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Counterbalance
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“Counterbalance”
by:
Counterbalance
EP 2020
Composition:
Kevin Basca
Feared my own shadow and thought I’d never get it
Masochistic, hollow, and so god damn pathetic
As you gave me a life, I stole, I’m now indebted
A never winning hand I dealt for you and bet it
Bound to the glory of darkness in a sense
I burned what I saw on your side of the fence
As I waited and I hated; for the sun from up above,
To descend into the sea from the beaches without love
All th’ kings horses and all th’kings men;
They were never, ever able to fix me back then
with all it was: the bleakness; the foreshadow of the lens
You put me all together without formal amends
To fear your own shadow and the hell that’s spewed from it
The fighting was a daily, as you shine and shine for it
Though the clouds cover over the night sky in the forest
You shine, and shine, and shine, and shine
The fire burns for it
You never ever, ever, ever bowed down to it
I know you’ve spit so far into the darkness for it
I know you’ll always be there
I know you’ll never leave my side
Never
As the days became shorter
And the nights became longer
You’d gather up the candles as the darkness hovered over
And you’d dive into the trenches
As my entire being wrenches
And even when...
I cut you...
then...
Your wound will be there...
It’ll never fully heal...
A constant reminder of all the guilt that I feel
And, even now,
though very well deserved,
I will know my place and shrine your grace for as long as you have served
So from now on...
until the day that I die
Gratitude is what I’ll feel for every day that you have tried
And now to address the gutless cowards
Who’ve mocked us,
Who’ve made our lives oh, so much harder
hear me
We don’t care
My loved ones laugh at the ass that you are
Stupid,
And senseless,
So clueless,
I have my thoughts to share with you now...
Try
Do better
Be better
For all the world around that you live
Family:
I love you
I owe this “thank you”
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Reclaiming Salvation
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“Reclaiming Salvation”
by:
Counterbalance
EP 2020
Composition:
Kevin Basca
I have seen the world wrapped in a halo of thorns
Stricken down with an accent of apathy
Perceived by a delusion of darkness
All in all;
There Burns a fire
Master,
Or Messiah?
Bonded in misery, now silent is the whip crack
Outside of me
This demon lord
Burning in the shadows is a past laid to rest
Reborn of soul
From the ashen ground
Arise in supremacy and channel all the lost
Strength and passion
Within the fire
Burning ever brightly, illuminate the soul
Will to sooth a broken rule
To school a fool with golden tools
New are you, paths straight and true
With trust and faith in a crystal groove
Nourish,
The soul,
Of all that I‘ve left behind
Unchain,
The spirit,
Which has been lost in time
to further
my brothers
and rescue my own kind
Reborn
a grown man
to reclaim all that was mine
Mine
Weakness is betrayal
Furthermore I see
Those of whom are stable
Bound together in comradery
Born of innocence
Redemption of discipline
Torn through existence
Reclaiming salvation,
Born of innocence
Redemption of discipline
Torn through existence
Reclaiming salvation
salvation
Body mind and soul
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Wise Old Man
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Wise Old Man
By:
Counterbalance
EP 2020
Composition:
Kevin Basca
Chasing the dream
Despite passing your prime
You believe it’s all downhill from here.
You deny the reality
The harsh realization
You are the product of so many years
Now is the time so
Go get it
No more excuses
The time of your life is right here
Right here in this moment
This time has approached you
And you’ve been fighting to get here so far
The enemy’s inside you
And it shuts all the doors
But will you bow down anymore?
Go grab it
Fight it to death
And know what it is, what it is
Raise your hand
You wise old man
Youth is fleeting impression
Raise your head
Before you’re dead
Life is a finite succession
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn down this image and impression of loss
burn down all that has caged you
You don’t need these scenes or these
childish dreams
You don’t need this vision that blinds you.
Forget what you know
It has all been a lie
It has all been forged and imagined
Burn it all down
And trust what you’ve found
And value all that which has been
Burn down the dream
Burn down the lie
Of all that which has enslaved you
Burn down the trees that have grown in the field
And now...
burn down the home
Let it all go and now...
burn down the home
Raise your hands
You wise old man
Your youth has given you knowledge
Raise your head
Acknowledge the dead
And praise the life that you salvage
One chance at life
and ready to fight
six feet above, and not yet below
While you walk this earth you have to know
there is hope
Burn it down
Burn it down
You’ve been what you’ve been
And now you are-
what-
you-
are-
Wise old man.
Burn it down
Wise old man
Accept-
what you are-
In this moment-
of grief
Accept-
what you are-
And murder-
the beast
Live forever,
Wise old man
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Counterbalance New Jersey
Counterbalance is the solo project of Kevin Basca from Ocean County, NJ
A lifetime goal
of creativity is debuted as EP 2020: A three song aural assault with deep lyricism, technical and catchy instrumentation, and a drive to amp the listener.
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