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1. |
Act I - Sorrow
01:00
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2. |
False Words (II)
04:25
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Get the fuck up
You made the effort
You made the cause
Life's not easy when you're screaming at the odds
Always be nothing
Is that your vital plan
Talking like you know but
Not knowing where it began
I just want to believe
We were more than just nothing
I just want to believe
These things I've done were not in vain
It pains me to tell you I'm wrong
But it couldn't be further from the truth
I told you the last time
If you're so dissatisfied
I told you
Get the fuck up
Searching through the rough
Have we had enough
Fight
You made the effort
You made the cause
Life's not easy when you're screaming at the odds
I told you the last time
If you're so dissatisfied
I told you
Get the fuck up
Always be nothing
Is that your vital plan
Talking like you know but
Not knowing where it began
I just want to believe
We were more than just nothing
I just want to believe
These things I've done were not in vain
I have seen the demon in your eyes
Staring back at me (Staring back at me)
Will I ever forgive your lies
Just fucking wait and see (Just fucking wait and see)
These ways won't help our broken cause
Held down by the weight of the world
Forget the assimilation
Everything dies, everything is alright
Don't lie to our grieving faces
This is history
In the absence of truth
This is me, who I wanna be
Tired of existing I just want to be free
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3. |
My Bleeding Heart
03:43
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Breaking apart everything that defies me
I am the open sore in every direction I look
Copycat, plagiarism is bar none to me
I have become a stain on the dregs of society
Right here, right now you'd better be watching
Parasites in every direction I look
Pouring acid in my open wounds
Would it hurt if I say no
All sensors activated
Locked, loaded, ready to blow
Core malfunction in sector five
A bleeding heart stays ready to die
Amiks sayits assikayew noápsspiks
Ista'nitsikksisitsi'tsii'pa
Ista'nitsikksisitsi'tsii'pa
Nitá'soyinnii'pa sa’kssoyi soikayihtsikahksi
Ááhkisttsiiw ikkamnitáánii saa
Nitá'soyinnii'pa sa’kssoyi soikayihtsikahksi
Ááhkisttsiiw ikkamnitáánii saa
Ááhkisttsiiw ikkamnitáánii saa
Ááhkisttsiiw ikkamnitáánii saa
Pouring acid in my open wounds
Would it hurt if I say no
You remember all the times I've caved
I refuse to let my life go to waste
Amiks sayits assikayew noápsspiks
Ista'nitsikksisitsi'tsii'pa
[These lies fracture my eyes
Can't I understand anymore]
Nitá'soyinnii'pa sa’kssoyi soikayihtsikahksi
Ááhkisttsiiw ikkamnitáánii saa
You remember all the times I've caved
I refuse to let my life go to waste
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4. |
Fire the Gun
05:08
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I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
Go ahead there, standoffish
A fish without a sea in the lake of dreams
Crawling, broken, the answer
Lie to me, an epiphany
At the end of the rope I throw to my feet
Is this the end of all
Or just the beginning
I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
Anger is just an accessory
Stupid bitch, let go of me
I spit in the face of modernity
While you cry about the wrongs you refuse to see
All this talk about society
Failing to give way for the rage inside the mind's eye
Breathe
Breathe in, breathe out
Let the purging scare you stout
Breathe in, breathe out
Let the purging scare you, stare you stout
Let the purging scare you stout
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
All the words I've said
Everything I've done for you
Was it not enough to take
My own life
Will you follow suit
I can't find the words
To describe this pain
Of drowning with you
Fire the gun
The gun
Go ahead friend, you've done nothing wrong
So says my conscience but my fist says I'm wrong
You say it's over now
Is this the end of all
Or just the beginning
I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
I will fire the gun
I will, mark my words
Get the fuck up
All the words I've said
Everything I've done for you
Was it not enough to take
My own life
All the words I've said
Everything I've done for you
Was it not enough to take
My own life
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5. |
Act II - Anger
00:44
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Forsaken all I’ve held dear
Amalgamation is what I have become
I do not recognize myself in the mirror
As I sit upon the throne of none
None that care. None I can confide in from heart to heart.
None that will stay by me up on the top.
I have done all of this for nothing.
I am not the same man I used to be
All because the prospect blinded me
But now that I have got everything and yet still I am lost
So I’m left with nothing
Forsaken by all who were near me
Before my metamorphosis to this demon
I do not recognize myself in the mirror
As I sit upon the throne of none
None that remain. None I can rely on to quell my pain.
None that will be by my side when it ends
Now it feels like I’ve done all of this for nothing.
