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Project XOXO

by Cherish

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1.
BEGGING, PLEADING FOR SAFETY FROM THE PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURES HOLD WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR HOPE AGAINST HOPE WE ARE THE CRISIS / WE WHO SCREAM IN DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS / IN THE STREETS WE THE INSUBORDINATE / WE SAY NO! THERE IS NO FEAR / ONLY HOPE! BORN INTO A PERMANENT CRISIS FIGHTING FOR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IT FUTILE WITHOUT THE GOOD OF THE GROUP WE FAIL IF WE DON’T ALL GET THROUGH WE ARE COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT PARTS CONTRADICTIONS BROKEN HEARTS AGAINST AND BEYOND ANNIHILATION BUT WE HOPE AGAINST HOPE THERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND THERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND THERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND THERE MUST BE A MIDDLE GROUND THERE IS A CRACK IN THE WALL MAKE IT BIGGER MAKE IT FALL THIS IS OUR MOMENTUM THIS IS OUR POSITIVE MOVEMENT THE SCREAM ! THE NO ! THE REFUSAL ! THE TIME ! IS NOW ! REVOLUTION !
2.
THERE IS AN END TO YOUR MISERY IF YOU WANT TO STOP THEN JUST STOP YOU ARE THE REASON YOUR LIFE IS SO _______ YOU HAVE TO WANT IT MORE THAN THE WAY THINGS ARE YOU HAVE TO WANT IT MORE YOUR WORK ONLY GOES SO FAR LOOK AT WHAT THIS COSTS YOU AND YOU’LL BEGIN TO SEE LOOK AT WHAT THIS COSTS YOU NOBODY NEEDS ANYTHING I HAVE A VISION BIGGER THAN OUR DAILY AFFLICTIONS MOVE PAST THE WANT AND NEED FOR MORE DO THE SAME THINGS GET THE SAME RESULTS WITHOUT CHANGE IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER THERE IS AN END TO YOUR MISERY JUST TAKE YOUR BOOT OFF YOU FACE THERE IS AN END.
3.
FLEETING LOVE TEMPORARY PAIN THIS IS THE CYCLE AGAIN AND AGAIN IF IT CAN START THAN IT CAN END THE ONLY RULE AGAIN AND AGAIN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER TO WATCH IT DIE, DEHYDRATION, A DRY GOODBYE PEOPLE ARE POISON, PEOPLE ARE THE CURE, WE ARE THE CAUSE AND SOLUTION EMBRACE IMPERMANENCE NOTHING WILL STAY THE SAME EMBRACE IMPERMANENCE THE ONLY CONSTANT IS OUR CHANGE GIVE EM THE ROPE LET THEM DECIDE WILL YOU HANG OR START TO CLIMB? IF LIFE ENDS THEN SO DOES LOVE CERTAIN DESPAIR FOR EACH OF US IMPERFECT INCOMPLETE IMPERMANENCE SETS US FREE
4.
TAKE THESE X’S REINVENT THEM BENT AS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN BROKE AS THE ONES WHO RAISED ME OUT OF SHAPE IN STREAMLINED LIVING I GOT THE QUEER EDGE IT KEEPS ON GIVING I DONT FIT IN THE PLACE YOU PUT ME I TAKE SPACE IN WORD UNGIVING WE SAY NO TO NEEDLESS CONSUMING I GOT THE QUEER EDGE I KEEP ON LIVING I GOT THE / WE GOT THE QUEER EDGE YOU GOT THE QUEER EDGE FEEL IT ALL / SEE IT ALL / FOR ONE AND ALL / THIS IS OUR HARDCORE TRANS IS REACTION / INATE REBELLION NOT BECAUSE OF ME / BUT BECAUSE OF YOU / YOUR CIS CUZ THE WORLD IS TAKE THIS FRAMEWORK / APPLY IT TO YOUR WORLD / RESIST CONSUMPTION & SELF DESTRUCTION / RECLAIM YOURSELF NOT TRANS / FROM A TO B / YOU AND I IN FLUX / CONSTANT MOVEMENT / CHANGE WITH ME
5.
THESE REFORMS GIVES US NO OPTION THEY CONFINE & KEEPS US LOCKED IN THIS COMFORTS COME AT A COST THIS FREEDOM IS SOMEONES PRISON WE SCRAP REASON FOR MATTER CHANGE IS THE WAY THROUGH WE FORGET THE CONCRETE PILLARS AND FIND OUR INFINITE TRUTHS (WE SCREAM, SEARCH FOR THE CRACKS) IF ALL WE ARE IS ENERGY THAN WE CAN GO AND ON (WE SCREAM, KEEP MAKING CRACKS) TRANSITION FROM DYING BODIES INTO THE GREATER BEYOND TRANSCENDENCE ISNT COMFORTABLE BUT WORSE IS STAYING THE SAME, ALL YOU ARE IS ENERGY CHERISH YR ABILITY TO CHANGE (CRACK THE WORLD)
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All The Pain 02:47
EXIST WITH ME / NOT AGAINST ME WITH NOT FOR / WE ARE UNLEARNING LOST IN THE PURSUIT OF SUBSTITUTES CHASING YOUR OWN TAIL IN A CENTRIFUGE DEAD END BRAIN IN DEAD END STREET SOOTHING YOURSELF AS YOU PLEASE THE FRICTION THAT YOU FEEL INSIDE IS THE PROOF YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE BEING PULLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS DISTRACTIONS FROM THE LIFE YR LEAVING FUNDAMENTAL LONGING TO BELONG AN FEEL LOVED BECOMES A INCESSANT CRAVING FOR POINTLESS POSSESSIONS REPEATING ACTIONS & REACTIONS REPEATING NO SURPRISE THAT YOUR ACTIONS SCAR DEEP, SELF CREATED AGONY IS YOUR ONLY OUTCOME ALL THE PAIN YOU LOCKED AWAY IS LIVING INSIDE ME ALL THE HURT YOU IGNORED LET IT LOOSE & SET IT FREE

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Cherish return with six hard hitting anthems looking for allies, looking for change, looking for growth and wanting a better world. Following up their debut 'Your Suffering', 'Project XOXO' has a sense of humour with its title but a sense of hope running through all of its tracks, while previously the band had a more melodic tinge to their sound 'Project XOXO' sees them bringing in darker and heavier elements. Cherish are on a warpath and deserve your attention.

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released June 2, 2023

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