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Chrysalis
03:37
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Hiding away, away from the world
Keeping secret and fearing the unknown,
Withholding what's inside, dissolved and out of sight
It's the notion being alone.
Break free.
And you must fly free.
You'll never break me.
You will never take me.
Emerge from the chrysalis,
slowly spreading the wings,
soar into the sky,
and open up your mind.
The rain will pour,
the sky will fall,
And through it all you are reborn.
Reborn.
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn to fly,
I won't give in and I refuse to die,
A chrysalis, waiting to be free,
From this shell that’s suffocating me.
I can't hold on for much longer,
Swaying in this breeze
With a push from viscious winds,
I fall down to my knees.
Emerge from the chrysalis,
slowly spreading the wings,
soar into the sky,
and open up your mind.
Emerge from the chrysalis,
Having lessons learned,
Come out stronger,
Through adversity.
The transformation is complete.
Break free,
And you must fly free.
You will never take me.
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2. |
Automaton Humanity
02:50
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Tied down by narrow minds,
Cut one down and another's in line,
Cracks open up in the pavement,
and swallow us whole.
Another day, grinding our lives away,
another day in the system.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
Stand in silence, stand alone,
The demagogue laughing on his throne.
Blindly obey as we are prone to.
Automaton humanity.
Tied down by narrow minds,
Cut one down and another's in line,
Cracks open up in pavement,
and swallow us whole.
Pray to your gods.
Do they hear you?
Pray to your gods.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
The machine won't take me down.
Automaton humanity.
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3. |
Ascension
03:08
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We have arisen, we have conquered,
but why are we so divided?
Life, lessons were formed.
But why are we so torn?
We must connect.
We must ascend.
We must connect.
We must ascend.
Exterminate the hate, and live in good faith.
We strike each other down, we rebuild ourselves,
all to come crashing down.
Get us above, beyond,
Complete our ascension.
Get us above, beyond,
Complete our ascension.
Our demise is growing close.
Our existence, on the ropes
Life is slipping through the fingers, moments in time.
Our hope and dreams are fading away.
As we will fight, day by day.
Day by day.
We must connect.
We must ascend.
We must connect.
We must ascend.
We will rise up, this is our time.
To take a stand and make amends.
Get us beyond,
Complete our ascension.
Day by day.
Day by day.
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4. |
Nocturnus
03:44
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The gleam and the flicker, have me obsessed,
but the gloom is pulling me back.
Floating in oblivion, free from corruption,
The glare is sneaking into destruction.
Close your eyes, and look for the light.
Like a firefly at night.
The darkness breathes, the vital signs,
are weakening.
Like a crow, preying on rotten bones,
the dark manipulates the mind.
Close your eyes, and look for the light.
Like a firefly at night.
The darkness breathes, the vital signs,
are weakening.
Cease to exist.
Close your eyes, and look for the light.
Like a firefly at night.
The darkness breathes, the vital signs,
are weakening.
A light in the dark, a beginning, a spark.
Feel the uprising start.
A whisper, a sign, it's taking my mind.
Close your eyes, and sink in time.
The gleam and the flicker, have me obsessed,
but the gloom is pulling me back.
Floating in oblivion, free from corruption,
The glare is sneaking into destruction.
Light take me.
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5. |
Hollow Bones
02:18
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Feel the fire,
Causing meltdown,
Back off or you'll see my demons,
that haunt me when I'm down.
You sold your soul on the day the world ended,
You dug your own grave and don't you forget it.
The discord echoes through the devil's den.
Emphatic dissonance creating sin.
Your narrow mind is a slight to your soul,
Where the demons around you are wrestling control.
You broken soul is consuming your mind,
Will you ever change?
What have you become?
Become.
You sold your soul on the day the world ended,
You dug your own grave and don't you forget it.
The discord echoes through the devil's den.
Emphatic dissonance creating sin.
Your narrow mind is a slight to your soul,
Where the demons around you are wrestling control.
You broken soul is consuming your mind,
Will you ever change?
What have you become?
Your broken soul now takes it's toll.
This is getting old.
Right out of control.
Your broken soul now takes it's toll.
This is getting old.
Right out of control.
Feel the fire,
Causing meltdown,
Back off or you'll see my demons,
that haunt me when I'm down.
You sold your soul on the day the world ended,
You dug your own grave and don't you forget it.
The discord echoes through the devil's den.
Emphatic dissonance creating sin.
Broken. Broken.
Broken. Broken.
Broken. Broken.
Broken. Broken.
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7. |
Contagion / Pandemic
02:26
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It's contagious, it's inside,
Festering below the surface,
It's contagious, it's inside,
and above in kind.
Tall mountains to darkened pits,
Lie makers and the media blitz,
Shallow words from better times,
The message not the meaning behind.
As the walls de-sin-te-grate
the floor begins to break,
See through the lie, con-tem-plate
Your fu-ture gen-er-ations lives.
As the walls de-sin-te-grate
the floor begins to break,
See through the lie, con-tem-plate
Your fu-ture gen-er-ations lives
It's infectious, it's alive,
Every screen and every sign,
It's infectious, it's alive,
The signal divides.
Pull the plug.
Shallow words from better times.
The message not the meaning behind.
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This is where I lay,
buried in regret.
Wolves are starving, baring teeth,
waiting to be fed.
I need to fight, fight for my life,
to wake up from this nightmare.
Why do I hold on to this blame?
It's burning deep, I'm feeling flames.
The choice I made was broken.
The wolves, won't take me down.
Won't take me down.
Among the battle, of my life, I see the signs of evil.
But I'm cutting loose, and fighting hard,
I need to bring the hero out of me.
The wolves won't take me down.
A faceless horror, a war inside.
They can find me where I hide.
Among the battle, of my life, I see the signs of evil.
But I'm cutting loose, and fighting hard,
I need to bring the hero out of me.
Among the battle, of my life, I see the signs of evil.
Waiting in the dark, the pack have me surrounded.
The jaws are clenching, time is wasting away.
My spirit will be torn if wolves have their way,
My soul, my body.
Left to decay.
Why do I hold on to this blame?
It's burning deep, I'm feeling flames.
The choice I made was broken.
A faceless horror, a war inside.
They can find me where I hide.
Where I hide.
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