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Greater Than This
04:53
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hold on like you said you will
keep feeding the vision
take on an extra dimension
bury yourself in beautiful faith
until it all becomes real
when the walls start to peel
here we are
chasing the mist
the promise of
something greater than this
tear your heart out for me
tear your heart out for me
read through the bloody burns
you're not done yet son
not until the darkness is gone
one of these days you'll be king
you're destiny's last dream
and fate will rest serene
here we are
claiming the crest
a simple urge
living greater than this
tear your heart out for me
tear your heart out for me
tear your heart out for me
tear your heart out for me
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Nothing Misplaced
04:00
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low to the ground
a small vibration starts
and ears and eyes cannot behold
earth ripped into bits
black and red pulses through
atop his throne a devil sits
your lives are obsolete and sad
perfect mutation of me
and now here we are at last
to start the next journey
screams cut to silence
no breath could be heard
for one moment nothing was misplaced
water rose with intent
boiling and glowing red
as the last words ever were said
to have witnessed your existence
was difficult to bear through
yet I shall truthfully confess
even I am not as evil as you
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Walking
04:28
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close to home
a shadow sprung
reminded me of what went wrong
his reach ignited
set alight the eyes
visions of me hardly fighting
there was one
at shadow's end
who crept with hands swollen
where's that man
I once knew
who's decree use to began
this is the life that I'm walking into
I will not rest because I'm still holding out for much more
this is the light that I'm walking into
it shows me how I am going to get to you
close to home
a shadow sprung
reminded me of what went wrong
his reach ignited
set alight the eyes
visions of me hardly fighting
there was one
at shadow's end
who krept with hands swollen
where's that man
I once knew
who's decree use to began
this is the life that I'm walking into
I will not rest because I'm still holding out for much more
this is the light that I'm walking into
it shows me how I am going to get to you
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4. |
The Basics
04:05
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just back away
give me a little room
these emotions betray
keep clear of me
I need to be enveloped
find my dignity
this is is isn’t me
this is a travesty
this is isn’t me
this is is isn’t me
no sensibilty
in this wake I have become
a man who never sees a thing
it should be me facing none
learning again the basics
in this rust I built my home
a place to hold my tricks
it should be me all alone
getting to know the basics
close the gap fast
cut to the core
filter through the trash
dig on through
fingers go cold
when a face starts to show
this is is isn’t me
this is a malady
this is isn’t me
this is is isn’t me
no humanity
in this wake I have become
a man who never sees a thing
it should be me facing none
learning again the basics
in this rust I built my home
a place to hold my tricks
it should be me all alone
getting to know the basics
in this wake I have become
a man who never sees a thing
it should be me facing none
learning again the basics
in this rust I built my home
a place to hold my tricks
it should be me all alone
getting to know the basics
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5. |
Labourer
02:35
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Destroy
03:58
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a soft stare of sympathy
silk tears so delicate
a touch with rich melody
to paint me less intricate
with blood you study me
pecking at me until I am raw
got me bare and I can't flee
that's when you sink in the claws
it burns
to think that this was all a ploy
that I was nothing more
a man you could destroy
but here I am standing still
looking back at you now
how did you become so cruel
that it's hurt you wish to sow
and nothing makes more sense
when searching for the truth
that once you were prey to worse
that made you into this wraith
it hurts
to think in pain's the only way
that broken is where we fit
a life for someone to destroy
it burns
it hurts
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Reality
04:00
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tastes of dust in here
are you alright
you seem to slowly wither
just lift your face
I need you
don't lose any more faith
hush hush hush hush
don't tell me to
hush hush hush hush
this reality is lost to me
everything seems so heavenly
this reality is wonderful
downward in bliss I spiral
where did you went
distant and far
who was your assailent
think it is best
if we help
and play emotional chess
rush rush rush rush
don't you tell me to
rush rush rush rush
this reality is lost to me
everything seems so heavenly
this reality is wonderful
downward in bliss I spiral
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8. |
Fall
04:51
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one more step again
I try to take
but this body shakes
it’s hard pressing on
when you can’t look up
knowing you will drop
silence these wounds
they chip away flesh
can’t walk to this march
silence these thoughts
I can’t think anymore
this body is raw
I know my next fall will be my last
and this body will erode in sand
I know I will stumble once more
that then I will be done with my war
I've got no hold
I'm starting to slip
even with spit and whip
all pass me by
and I keep fading
back breaking
silence this heart
let it lose its love
turn me cold and tough
silence this voice
which aches and trembles
calling for fumble
I dream of a day I lay down
to concede and not even crawl
when the weights turn me into stone
so that there's nothing to do but fall
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Purge
04:35
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here the tomorrow child lies
buried from defiance
eyes rot in floods
here we fell together once
no truth or penance
shades of shame
some end I hope comes
to poison air to the lungs
some day I hope I live
to see words a god would give
I am the one to judge your lives
I am the one who’s sent to choose
I will be the father who decides
I will purge your woes
crawled out of comfort
men of tethered
men in legion
curled in mutilation
ripe with infection
constant hell
would we know it’s here
would it rip sands to sheer
would it breathe in the suffer
to speak what so matters
I am the doom you so very need
I am the voice of your silenced heart
I will free those off which you feed
I will purge this Earth
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Noise Upon Noise
02:32
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Tore
03:57
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I tore at the seam
I'm left undone
failing deception
lived in your mind
had it all to me
a strange entity
let me in
I'll follow you home
play to your metronome
abuse me
bend me
torture me
caress me
love me
worship me
all of me for you
you are everything to me
I tore at the ribs
can’t cage the will
mutation critical
inside the fight
there's no resisting
nothing to bring
you own me
never to be the same
nothing close to vain
deny me
lure me
insult me
adore me
hold me
cherish me
all of me for you
you are everything to me
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Will I...
06:27
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can you see me clear
do you share this face
or the body that I wear
not to steal a moment
merely hoping for a sign
to cure me of this wonderment
lately the days linger
some never come to pass
can't seem to get better
did this man not find
a tale to tell or live
why did he get left behind
I'm so tired and so weak
so lonely I can scream
so destined to be sick
thinking what I could’ve been
will I ever be enough
will I survive this journey
or should I lose this life
just to set it free
for reasons I don’t get
it finally takes me in
long after the game was played
why did this mind not rest
left rotting on the verge
not one to call closest
the plains grow hollow
gust and dunes stare red
giving me a one-man show
it never gives up at all
to paint me a drowned man
that wallows in turmoil
I'm so small and naive
some footprint in the sand
on each day I weave
further into the damned
will I ever shed this filth
will I face my enemy
or should I lose this life
just to set it free
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Protector
04:05
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I've been looking down on you
you're so fragile
so beautiful
you never seemed to learn
what lay inside
beneath the fight
rest now you're here with me
rest now you're here with me
I will share myself with you
of earth you are no more
come close hold on tight
we'll sail away and just forget
no more done with wait
you're the only one I want to protect
of all the places I could be
I would choose here
with moment rare
so many dreams I had of you
it ends right now
oh what a show
wake now you're here with me
wake now you're here with me
we will rise from sun and space
to each other's warm embrace
look up we are one
our new lives have just begun
here in stars you're kept
you're the only one I want to protect
come close hold on tight
we'll sail away and just forget
no more done with wait
you're the only one I want to protect
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