AS I LAY DYING – The Cost To Stay (Official Video)

New, self-titled album “AS I LAY DYING” out February 5, 2027.
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Actress: Anna Kobeleva
Directed by Tom Flynn
Additional camera: Shaun Hodson of Loki Films

Tour Dates:
AS I LAY DYING with special guest The Curse Within:
Final Dates of Shadows Are Security
Wed Nov 18, Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
Thu Nov 19, Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Fri Nov 20, Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
Sat Nov 21, Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky
Sun Nov 22, Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Tue Nov 24, Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
Wed Nov 25, Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
Fri Nov 27, Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
Sat Nov 28, Dallas, TX – Trees
Sun Nov 29, Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
Tue Dec 1, Denver, CO – The Federal
Wed Dec 2, Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep

AS I LAY DYING with special guest Immortal Disfigurement
Thu Feb 04, Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
Fri Feb 05, Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
Sat Feb 06, Joliet, IL – The Forge
Sun Feb 07, Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Tue Feb 09, Ringle, WI – Q & Z Expo Center
Wed Feb 10, Belvidere, IL – Apollo Theater
Thu Feb 11, Detroit, MI – TSDMAAC
Fri Feb 12, Columbus, OH – The King Of Clubs
Sat Feb 13, Waynesboro, VA – The Foundry
Tue Feb 16, Leesburg, VA – Tally Ho
Wed Feb 17, Reading, PA – Reverb
Thu Feb 18, Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Fri Feb 19, Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Sat Feb 20, New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Sun Feb 21, Buffalo, NY – Electric City
Tue Feb 23, Warrendale, PA – Jergels
Wed Feb 24, Cincinatti, OH – Bogarts
Thu Feb 25, Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron
Fri Feb 26, Cadillac, MI – Venue Event Center
Sat Feb 27, McHenry, IL – The Vixen
Mon Mar 01, Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theater
Tue Mar 02, Lubbock, TX – Jake’s
Thu Mar 04, Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar & Billiards
Fri Mar 05, Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky
Sat Mar 06, Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Sun Mar 07, San Diego, CA – Observatory North

LYRICS:
I bite my tongue until it bleeds
What you call love, I call deceit

I kept the peace so perfectly
There was nothing left of me
Self-erasure
Disguised as harmony
Sanding down the edges
Filing off what makes me
Ignoring truth for a truce
Until I’m buried

Every thought I never say
Is another part that I gave away

This is what it costs to stay
Turn your world into a cage
I’m building bars with every sorry I burn
The cost to stay

If calm means disappearing
Is it calm or just defeat?
If love means constant shrinking
Is that love or just deceit?
When self-erasure
Becomes the way to harmony
Then self-destruction
Becomes what you will see

Self-destruction

This is what it costs to stay
Turn your world into a cage
I’m building bars with every sorry I burn
The cost to stay
Hold your breath so we can breathe
Hear the suffocating peace
I’m building bars with every sorry I burn
The cruelest chains go unseen

Invisible chains
And a quiet cage
The cost to stay
Self-destruction

I don’t need another war
But I can’t survive this ceasefire
I’d rather face the fire
Than slowly disappear

Disappear

This is what it costs to stay
Turn your world into a cage
I’m building bars with every sorry I burn
The cost to stay
Hold your breath so we can breathe
Hear the suffocating peace
I’m building bars with every sorry I burn
The cruelest chains go unseen

I bite my tongue until it bleeds
What you call love, I call deceit

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