Clench

This song is very upbeat and is split into three cantos. The first canto, titled "Murder", has dense melodic sound reminiscent of "" by and guitar riff reminiscent of "" by Type O Negative, plus it has '80s synthpop feel that resembles or according to Dustin Peterson who reviewed the album on Brutal Planet Magazine. The second canto, titled "Hold Tight", has organ solo along with drum beats and guitar and bass strums, then the third canto is the 68-second reprise of the first. "Clench" is about having someone to kill them to end the pain and suffering and as well release the soul.
"Clench" was first played live at The Merry Widow on November 19, 2022, effectively the second song released from Letters to Existence (single or live) after "Endless Lonely".
== Lyrics ==
Longsuffer
I'll gladly suffer
And I may lose my mind
Feels like I've lost my mind
All others
naïve and fake
Don't care what they might say
Care what they think or say
Beaten down
Yet I am found
In fear, broken, and drained
Held captive by this pain
Sacred bonds
Perpetual hate
Is it all worthless?
Were all these years in vain?
(Betrayed)
You'll have to
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
You'll have to
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
My limbo
of glass and salt
Wounds that are open wide
like I'm buried alive
Harmony
A trinity
of mind, body, and soul
Please look before you throw away
You'll have to
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
You'll have to
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
murder to let me go
She loved me
her heart died with time
Lock and key
where she hides inside
Hollow days
seek and find my mind
Early grave
oh, revive - contrived
Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight, hold...
Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight
Hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight
Hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight
Hold on
She loved me
her heart died with time
Lock and key
where she hides inside
Hollow days
seek and find my mind
Early grave
oh, revive - contrived
Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight, hold...
Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight
Hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight
Hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight, hold on tight
Hold on
Murder to let me go
Murder to let me go
Murder to let me go
Murder to let me go
Murder to let me go
Murder to let me go
== Personnel ==
* Tom Noir – vocals, bass, writing, engineering, mixing, mastering, production
* Trey Ozinga – guitar
* Tyler Fleming – drums
* Doug Lane – keyboards, organ
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