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That Which Defines Us

by KAURA

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1.
Sera Phi 07:01
Look to your savior to pray to, to save you Freeing you from your choice Look to your savior to kneel to , to heal you Ascending you from your life You’re wasting your time trying to find someone up above When that someone is you All that you know is what you’ve been told Question your beliefs…insight just may find you You try and find your savior to save your soul You look up to the sky, why not look down Save yourself, save yourself now What you believe will all dissolve When you realize that it’s you…you ..you…you Fuck what you’re told, truth isn’t sold Surrender to the lie, never will you see All life is divine Forget what you’ve been told You try and find your savior to save your soul You look up to the sky, why not look down Save yourself, save yourself now What you believe will all dissolve When you realize that it’s you…you ..you…you Look to your savior to pray to, to save you Freeing you from your choice Look to your savior to kneel to, to heal you Ascending you from your life If we don’t see god in our own eyes Then we’ll never be one with the divine Now open your eyes and look around The god that you pray to is right in front of you If only you knew to see in yourself the reflection of the divine Save yourself now Save yourself now -----------Forget what you’ve been told You’re wasting your time Trying to find someone up above When that someone’s you Save yourself. What you believe will all dissolve Save yourself. You look up to the sky and all you will find is it’s you
2.
Trying to find my way out Feeling like I’ve been drowned in doubt Strangled by my own vice Nothing comes without sacrifice…I’ve tried…I’ve tried I’ve tried all my life to be someone, to find my place I’ve tried all this time to be something But I still feel the same Struggling with the unknown But how can I see when that’s all I’m shown One becomes two and then three Time is slipping away from me All I know is I can’t breather because it hurts too much I’ve tried all my life to be someone, to find my place I’ve tried all this time to be something But I still feel the same…I’ve tried…I’ve tried
3.
Breathe out, live this life with no doubt I am here, a passerby on this sphere I think it’s safe to say that I’ll be gone some day…a memory But while I’m here, I’ll share with this world what I hold dear All I am and all I’ve been, won’t mean much when this comes to end All I’ve seen and all I’ve done, wiped away when I’m gone Now I see, all our lives are temporary I think it’s safe to say I only have today…a moment’s time I just might decide to give in, give up this fight The more I see the more I find, I could leave this world far behind All I am and all I’ve been, won’t mean much when this comes to end All I’ve seen and all I’ve done, wiped away when I’m gone All our lives will come to pass Like dying leaves from autumn’s past And when they fall without a sound They renew life within the ground And so we cycle round again Never will we ever end Wiped away, wiped away
4.
I tried to say I’d understand I failed to say what I should have Patience ends when hope dies trying Silence, save your breathe for pleading Quiet, speak no more of your absence So save your lame words for someone who will buy them Hush, hush…I’ve heard enough Now there’s nothing left nothing but regret All that’s left unsaid comes out in the end…you will see Now there’s no else left to blame…say it…just say it Save your reasons why till we’re waiving goodbye Say you meant to mean it…bullshit Why then could you not seem to find it Oblivious to all of these things Well it’s obvious you’re not one with us Speak to you, right through you These words cut like knives Though your skin seems thin These wounds won’t bleed much Unless you hold on to us What’s done is done now I’ll speak to you, right through you These words cut like knives Your intention is genuine But that won’t change all that you’ve done Well after all you’ll soon be gone Now there’s nothing left Nothing left of my patience…no more silence Say it again, louder my friend Louder, so much louder Say it again, loud as I can Louder, louder I tried to say I’d understand I failed to say what I should have Say it louder, say it louder
5.
Apathy 07:07
It’s unthinkable to think like we’ve been all of this time our whole lives It’s unbearable to bring back moments that have slipped by from our minds You’d think that we would know better You’d think that we’d use our eyes And with all this considered, it’s more that just our lives So tell me how we don’t see We’re choking on our apathy So tell me how we don’t see We’re drowning in complacency We’re swimming in our ignorance Sinking in inch by inch Temperature is on the rise Signifying our demise Well maybe we don’t see we’re drowning in apathy Well maybe we don’t see we’re waiting for a catastrophe We’re waiting…just waiting till we drown in this Till there’s nothing…till there’s nothing…till there’s nothing left It’s unthinkable to think like we’ve been all this time You’d think that we would know You’d think that we would see We turn our eyes away Praying for the day When maybe…just maybe You’d think that we would know You’d think that we would see But somehow we don’t Well maybe be we don’t understand Or maybe we don’t give a damn Or maybe we believe the lives we tell ourselves till the day we die when we drown
6.
