Silent Planet - Panic Room

From Silent Planet's upcoming album "Everything Was Sound" // July 1, 2016 // Pre-Order Packages: silentplanet.band
Directed by Kevin Johnson
LYRICS:
Lustrous lines obscured by opaque blinds - frozen metacarpals tap tap tap the window glass. Syncopated staccatos with the broken clock synchronized with my post-traumatic ticks ticks - talking to the space in the room that echoes back indiscernibly to my disconnected self/self - it’s self-consuming, what's ensuing is my undoing - the nightly casualty of war. [01]
And it sounds like this: War, endless war.
In my endless dance with entropy I must rescind my sentience, the sickness that I know. [02] Rearrange the disarray of disintegrated senses - puzzle pieces, spectral splinters of a soldier’s worn and tattered soul. In my endless dance with entropy I must rescind my sentience, the sickness that I know.
Machines of air looking down on us [03] - the beasts of dust as we grapple heel and hand, [04] mud and sand, (blood red oil) [05] the chaff of the harvest [06] converted to currencies of wealthy means, stepping stones cut from our perforated bones. Riches are reaped beside our bodies sown just to be thrown back again and forgotten if we stumble in, laid inside a homeless nest, [07] stuck with eager dirty needles, [08] shipped to an early steeple where boxes close, descend with grace as you defend yourself - both charitable and chaste. [09] Praise me for my valor, lay me on a crimson tower - justify my endless terror as my “finest hour.” [10] Treat me as a token to deceive the child whom we fatten for this scapegoat slaughter. [11]
I learned to fight; I learned to kill; I learned to steal; I learned that none of this is real. None of this is real. None of this is real. None of this is real.
But there’s a war inside my head.
Beleaguered by my breathing - choking, screaming, heaving. Time drags me back to the desert. This is war: A child stumbles from the wreckage holding his salvation - the trigger to cessation - to end us all. I took a life that takes mine, every quiet moment we collapse. Have you forsaken us? [12] All the darkness comes alive. [13] Take my hand, drag me to the void. [14][15]
FOOTNOTES:
01 - Soldiers who have shared post-war experiences with us, especially Jeriel Clark.
02 - Come Wind, Come Weather, A Flood Strong Enough to Consume the House
03 - The Drone Army of The United States.
04 - Genesis 25:26
05 - Michael Klare, Blood and Oil
06 - Isaiah 33:11
07 - Between 1/4 - 1/2 of chronically homeless males in America are veterans.
08 - Aaron Glantz, The War Comes Home
09 - Jerry Falwell and a number of other evangelical voices advocating “pro-war” positions.
10 - Winston Churchill
11 - Leviticus 016:010
12 - Matthew 27:46
13 - Rodney Ascher, The Nightmare
14 - PTSD and related disorders due to combat stress often
go overlooked as soldiers reintegrate into general society. Please visit and get involved at: rebootrecovery.com
15 - This song was inspired by the testimony of our friend, Jeriel Clark, and is dedicated to every listener who has experienced the horrors of armed conflict. We love you, we are thankful for you.
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[@geoff3610]

its like slam poetry metalcore

[@joeyhalbrook9818]

Facts!

[@chrisayres4816]

I agree, a testament to their talent that they make slam poetry listenable.

[@jakobupton3615]

I've heard this song many times and I never get tired of it, but then reading the lyrics and getting a better understanding of what the song is talking about raises my hair with goosebumps. An artist who speaks of real tragedy is refreshing to hear in a time of false preaching. I love these guys and I hope I see more, I also hope they see this comment. You guys are the greatest band on earth hands down.

[@joeyhalbrook9818]

I couldn’t have said it better myself my guy!

[@TheDeepSeaCreature]

BASED 🏴 "false preaching" nailed it

[@jaydrianpaiyne3873]

This was great to discover before I go to sleep 😂

[@kingslayer283]

Ugh! This is just too good. I can't believe I've not listened to them before.

[@buzzh.5267]

These Lyrics are Phenom.

[@mpk6664]

Alex is an amazing player, very under rated.

[@JuanMITW1]

Amazing song, first time that i listen this band, and a i like it, Sound like a northlane with adrian.

[@BendyDH]

wait why does this only have 100k views? This is Silent Planet's biggest song and an iconic music video. Tons of plays on Spotify too. Was this reuploaded with the switch to VEVO?

[@sadgirl3277]

Very good!!

[@ladsr777]

Well done!!

[@michaelsmith609]

So so so good

[@saarxddd]

Released on my birthdayyy

[@d3athsqvadanthem609]

Ain't you looking for attention lol

[@ofinken]

This is what being human (in 2024) feels like..

[@nathanielgrijalva9561]

love the ryme

[@magroog]

PQ ISSO N TEM 1 MINHÃO DE VIEWS? AF

[@meretruant]

video is transparently inspired by underoath's video for 'paper lung'. pretty cool nonetheless, and if the band's name is a reference to c.s. lewis' novel, all the better.

[@dominashun28]

It is, the name of the band. I watched some interviews and he said it was

[@jaychev1091]

It kinda sounds like La Dispute at the beginning.

[@patinaproductions6665]

Glad I’m not the only one 🔥

[@DudeLoopNoob]

This song reminds me of Old Plot You

[@ELIjosephmusic0217]

Why is there only one video on this channel

[@ericgrabass8134]

🖤

[@cantiladrianeb.6241]

I want to thanks this band for saving me in attempting suicide

[@loveneverlasts1706]

im boutta cry but im not even a veteran im a teen

[@martinajoe9267]

it's a good song

[@DanielArredondo-kj2hl]

It's the new group?, very good guys!

[@GabrielSantana-tf6ku]

muito bom !

[@Grosch1701]

good

[@RafaelSousa66]

Vejo muito talento como se expressa durante suas músicas!!! C15H15NO2S

[@ammarali9695]

from syria . u will have a big future ..

[@dudemanaric]

Just here to say hi.. Surprinsingly not too many comments or a small fan base?

[@dopreciousmatch9315]

hey Guys, Nice song, you have more song like this?

[@jacobawesomenes159]

luckily a lot of their music is like this especially from the album The Night That God Slept

[@joescott1971]

Interesting to watch but I’d like more stuff like silent planet cuz I love working out to that song. Still fun though

[@marienleguillon130]

c'est français ?

[@AdamArtz]

Why the fuck do they have a VEVO account? o_O

[@anscomedy]

to make money

[@martin-emh3204]

how much hate in a one song

[@DudeWheresMyTom]

Rightfully so if the song is portraying the suffering of soldiers after war, surely?

[@spencercowan8862]

Martin LML No, not glorification or beautification of hatred, but portrayal of suffering from PTSD.

[@ofinken]

But... All that hate is real? But yeah. I suppose, you have a point.. I see it as pain rather than hate..

[@ofinken]

Or hear.. or feel, I dunno. I don't know stuff that well 😊

[@mibmib59]

wtf