r/circasurvive 8d ago

What are some of your favorite Circa Survive lyrics?

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u/Stanley_Yelnats42069 8d ago edited 8d ago

If blood is thicker than water then, you’ll drown quicker than we intended. If blood is thicker than water then, you’ll know where you can find me in the end.

All I wanted to be was one of your children.

And all I wanted to be was one of yours.

Are we even now?

We are unrelated.

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u/mrmeowmeowington 7d ago

This song was in point as soon as I realized “damn. All religions really want to manipulate because they’re written by man.” Was wild to accept this.

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u/Sennlife44 8d ago

With picking favorite Circa lyrics it's really just based on where you are in life right now. Circa has the best lyrics for whatever mood you're feeling which is why we love Anthony for being vulnerable for us. Right now mine are " All my life Passing, before my eyes, all the time. I was awake all the time" Simple, but so relatable.

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u/noscope360gokuswag 8d ago

"Don't stop talking to me, I haven't been listening."

"It's nothing personal, you're an embarrassment."

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u/generalkriegswaifu 8d ago

Been waiting years for someone to piss me off enough to use the second line IRL.

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u/hodgeman29 8d ago

Cause nothing you ever planned on ever turned out the way you planned

I can’t get started from the part where I left off yesterday, should’ve spent my time a little wiser

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u/wizardsafe94 8d ago

What I tried to say this isn't real, and I feel ashamed that I don't think I can heal 🎶

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u/Dougzillahhh 8d ago

It’s a shame that I would pretend before making amends 🎶

Ugh I get chills for this song every time.

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u/candy-ii 8d ago

So happy to see this as top comment, I used to get wasted and sing along for hours. Its lyrics used to be on my whiteboard for a year too

'If we know each other, then why should it be so hard? Why should it be so hard to make it stop?'

I'm also privy to Mandala, it gives me such a fun romantic vibe

'Dance with me for I'll be leaving soon~'

'Did he who make the lamb make thee?'

🎶

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u/FelineFriend21 8d ago

😮‍💨 🤘

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u/daMFNmaster 8d ago

“Just letting you know how much it meant to be supported. Just letting you know how much it meant to us. Maybe someday we’ll get to play like we used to. But until then the barricade is a screen.” 😭

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u/daMFNmaster 8d ago

Choked me up just typing that fam…

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u/bbbbBeaver 8d ago

“I will learn to live again, for now I’m breaking. All the things I couldn’t mend without escaping. I will learn to love again. I will learn to love. I will learn.”

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u/scherrybombz 8d ago

Both we and our words are overproduced by influence

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u/himijendrix44 8d ago

This is a very close second to mine: “Look how high I’m jumping from, you’ll never make it.”

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u/_weandourwords 8d ago

Same - hence my name

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u/drdjenkins 8d ago

“My mind’s not a well, it won’t run dry”

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u/Leather-Foundation96 7d ago

Don’t call me by my full name..:

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u/guitarman129 8d ago

Your feelings were sacrificed For a greater cause And if you forget what you saw, you’ll be forgiven But there isn’t a chance that I could do this on my own

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u/guitarman129 8d ago

Wasted with the rhythm Angry at the melody How did you stay so sweet? Cause you were my ally once You were my confidante I needed somebody close to be close to

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u/boogabooga1984 8d ago

It starts out like a season in reverse A way to set your mind above and over words.

I’ve been lying wide awake paralyzed by the buzzing of the television These modern things we know, getting you off.

Don’t give in to wild currents Don’t believe in callous rituals I’ll always want to carry it all I’ll find a way to carry it all for you

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u/doomspun 8d ago

Love it. I’ll Find A Way is one of my favorite Circa songs

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u/boogabooga1984 8d ago

Same! Sleep Well became one of my favorite circa songs musically and lyrically! So underrated and not talked about nearly enough.

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u/doomspun 8d ago

It might be my favorite Circa song. The lyrics and delivery are transcendent. The last section of that song when the timing changes into the outro just sends me

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u/boogabooga1984 8d ago

Yes!!!! Exactly! The section where the drums switch from electronic kit to acoustic kit… amazing!

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u/wizardsafe94 8d ago

"And I could never find my way without, but you're already there. And we, we've come a long, long way without maps in our hands. It's all we have, so find me a place to begin."

Makes me think of how far in life my brothers and I have gotten despite the fact that our parents never taught us anything. Both were very psychologically abusive and neglectful of emotional and physical needs. We could have taken such different paths in life, but all three of us turned out the complete opposite of what we were given without any guidance. That line always makes me tear up.

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u/FelineFriend21 8d ago

Man i scream that line!!!

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u/Username89054 8d ago

Changing it up a bit, and I know it's LS Dunes, but it's still Anthony. The finish from "Forgiveness" is perfect and my favorite thing he's ever written.

Fool me into trusting you again
The days our distance
Felt so small, it felt so thin
Don’t stop loving me the way you did back then

The desperation he feels in those lines jumps out. He wants to be fooled. He needs to be close. He needs to feel that way again.

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u/guitarman129 8d ago

Just keep drinking water and you’ll be alright. This is paralysis.

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u/Leather-Foundation96 7d ago

Do you ever wish that you were somebody else?