I am not the same man I used to be
All because the prospect blinded me
But now that I’ve got everything and yet still I am lost
So I’m left with nothing
Naivety of mine I see as the clarity has set
I lay alone, my heart now filled with regret
The sacrifices I’ve made, now feels like it’s in vain
I thought that maybe being at the top would quell the pain
I do not recognize myself in the mirror
As I sit upon the throne of none
I have everything I could ever want
With an exception of what I truly need
Blinded by the flares of what I thought was success
Desolate I am left. I just want to scream
What more can I say?
Even the looking glass is mocking my being
As I sit upon the throne of
Blinding nothingness
I have to swallow my pride and mend the past and escape this
Blinding nothingness
The sheer isolation breaks me in two
Blinding nothingness
The suffocating loneliness that is haunting me growing louder and louder into
Blinding nothingness
The sheer isolation breaks me in two
Forsaken by all who were near me
Before my metamorphosis to this demon
I do not recognize myself in the mirror
As I sit upon the throne of none
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Burning coals enraged in the hearts of man
A passion-driven hate project to cut the feeding hand
And I want what you want what we want
A better way to face the problems at hand
But you're so
But you're so out of your mind
I've tried to reconcile all the little things
But you're so
But you're so out of your mind
Just to pretend you're innocent and
Vulnerable to the outside world
Manipulation won't work on me
I've been through it before you fucker
Positive attitudes, fucking useless
Why don't you cheer up, why don't you go fuck yourself
I'm so
I'm so sick of trying
It's okay
Seven billion years, give or take a billion
A struggle from the heart, what's the way that you're feeling
Tell me all your passions, it doesn't really matter
Once we burn it down, the world is ours on a platter
And we will burn the sun
Seven billion years, give or take a billion
A struggle from the heart, what's the way that you're feeling
Tell me all your passions, it doesn't really matter
Once we burn it down, the world is ours on a platter
And I want what you want what we want
A better way to face the problems at hand
But you're so out of your mind
I've tried to reconcile all the little things
But you're so
But you're so out of your mind
But you're so useless
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8. |
There's No Way Out
04:04
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There's something you need to know
(I'll show you better than he did)
Something holding us back from growth
(Your life is one in a million)
This needs to be said before I go
(How does it feel, how does it feel)
Please give me the chance I don't want to let go
(To be so lost and forgotten)
Creeping sense of regret I feel
Never better, having lost everything I loved
You are but a memory, an image lost in time
Something tells me you were not the one I left behind
No way, no way out
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're
No way, no way out
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're
I've been waiting all this time for something more
I can't wait no more
Shackled to the astral plane, at the very bottom
Is there no way out, is there no way out
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes
You're a sight for sore eyes
You're a sight for sore eyes
You're a sight for sore eyes
You're a sight for sore eyes
Well sight get it for well sore
You're a you're a eyes well you're
You're a for well sore
You're a you're a eyes well you're you're a
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes
Wading through these lies
You're a sight for sore eyes
Waiting for these lies
You're a sight for sore eyes
It's been so long
You're a sight for sore eyes
What have I done wrong
Put up with your lies
It's been so long my dear friend
Your hearts gotten strong
Whose dreams did you end
Mine, his, hers, we're all
Shackled to the hell that you've created
Prisoners to memories, slaves to heartbreak
Give me a rest, give us a rest, give us a break
No way, no way out
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're
No way, no way out
Well, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're a sight for sore eyes, you're
I've been waiting all this time for something more
I can't wait no more
Shackled to the astral plane, at the very bottom
Is there no way out, is there no way out
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9. |
Reflections (II)
04:20
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Smashing all that I care about
Or at least watching myself do it
It's hard to tell through a wicked eye
What's truly wicked and what is a part of I
I don't trust anything you say
It's hard to deny your role
In keeping me safe from myself
Do I look good in a neurotic sense of the word
Don't lie to me here I really need to know
My reflection stares back at me
Something's changed from within the centre
My report's formed and I gotta file
My complaint is that I never get enough pain
I don't trust anything you say
It's hard to deny your role
In keeping me safe from myself
Do I look good in a neurotic sense of the word
My reflection stares back at me
Something's changed from within the centre
I need an answer but I keep finding questions
A synapse formed between suffering and pleasure
Smash the mirror, say goodbye
Hate that you love me
You're so sympathetic when I'm broken like you
Did you ever stop and think that maybe I was crazy too
That man staring at me through the glass who wished to meet her
