Submersion
Music
Release Date: 06/23/2020
JJAHBG’s 11th full length album Submersion is a dark, introspective tour de force. Leaning into the moody surreal sound touched on in prior tracks, such as “Beautiful Dream” from 2018’s JJAHBG, or “Pyromania” from 2014’s Conclave of Champions, JJAHBG go all in on Submersion, crafting a hauntingly brilliant concept album, focusing on a journey through anxiety to its roots in childhood trauma.
Tracklist
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Want It Need It
She Evaporates
Twilight on Sambanna Hill (Instrumental Remix)
Numbing Out
At the End of It All
Never Again
Little Star
Watch It Burn
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Lyrics
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Everything is perfect yeah
Or so it seems
But I can't shake this unease that's dogging me
Yeah
It’s dragging me
It’s holding me
It’s dragging me
It’s holding me
The world outside don't seem so safe
Yet, I can't relax no
In this space
Yeah
This feeling in the air
This feeling in my head
Is dragging me
Is holding me
This feeling in my gut
This feeling on my skin
Is dragging me
Is holding me down
Is holding me down
Dragging, dragging
Dragging, dragging
Dragging me down
Down, down, down down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down
This feeling in the air
This feeling in my head
Is dragging me
Is holding me
This feeling in my gut
This feeling on my skin
Is dragging me
Is holding me
This feeling in the air
This feeling in my head
Is dragging me
Is holding me
This feeling in my gut
This feeling on my skin
Is dragging me
Is holding me down
Is holding me down
Want it need it
Wake up with a cup in your hand
Your life is so bland
Caffeine and sugar demand
I know that you can't understand
They started you young
Back when you were first scammed
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
And you know that it's true
You're addicted to the juice
And you can't quit it, never more
Because deep down inside you're Starbucks' tool
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You, you, you, you
Want, want, want, want
You, you, you, you
Need, need, need, need
You, you, you, you
Want, want, want, want
You, you, you, you
Need, need, need, need
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
She evaporates
She speaks with her eyes
Of oceans and skies
You'll find she is wise
Gauging winds and the tides
She leaves just in time
As the sun begins to rise
Stray rays catch her hair
She shimmers before your eyes
She spoke of a leaden rope
That dragged her down into the night
I never met a girl before
That disappeared in the light
She appears at dockside
At the high point of the tide
Tendencies I have spied
Watching from where I’d hide
She stands gazing wide
One foot planted astride
When naught but clouds appear
Bows her head and she sighs
She spoke of a leaden rope
That dragged her down into the night
I never met a girl before
That disappeared in the light
One night I decide
To ascertain why she bides
I emerge and I stride
To her side, ask her why
Her rest is denied
Because her ship cannot find
Where in all the seven seas
Spirit washed when she died
She spoke of a leaden rope
That dragged her down into the night
I never met a girl before
That disappeared in the light
Spirit girl, won't you stay
Will my love be denied?
Silly boy, I evaporate
Spirit world I should reside
Numbing out
I am sitting blankly staring at the screen
Trying to numb out my insecurities
Don't touch me
It hurts me to look away
I'll stop when
I'm ready to face the day
Eyes are closed, relaxing
Headphones on my ears
Drowning out the voices preying on my fears
Don't touch me
It hurts me to look away
I'll stop when
I'm ready to face the day
Numbing out
Distract my mind
Avoiding the pain
Numbing out
Disassociate
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
Distract my mind
Avoiding the pain
Numbing out
Disassociate
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
It’s hurting in my brain
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
It’s hurting in my brain
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
Distract my mind
Avoiding the pain
Numbing out
Disassociate
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
Distract my mind
Avoiding the pain
Numbing out
Disassociate
It’s hurting in my brain
Numbing out
Numbing out
Numbing out
Numbing out
at the end of it all
Woke up this morning, opened my eyes
And you can imagine my complete surprise
The sky was red, the grass was brown
And those meteors came rolling down
I grabbed a glass, poured me a drink
I really needed to stop and think
Them Four Horsemen flew about the sky
How the hell do them horses fly?
I had a good run, enjoyed my life
I lived healthy and I avoided strife
Still there's something left undone
I could have used someone
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
I'm here alone at the end of it all
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
And the world is broken
Going down in flames
I feel my soul getting ripped away
Assembled for the judgment day
I guess I should believe in the Lord
But at masses I'm ever so bored
It's time to pay for all my sins
The cheats, the lies, the wickedness
It’s supposed to hurt when you're fried
But I cant feel, I'm too numb inside
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
I'm here alone at the end of it all
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
And the world is broken
Going down in flames
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
I'm here alone at the end of it all
I could have used somebody
Someone who cared
And the world is broken
Going down in flames
Never again
Soulless eyes
Staring in
Bloodless hearts
Cold machine
Lock those doors
Flip those lights
The sun is rising on those
Endless nights
Endless nights
Endless nights
Endless nights
Endless nights
Flames ignite
Because they’re scorching the skin
Pressing palms
Because they’re peering in
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Oil stains
The ground below
Left to rust, yeah
Because this chapter is closed
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Never never never
Watch it burn
I've felt so alone
I've felt so scared
No one is there for me
Because nobody cared
I've felt unwanted
I've been left behind
A curse on the family
I was just a child
But what could I do?
And what did I say?
To earn this malice
To deserve such hate
Time to move on
Time to run away
Don't know where I'll go
Don't know where I'll stay
Don't care where I go
Don't care what I do
As long as I don't
End up like you
End up like you
End up like you
And the time is gone
No, I'll never get it back (It’s never coming back)
I will arise (I will arise)
Because I'm a survivor (I’m a survivor)
I am on fire (I’m on fire)
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah
And I've torn off those chains
That have weighed on my soul
I can see the sun again
I'm on the mend (I’m on the mend)
No need to pretend (No need to pretend)
No sir
You know, when I was a little girl
I always wanted someone to see me
And it took a while before I realized
I saw me
And I’ve torn off those chains (And the time is gone)
That have weighed on my soul (No, I'll never get it back)
Because I will arise
I'm a survivor (I’m a survivor)
I am on fire (Yeah, I’m on fire)
Because I’m not alone this time
Yeah, I am on fire
And I've torn off those chains
That have weighed on my soul
I can see the sun again
I'm on the mend (I’m on the mend)
No need to pretend (I’m gonna love myself)
I'm gonna love myself
I'm gonna give myself what I know I needed
End up like me
Music by JJAHBG
