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Apocryphal Obstacle
04:58
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Paralyzed, indisposed
At the gates facing the unknown
Choice at hand
Halted by the shield and pike
Of a stone faced blight
Enter the crippling doubt
The stale and slow death
The critic inside
Whispering from the depths
“You will fail”
“They won’t understand”
“Why even try?”
“Stay and rot with me, stay here and die!"
I'm tired of this enforced stagnation
it's time to take action
Necrotic figment of isolation
I’m casting you out
You are an impasse
An obstacle bested
I've wasted so much time
Fighting a fictional ramshackle sentry
Under your watch
I was convinced to believe that I was unworthy
An imposter to all, a waste of their time
I am more than just the sum
Of my scars and shadows
Get out of my way you lying cretin
Today you’re defeated
I'm tired of this enforced stagnation
it's time to take action
Necrotic figment of isolation
I’m casting you out
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Galileo
05:05
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All I see is a crimson tempest
From the pulsing surface of Io
Eccentric resonance
I try to scream in this dream
But i'm just a mountain
Crumbling from the stress
There was a time I could
Carry that weight
Into the waking world
But a storm the size of three earths wide
Is swallowing me whole
Galileo, it still moves,
And so must I,
But oh, the things we sacrifice
The things we sacrifice
To prolong
The coming step
The unknown gravity in every breath
Falling through an all consuming
Raging misery
I feel the pressure rising
Yet I'm hell-bent to deceive
Awestruck and ambitious eyes
Set on the cosmic great divide
But the Jovian poles are mirrors
To the void that spins inside
Galileo, it still moves,
And so must I,
But oh, the things we sacrifice
The things we sacrifice
To keep our guard up
Stone-faced as we fall
Into the embrace of cosmic noise
I've felt so estranged for so long
Stoic as I crumbled into oblivion
Can you hear me
From beyond the asteroid belt?
I am sending out a signal
I am calling out for help
Galileo, it still moves,
And so must I,
But oh, the things we sacrifice
The things we sacrifice
Gravity in every breath
I've got to take the coming step
Wake up from this dark night
And feel sunlight again
We prolong
The coming step
The unknown gravity in every breath
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3. |
Start of Something New
03:10
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Stifled, silenced, aimless
In a haze of doubt I stumbled
Through my youth, and still I stray
Ambition, gutted by the skeptics
Wounds have left me breathless
My dreams are punctured lungs
Past is prologue
The stage is set to change at any moment
And all of it’s unscripted
But lately I've been cast to play the victim
I think it’s time for some improvisation
So if you feel
Just like I do let's lift the weight of the world
From each other’s shoulders
Each new day, let's be each other’s heroes
In the start, the start of something new
Restless, I began to question
If I ever gave myself a chance to fully comprehend
That in darkness, I could never reflect
On what I truly needed
Or how far I fell from grace
I've spent too much time being angry and resentful
Regretful, a broken empty vessel
And I see it in your eyes
The same agony inside
Let's raise each other up
And let the hate from past lives die
So if you feel
Just like I do let's lift the weight of the world
From each other’s shoulders
Each new day, let's be each other’s heroes
In the start, the start of something new
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4. |
Drama
01:22
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5. |
Anteros
05:08
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Ascending high above the city
Past haze-filled mires down below
Two souls huddled in the darkness
Seeking out a world unknown
Far from prying eyes
Let’s shed this disguise
Live between the lines
Distort space and time
Break free from the asylum
Enter the maze of truth
Let’s bend the rules required
And rise above the ruse
Sweet and warm surrender
With nothing more to prove
I had to lose my mind to find you
Relinquish fear and apprehension
Let's fall to pieces here tonight
Scorn those who laugh at our endeavor
We won’t go down without a fight
Blood like chains unseen
Stretched across the sea
Crimson neon dreams
Lust like mercury
Break free from the asylum
Enter the maze of truth
Let’s bend the rules required
And rise above the ruse
Sweet and warm surrender
With nothing more to prove
I had to lose my mind to find you
Sneak away
Between the space of speculation
Outstretched hands and hearts
Embrace, become transcendent
Leaden arrows rain down on the doubtful
Our love withstands
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Death of the Author Los Angeles, California
Death of the Author is a progressive metal band from San Pedro, CA
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