

  32. s.... m....

    wonderful <3

  33. M.... S....

    Esta genial ! vengan a Perú please !!!
    <3

  34. d.... m....

    fat
    dan
    mel
    ton

  35. N.... L....

    What I love about Heartsounds is that they really have their own sound. Its a great catchy, mellow tinge to a racing, fast, melodically creative and interesting punk instrumentation. The same words can describe many band's sounds, but there's a feeling in Heartsounds that is unmatched, and I can't think of words to describe. Their songs never tire for me, and a 20 minute epic such as Dualistic Nihilist proves that. I hope Heartsounds continues making music because all of their records are incredible and unique in a world where a lot of punk can be bland.

    N.... L....

    it kinda sounds all the same.

    N.... L....

    Its too grungy the new sound

    N.... L....

    You must not listen to much to melodic hardcore/punk because this sounds like the rest of it.

    If their voices were a big gruffer, this would basically be a Wilhelm song.