I need this now I won’t let go I see this now I’m on my own I won’t let this feeling fade away Not another day, will pass Turning this bed of feather down to one of broken glass...make it last wake me up now I’ve been asleep it’s been so long I can barely see I need this now more than I ever have Remind me…I am still alive I’m healing now…I’m going home wake me up now I’ve been asleep it’s been so long I can barely see I need this now more than I ever have Remind me…I am still Waking up now from my sleep Remind me I am still alive
7.
2C&B (free) 05:17
all began and will never end we’ll become the nothingness day will fade as the night descends form returns to formlessness don’t despair the time will come…prepare for when your dead and gone but don’t be scared I’ve been there, we all have…died before Time and time again And so have you, it’s then you’ll… Know this never ends It goes on forever in every direction Life will never end There’s no use pretending the cycle’s unending When we die were coming back We’ll live on forever and ever and ever Feel your soul dissolve into the all What comes to end begins again Now you’ll see that everything that’s ever been Came from emptiness And will return It never ends….it never ends No this never ends It goes on forever in every direction Life will never end There’s no use pretending the cycle’s unending When we die were coming back We’ll live on forever and ever and ever I can see it clearly now, there’s no end to this Even when we bow out I can see it clearly now, there’s no end to this Even when we die out
8.
I’ve given all I have I’ve made my sacrifice The one thing that I know I couldn’t bare to ever let this go I won’t give up, cuz I can’t, it’s all I have Believe me when I say I’d die if this ever ends There’s nothing I wouldn’t do To see this through I won’t give up, cuz I can’t, it’s all I have Believe me when I say, that I’d die if this ever ends I need this to feel alive I need this so I can breathe I’ve held on for so long Don’t tell me that I’m wrong I know…this is all I know I deserve this I won’t let this go I won’t give up, cuz I can’t, it’s all that I have Believe me when I say, that I’d die if this ever ends No, no, I’ve given all my life I need this to keep breathing I need this to feel alive I won’t give up, cuz I can’t, it’s all that I have Believe me when I say, that I’d die if this ever ends I need this to keep breathing I need this to feel alive I’ve given all that I’ve got I won’t let this die I know, this is all I know I deserve this I won’t let this go
9.
Tether's End 05:20
It feels to me like dying, breathing my last breathe If I held it in and tried to, I could make this moment last The darkness softly calling echoing the end…but why Why should it have to end like this does it have to be Should it have to be so hard to let go Deliver me, deliver me from this fear I’ve felt so long Deliver me, deliver me from this life I’ve always known I can’t seem to let this go and slowly it’s killing me right here Don’t be scared, there’s nothing here but my own fears Why is there a weight inside that holds me here ----------why can’t I seem to leave this all behind Deliver me, deliver me from this fear I’ve felt so long Deliver me, deliver me from this life I’ve always known I can’t seem to let this go and slowly it’s killing me I can’t seem to let this go, I’m trying not to loose my faith Why am I so scared, to let it bleed, to let it die, and let it go Can’t you see that I’m on my knees begging please, deliver me, deliver me I can’t seem to let this go, slowly it’s killing me I feel like I’m at the end and I’m trying not to loose my faith It feels like I’ve given up, breathing the last of my breathe I’ve held on for so long, I need now to let this go I’m down on my knees again, begging to be set free I’ve doubted far too long, it’s time now for this to end Deliver me…deliver me…
10.
There’s nothing left to say, we’re watching the end of days The clouds rolling in, it’s about to begin to rain We’ve poisoned all the land, strangled with our own hands Till the last of our breathe, held in our chest is gone When it comes to the end, what will be found Closed eyes will never see a way out of this Closed minds will never find a way out of this There’s got to be, there’s got to be a better way than this There’s got to be, there better be more to life than this The writing is on the wall, suggesting impending fall But the words go unread, we’ll sleep in the bed we’ve made The vale of the night shadows all the light But the day will come, we’ll awake to the sun The darkest hour is just before the dawn Closed eyes will never see a way out of this Closed minds will never find a way out of this There’s got to be, there’s got to be a better way than this There’s got to be, there better be more to life than this We say, we say it’ll all change one day We’re waiting for a change, yet idle we stand by why oh why do we stand by We’re waiting for the day when we will see a change We are the change Why oh why oh why

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released September 20, 2011

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Kaura Los Angeles, California

Kaura (pronounced kay-aura) was born from the vision of infusing the aggressive power of hard, yet melodic rock with the haunting and ethereal sounds of ancient instruments. A sound that is epic and bittersweet yet uplifting, and calls to mind bands such as Tool, A Perfect Circle, Dredg, Macha, and Muse. The Los Angeles band released their debut album That Which Defines Us in September of 2011. ... more

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