Elegy

from Absence by Rhyn

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£0.80 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A CD copy of Absence in a four-panel full-colour digipak

Includes unlimited streaming of Absence via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

Purchasable with gift card

£5.99 GBP or more

lyrics

We strive to live our lives with some objective
We try not to die in vain
But I can’t buy into your new perspective
This nihilistic view is driving you insane
I’ll never be just one of the collective
So disconnected from the hive
You’ll never free yourself from retrospect if
You’re the insect crushed along the drive

Hold me when my hands get colder
Tell me it’s going to be alright
Notice me, savour every word of this
My elegy

If every recent word’s already spoken
For what reason do you speak?
Our reveries unheard lie dead and broken
Now we’re woken (do you feel unique?)
I won’t ever see the bigger picture
It never fits inside my frame of mind
But I will sever free from every stricture
Leave clever writs beside my name behind

Hold me high upon your shoulders
Slowly lead me to the light
Know me, treasure every word of this
My elegy

Hold me when the fire smoulders
Show me we can reignite
Oh, believe, there’s more to me you've yet to see
My elegy

May every man have something
Great to say saved for the day he dies
May every plan we made that
Went our way replay before our eyes
We’re more than the clay that made us
So before we fade away to dust
Before we say our last goodbyes

Just hold me
We’re still getting older
Only our eyes will burn as bright
Promise me they’ll shout requiems about
My elegy

Guarantee this will be the death of me
My elegy

credits

from Absence, released February 19, 2016
Song and lyrics by Chris Black
Music by Rhyn

license

about

Rhyn London, UK

Rhyn are an alternative rock band based in London and High Wycombe: Chris (vocals/keys), Guy (guitar/vocals), Dan (bass), Rhys (drums)

rhynband.com

contact / help

Contact Rhyn

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Rhyn, you may also like:

Too Prickly For This World
by Wife Patrol

Wife Patrol make instantly catchy alt rock with streaks of punk, new wave, and metal, overlaid with Bangles-esque harmonies. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 20, 2020
go to album
Staring at Clocks
by Bitch Falcon

The debut album from Dublin group Bitch Falcon is a balance of dream pop and grunge. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 19, 2020
go to album
Merci
by Save Face

Get the brand new album from this New Jersey emo band two days early, paying what you want, with all proceeds going to The Trevor Project. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 11, 2018
go to album
Versions of You
by Rocket

If you’re mad for young guitar bands like Momma and Feeble Little Horse, L.A. four-piece Rocket are sure to hit your alt rock sweet spot. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2023
go to album
Hollowing Out
by Red Telephone

Cardiff band Red Telephone can't disguise the pure pop sensibility in their blistering alt-rock songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2023
go to album
Lube Factory
by Human Growth

Crunchy hard rock from Copenhagen with copious killer riffs and the rugged sensibility of Motörhead. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 9, 2023
go to album
Remember Never Before
by July Talk

The Canadian indie rock group asks listeners "who are you" on an album that is about acceptance at its core. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 27, 2023
go to album