“Crush” is the seventh song on “HAIL STAN”. Sonically, it is the most different Periphery track to date, featuring an aggressive electronic sound without the use of too many guitars.
Back in 2017, Misha Mansoor uploaded a demo of this song on YouTube.
[Chorus]
We are the earth
We are the sky
Immortalized
We are the body and the mind
The ancient tribe
If we could only stop the beating
Keeping our pulses from retreating
We are the heart
One vicious heart
Don't let it die
[Verse 1]
A piece of us has shifted sideways and all dignity slips away
A priest, a god live in your beliefs
An escape from what still remains
You can't arrest in the peace when violence is no use
We take the measures, so fuck the poison that's slowly killing you
When living life is a feat and nothing's right with the youth
You drink the poison or pour it out because it's slowly killing you
[Chorus]
We are the earth
We are the sky
Immortalized
We are the body and the mind
The ancient tribe (We are the ancient tribe)
If we could only stop the beating
Keep our pulses from retreating
We are the heart
One vicious heart
Don't let it die
[Post-Chorus]
Don't let it die
Die, die
Don't let it die
Die, die
We are the heart
One vicious heart
Don't let it die
We are the earth
We are the sky
Immortalized
[Bridge]
Further we move, the less we are
Further we pull, the spool of shit we find
Further we move, the less we are
Further we pull, the thread of shit unwinds
Forever falling forward
Relapse elastic on the timeline
Regress, rewind
We push, we pull
Cast a vote for a glass half full
Build it up for the afterlife
[Chorus]
We are the earth
We are the sky
Immortalized
We are the body and the mind
The ancient tribe (We are the ancient tribe)
If we could only stop the beating
Keep our pulses from retreating
We are the heart
One vicious heart
Don't let it die
[Instrumental]
Crush was written by Misha “Bulb” Mansoor & Spencer Sotelo.
Crush was produced by Nolly Getgood.