Memphis May Fire : Shapeshifter

Metalcore / USA
(2025 - Rise Records)
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1. Chaotic

What I see is what I believe
So I like to paint the picture
Madness in every streak
Two coat the shadow figures
If it’s all habitual hate
I’d rather dissociate
Chaos is what keeps me sane
Thunder to silence the rain

I think I crave Chaotic
I don’t taste the pain when I stay Neurotic
So why would I wanna change
It’s safe inside the void i’m lost in
I’m drowning out the noise with Chaotic

Some say it’s hell
But it’s home to me Sadistic
Sanctuary Conscience buried beneath
Don’t need no cemetery
It’s all habitual hate
I’d rather dissociate
Chaos is what keeps me sane

I think I crave Chaotic
I don’t taste the pain when I stay Neurotic
So why would I wanna change
It’s safe inside the void i’m lost in
I’m drowning out the noise with Chaotic

Addicted to distraction
The chemical reaction
You’ve only seen a fraction
This is my mind in action

I think I crave Chaotic
I don’t taste the pain when I stay Neurotic
So why would I wanna change
It’s safe inside the void i’m lost in
Can’t save me, it’s a choice i’ll rot in
I’m drowning out the noise with Chaotic

2. Infection

Some things are better left unsaid
But then again
Maybe I should shine some light on the lies you spread
You wanted em viral
Straight to the vitals without a chance of survival
You wanted me bleeding
Barely breathing
There for the feeding

Looks are deceiving
Can’t ever be sure
Caught like a fever but killed by the cure

I don’t live for your acceptance
Won’t die from your rejection
Blood thirst for prey
Fixed on my veins
Hate filled injection
You are the infection

You build me up to tear me down
But this time around
I’m not chasing validation from a cowards mouth
I’ll rip the stitches
You burn the bridges
Maybe you’ll get what your wish is
It’s all just good business
You be a critic
I’ll be the story you twisted

Looks are deceiving
Can’t ever be sure
Caught like a fever
But killed by the cure

I don’t live for your acceptance
Won’t die from your rejection
Blood thirst for prey
Fixed on my veins
Hate filled injection
You are the infection

Hide the psychosis but actions don’t lie
Your diagnosis is you’re out of time
DIE

I don’t live for your acceptance
Won’t die from your rejection
Blood thirst for prey
Fixed on my veins
Hate filled injection
You are the infection

3. Overdose (ft. Christian Lindskog of Blindside)

What so wrong with everything in excess I love it
Moderation never made any sense More of it

I want the peak The pain
Lightning in the veins
I can never get enough cause nothing ain’t a thing I want the rise
The fall
I need to feel it all
Satisfaction aftermath is withdrawal

I hate it but it’s all I know Chase a high escape the low Feels like home
Crave it it til I’m comatose Can’t hit the breaks
Once I get a taste I lose control Ya I can’t take it slow
Zero to Overdose

Russian roulette with time i’ll never get back Death calling
Chips are down Red is hot
Bet on black I’m all in

I want the peak The pain
Lightning in the veins
I can never get enough cause nothing ain’t a thing I want the rise
The fall
I need to feel it all Barely breathing
With my back to the the wall

I hate it but it’s all I know Chase a high escape the low Feels like home
Crave it it til I’m comatose Can’t hit the breaks
Once I get a taste I lose control Ya I can’t take it slow
Zero to Overdose
The truth is always such a bitter pill to swallow
If I don’t change today there might be no tomorrow Can’t hit the breaks
Once I get a taste I lose control Ya I can’t take it slow
Zero to Overdose

What’s so wrong with everything in excess I’ll be petal to the metal
Hanging on by a thread Til i’m dead

I hate it but it’s all I know Chase a high escape the low Feels like home
Crave it it til I’m comatose Can’t hit the breaks
Once I get a taste I lose control Ya I can’t take it slow
Zero to Overdose
The truth is always such a bitter pill to swallow
If I don’t change today there might be no tomorrow Can’t hit the breaks
Once I get a taste I lose control Ya I can’t take it slow
Zero to Overdose

