Preparing the Way

from Mere Mortals by Great Reversals

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album
Buy "Mere Mortals" 12" LP

lyrics

Tonight the soil is cold, the dew is thick. The roots set to remove, unready for uprooting. If I didn't know any better I'd swear this place can't be real. So much growth amidst so much decay. I've seen too many black coats gather in another's name. I've watched tears make mud and heads bow in shame. You're not to blame. You're not to blame. You're not to blame. What am I even doing here? Walking amongst the ghosts, working my hands to the bone, hoping to conceal my regrets in a mausoleum all their own. Who will tell me I'm not to blame? Is there deliverance from this shame? The fog approaches me, it asks I breathe deeply, to fill my cup and drift away. It's not quite winter yet, but I can't shake this chill. Bottoms up I drift away. I never learned how to grieve. The pain I feel leaves me nothing in which to believe. Am I not to blame? Is there no refuge from shame? I'll mourn with you as I prepare the way.

credits

from Mere Mortals, released May 1, 2016

license

about

Hydrogen Man Records Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hydrogen Man Records is a small DIY punk and hardcore record label from Philadelphia, PA.

Contact: ironxteeth@gmail.com

contact / help

Contact Hydrogen Man Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Hydrogen Man Records, you may also like:

Cold Steel
by INGROWN

featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 10, 2023
go to album
To Live and Withstand
by Anklebiter

Northeast straight-edge hardcore taken to the cathartic, infectious extreme; a fiery EP fueled by spite, spirit, and sick riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable May 24, 2023
go to album
The Gods That Built Tomorrow
by ENVISION

featured on Bandcamp Radio May 12, 2023
go to album
No Spiritual Surrender
by Inside Out

We welcome legendary hardcore label Revelation Records to Bandcamp! All the youth crew singalongs you could want. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 21, 2017
go to album
2 Much Power
by Piss Me Off

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 18, 2023
go to album
Escape From New York
by Cash Bribe

New York hardcore meets classic thrash metal meets Jane's Addiction-esque alternative on the Brooklyn crushers' sensational debut. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 13, 2023
go to album
KLEENER
by KLEENER

Blazing hardcore with razor-sharp riffs and urgent vocals from Kleener. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2023
go to album