From the recording WHEN STARS COLLIDE

This powerful and engaging acoustic version of Pirates of Radio's epic "PARASITE" highlights the inner beauty of this genre-defying song. While the original version is a full-on alternative rock production filled with emo-laced vocals and angsty breakdowns, the acoustic version re-interprets the song by creating melancholic and stripped down acoustic parallels of the main version, and it's a great listen. Put on headphones and close your eyes for this one.

Lyrics

Ask if I feel alright
I know your eyes
there’s always something

Parasite heart a long time
I guess you’re right
we share a bloodline

Ask if I feel alright
I feel the thumping
venom pumping

Racing off to take the light
shape delight
into nightmares

Ask if I want a bone
flaming marrow
into thin air

Yeah, I worry
shifting gears too low
disembodied
I feel
a sense
of fear, of being whole

Yeah, I worry
long time feeling low
disembodied
I feel
a sense
of fear, of being alone

Best that I’ve felt in a long time
you know this smile
amounts to nothing

Wrecker of mind lives alongside
you know your eyes
they’re always laughing

Yeah, I worry
shifting gears too low
disembodied
I feel
a sense
of fear, of being whole

Long time feeling,
long time feeling low
disembodied
I feel
a sense
of fear, of being

Get up inside my head
Rise
Why can’t I feel my mind?
I feel your claws inside
You are the parasite

You say you are home,
you are home

Forever feeling low
I never feel alone
Forever feeling low
I never feel alone
Never feeling whole
Now you have a home
Never feeling whole
Now you have a home