4. Paralyzed

Every day’s a vicious cycle & i’m stuck on repeat
I’ve been over medicating
Waiting praying for peace
I guess it’s death or deliverance
But it’s not up to me
Because the devil’s dealing cards
and he’s playing for keeps

Night after night
Hear my soul keep saying
Fight for your life
But my will feels wasted

Heart is racing
Body shaking
No escaping
Think I’m…

Paralyzed
Out of body and out of mind
I'm lost in the fight or flight
Terrified
Think that I might be outta time
Now I need a life line
I’m calling
Somebody please make me believe I can breathe
I try to scream
Is this a dream
Or am I Paralyzed
Heart is racing
Body shaking
No escaping
Think I’m…

Wish I could say that it’s denial
That it’s not what it seems
Starts with dopamine deficiency and ends in defeat
Adrenaline kicks in once again
Never gonna win
It’s depletes me
Then anxiety sets in and pretends that I can’t beat this disease
I’m still here

Night after night
Hear my soul keep saying
Fight for your life
But my will feels wasted
Night after night
Oh i’m losing patience
Fight for you life
It’s the war i’m waging

Paralyzed
Out of body an out of mind
I'm lost in the fight or flight
Terrified
Think that I might be outta time
Now I need a life line
I’m calling
Somebody please make me believe I can breathe
I try to scream
Is this a dream
Or am I Paralyzed
Heart is racing
Body shaking
No escaping
Think I’m…

Pinned Down
Tied Up
I’ve sealed my fate
The perfect murder
With my own blade

Paralyzed
Out of body an out of mind
I'm lost in the fight or flight
Terrified
Think that I might be outta time
Now I need a life line
I’m calling
Somebody please make me believe I can breathe
I try to scream
Is this a dream
Or am I Paralyzed
Heart is racing
Body shaking
No escaping
Think I’m…

5. Hell Is Empty

Can’t escape what is reality
Everything we knew is upside down
It’s just a shell of what it used to be
And I’m afraid that we can’t turn around

There is nowhere safe
Was it us that opened the gates
We were blind to the blame
Now the end is just a breath away

Hell is empty and Heaven is near
Prayers turned to pleading and faith into fear
The evil below
Now above they appear
Hell is empty
The devil is here

There’s no future in what’s left for us
Say goodbye to everything you once loved
I see a fire in the sky above
Ashes to ashes we’ll return to dust

There is nowhere safe
Was it us that opened the gates
We were blind to the blame
We dug ourselves into an early grave

Hell is empty and heaven is near
Prayers turned to pleading and faith into fear
The evil below
Now above they appear
Hell is empty
There’s no fork
There’s no horns
This is war
We’ve been warned
The evil below
Now above they appear
Hell is empty
The Devil is here

6. Necessary Evil

Back full of thorns in a bed full of roses
Take the pleasure with the pain
Double doses
Stuck in a rage
Can’t escape the emotion
Can’t escape the emotion

Cause I try and I try but I lose every time I
Try to change anything in the timeline
Life’s a game only won in the mind's eye

Looking for a way out but it’s all just in vain
Time won’t wait & there’s no sequel
Waste away to thread the needle
Weighed Down cause it all ends the same
Life is pain & love is lethal
It’s all necessary evil

Control is all an illusion
Get a grip then you lose it
You can die from doom & gloom’n
Or embrace the grave & learn to use it

Back full of thorns in a bed full of roses
Take the pleasure with the pain
Double doses
Stuck in a rage
Can’t escape the emotion
Band turned to worse is the face of the omen

Looking for a way out but it’s all just in vain
Time won’t wait & there’s no sequel
Waste away to thread the needle
Weighed Down cause it all ends the same
Life is pain & love is lethal
It’s all necessary evil

Bow your head to the balanced scale
No deliverance
All hail

Looking for a way out but it’s all just in vain
Time won’t wait & there’s no sequel
Waste away to thread the needle
Weighed Down cause it all ends the same
Life is pain & love is lethal
It’s all necessary evil

