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Arankai

Catalyst

Release date: 12th February 2025

From A Portrait of Red
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About This Track

"Catalyst" is a track by Arankai, from the album A Portrait of Red, released 12th February 2025. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Arankai

Arankai

Lyrics

Catalyst

[Verse 1]

Take a look inside

You'll find dark signs inscribed on my chest

Could you be the one

Decoding them one by one?

Unlock my meaning

Give me something to believe in, uh, uh

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm desecrating in subconscious

Time inside my head is somehow so exhausting

[Chorus]

I need a new kind of drug, I need a new kind of high

Show me how to be alive

I need a cure for the itch, not a disposable fix

Something better than this, a catalyst

Losing my religion over things I can't control

Disassociate I don't know myself anymore

I need a cure for the itch, not a disposable fix

Something better than this, a catalyst

[Verse 2]

Feeding all I have into the machine

It's taking everything to keep

My sanity, my fragility

Is showing as my pieces start to bleed

[Pre-Chorus]

Watching bodies through the electronic tempered glass

Temporary fiction because nothing ever lasts

Desecrating in subconscious

The time I spend inside my head is always somehow so exhausting

[Chorus]

I need a new kind of drug, I need a new kind of high

Show me how to be alive

I need a cure for the itch, not a disposable fix

Something better than this, a catalyst

Losing my religion over things I can't control

Disassociate I don't know myself anymore

I need a cure for the itch, not a disposable fix

Something better than this, a catalyst

[Outro]

I need a new kind of drug

Nothing ever feels enough, oh-oh

I never feel it, I never feel it

I need a new kind of high

More than just getting by, oh-oh

I need a cure for the itch, not a disposable fix

Something better than this

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From A Portrait of Red

2025
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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
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    Producer
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