I hate his fucking guts I want to smash the mirror
I want to smash this reflection
His condescending face
He keeps asking me why you left
I just want to know
It was me all along
This is not where you belong
I might be psychotic but at least I'm not a whore
You fucking whore
Cunt whore slut
Not sorry
My reflection stares back at me
Something's changed from within the centre
I need an answer but I keep finding questions
A synapse formed between suffering and pleasure
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10. |
Act III - Regret
01:01
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Hold onto your identity
Wake up, the simulation's over now
And as you walk out
Remember those you met
The faces will return in another life
Wake up
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11. |
I Want to Know
04:16
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Somebody tell me what's going on here
Somebody tell me what's going on here
Since the beginning
I've had no clue
Just faked everything
Didn't really know what to do
Call me retard
It's really no bother
Because I know
You've got fuck all idea too
What the fuck
Somebody tell me what's going on here
What the fuck
Somebody tell me what's going on here
I'm making my mark
Have you made yours
"Why do you waste your days"
Come on what are you trying to say
Pulling our weight
Leave no errors
Leave no errors
Leave no errors
How do you cope with this shit
I want to know
I want to know what keeps you from killing yourself
I want to know what keeps you fighting
I want to know
I want to know
Don't you want to know what it's like to be free
I have forgotten what it's like to believe in hope
Dreams, love, safety
I want to know
I want to know what keeps you from killing yourself
I want to know what keeps you fighting
I want to know
I want to know
I want to know what keeps you from killing yourself
I want to know what drives you
I want to know why you bother waking up
What's the point
What the fuck
Somebody tell me what's going on here
What the fuck
Somebody tell me what's going on here
What the fuck
What the fuck
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12. |
Utter Chaos
02:04
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Here's my message to the music industry
I fucking hate you all, the end
You wanna hear me fucking sing (I'll fucking sing)
Neuter my music, drop a xan and treat it like a fling
You are a really smart guy
Simplify a good thing so they suck your dick and buy
Praise their work because they earn more than you
Maybe if I tuned a little lower I'd make it too
You wanna hear me fucking scream (I'll fucking scream)
Been screaming all this time at no-fucking-thing
Deplorable, disposable
We have no place in this world
Poser cunts, I hate you all
Maybe I'm a poser too but hey I give my all
Maybe I'll write another ripoff LP
So tired of doing the same fucking thing
How about I spoon-feed you a breakdown you fucking idiots
This is not at all how I started off
This community peer-pressured me to be a jackoff
Fuck you all
They say it's a lucrative business but I'm not buying it
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13. |
Synergy - Solace
06:12
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Here we are, face to face
You seem different
Why'd you take her from me
Now I'm fat
Fuck me darls I've sure let meself go eh
All this time, all my pain
Was deserved
Like you just found out how to live with self-awareness
Covert narcissism, it couldn't be it, maybe I'm borderline
Pin it on that mental state, one day it'll all pay off
Christ almighty you're hopeless, tell me something I don't know
This is the other guy speaking to you from inside
Did you think she wouldn't find out
The apple don't fall far from the tree
Even if that tree's a hundred miles away
Did you think she wouldn't find out
Did you think she wouldn't find out
Like you just found out how to live with self-awareness
Covert narcissism, it couldn't be it, maybe I'm borderline
Pin it on that mental state, one day it'll all pay off
Christ almighty you're hopeless, tell me something I don't know
Well for starters you're a fucking hypocrite
What the fuck is wrong with you, you think you're hot shit
I'll put a hundred dollars on you being afraid
Afraid of admitting that you're fucking insane
You tricked me with three words
Just three words, well
I've got three words for you
Go fuck yourself
Give him
Just enough to survive
Just enough to survive
Make him suffer alive
Make him want to die
Maybe I am going backwards
If you hear this I forgive you
This is what I've been waiting for
There's no way out of this push and pull
The solace drowned in the river
I want to face the man who brought me here
You're a fucking disgrace, I'll find peace when you disappear
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14. |
Void - Desolation
03:18
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Keep it together
You're nearing the end of the line
Push everything else out of your mind
All eyes set on triumph
Slowly come to realise
Quickly step out into light
Something's about to break beneath the mask
Some things feel fake
Failing more the harder I try
On this lie-woven floor I sit and cry
A hopeless test must god implore
Slowly come to realise
Quickly shift into real life
Welcome to earth, sleepyhead
You've been out at least 20 years
Remember how it feels to be alive
Here come the memories now
Something's about to
Something's about to
Something's about to
Something's about to
Break
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15. |
Broken Silence
01:37
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