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A Statement of Intent
07:32
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Hear the name once again.
Forced to wear this mark of shame.
History is to blame
End the chapter, turn the page.
Chart a course, survive the storm.
Cast out what has come before.
The afterthought, nevermore.
I take my rightful place now.
We are not
What you think
We are more than this.
Not content
As I write my statement of intent
And bury the past.
Shine a light
On these myths and oversights
And I burn the rest.
Misery is the name.
Circling like moth to flame.
Fuel by rage, tap the vein.
Addicted to this endless pain.
Enough's enough, had my fill.
Cannot let them break my will.
Forge ahead, defy the odds.
Time to change the game now.
We are not
What you think
We are more than this.
Not content
As I write my statement of intent
And bury the past.
Shine a light
On these myths and oversights
And I burn the rest.
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2. |
Last Breath
04:47
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Living
Make the most of what you have.
Denying
Knowing everything must end.
Regret
A cloud so black it hides the sun.
Solace.
You're not the only one.
Time draws short
So let's begin.
One last chance
To breath it in.
Won't be going home again
So take your last breath.
Fighting
Justify your every act.
Believing
That every thought you had was fact.
Afraid
To know the one who pulls the strings.
Accept
That you don't know everything.
Time draws short
So let's begin.
One last chance
To breath it in.
Won't be going home again
So take your last breath.
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3. |
Monkey Knife Fight
06:05
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Do we know what to say?
Nothing matters anyway.
It's all been said
And it's all been done.
Meaning changes day to day
And nothing ever stays the same.
So close your eyes
And say good night.
We lie to ourselves.
We don't know.
We try in vain
To find meaning in it all.
We die the same
Forgotten and replaced in the end.
Some will read and some will pray.
Struggling to find the way.
So draw the line
And take a side.
Drink the blood of all you've slain
Squabble over what remains.
It's cyclical.
Monkey knife fight.
We lie to ourselves.
We don't know.
We try in vain
To find meaning in it all.
We die the same
Forgotten and replaced in end.
Then all of this will fade away.
All our work goes up in flames.
The sun burns black.
Planets collide.
This is just a cosmic dream.
We'll never know just what it means.
So wipe your tears.
Oh who cares?
We lie to ourselves.
We don't know.
We try in vain
To find meaning in it all.
We die the same
Forgotten and replaced in the end.
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4. |
Facade
05:04
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Deny that which runs within your veins
Behind the mask, your true face still remains.
Reinvent a thousand miles away
But your heart still remains.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
Cracked facade,
Revealing your eyes.
Behind a wall, you fortify.
But I see right through your lie.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
Long in tooth, afraid of what's to come
Feels too soon, like we've just begun.
Make ammends, take off the disguise
Make peace with your demise.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
Cracked facade,
Revealing your eyes.
Behind a wall, you fortify.
But I see right through your lie.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
Veiled, infiltrate, hiding, assimiliate.
Fearful, discovered, accept, recover.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
Cracked facade,
Revealing your eyes.
Behind a wall, you fortify.
But I see right through your lie.
So raise the flag,
And hold your sword up high.
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5. |
Legacy
06:02
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Wandering aimlessly
Listening to everything they say
It's not right.
Every act a sacrifice
Just do every single thing their way
It's a lie.
I'll carve my name right into stone
My destiny is my own.
There is no fate, there is no plan.
My legacy is in my hands.
Where's the end? The only fear.
A monument that marks these last remains.
Is that all?
I must live on, and leave my mark
This will not be all that's left of me
Hear my call.
I'll carve my name right into stone
My destiny is my own.
There is no fate, there is no plan.
My legacy is in my hands.
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6. |
Sight Beyond Sight
04:13
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Watch the lines begin to blur
And the edges start to fray
Layers are peeling back
Falling away.
Can't believe anything I see.
Mulitple reality.
Nothing ends, infinite inside.
Limited by the mind.
Sight beyond sight.
No longer in control
Standing outside time
All dimensions clear.
Truth I will find.
Can't believe anything I see.
Multiple reality.
Nothing ends, infinite inside.
Must escape from the mind.
Sight beyond sight.
Endless, shapeless form
True face of our lives.
All illusions break,
Look inside!
Senses slowed and dulled
The voices become clear.
Panic turns to calm
Answers are near.
Can't believe anything I see.
Multiple reality.
Nothing ends, infinite inside.
Limited by the mind.
Sight beyond sight.
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7. |
The Old Machines
08:30
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Whispers in my head
Oily shadows, filled with dread
Unknowable mind
Search for answers none will find.
Eternal they lie
Impose order, all will die
Extinction is their face
Leaving not a single trace.
Cycle starts and they black out the sky
Killing scores while we still question why.
Scattered ants beneath their might
Dead before we even fight
Fear the return of the old machines.
Great humanity
That we value so greatly
Barely understand
The insignificance of man.
Bending to their will
The gods care not who they kill
Created by their hand
And we die by their demand.
Cycle starts and they black out the sky
Killing scores while we still question why.
Scattered ants beneath their might
Dead before we even fight
Fear the return of the old machines.
VANGUARD
PAVES THE WAY
SWARMING
END OF DAYS
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8. |
All That I Am
06:42
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Is all this real?
More to reveal.
Living memories,
or dreaming?
Gaze in the mirror
Reflection knows my fears.
What's behind the veil?
I'm waiting.
I AM.
All these words I say
All the ties that I have made
All these thoughts I have
This is all that I am.
All the bonds I make
All the things I give and take
All the dreams I have
This is all that I am.
Searching for truth
Not just passing through
Time not on my side
Not satisfied.
Smiles on our face
Regardless of place
All within my hands
The meaning.
I AM.
All these words I say
All the ties that I have made
All these thoughts I have
This is all that I am.
All the bonds I make
All the things I give and take
All the dreams I have
This is all that I am.
I AM.
All these words I say
All the ties that I have made
All these thoughts I have
This is all that I am.
All the bonds I make
All the things I give and take
All the dreams I have
This is all that I am.
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9. |
Pain
05:14
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One more time
You bring it.
Next in line,
Crumble down.
And I, I rage
And you, you'll fall.
And I wonder how it got this way.
Now I stand here facing all my pain.
Day to day
We break down.
Familiar face
We disown.
And I wonder how it got this.
Now I stand here facing all my pain.
Blood for blood.
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10. |
Obelisk
09:03
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