"Altercation" by Exemplar, explores themes of internal conflict, frustration, and disillusionment. The song features intense vocals and melodic, aggressive metal instrumentation.
Lyrics
Breaking down another pointless altercation
A fabled mark that you can never seem to hit
Did you remember the fleeting dawn
A burning sky and the rising sun
Bearing your twisted soul to a tangled mass of witnesses
We live broken lives
Built on shallow dreams
Submit to pain inside
Breath in the misery
Feeding the hatred of this hellish cauldron realm
The crucible has decided to burn us alive
Instant gratification was just a ploy
Proof of what our martyrdom was worth
Subject to no one save for your own greed
Still caught between breath & breathless
Choking on indignity
We cannot afford this fight
Still refuse to see
Behold the preaching soul
Selling you expectations
Seeding thoughts of triumph
But you can not win
The ghosts within our minds won't echo here...they fade away
All eyes upon the confined
Disappear
Bleak as the thought may be
It's the same idea
You have said this once before
Don't bow to destiny
Don't bow to destiny
We've lived broken lives
Choking on indignity
Submit to pain inside
Refuse to see
Behold the preaching soul
Selling you expectations
Seeding thoughts of triumph
But you can not win
The ghosts within our minds won't echo here...they fade away
All eyes upon the confined
They disappear
The ghosts within our minds won't echo here...they fade away
All eyes upon the confined
Disappear
You'll never be seen again