"Black Circles" genre: Heavy Metal
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	Song based upon one's struggle with the demons of addiction. Based on the life and death of Layne Staley.
	CD: Beneath the Surface   Label: Independant
	Story Behind the Song Primary riffs were written after doing some experimentation with dirty/clean dynamics in drop d tunings. With the Alice in Chains inspired heavy riff, it was the perfect opportunity to take a hard look at the Seattle scene of the early 1990s and the drug related casualties associated with it. Specifically of note was the recent death of Layne Staley that brought this topic to the forefront again. This song came together very quickly, the riffs were written in one day, the band arranged the song the following weekend, and lyrics were written and added the following week. This take is a an unmastered demo and recorded in a home studio over the course of a few weeks. Lyrics Black Circles Verse 1 In the evening I awake My soul is tired and more I cannot take Days are night and night is day For years now I have been away Curtains closed, doors are locked A ghost of me will never stop Abandoned hope with each futile try Wishing I could turn back the hands of time Verse 2 My spirit pains and will not heal Bleeding life a wound I can’t congeal Looming darkness in which there is no light Yet I see the end is nearing of this fight No time waste my needs habitual One last time this godless ritual Behind is left a lifeless weary self Nobody cared until it was too late for help Chorus Black circles below my feet and eyes Needle in the sky and now we say goodbye Even hell’s a better place to reside Feeling better dead than when I was alive Verse 3 One by one the mourners pass me by All that’s real has seemed to fall aside As a flower wilted by the cold God has taken back my tortured soul Comfort seems a false and distant hope It’s useless seeking my own way to cope Feeling better dead than I felt alive Wishing I could turn back the hands of time

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