Xpired

I was in a band from 2018 to 2019 called Xpired. Well, as you can see, it has expired (due to creative differences). I owe a lot to this first band that I was in, as it sparked my desire to play in bands. I even played my first ever gig, which was at the Roxy Cabaret! I was only a teenager at the time!

We did write some originals, and I don’t want the music to be lost to time. So with permission from Ofek, the leader & guitarist of Xpired, I rerecorded (and finished) all the originals that we wrote. I let him play the solos for the authenticity as well. Oh, and a specific part of a song too. That part is too much for me.

“Deathly Thorns” was different. It was a song that I wrote the same time as Capstone EP, but asked Ofek to solo for. It didn’t fit the vibe of the other tracks in said EP, so I held it off for a while. Seeing how Ofek already played most solos for this EP, I figured now would be a good time to release it too.

You were always focused
In other people's business
What they did and what they said
And every moment of their life
Now that they're all gone
And you are left alone
In a dark abandoned lonely world
To figure out what to do
You can survive
You learned it from them
But your reasons to live for
Your reasons to live for
Must remain, remain
Unknown, unknown, unknown…
Once you look in the mirror
Even just a glance
You'll find out who you are
Or better who you were
You would disappear forever
As if you were never there
Your life has never mattered
Nothing but death and despair
Take yourself a moment
To look up to the sky
You might find an answer
But it might make you cry
Now it's a little too late
To fix all that was wrong
You always thought it was hate
Now join us, where you belong
Once you look in the mirror
Even just a glance
You'll find out who you are
Or better who you were
You would disappear forever
As if you were never there
Your life has never mattered
Nothing but death and despair
After the war, through the door
Guess who was there
He was right there, waiting for me
Summoned a flare
I felt the horror, took a step back
Tried to escape
He brought me down, defeated me
With a big scrape
I, I am your fear
I will make you see
I, I am your death
I shall be set free
Rampage and Destruction
A suffering curse
Tried to fight, dropped the nukes
Only got worse
He opened his jaws, bursting flames
An atomic breath
It was too late when we realized
T'was the god of death
I, I am your fear
I will make you see
I, I am your death
I shall be set free
Everywhere I go, there's always something
Bothering me, setting me apart
Nothing like these people, nobody around
Feel like I'm a revenant, with an empty heart
Why can't I fit in?
Why am I so weird?
Why is life so unfair?
Or am I the one who's feared?
Nobody knows me, no one cares about me
Nothing that I do, ever gets attention
Who are they to say? Who are they to judge?
Ignorance can kill, that's the sad conclusion
Why can't I fit in?
Why am I so weird?
Why is life so unfair?
Or am I the one who's feared?
This is a message, to who have crossed me
If you're hearing this, I suggest you run
Make this exciting, a game of cat and mouse
The impending doom, your life will soon be done
I just won't fit in
I am just so weird
Life is just so unfair
Now I'm the one who's feared
You'll soon be dead!
Walking through the flower bed
The flower bed that is all but dead
Blackness consumes and strikes you down
There's nothing worth taking back to town
And as you lose hope, you see a light
One light stands and shines so bright
Dragging you closer with a hidden hook
You just can't help but take a look
One deathly rose is calling you
Calling you deep in your heart
One deathly rose is calling you
The thorns on it grip you hard
Little deathly thorns on a rose
Asking you if you bleed
Little deathly thorns on a rose
Preying on your secret deeds
Mesmerized by the bright red light
Inside there's an urge that you cannot fight
The urge pulls you to pick up the light
Yet there's something that does not feel right
You start to feel the blood come out
No one around yet you cannot shout
Dripping slowly off your hand
Nothing went exactly as planned
One deathly rose is calling you
Calling you deep in your heart
One deathly rose is calling you
The thorns on it grip you hard
Little deathly thorns on the rose
Asking you if you bleed
Little deathly thorns on the rose
Preying on your secret deeds
Hold onto the rose
Never let go
A slow quiet death
No one can know
Head's telling you
You must let go
A slow quiet death
No one can know
Just let it go!
One deathly rose is calling you
Calling you deep in your heart
One deathly rose is calling you
The thorns on it grip you hard
Little deathly thorns on the rose
Asking you if you bleed
Little deathly thorns on the rose
Preying on your secret deeds
Until the day comes
When your hand could no longer fathom
The loss of blood
Yet you stand in the field of dead roses
Longing to find a bright flower