Tattoo a line from each In Verses track
This is something I really want to do, because the album and tour was so goddamn impactful on me (was going through a fucked up breakup with a serial liar and cheat who was addicted to the drama and pain), and I'm curious to see what lines others would choose. If real estate on my body wasn't at a premium (5'7ish, less than 50kg, AFAB with minimal body fat) I'd get it all but I dunno I guess I'll get the most important ones and see how I can take the pain. Can't hurt more than what I went through to get here haha. The must haves will be the lines from Ghost, Aozora, Conversations, Reanimation, Opal and Salva. I've got long limbs!
Ghost: Forget the truth preserve the evidence, it takes a fool to deny what is so evident
Drone: Try to stay lucid as you're shaking off the afterbirth with eyes wide open
Aozora: These things always go south, we failed to dig our way out
Animation: The illusion of hope when there can be no resolve
Conversations: Tired of carrying all of the dead around, so bury them with me now (either that or 'this one could have helped you, could have led you anywhere you want')
Reanimation: Too many times I was led to believe there was something to save, and every minute I spent chasing lies and dead ends I thought it would change
All It Takes: god there's so many good candidates, such a well written song. 'I don't want to prey on your honesty but I can't excuse your naivety' or 'For it's a cynical cycle now run like a rat on a wheel, pay for the thrill of it, kill for it, reset the cycle, begin' or 'We awake and we crawl through the ashes, feign an illusion 'cause everyone is watching us' or 'How can you say to me honestly, that this is the way that it has to be'
Remote Self Control: Blood in your mouth pulling the tubes out, breath in your lungs ready to scream out (this one I want because the whole section it's from is an incredibly specific reference to the style of an underground shoegaze band called Curve and it was a jolt to realise Ian was sounding like Toni Halliday on Pubic Fruit/Cuckoo and like how the fuck do the boys even know this band)
Opal: Sick of the pain in your stomach you try to cover your mouth, but the words keep spilling out and your hand's not quick enough
Salva: 'These things happen now, we stray into ruin even when all of the signs ahead say "What are you doing?" or 'Don't wait while I'm gone, I'm not coming home, say a few words at the funeral' or 'Let the sea wash away everything so I can begin to breathe, filling my lungs, ready to run for miles and miles and miles'