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(Chorus)
I conquered the greater questions
And recited them for forty nights
Out of my haze I came to find
An earthly life i had left behind
Life and eath, simultaneous (simultaneous)
Hourglass, indefinite (indefinite)
As one withers and then shrivels away
The womb nurtures life all in the same
(Chorus)
Life and eath, simultaneous (simultaneous)
Hourglass, indefinite (indefinite)
As one withers and then shrivels away
The womb nurtures life all in the same
An epoch and apocalypse, as one ends another begins
A flower blossoms up from a grave
A storm rips apart a beautiful place
A force approaches its antithesis’ gate
The start and the end, for one moment, embrace
Blossoming from the grave
An epoch and apocalypse, as one ends another begins
The beginning and the end intertwined in a beautiful romance
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A Message in Wax
04:32
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A feeling of purpose approaches as the sun sets tonight
With the night came clarity, and with it came new life
The turning of new leaf, meaning I’d been searching for
Sinking in my selfish grief, I was merely lost before
Twas a setting fire in the sky
When you came weeping from the womb
Crying to the moon and stars
Was love I thought I knew
(Chorus)
My heart unhardened
Complete catharsis
My son, I’ll guide you
As you have guided me too
From her womb she bore you
And from her bosom you grew
The thing I love most in this world
Resulted in you
Last night I had a vision of blinding light
A message in the wax appeared
Melting from a setting sky
In it you were my candle
And I your acolyte
(Chorus)
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Between Vessel and Body
05:59
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The burdens of our fathers weigh on us more than ever
The cosmic clock is ticking, approaching global disaster
We’re seeking out a savior as our leaders let us drown
The end is growing nearer, the time to act is now
What of our future?
Violence against our fellow man and planet
The path is dark but we can stop this
A blind eye turned as our seas and our sky meet
What of our species? What of our home?
A great divide between vessel and being
This is our fault, we have to end it
The progression of our species is molded into our hands
Shaped to our fingertips is the fate of modern man
The future of our planet, preservation of our land
Slips through our fingertips, with no home is no man
The struggle seems endless
And our divisions grow stronger
Calling for greatness but each day gets warmer
There's only one war (there’s only war)
that matters now (that matters now)
Put down your weapons (put down your weapons)
For our enemy cannot be killed
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Metamorphosis
02:45
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Here I am, once again
Withering in order to grow
Metamorphosis - to the future I am drawn
My ares are locked forward
Backward I refuse to look
Trim the fat, pull the plug
Do not ache for your own past
(Chorus)
(Met-A-Mor-Pho-Sis)
Nothing for me in nostalgia
Leave the past behind, grow forward
A fundamental disconnect
Between me and the world I come from
Cold to those around me
Old and worn to myself
I’ve outgrown the life I knew
Embrace the future and the now
(Chorus)
Goodbye, my past
You are lost and I have no will to find you
Goodbye, my past
It is time that I grow without you
Here I am, once again
Withering in order to grow
Metamorphosis - to the future I am drawn
My ares are locked forward
Backward I refuse to look
Trim the fat, pull the plug
Do not ache for your own past
(Chorus)
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Redemption
02:43
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Lost in the sea of his mind
Pining for something to comfort him
His life flashed before his eyes when he heard her hymn
He was charmed yet turned to stone
(Chorus)
Come to me wanderer, with wisdom I reside
The siren’s song is calling, attaching to your mind
Hear my tune traveler, it tells the end of time
Here you can have everything except for your life
In the river they pray
And though they have each other now
They could not be more alone
(Chorus)
Now I will pave my own path with no footsteps to follow
Washed upon a siren’s shore left empty and hollow x2
(Chorus)
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Perpetual Sickness
05:56
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(Chorus)
A never ending sickness
Stricken by some wicked god
Should she plead forgiveness
Or be made an example of?
A never ending sickness
Stricken by some wicked god
Should she plead forgiveness
Or be made an example of?
A race for what’s decaying
Is it her body or her mind?
They always speak of reason
But they never seem to know
Should she plead forgiveness
Or be made an example of?
A never ending sickness
Stricken by some wicked god
Should she plead forgiveness
Or be made an example of?
If God does not roll dice, then his intent is torturous
Perhaps the dice are not his, what is he worshiped for?
Perhaps this life’s a circle and the balance comes and goes
Perhaps he’s wicked above and watching us suffer below
(Chorus)
My love undying
Please know that i’m trying
To comprehend this never ending sickness
Mother, I’ll stand with you through these mysterious ways
Mother
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Born into the splendor and the beauty we call life
Rejoicing in the echoes and achievement of mankind
With the gift of consciousness there has to be a price
To suffer is a byproduct of all sentient life
At one with our collective existence - sharpen my mind
This burden is ours to bear - a painful sacrifice
Now I beg the question, why must I suffer to survive?
Why must we endure so much torture?
My mind is racing as the answers drift
Growing resentment of my own knowledge
The blade is sharpened on both sides
This is the price of consciousness
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A gap in empathy, a man with no pity
Sacrifice your child, serve your king
Our humanity, a pseudo priority
(Chorus)
In a fundamental misunderstanding they
Fall, Fall, Fall, into the empathy gap
On a semantic loop, living inside a book
To think but never look around
The truth will leave you shaken
A house of cards that’s bound to crumble
Pull one string and it will crush you
(Chorus)
The illusion of choice
A sinister voice
No room for error
In eternal terror
The illusion of choice
A sinister voice
No room for error
In eternal terror
They (You) fall into the empathy gap
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10. |
The First of My Name
05:39
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(Chorus)
Purify my blood, rewrite my DNA
Deconstruct my veins, rewire my brain
So that I can become the first of my name
Pain so far repressed
It’s seeping through my skin
Harvesting - repressing itself
This cycle never ends
Shedding my identity
A new blood will define me
Rising to the surface
Exuding from every dick
Dissecting every STRAND
Rebuilding every BONE
(Chorus)
This is a transformation and a mind bending experience
Arise a new man, the world shaped to my fingers and to my hands
Release myself of this resentment, lift the weight that’s on my spine
Again, I revisit a darker state of mind
This will be the last time
I will become the first of my name
Purify my blood, rewrite my DNA
Deconstruct my veins, rewire my brain
So that I can become the first of my name
I will become the first of my name
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