The Past is Written

by GATTO BLACK

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Get a load of the ugliness when all of this subsides
Looking like a young widow in funeral black and white
Keep drinking the poison tighten the locks on all the doors
You swallow mine I swallow yours
Coming up in red all over the floor
You can’t count the ways
We hurt each other almost every day
The water lands in the same place
Drop in a bucket or tidal wave

A plea for devotion
Devoid of emotion

Get a load of the ugliness when all of this subsides
I know you hate to run you know I love to hide
But I tried and tried and tried
No more places left to hide

A plea for devotion
Devoid of emotion
Trying to swim towards the light at the bottom of the ocean

There’s nothing I’m better at than going to a bad place fast
But I want to get better at knowing myself
Knowing where my anxiety lies
And actually trying to do something about it
Promise yourself when lonely
When your overwhelmed when you’re overworked
When you’re starving for a connection
You won’t take it out on the people you love

The past is written
The future isn’t
The past is written
The future’s still in our hands

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released July 30, 2021
Produced by Sal Mastrocola
Mixed by Walter Kazmier
Mastered by Mike Piacentini

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GATTO BLACK Buffalo, New York

A black cat is mysterious, dark, and even powerful, but it’s also full of anxiety and fear. A cat is a ball of emotions.

Buffalo, NY based songwriter Sal Mastrocola (EXNATIONS, No Nets) started GATTO BLACK to explore the anxious side of hardcore. ... more

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