Complete Annihilation!

from austin koenigstein stays at home! by Smushie

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I wrote this at home & I recorded it at home. I'm surrounded by people I adore with all of my heart, and I sorely miss my family and friends who are stuck at home languishing in total uncertainty.

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A great disaster befell the world
I can't look past and I never would
My home is a temple until the virus seeps in
When will the reckoning begin?

I thought my grip might carry through
In pure dysfunction i thought i knew
My hands are a devil and i won't give in
When will my reckoning begin?

Lord knows I'm small
I just can't wait until this is all over
Awake and it's over
Gazing down the barrel of complete annihilation
And i'm trying to keep my thoughts from turning on me
Sweet awareness trembles neath a pool of reservation
And i'm growing
Stronger... than ever before

The first disruption to clot the flow
Of wasted breath in jericho
My home is a temple til the madness comes in
When will my reckoning begin?

I had a practice, where did that go?
My head is cluttered, i'll never know
My soul is a cherub, she is free from sin
When will my reckoning begin?

Lord knows I'm small
I just can't wait until this is all over
Awake and it's over
Gazing down the barrel of complete annihilation
And i'm trying to keep my thoughts from turning on me
Sweet awareness trembles neath a pool of reservation
And i'm growing
Stronger... than ever before

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from austin koenigstein stays at home!, released March 23, 2020
Master by Adam Thein

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Smushie is Austin Koenigstein. Austin is from Long Island and now lives in Chicago.

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