Locked In from Promo 2022 by Iron Deficiency

Quote

Locked In

“Breathing hard, through, a mask of lies
A hollow shell that I despise
This blinding light I want to go through
Stuck within myself, what can I do ?”

This song has a tremolo riff with a strong death vibe, so we wanted to write some lyrics with a medical/gory atmosphere. Mathilde told us once about how she suddenly got this feeling of feeling detached from yourself your mind and your body separating, kind of like being stuck in your skull. We were looking at some references, and came across the Locked-in Syndrome, in particular in the book of Zola called Thérèse Raquin.
This syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body. It’s a neurologic thing, but we wanted to compare this to a psychological state, a sort of depersonalization disorder, or a mix of anxiety, extreme apathy and self-loathing.

Tracklist

1.	Locked In	2:16

Lyrics

Lyrics :

Breathing hard through a mask of lies
A hollow shell that I despise

Dissolved mask of death
Just a corpse with living eyes
Feel the pain, but why can’t I move ?
Feel the same, but lack the will to move

When I smell the bitterness, see the dull gleam of light
Feeling like I’m buried alive, at the bottom of a common grave
Thinking I’m now in security, thinking I’m about to die
I’m consoled and appeased, ‘cause I would suffer no more

Breathing hard, through, a mask of lies
A hollow shell that I despise
This blinding light I want to go through
Stuck within myself, what can I do ?

Pressure is building
There is nothing I can do
Same tropes play again
Can’t stand myself, how could you
NOTHING
I CAN DO
CAN’T STAND MYSELF
HOW COULD YOU ?

Credits

from Promo 2022, released May 20, 2022

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