7. The Other Side

God only knows all the hell you’ve been through
And who could understand
No ones been in your shoes
It's always too much or never enough
There's nowhere to run when you wanna give up
Hard to find hope when you’re living to lose

I can see it in your eyes

Fighting for your life
Suffering inside
Taking one more breath just to survive
Pain will be your guide
To peace that you can’t find
It’s always darkest just before the light
If you could see the other side

Say you hit rock bottom
Ya I've been there too
Give it all ya got but you can never break through
It's always too much or never enough
There's nowhere to run and you wanna give up
But I never found my way from that point of view
So when I say I see you...

Fighting for your life
Suffering inside
Taking one more breath just to survive
Pain will be your guide
To peace that you can’t find
It’s always darkest just before the light
If you could see the other side

Hands held to the sky
waiting for a sign
Find a reason why on the other side
The other side
Time and space collide
Nowhere left to hide
Must be more to life on the other side

Fighting for your life
Suffering inside
Taking one more breath just to survive
Pain will be your guide
To peace that you can’t find
It’s always darkest just before the light
If you could see the other side

8. Shapeshifter

Daylight deceiver & a thief in the dark
A picture perfect people pleaser
That’s just the start
Which version of yourself do you see in the mirror
It’s been a long time coming
Never been any clearer

You’ll lose your grip
I’ll watch you slip
No form to fit
Fake it

Look me in the eyes
Like I believe the lies
You’ll lose your grip
I’ll watch you slip
Master of disguise
Identity denied
No form to fit
Fake it
Shape shift

What’s it like living a lie
Is it all what you want
Or is it all that you’ve got
Tell me
What’s it like on the inside
Which one of your personalities gets to sleep at night

You’ll lose your grip
I’ll watch you slip
No form to fit
Fake it

Look me in the eyes
Like I believe the lies
You’ll lose your grip
I’ll watch you slip
Master of disguise
Identity denied
No form to fit
Fake it
Shape shift

There’ll be blank headstone when you’re laid in the ground
Put a face to the fiction
Whose the first to go down
Point em out

Look me in the eyes
Like I believe the lies
You’ll lose your grip
I’ll watch you slip
Master of disguise
Identity denied
No form to fit
Fake it
Shape shift

9. Versus

I don’t wanna do this
You don’t want excuses
And who knows what the truth is
Guess it’s useless
When I lay down my weapon
And You sharpen yours
Think you’re twisting the words
This is worth fighting for
I’ll take off all my armor
If you drop the sword
We could leave it all on the floor
Yeah I don’t see why we can’t stop it all it before the worst begins
If you only knew when somebody starts a war that never ends
Nobody wins

10. Love Is War

Face to face on opposing sides
Pardoning the pain while the bullets fly
Pray for peace
There’s no end in sight
No white flags
Just the smoke in the sky
Aimed at the heart but not for the blood
Don’t know how we got here but enough is enough
It’s too late
It’s time that we face it
It can’t wait
There’s no way to save it
Don’t wanna be the one to say it’s over
And you’re afraid you’ll never find the closure
Lie to me
Can’t take another tragedy
But now it's too late
It's time that we face it
Love’s war when both sides betray it
Doubts & disagreements draw a line in the sand
But failure by design was never part of the plan
In the trenches
Words like weapons are deadly & I’m defenseless
Now the chambers are empty
But i’m still aimed at the heart
But not for the blood
Don’t know how we got here but enough is enough
Yeah I’m still aimed at the heart but not for the blood
Don’t know how we got here but enough is enough
It’s too late
It’s time that we face it
It can’t wait
There’s no way to save it
Don’t wanna be the one to say it’s over
I know we’re never gonna find the closure
Lie to me
Can’t take another tragedy
But now it's too late
It's time that we face it
Love’s war when both sides betray it
Love’s war when both sides betray it
Love’s war and yours for the taking
Charge
Love’s war and yours for the taking
Charge

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