1. |
Deceiver
04:24
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Tell me the truth, you always wanted me to fail
so I could never live up to you.
Caught in the past, I never thought it would
come to this.
Silence
has never sounded so sweet,
but it's lost its appeal.
Noise
surrounds me with every step
I can't walk away.
No compassion,
no love for what I am.
Smothered with neglect.
Well it's all the same to me.
"I knew you'd disappoint,
I knew it from the start.
It was never meant to be,
and now it's tearing us apart."
I hope you never know
how heavy this burden is.
I can't move on.
Stasis
Rejection
Halted
Progress
Fueled by indifference, guilt and shame.
Everyone I've ever loved
has turned their back.
I can only hope
they forget my face;
fade to memory.
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2. |
Demur
04:20
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Falling,
I've lost all purpose, I've lost all feeling.
Solace,
The soulless voices speak of the end of the world
A constant drone that leaves me deaf
Calling me
Losing my vision, losing all sense of where I am
I don't know where to go any more
I don't know where I'm going,
but the fear won't keep me away
Because I'd rather die out there than waste another day
I have no regret for what I am
I feel the weight of what you think I should be
Drifting away,
Fading away.
Overcome.
The fire inside burns away at my heart and lingers as I wait
Drawing closer, complacent thoughts plague my mind.
Rotting away. Throwing away
everything that I thought my world could be.
What's left?
Is there enough to carry on?
Pulled under and I know that I'll die with no face.
Empty handed, just leave me be.
Let me fail,
Please just let me fall.
Deeper into the void.
Why do you do this to yourself?
There is no glorious end, only pain.
Forever bound to an endless path, no escaping
I know that I will never live up to what you expect of me.
Never fitting your mold.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I don't know where I'm going,
but the fear won't keep me away
Because I'd rather die out there than waste another day
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3. |
Callow
00:50
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4. |
Hollow Path
07:32
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Breathe in life, give it life.
Live it out when it says away.
Spite in the face of truth
The taste of hell dirt.
Wasted life can't know, overzealous action.
Hopeless run
Splinter faction
shapeless sum
falter action.
Deceit resides in mournful contraction
Have you oppressor, taken your passion?
Icon of the throne, hopeful reaction.
Webs of creaking bones.
Skeletal abstraction.
Is this all there is?
Is there a madness?
The vine will never be
As tall as the tree.
Simmer in your youth, boiling as elder.
There was the other,
There was disaster,
Here lays the mother,
Here lays the master.
Favor gleaming trove,
with fear screaming
Only dirty robes
will share meaning.
Deceit resides in mournful contraction
Have you oppressor, taken your passion?
Icon of the throne, hopeful reaction.
Webs of creaking bones.
Skeletal abstraction.
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5. |
Penance
06:50
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Heavy with the guilt of moving forward
Persisting for what feels like forever
Heavy with guilt from leaving you behind.
Consumed by will,
is this an advance or a reprieve?
My memory means nothing.
The barrier stands abused.
But there's too much to hold,
bursting through the cracks.
Overgrow, overflow.
Just let it all flood in.
waves of regret. Pulling me below.
Will I ever see the surface?
Can I take a breath?
Aspiration comes at such a heavy cost.
I fear I've lost my way,
another link in the chain.
Well it looks like nothing's changed.
And I doubt it ever will.
Destined to fail.
I guess it's in my blood, I guess it's in my skin.
Carve it out of me.
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6. |
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Wake. Clear your mind.
Embrace. refuse surrender.
Hopeless and afraid,
of everything that surrounds you.
I know you feel it
I know it's tearing you apart.
The substance of defear.
Just let it sink in,
just let yourself slip away.
Everything you are,
led up to this.
Would you every forget my name?
I wonder if you'd ever forget my name
Or does it dance on your silver tongue softly?
No sleep, no hope, not an ounce of shame.
But I come by it honestly.
I've been living a lie,
You know that I will never change.
This will never change, this will never change.
Drink the poison, take it in.
Let it fill your lungs.
Obsessed with death your presence kills me.
Falling away.
Move on without me.
Can you keep it from falling apart?
From collapsing into itself?
Fading into nothing
Creating a blind eye and deaf ears.
Hopeless and afraid of everything that surrounds you.
Tell me are you giving up or just pushing me away?
Are you giving up or just pushing me away?
I don't need your hand, I'll wander through the grey.
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7. |
Callous
02:09
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8. |
Spearhead
12:08
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Severed ties, cleaving away at my past.
Endless design with a hopeful breath.
Prolific paths.
Bound to the flame, senses lost.
Bound to the flame, all my senses lost.
The eternal climb, the final horizon.
The apex of man erased by disbelief.
The summit of ambition pushed beyond my reach,
but still in sight. Oh god don't let it slip away.
Is this how it ends?
Is this how it has to be?
And when I'm dead and gone,
and I've made my peace..
Will you remember me?
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