An Ode to Friendship, Lost

from Shattered Shields, Pt. 2 by illuminihilation

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Far away – far beyond – the limits of your conditioning
Exists an Eden if you want it, a paradise found, but
The moral structure they fabricate
had some assembly required, making it seem plastic and fake
Yet still you cling to your routine with idiotic pride
While everyone keeps feeding you the same damn lines
To plague you with inanity, to make you seethe, and
Everything you read is such an obvious lie
Meant to pacify – your weak mentality
And thus you forsake your friends, your lovers and saviors for a pride to call your own
You fool – isolation is a terminal disease – see – everyone dies alone

When did you just stop pretending to care, about anyone at all
I know you never really had my back, I know you’d just rather watch me fall
And laugh, at all, the blood I’ve spilt, all the shit I take
This so-called friendship you promised to me now seems – so plastic… so…
Shake your head, turn your back, walk away from me – tell me I should have known
Well may every step you take land in oceans of broken glass
My friend – forever you walk alone

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from Shattered Shields, Pt. 2, released September 1, 2023

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illuminihilation Jersey City, New Jersey

Illuminihilation is the primary creative outlet of John Gnesin, guitarist, singer and songwriter from New Jersey, getting by with a lot of help from his friends.

My current project is to record and release collections of songs written in various styles in various times and places.

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