Onyx

"Onyx" is a song by The Gliding Faces from the album Spectral. The song is about childhood trauma.

Lyrics

It wasn't my choice
To carry this from infancy
I've fallen off the straight-and-narrow
Leading to dependency

(It was so long ago)
It still matters
(I did it out of love)
You never even held me
(How could you be so selfish)
I'm asking you the same
(I did the best I could)
You're never the one to blame

Life through onyx eyes
Bruise after laceration
Wound after wound
Surviving eradication
Life through onyx eyes
You couldn't be this
They stole your innocence
Such violent affairs

Do you remember the time you said
You never wanted me
I had to stand on my own and watch you laugh
Carelessly

(It was so long ago)
It still matters
(I did it out of love)
You never even held me
(How could you be so selfish)
I'm asking you the same
(I did the best I could)
You're never the one to blame

Life through onyx eyes
Bruise after laceration
Wound after wound
Surviving eradication
Life through onyx eyes
You couldn't be this
They stole your innocence
Such violent affairs

I gave a million chances
You wasted every one
I'm side-stepping these dances
From where lesions once sprung

Life through onyx eyes
Bruise after laceration
Wound after wound
Surviving eradication
Life through onyx eyes
You couldn't be this
They stole your innocence
Such violent affairs

Versions

"Onyx" art.

• Appears on Spectral.
• Max's shard remix appears on Diffractions.
• Single mix, extended mix and remixes by LorD and Master, Xxäm, dEk101 and People Theatre appear on "Onyx" maxi-single (q.v.).

Maxi-single release

1. "Onyx" (single mix) - 3.31
2. "Tired of running" - 4.02
3. "Onyx" (extended mix) - 6.29
4. "Onyx" (LorD and Master remix) - 5.25
5. "Onyx" (Xxäm remix) - 5.42
6. "Onyx" (dEk101 remix) - 4.25
7. "Onyx" (People Theatre XXXXXXXXX remix) - X.XX

Released:

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Graham and Max Herring.
• Additional production and remix on tracks 1 and 3 by Max Herring for The Gliding Faces.
• Additional production and remix on track 4 by Daniel Graham for LorD and Master.
• Additional production and remix on track 5 by Max Herring for Xxäm.
• Additional production and remix on track 6 by Derrick Ryder for dEk101.
• Additional production and remix on track 7 by Peter Rainman for People Theatre.