With tremendous pride in our hearts we present to you “SOTF”.
This is our thanks to the listeners, the OG and the new, for sticking with us up to this point.
Being one of the first songs we’ve ever written, it’s amazing to realize what an incredible long way we’ve come.
We’ve revised "Survival of the Fittest" with all the knowledge and experience we’ve acquired over the years. We want to thank everyone that's been a part of us, and thank you for letting us be a part of you.
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“SOTF” is short for “Survival of the Fittest” and tells a story about not being able to let go of a grudge, engrained by a sudden breach in trust by people close to you. Not knowing how to vent the resentment this brings, we want to make ourselves grow to make the ones who hurt us think twice about us.
Being betrayed by the people you hold dear leaves a deep mark on one’s trust in others, but we should never forget how valuable your relationship with that person was. Pain is temporary, but memories are forever.
lyrics
Nothing can hold me back, you little liar
I gave you my word and this is how you repay?
If you come crawling back, I will not forgive
A head full of 'you were nothing to me’
And all we have is this head full of memories that don't mean a thing
Just to raise awareness of your empy hearted lies
You're in an undertow that does not relent
Everyone makes excuses, but in the f*cking end
It doesn't make up for the things you did
I didn't think I’d have to carry out this dream alone
I'm not giving up on this
You'll never see me backing down
I hope one day you'll see you f*cking disobeyed my trust
I can not help but think that you are not the only one
Stop faking your innocense
We all know the truth
Little liar I will never give in
I will rise above
I will rise above
Against all of the odds I try to achieve something more than this
Shadows in my head remain silent
Until the very end
But I can’t take it
What will you think of us when you're out on those steps?
Will you look back again? Will you remember us?
Against all of the odds we’re trying to achieve something more than this, something more than this
Shadows in my head
They keep telling the same stories over and over
Shadows in my head
They keep telling the same stories, and it’s always about you
I will never forget
Will I ever forgive?
This will never stop
You're not the only one
What made you do this? Is it not enough?
Just take what yours
And let me live my life
What you put us through comes straight back at you
And at the bottom line we still remain the same
It's a race to the end and we're still not there yet
It's a game of survival of the fittest.
Because the shadows in my head, oh the shadows in my head
They tell me these stories for hours on end
Forever haunting, forever chasing something I will never get
I will never get
But don’t you ever forget what you meant
Shadows in my head
Remain silent, until the very end
I will rise above
Until the very end
credits
released April 2, 2018
Music by: START/OVER
Drums recorded at: Marked Sounds (Mark Cappon)
Recorded and mixed by: Bas Uitermark
Mastered by: 4D Sounds (Acle Kahney from TesseracT)
Video edit by: JCV Videography (Julius Heenk)
Videography by: Julius Heenk, Jasper Bohté & Casper Leijen
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