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The Haunting

by Burials

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1.
The Haunting 04:10
I'm waiting in the dark With my knuckles whitening I sink beneath the crushing weight I feel the fear consuming me Just like it always has been The cracking lips, the hungry tongue It longs to feed on what I love I can't escape it So I submit to certain failure To the death of hope and faith These enemies These roads that lead to no one Hold me close and save me now I need a reason to believe The things that I was promised That life was never getting worse And that the suffering meant something Wrap your hands round my heart And help me weather this storm I'm left to question How did I fall so far, so fast? Why do my blessings never last? Why all these battles? Why all these ghosts that haunt my sleep? Will they never let me be? Why must my reach find only failure? When will rest envelope me? It's not for want of will or passion It must be something in me That stresses all my nerves to breaking And then wrestles me from sleep Those old ghosts satiate their hunger Will they never let me be? This is the road that leads you back to no one (To no one) This is the road that leads you back to no one (How did I fall so far? How did I fall so fast?) This is the road that leads you back to no one I need a reason to believe That life was never getting worse But I'm finding nothing
2.
Castigations 04:09
This entire life's a nightmare And we'll never wake up I'm sick of it all Your begging for help And the sound of your crying When you bring it on yourselves You should be fucking embarrassed How am I to value you When you're so cheaply bought? Fake smiles and faint praise Are all it takes to have your heart unlocked God forbid that you fall out of favour With the kings of the clique Though I may be a wraith in the background I'll make sure you bastards remember my name This entire world's drawn out tragedy But isn't this how it should be? Isn't this how live should be? All blood and teeth? But you've taken it too far Your expectations far exceed your worth You sow your seeds in fallow fields And question why in time you'll be harvesting dirt You are all hollow imitations of copycat ideas Nothing that you value means a fucking thing You are the peddlers of snake oil And tin foil tiaras Shine your teeth til meaningless I want to sleep with your death rattle lullaby I want to give you a view from the ground I want to watch your hollow world burn down I want to drink in the ashes And vomit you out
3.
Millstone 02:55
I'll be the burden  That will outlast  Let me be the weight that drags you down   I'll be the memory The nights that you don't sleep  The ever lasting reason Why you fucking hate yourself    You won't forget the things you've done  when I remind you of every mistake that you've made Did you think that we'd forget  With these blades in our backs  Your treachery will last forever  So will your pain   I want to be the blackness In the corners of your mind  The reason that you never feel safe  This is nothing more than penance for your crimes  And after how you made me feel  You're still getting off light   You will suffer to the full extent that I can give   You will have no one left to prey upon  You'll never rest  Your skin will blister at the mention of my name    You were a coward all your life  And that will never change  You were a traitor since the womb  And you will take it to your grave May your scars last for eternity  That Hell might know your sins     You will remember this forever 
4.
Home 03:58
I swear I've seen every inch of this place A thousand times And I've paced every inch of these streets With my head full of wishes And my heart on my sleeve   I'm so little in these familiar eyes I am a master of disguise I am black and blue But you're all colourblind I am but different shades of grey   I can't say, if this place was swallowed by the sea That I would feel a thing There is nothing for me here   And it seems so strange That once this was everything And everything I needed Was well within my reach But all my dreams have been replaced By the bitter ghosts of memory   I used to welcome these borders Where I could barely drink in All the beauty I saw But the milestones have all been replaced By a striking chalk outline the size of my soul   And all the grace here fades into the background Dodging sight except for a glimpse I used to long for the Summer's embrace here Now my heart sinks like stones  When I look to the West

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We're delighted to finally release our second EP, The Haunting. We've put everything we have into this record, and hope it doesn't disappoint!

Tell your friends, share it online, help us get the word out. Your help is much appreciated. See you at a show!

-Burials

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released October 1, 2012

Written by
Dan Carter
George Lever
Liam Kavanagh
Rob Needham

Additional Performances and Writing
Jamie O'Rourke (Bass and backing vocals)

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at
G1 Productions
g1productions.com

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Burials are a 5-pronged musical juggernaut hailing from the south-west of England, combining elements of metal, hardcore and ambience to create a powerful, emotive sound.

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