Architects - An Ordinary Extinction Lyrics

Architects Lyrics

"An Ordinary Extinction"

Do you feel at home in limbo?
Hiding a broken vow
A phantom at the window

Can you swallow the shame?
Has your courage been burnt out, faded away?
There won't be a saviour in sight, but it's okay
'Cause we're comfortable

We're stood at the edge of the world
Seize the snakes
They're living a lie, blinded by a candle
They're saying goodbye
We're stood at the edge of the world

When the clock runs down to zero
We'll stand up and take a bow
So quick to play the hero

Are you fanning the flames?
Are you torching the lighthouse?
Stood in the way
Complicity burning so bright yet we delay
Are you culpable?

Seize the snakes
They're living a lie, blinded by a candle
They're saying goodbye
We're stood at the edge of the world

Drag the lake
When the water runs dry, we'll be slaves to the anchor
The Devil may cry
We're stood at the edge of the world

We're stood at the edge of the world

Nothing is holy
We all take the blame
Crumbling slowly
The cliff face belongs to the ocean
So run for your life

Do you remember the tip of the spear?
The edge of the knife?
We're freshly dismembered
But won't shed a tear
So run for your life

We're stood at the edge of the world
Seize the snakes
They're living a lie, blinded by a candle
They're saying goodbye
We're stood at the edge of the world

Drag the lake
When the water runs dry, we'll be slaves to the anchor
The Devil may cry
We're fighting to stay alive
How can we all survive?
No second chances
We're stood at the edge of the world

We're stood at the edge of the world, yeah
We're fighting to stay alive

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Thanks to braye for adding these lyrics.

Writer(s): Daniel Joseph Searle, Alex Anthony Dean, Joshua Middleton, Adam Michael Christianson, Sam Carter

Josh Carter shared the following about "An Ordinary Extinction", "For some reason, and I have no idea why, I found myself with Ali's bass on the bus at Metal Days festival in Slovenia. It was a hot day, so I started playing around and ended up writing the riff and the chorus, trying something a bit different in a tempo we've never done before. I had a dark, Nine Inch Nails-y thing in mind. It's evolved a lot, but has a very industrial feel. Given that, I wanted to get a drill and hold it against the pickups of my guitar, to come up with some innovative, technical sound, but it didn't work in the end. I was generally just trying to make it as weird as I could."

Drummer Dan Searly told about this track, "Probably the heaviest part of the record despite the trippy nature of this song. It's still very Architects, but then you get tossed into the verse straight away and it's something completely different again. It's super heavy and it's in a key that fits Sam's voice."

album: "For Those That Wish To Exist" (2021)

Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist album cover

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