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Destruction or Strength

by As I Lay Dying

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All proceeds from this song and shirt will be aggregated and donated to the following:

AILD Road Crew
Travel restrictions and responsible social-distancing measures have crippled the entire live event industry. While touring is a substantial part of a bands’ income, it is the entire source of financial sustenance for the hard working and talented crew it depends upon. A portion of everything raised will be distributed to our techs and production staff to help alleviate the financial strain of lost income and work opportunity. We love these people as family and want to help them through this the best we can.

Feeding San Diego
With the closures of all schools in our state, Feeding San Diego is being extremely pro-active in distributing food to support students who previously relied on free and reduced priced school meals as their primary source of nutrition. Feeding San Diego is also continuing their efforts in providing hunger relief to senior citizens, low-income families, and all of the workers in our local hospitality, service, and tourist industries who are facing financial hardships from unemployment. The remainder of everything raised will be sent as a monetary contribution to this organization, to assist them in serving the hunger needs of our community.

We recognize this is an uneasy climate for everyone right now so there is no pressure to contribute. At the very least, we hope sharing unreleased music will have a positive impact for those of you excited to hear it.

Please be safe and kind to one another. We will get through this together".

lyrics

whether locked up or on top of the world
i felt the same sense of unrest
pursuing numbers
the approval of others
outward illusions of success
just an illusion (illusion)
an illusion masking restlessness
all ending in a downward spiral

rock bottom is all relative
some people lose their homes
and others lose their heart
the sad truth is i lost them both
‘cause i perilously chose
to compromise my soul
i could not see past all the distraction
(distraction, destruction)
until everything to hide behind...
until everything to hide behind was gone

now that everything is gone
i’m free, free to see without distraction
there’s nowhere left to hide
as i face what is inside
what is inside

now changing like the tide
devoid of peace but now finding
what brings serenity
and what can be centering
but it’s not the things it used to be
because they have been taken
and cannot be retrieved
now that everything to hide behind
(distraction, destruction)
until everything to hide behind was gone

now that everything is gone
i’m free, free to see without distraction
there’s nowhere left to hide
as i face what is inside
what is inside

what is left (what is left)
when you take it all away (when you take it all away)?
a battle between desolation and sorrow
leaving behind destruction or strength
destruction or strength
destruction or strength

whether locked up or on top of the world
i felt the same sense of unrest
but now it’s gone

now that everything is gone
i’m free, free to see without distraction
there is nowhere left to hide
as i face what is inside
what is inside

whether locked up or on top of the world
i felt the same sense of unrest
but now it’s gone
(what is inside)
just an illusion
an illusion masking restlessness

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Written by As I Lay Dying
Published by Frickin’ Thunfisch (ASCAP)

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