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Absconder Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Check my pulse
Listen close to the evening grow
What's the perspective like?
I'm trying to control it
Staying wired
All set up
To be purged again
Oh, I'm the absconder, searching for respite
[Chorus]
I thought I had it all figured out
Spilled my cold heart onto the asphalt
Made sure my reasons for sorrow would remain
Did let the lack of serotonin define my name
When I all ever wanted was to make you smile again
[Verse 2]
Soaring words
To invoke the starless energy
But I'm long since gone
I'm wasted, baby
[Bridge]
Constant need to depart
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
Constant need to depart
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
I'm reaching for oblivion
Check my pulse
Listen close to the evening grow
What's the perspective like?
I'm trying to control it
Staying wired
All set up
To be purged again
Oh, I'm the absconder, searching for respite
[Chorus]
I thought I had it all figured out
Spilled my cold heart onto the asphalt
Made sure my reasons for sorrow would remain
Did let the lack of serotonin define my name
When I all ever wanted was to make you smile again
[Verse 2]
Soaring words
To invoke the starless energy
But I'm long since gone
I'm wasted, baby
[Bridge]
Constant need to depart
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
Constant need to depart
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
I'm reaching for oblivion
Constant need to depart
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
Constant need to depart (I'm reaching for oblivion)
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure (Let me rest my heart in the quiet of the dark)
[Chorus]
I thought I had it all figured out
Spilled my cold heart onto the asphalt
Made sure my reasons for sorrow would remain
Did let the lack of serotonin define my name
When I all ever wanted was to make you smile again
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure
Constant need to depart (I'm reaching for oblivion)
And slip through the cracks of the divine closure (Let me rest my heart in the quiet of the dark)
[Chorus]
I thought I had it all figured out
Spilled my cold heart onto the asphalt
Made sure my reasons for sorrow would remain
Did let the lack of serotonin define my name
When I all ever wanted was to make you smile again
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What did Katatonia say about "Absconder"?
Genius Answer
I wanted to do something a little bit different from what I usually do, so I thought about the band Muse. I wanted to do something a little bit in their style. I’m not sure I succeeded, but it’s definitely something different from what Katatonia usually does. It’s a very heavy opening, and then it goes into a really nice verse that blends a lot of different stuff in there. It’s got the ethereal quality that I like, but also some really jagged parts coming out of nowhere. It’s a very happening song.
–via Apple Music
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Release Date
January 20, 2023
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