Asylum of Deceit (Live at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto)

[distant crowd murmur fading into a heavy, sluggish down-tuned bassline, sparse dissonant chorus-pedal guitar lead echoing in the massive arena] I’m walking dazed in this messy, blank place Surrounded by a crowd that loves the chase They tell me I’m smart, that I’ve won the game But every false pretense is just a brand new name I built a pedestal, I’m the thief of my own time Trading all the honest days for a crooked climb [explosive heavy chorus, massive stadium reverb, raw ragged desperate Cobain screams] This is the asylum of deceit Where the past is a shadow, bitter and sweet I’m blind to the cracks, I’m deaf to the call Just waiting for the structure to finally fall It’s harmful, it’s heavy, it’s all in my head Living in a fever, wishing I was dead [tight sluggish verse riff, low gravelly strained mumble] Try to erase the man I used to be Under the heavy influence of the luxury Rejection is a feeling that I lock in the hall I keep on smiling while the paint peels off the wall They think I’m winning, but I’m losing the plot Tied to the gold in a Gordian knot [explosive heavy chorus, thundering stadium drums, ragged desperate screams] This is the asylum of deceit Where the past is a shadow, bitter and sweet I’m blind to the cracks, I’m deaf to the call Just waiting for the structure to finally fall It’s harmful, it’s heavy, it’s all in my head Living in a fever, wishing I was dead [slow, dizzying unease bridge, dissonant guitar noise, tense whispered vocals building up] Can’t look back, can’t look back Everything is turning black My vision is blurred, my heart is a cage I’m the only one reading this twisted page [chaotic heavy climax, throat-ripping screams] Asylum… of deceit Asylum… so discrete Erase it all. Erase it all. [feedback dying out into the massive arena reverb, crowd cheering]