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The Cause
05:11
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The Cause
It’s in the modern myth of normalcy
these hypocritical daily routines
have I been hypnotized
lobotomized
they mutualized our brains
and the more it breaks my heart
the more I drift apart
from what I aimed at the start
If we get out alive
we’ll be defined
defined as the living proof
of all we’ve sacrificed
and all we are
and all we were
account for us
anonymous
Hold your breath and count to ten
as slowly as you can
one blink of the eye and your world starts to burn
your blisters remind you that time has turned
it will not return
There are things inside of me
that you will never see
so close your eyes
the dark
the somnolent embrace
a rhythmic clatter
the sound of a new day
it will not come back
The delusion worked until that very day
have you ever thought it would end this way
I came along to take the blame
and it hurts
when darkness falls I fail to see
when the sun shines brightly it’s blinding me
the truth lies where we never seek
it has always been that way
We are the cause
anonymous
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2. |
Obstacles
03:43
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Obstacles
“Occur. Emerge. Evolve. Stay.”
We build dreams
always
the obstacles in our way
they dissolve and come undone
A nocturnal try to take it all away
how did we get lost here anyway
did you weigh my eyelids with your pain
It’s our share of the lies and feints out there
we fall over and over again
we take everything we need
then we run and hide
it tears me out of nothing
don’t take it out on me
Is it a place designed to take it all away
how we did we get lost here
what we’ve called home
it’s a search in vain
We’ve come back and now we wonder
will it ever be the same
I try to let it go
again
“Stay.”
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3. |
Vision Loss
04:18
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Vision Loss
A sad event
a cruel scene
a ruined place
it’s disastrous
it’s what we’re longing for
it shook our minds
and winced our limbs
and now we witness our demise
we’ve been right here before
The sum of our faults
it rates our lives
the long forgotten goals
redefined
It’s your joke
my behalf
I’ve learnt to deal with it
but still I won’t laugh
cause laughter makes me choke
as I toss and turn
the pages that I’ve burnt
to no avail
when tragedy strikes
Our time is running out
it’s the end of our days
when hope has gone
and slipped away
despite our mutual vision loss
there’s truth along the way
for one moment in time
will I see you again
The weight of the world
we moan
it cracks our bones
a cramp of a heart made of stone
alone
so don’t lie to me
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4. |
Sleep.Deprive.
03:26
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Sleep.Deprive.
A twist of the twitching thighs
perpetuate phantom pain
dark circles
empty eyes
this double vision made me blind
it dissolves in black
all of which I’ve lost track
will come to the fore
don’t come to the fore
Come to the fore
you’ve been fading
like you’ve just been waiting
for a chance to shake my core
in sight of the shore
I’m drowning
a slow-wave tide devouring
all my dreams forevermore
Within my earshot a muted voice
consolidation
the delusion I’ve had a choice
realization
of the guilt of my disguise
the shame of truth inside
will come to the fore
don’t come to the fore
“Choose wisely what you dream
don’t lose grip on reality
it’s a trap
it’s just a lapse in memory”
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5. |
The Unfamiliar
03:51
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The Unfamiliar
Your wisdom
is nothing worth here where the instincts reign
a totem
you hold the strings but don’t fill in the blanks
dominion
of the past rewound
I’ve given in to you
there’s nothing I can do
I’ve given in to you
You took a bow
for the last time
time to resign
taking over
getting closer
to an unfamiliar place
Forfeit
all that I’ve hold dear
it’s a vein endeavor
I never know I had to stop
you’re the time giver
cycles
of what I’ve once repressed
it’s forcing its way through
no matter what I do
it’s forcing its way through
Their prying eyes
rapidly moving before
they all turn to stone
you’re petrified
cause deep down inside
you are all alone
You’ve gazed and gazed into the abyss
now it’s gazing into you
You tiptoed in the dark
and stumbled on what you’ve missed
nothing hits harder than your life
and you’ve tried so hard
but you stumbled on what you’ve missed
and nothing hits harder than your life
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I. Lucidity
Leaving limitation lines
I’m drifting away
my perception’s colorblind
I just want to stay
all these facets become different shades of grey
is there a new way
we’ve come from the same direction
now we build another fortress
to secure beloved delusions
suddenly I wake
is there an intrusion
to the fake comfort of this place
Reclaim your innocence
that you have lost
when there was nothing left to lose
before we start again
reclaim your empowerment
before we confess
that we are blind
Moments come and gone
we anxiously await the things to come
for all I know
the devil’s rising up from your windowpane
while you are watching the sky
We are blind
It’s so cold
I freeze
I’m hiding
like a monster a shame
a monster in shame
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II. Continuum
I’m nobody else
though I’ve tried hard to be
there’s always just a stripped down version of me
time tricked me
causality and our belief in progress
made us blind
A fine lied tied
to sacrificing all I am
in the midst
of trying to convince the world I’ve changed
the unknown takes you out
and leaves you there
I’ve been here before
though I’ve climbed up and down these stairs
I’m caught in a loop defying nature’s laws
a new layer of skin
doesn’t mean a new beginning
it just covers up old scars
One flaw
a hint that was ignored
a hole in the wall
a bloodstain on the floor
I am
ascending down
the world has changed its pace
I know I shouldn’t have let you go
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8. |
Falling Sensation
06:03
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Falling Sensation
I try to put meaning into words
how could I
if I can’t find meaning in life
vacuity and memories
romanticized just to please
full of restraints
embrace what we have
I live in the past
The thoughts of all missed chances
catch my sleep
promises I didn’t keep
We cannot feel
all worked up
heads in different spaces
we couldn’t stay true to ourselves
we’ve been put through paces
boundaries
the boundaries remain the same
Don’t let go
whatever it takes
I’ll stick to my aims
I might have
given some up
let some of you down
I pass them as I fall
I don’t dare to write what I feel
it’s all been said before
the fear
of becoming a cliché
what you’d call a phrasemaker
boundaries
these boundaries remain the same
fall
feel the ground
as we touch down
below
we are the fallen
we will prevail
somehow
we managed to make belief
but now
we have gone all the ways to go
a whole generation doesn’t know
(we don’t know)
who we are
(we don’t know)
where we go
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9. |
The Somniloquist
05:24
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The Somniloquist
“You collect ideas
ideas you wouldn’t let them know about
images you wouldn’t show
you put them aside to live your life
but they come back
when you close your eyes
you keep telling yourself
your dreams aren’t real”
Down in yourself
where the odds are your muses
redefined and reframed
what you thought you’ve known
I’m done keeping it in
from now on I’ll scream it all out
I never got anything
from drawing circles in the air
coming down on me
Downstairs
the direction that our road is taking
so follow me
our end has just begun
I cannot stay
where I don’t belong
I cannot sleep
when something is wrong
let me get lost
inside the fountain
lost inside
the fountain of your thought
Deep down below
the solitude
it grows
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10. |
Breach
04:04
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Breach
Coming to your home
you’ve invited me
so let me in
purify your hopes
quietly it’s done
so clandestine
unlawful entry
calls for a victim forced my will upon
you chose for yourself
Sleep now my child
with eyes open wide
sleep now my child
when you wake
your youth has died
You don’t see me
I’m outside your window
You don’t see me
I’m standing there
You’re outnumbered
outgunned
old-fashioned
to use your mind
a cancer spread in your veins
the virtual kind
Reaching out from here
when you wake
there’s nothing there
reaching out from here
when you wake
there’s no one there
run away from here
(choose your nightmare)
it’s your illusion
your private prying
(choose your nightmare)
Choose your nightmare
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