Dying Star

by The Effigy

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This song was incredibly difficult to write, and harder still to actually record. But I owe it to myself for the world to hear it.

Pain is no stranger to my music; I've long held pain inside of me and I’ve written about it at length. I hesitate to call myself a survivor of domestic abuse, because there are times when I am not sure if I survived or if I’m just alive. What that abuse left was a ravenous black hole that has since sucked in everything good that has dared tread too close.

Dying Star is a song about unrelenting pain. The world-shattering trauma that defines every facet of your being. The pain you push through only to drag it in your wake. It’s not an uplifting anthem of healing, it is visceral ownership of pain, and yet, the very act of writing this song and - surrendering to the bitter and unyielding reality - healed me, even if only a little.

Pain is inescapable, but if you do find yourself spiralling, believing nothing will ever be okay again, I hope you can listen to Dying Star and I hope at the very least, you won’t feel so alone in that abyss.

I am incredibly grateful to Joe who did an unbelievably delicate job on the mixing and mastering, who understood my vision and elevated it to something truly beautiful, and I am also incredibly grateful to Max Harris of Kite Thief for contributing guitars to this track. He brought gravitas and depth. Dying Star wouldn't be half the song it is without both of them, so please go and check out their work.

Joe Marsh: www.instagram.com/joemarshrecording/
Max Harris: www.instagram.com/maxharrismusic/

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I dream what keeps me awake
Locked in an endless cycle; I’m angry
Tired of the sound of my heart
Thrashing and skipping and breaking

And the sun drowns the dark away
Yet another wasted opportunity
Oh, must I play every part?
Both Lion and lamb ever-pacing

Take everything with me
Hold everything in me
And I will never see the night again
No I will never be the light again

Oh, I know what caused this pain
Caged inside the words of a madman
I don't mind if I’m alive
So long as I make it out tonight

And I’ve kept it all within
I’ll never be good enough for a dead man
Speak the words I know aren’t mine
I seem to take it in my stride

Take everything with me
Hold everything in me
And I will never see the night again
No I will never be the light again
My memories outlive you
I’ll never forgive you
No I will not ignite again
And I’ll never be the light again

Is this all there will ever be?
Fractures run deep
Waiting on dreams
Steady heartbeat growing weak

Take everything with me
Hold everything in me
And I will never see the night again
No I will never be the light again
My memories outlive you
I’ll never forgive you
No I will not ignite again
And you will never see my light again

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released February 24, 2023
Production, Lyrics, and Vocals by Effy Gold
With guest guitars from Max Harris of Kite Thief
Mixed and Mastered by Joe Marsh

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Alternative Metal/Gothic Rock based in Perth, Australia.

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