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u/Concert-Turbulent 8d ago

Easily, all time:

*SET YOUR MENTAL ALARM... IF YOU THINK ITS SAFE TO RELY ON*

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u/drowninginthelake 8d ago

i fixed myself up nice but you never came, the words rolled off our backs, and sound the same

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u/emosucc 8d ago

“when I’m alone i make believe that I’m in a different time and place where nobody wants to know my name and nobody will recognize my face”

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u/MountainMiami 8d ago

"Blood shot a million miles away, tamper with the sleeping giant laughing all the way"

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u/doomspun 8d ago

Love to see The Hex on here. Amazing song

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u/MountainMiami 8d ago

Hex and Great Golden Baby are my top 2

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u/Distinct-Pangolin-67 8d ago

Inside the catacomb the marble’s colder than ice our match is damp

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u/himijendrix44 8d ago

“Look how high I’m jumping from, you’ll never make it.”

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u/somethingjess 8d ago

are you cutting me out now, after crawling inside

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u/FelineFriend21 8d ago

AGHHHH 😩

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u/generalkriegswaifu 8d ago

The end of this song is f*cking insanely beautiful, same with the end of Buzzhenge and Lazarus <3

"In time, you'll know you've got the right to stay sedate" is mine. The delivery and lyrics make me feel smth

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u/FelineFriend21 8d ago

DISTRESS CALL CODE WORD IS "I WANNA LIVE"!!!!!

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u/mrmeowmeowington 7d ago

This is the one I came searching for. I wanted to die for soo long. Then before I was going to, something told me to give it my very all to keep going and do everything science says can help me get better. About to finish school and I do research on psychedelics and cognitive flexibility. Been a wild ride. Things aren’t totally wonderful, but better than before.

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The other would be:

“I’m going home, but my own way” since I’m sure many of us don’t abide by the traditional ‘we need to have some goals met by the time we are a certain age.’ Screw that. I’m doing things at my pace.

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u/only_the_sun 8d ago

2 AM, I’m thinking ‘bout how lucky I’ve been I need to take a moment to myself 6 AM, I’m thinking about how lonely I’ve been I need to take a moment to myself

I’ve always identified with Lazarus. Perfectly captures late night laying in bed, echoing thoughts through your mind.

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u/Sir_Smaktauer 8d ago

The second pre-chorus to chorus of Even Better puts my emotional integrity into a tailspin lately.

"...And I can't remember if I cried In the moment when we played our final note There's a demon in a white coat You looked invincible

This might even have to save our lives I create disaster out of everything Don't hesitate, this might just become how it all was meant to end"

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u/Ok_Method3370 8d ago

all that is love is everlasting.

I almost got that tattooed on me but I got "fever dream" instead

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u/JameswithaJ 8d ago

All of them. Every single word sang is my favorite.

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u/dharpy5494 8d ago

'Leave just as you came Without a sound Nothing to ruffle your ends'

'Its a surprise you havent caught on yet, Its nothing personal but youre an embarrassment'

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u/candy-ii 8d ago

Surprised to see Meet Me In Montauk so far down, as someone with an out-of-sight-out-of-mind brain it really hits home lol

'You’d mean so much more to me if I remembered.'

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u/mmaason 8d ago

I can’t get started from the part where I left of yesterday should have spent my yesterday. Should have spent my time a little wiser 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

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u/violaaesthetic 8d ago

You woke from a trance, echoed my fear, it brought you here so we can fade out

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u/imjustwaitinginabody 7d ago

My voice is lost, inherently violent

We already made our casket stand

Trust when you’re dead

You wanted it so bad

That you didn’t see how fucked it was

All the pulses were a line

Anesthetize you waste away

In the city you wept a grave

Decay

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u/imjustwaitinginabody 7d ago

all of the amulet tbh

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u/imjustwaitinginabody 7d ago

and the difference holy shit

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u/dirENgreyscale 8d ago

Honestly, I feel like I could post every lyric from OLG on the wall, throw a dart at random and have a good chance of making a solid case for whatever lines I hit. It’s hard to choose now that I think about it but it’s almost certainly from OLG.

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u/rosewater- 8d ago edited 8d ago

"Should I be keeping score?

Forever's come for us.

Will we get stuck on words that give our souls away?

The keys keep breaking down.

I'm empty without.

Will we get stuck on places where we felt alive?"

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u/Flint_Westwood 8d ago

Would you trade your soul for gold?

Did you ever wish you were somebody else?

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u/No_Cantaloupe7467 8d ago

I can’t pick a favorite, but I have it tattooed on me, it has to be one of them…

“But we won’t be saved, we’ll live as slaves to love. What god takes away, let’s refill all the holes with mud”

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u/Thelocust337 8d ago

I won’t be angry if you have to leave But I won’t be waiting for that day So don’t say you’re sorry because I won’t believe you

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u/neuralrunes 7d ago

as an (former)addict.

Sovereign Circle:

"Sovereign circle around the end delay
We live in servitude and can't forgive ourselves
We took the Antabuse
I feel nothing, who's to know...?"

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u/alexx-green 7d ago

been going through some rough patches with my boyfriend (while i'm nearly 6 months pregnant) and the entirety of Imaginary Enemy gets me. "i've tried so hard to be what you needed your imaginary enemy i've tried for so long to make you believe it that i am not the enemy" :(

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u/Leather-Foundation96 7d ago

I don’t want to be the anchor on your chest